2.4 REGIONAL ISSUES AND STRATEGIES 2.4.1 CITY OF CAPE TOWN 2.4.1.1 ISSUES � Main destination for urbanisation in the Province; � water supplies; � poverty and unemployment; � management capacity; � urban inefficiencies and poor structure; � energy shortages by 2010; � air and noise pollution; and, � crime. 2.4.1.2 STRATEGIES � Acknowledge the City's pre-eminent role in the Province’s

demographic, social and economic affairs, but also its significant resource constraints.

� Reduce resource consumption, especially water and energy, and increase efficiencies.

� Spatially restructure transport corridors and public transport so as to better facilitate social and economic development especially for low and middle income communities.

� Protect agricultural resources inside and outside urban edges to secure cheap food supplies (reduce transport costs).

� Continue encouraging investment into second economy localities.

� Directly target measures to reduce air and noise pollution by reducing factory and motor vehicle emissions, and promoting public and non-motorised transport.

Figure 2.29 PSDF : City of Cape Town sprawl threats

THE CITY OF CAPE TOWN HAS NOT YET COMPLETED ITS S.D.F.,

AND IN THE INTERIM THE METROPOLITAN SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK,

WHICH COMPLIES WITH MODERN DEVELOPMENT PLANNING PRINCIPLES

REQUIRING URBAN INTENSIFICATION, DENSIFICATION IN CORRIDORS AND NODES,

STRICT URBAN EDGES AND CONTAINMENT OF URBAN SPRAWL,

IS USED TO GUIDE DEVELOPMENT PLANNING DECISION-MAKING

AT THE GREATER-CITY LEVEL Figure 2.30 Cape Town Municipal Spatial Development Framework explanatory note

2.4.2 WEST COAST 2.4.2.1 ISSUES � Saldanha Bay oil and gas potential; � drought; � access to Olifants River irrigation scheme; � Cederberg / West Coast tourism; � how to balance pressure for urbanisation vs water shortages

vs demands from agriculture; and, � being the region of the country to be most extremely

affected by global climate change. 2.4.2.2 STRATEGIES � Prepare an industrial development / environmental

conservation plan for Saldanha Bay that acknowledges this sub-region's extreme environmental and economic sensitivities.

� Prepare an action plan to adapt to global climate change; � Investigate the potential for an Olifants River development

corridor with particular emphasis on improved access to land for small farmers.

� Formulate a coastal management plan to address pressure for development along the coast.

� Promote ecological corridors linking the coastal zone to the Cederberg mountains.

Figure 2.31 PSDF : West Coast District

Figure 2.32 West Coast SDF (source: Dennis Moss Partnership)

2.4.3 CAPE WINELANDS

2.4.3.1 ISSUES � Two main components separated by the mountain spine:

Drakenstein-Stellenbosch (West) & Breede River valley (East); West functionally linked to Metro - high urbanisation rates; and, East primarily rural - high poverty levels in Breede River valley. � Pressure for low density estates outside of urban settlements in intensive

agriculture areas especially Drakenstein and Stellenbosch Municipalities.

2.4.3.2 STRATEGIES � Delineate urban edges to protect agricultural and scenic areas and to

restructure urban areas. � Optimise the District's good transport potential with rail and road

corridors. � Investigate the potential of the Breede River valley as a key

component of the provincial urbanisation strategy. � Support agriculture and agro-industry as the main economic

backbone together with tourism.

Figure 2.33 PSDF : Cape Winelands Figure 2.34 Cape Winelands SDF