State of the Environment: Cape Metropolitan Area: Urbanisation

Urbanisation

Rapid urbanisation in the CMA, principally the result of population growth and rural-urban in-migration, has resulted in urban sprawl. This has in turn compounded existing spatial and social inequities. The process of urbanisation has also placed increased pressure on infrastructure and basic services.

In order to provide a detailed description of the state of the environment, the focus has been to identify and examine specific issues within an overall theme in order to examine the state and pressures on each of these issues more thoroughly.

The key ISSUES regarding the State of Urbanisation in the CMA are:

	Need for housing for low- and middle-income residents
	Urban sprawl
	Urban structure
	Metropolitan Open Space

Contextual information relating to Urbanisation can be found in the following Information sections:

Built Environment: an overview
Spatial use pattern
Terrestrial ecosystems
Settlement patterns
Infrastructure
Population
Poverty