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| The CMA is experiencing urban growth and sprawl. |
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A combination of factors
has contributed to increased urban sprawl. These are:
- rapid population growth and in-migration;
- availability of cheap, developable land on the urban periphery;
- unco-ordinated planning and development;
- low-density residential development;
- infrastructure favouring private transport over public transport;
and,
- variable property prices.
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| The average metropolitan
home-work commuter trip is approximately 14 km. Lower income areas average higher commuter
distances (15.5 km) than higher income areas (12.6 km). This highlights the separation of
work and residence in the CMA as well as the fact that a relatively low proportion of
people work at their nearest employment areas. Historically there has not been a clearly
defined urban edge to contain urban sprawl. Using 1996
census data, the population of the CMA was estimated at 2.9 million in 1998. There is
ongoing rural-urban in-migration mostly from the Eastern Cape Province.
Lack of access to basic services such as water, storm water
drainage, sanitation, waste disposal, electricity, telephones, transport services and
access to streets (see section B:6).
Higher property prices of the Cape Town city bowl (average R438
863) and adjacent suburban districts (Atlantic Sea Board average R1.23 million) force
people to live further afield where property prices are more affordable.
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The following indicator
is monitored by the Directorate of Transportation and Traffic, CMC:
- Average travel distance for all commuter trips.
See a summary of all
Indicators on this website
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The following responses
are underway by CMC:
- A Metropolitan Spatial Development Framework (MSDF) has been
developed in consultation with stakeholders and includes an urban edge strategy to contain
urban growth.
- Detailed Urban Edge Studies are being undertaken.
- A migration study focusing on inter- and intra- migration is being
undertaken.
- A planning database has been initiated to determine where
development pressures are occurring in the CMA.
- The ‘Moving Ahead’ Integrated Transport Plan is
currently being revised.
- Sub-Regional Plans have been developed for North-Western
Tygerberg, Metro South East, South Peninsula, Bloubergsvlei, Helderberg, Joostenberg and a
growth corridor management plan for Atlantis.
Additional responses underway:
- The City of Tygerberg is currently finalising its Spatial
Development Framework.
- The City of Cape Town has begun developing its Spatial Development
Framework.
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- Contribute to the urban densification
of the CMA by buying or developing property in established areas closer to places of work.
- Consider living in apartment blocks
rather than low-density housing developments.
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