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Evaluation of Community Social Facilities and Recreational Space in City of Cape Town: Current and Future Provision for 2016 and Optimal Location of New Facilities Report number: CSIR/BE/PSS/ER/2010/0041/B Evaluation of community social facilities and recreational space in City of Cape Town: current and future provision for 2016 and optimal location of new facilities Authors: PREPARED FOR: Chéri Green Gerbrand Mans Manfred Spocter PREPARED BY: CSIR Built Environment PO Box 395 PRETORIA 0001 Tel: +27 21 888 2508 Fax: +27 21 888 2694 Email: [email protected] © CSIR 2006. This document is issued for the sole purpose for which it is supplied. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the express written permission of the Client and the CSIR. It may also not be lent, resold, hired out or otherwise disposed of by way of trade in any form of binding or cover than that in which it is published. DISCLAIMER The facilities analysed in this study vary in number over time as new facilities are opened and old or redundant facilities are closed down. The report is thus subject to updating from time to time and the location of facilities shown on the maps in this report may vary from those on the ground at the current time. The data used was correct as at January 2010. The views and opinions expressed in this document are those of the authors and do not represent the policy of the City of Cape Town Municipality. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Our thanks to the following persons for their input to the study: Client City of Cape Town Project Management Norah Walker Granville van Ross Quintus Thom Sector representatives: John Bennett Trevor Wright Ninnie Steyn Population data: Ken Sinclair-Smith Flowmap developer: Tom de Jong STUDY TEAM Chéri Green – CSIR: Built Environment – Project Leader Gerbrand Mans – CSIR: Built Environment – Urban Geographer and GIS Analyst Manfred Spocter – CSIR: Built Environment – Urban Geographer David McKelly – CSIR: Built Environment – GIS Analyst CSIR/BE/PSS/ER/2010/0041/B Evaluation of community social facilities and recreational space in City of Cape Town ii DOCUMENT RETRIEVAL PAGE Report No: CSIR/BE/PSS/ER/2010/0041/B Title: Evaluation of community social facilities and recreational space in City of Cape Town: current and future provision for 2016 and optimal location of new facilities Authors: Chéri Green Gerbrand Mans Manfred Spocter Client: Client Reference Date: Distribution: No: City of Cape Town May 2010 Project No: OE2: 05900 ISBN: 59P1078 Abstract The aim of this project was to identify those areas where the supply and demand of facilities were not balanced based on acceptable service provision standards for the current population distribution, as well as in terms of a future scenario for the City of Cape Town’s predicted population growth and distribution in 2016. Recommendations of where intervention in respect of facility provision is required have been made. In overall terms, the aim was to assess whether people had access to facilities within reasonable reach and whether these facilities would be able to accommodate future growth in the City’s population. This was done by doing: 1. An audit of the current situation of accessibility (location and capacity) of selected social facilities in Cape Town in respect of both location and size. 2. Modelling and analyses of the future service provision with regard to accessibility in terms of both the location and sufficiency of selected social facilities in Cape Town. 3. Quantification of the total facility demand for specified types. 4. Modelling the optimal location of a select number of new facilities to meet the backlog in current demand and accommodate future growth. Keywords: Guidelines, standards, planning, social facilities, recreational space, cape town Proposals for implementation: Recommendations for the optimal location of new facilities and other facility capacity issues are included in the report. Related documents: Summary Guidelines and Standards for the Planning of City of Cape Town Social Facilities and Recreational Spaces CSIR/BE/PSS/ER/2010/0017/B CSIR/BE/PSS/ER/2010/0041/B Evaluation of community social facilities and recreational space in City of Cape Town iii TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION AND METHODOLOGY....................................................... 1-2 1.1 Introduction............................................................................................................................... 1-2 1.2 Specific aim and objectives..................................................................................................... 1-2 1.3 Methodology ............................................................................................................................. 1-3 1.3.1 Service access planning .................................................................................................... 1-3 1.3.2 Data requirements and preparation to undertake the accessibility analysis ..................... 1-4 1.3.3 Key assumptions and explanations ................................................................................... 1-8 1.3.4 Analysis procedures and outputs....................................................................................... 1-9 1.4 Interpreting the maps in the report....................................................................................... 1-10 1.4.1 Reading the service coverage maps based on catchment area analysis (served and unserved areas) ............................................................................................................... 1-10 1.4.2 Reading the travel time maps (unconstrained)................................................................ 1-11 1.4.3 Reading the optimisation maps (recommendations for new facility investment)............. 1-11 1.5 Statistics – reporting areas ................................................................................................... 1-12 1.6 Report structure ..................................................................................................................... 1-14 2. COMMUNITY CENTRES................................................................................ 2-1 2.1 Introduction............................................................................................................................... 2-1 2.2 Analyses criteria and processes undertaken........................................................................ 2-2 2.3 Discussion of results: Community Centres........................................................................... 2-3 2.3.1 Accessibility to A, B, C and D-graded Community Centres............................................... 2-3 2.3.2 Inclusion of E-grade community centres............................................................................ 2-8 2.3.3 Population served by distance category to all community centres.................................. 2-13 2.3.4 Accessibility to Civic Centres........................................................................................... 2-13 2.4 Recommendations/ Optimisation for Community Centres ................................................ 2-17 2.5 Potential spare capacity for community and civic centres................................................ 2-19 APPENDIX 2.1: Capacities and allocated demand for each community centre ....................2-21 APPENDIX 2.2: Capacities and allocated demand for each civic centre ..............................2-26 3. PUBLIC LIBRARIES....................................................................................... 3-1 3.1 Introduction............................................................................................................................... 3-1 3.2 Analyses criteria and processes undertaken........................................................................ 3-3 CSIR/BE/PSS/ER/2010/0041/B Evaluation of community social facilities and recreational space in City of Cape Town iv 3.3 Discussion of results: Local Public Libraries ....................................................................... 3-4 3.3.1 Catchment area analysis ................................................................................................... 3-4 3.3.2 Travel distance analysis – Local Public Libraries .............................................................. 3-9 3.4 Recommendations/ Optimisation for Local libraries.......................................................... 3-12 3.5 Discussion of results: Regional Libraries ........................................................................... 3-14 3.5.1 Catchment area analysis ................................................................................................. 3-14 3.5.2 Travel distance analysis – Regional Public Libraries ...................................................... 3-19 3.6 Recommendations/ Optimisation: Regional libraries......................................................... 3-21 3.7 Catchment area overlaps of local and regional libraries ................................................... 3-23 3.8 Potentially spare or surplus capacity................................................................................... 3-26 APPENDIX 3.1: Capacities and allocated demand for each local library .............................3-29 APPENDIX 3.2: Capacities and allocated demand for each regional library.........................3-32 4. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS..................................................... 4-1 4.1 Introduction..............................................................................................................................
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