DRAFT: Otavi Structure Plan 2015- 2030 1 | P a g e Otavi Urban Structure Plan Draft: NOVEMBER 2015 5.2 SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE ......................................... 18 9.3.4 OPEN SPACES AND RECREATIONAL AREAS ....................................... 48 FOREWORD ............................................................................... 4 5.2.1 WATER PROVISION ................................................................... 18 9.3.5 RESIDENTIAL COMPONENTS ....................................................... 50 5.2.2 ELECTRICITY PROVISION ............................................................. 18 9.3.6 TOWNLANDS SCALE ................................................................. 52 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .............................................................. 4 5.2.3 SEWAGE PROVISION ................................................................. 18 5.2.4 EDUCATIONAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FACILITIES .......................... 18 CHAPTER10 - IMPLEMENTATION AND ACTION PLANS .............. 55 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................... 4 5.2.5 ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE AND NETWORK ....................................... 18 CHAPTER 11 CONCLUSION ....................................................... 56 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ............................................. 4 CHAPTER 6 – NATURAL ENVIRONMENT ................................... 20 APPEDNDIX A - FUTURE APPROACHES TO RESIDENTIAL GLOSSARY ................................................................................. 4 6.1 GEOLOGY AND SOIL ............................................................... 20 DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................ 57 6.2 LANDSCAPES, GROUNDWATER AND AQUIFERS .............................. 20 CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTION .................................................... 6 6.3 BIOMES, VEGETATION............................................................ 20 ANNEXURE B - RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LONG-TERM 6.4 CLIMATE ............................................................................ 20 ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING ................................................... 60 1.1 PURPOSE OF THE STRUCTURE PLAN ................................... 6 6.8 SENSITIVE AREAS ................................................................. 21 6.9 CONCLUSION....................................................................... 21 1.2 LEGAL STATUS OF THE STRUCTURE PLAN ............................ 6 ANNEXURE C: SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS TECHNOLOGY ............. 63 1.3 PLANNING HORIZON ......................................................... 6 1.4 OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS FOLLOWED ............................ 7 CHAPTER 7 – DEMOGRAPHICS AND SOCIO-ECONOMY ............. 23 ANNEXURE D: INTERNATIONAL TRENDS IN URBAN PLANNING . 65 1.5 DOCUMENT STRUCTURE .................................................... 7 7.1 POPULATION ....................................................................... 23 CONCLUSION ..................................................................................... 74 CHAPTER 2 – DRIVERS OF URBAN GROWTH IN OTAVI ................ 8 7.2 DEMOGRAPHY ..................................................................... 23 7.3 TYPE OF HOUSING UNIT AND TENURE ......................................... 23 2.1 HISTORY OF THE TOWN ............................................................ 8 7.4 SOURCE OF ENERGY FOR COOKING AND LIGHTING ......................... 23 2.2 ADMINISTRATION OF THE TOWN ................................................. 8 7.5 ACCESS TO WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION ............................... 23 List of figures: 2.3 KEY DRIVERS OF URBAN GROWTH .............................................. 10 7.6 WASTE AND GARBAGE DISPOSAL .............................................. 23 2.4 CONCLUSION ....................................................................... 11 7.7 SOURCE OF INCOME AND EMPLOYMENT RATE AND LIVELIHOOD ........ 23 Figure 1: Powers of Local Authorities in terms of the Local 7.8 EDUCATION AND LITERACY RATE .............................................. 23 Authorities Act ............................................................................................... 8 7.9 CONCLUSION....................................................................... 23 CHAPTER 3 – NATIONAL AND LOCAL STRATEGIES ..................... 14 Figure 2 Local ................................................................................................. 9 Figure 3: Otavi in relation to regional trade .................................... 10 CHAPTER 8 – POPULATION PROJECTIONS AND SPATIAL GROWTH Figure 4 Informants and constraints on town scale .................... 12 3.1 VISION 2030 ...................................................................... 14 ............................................................................................... 24 Figure 5 Otjozondjupa constituencies ............................................... 15 3.2 NDP 4 ............................................................................... 14 Figure 6 Otavi in National Context ...................................................... 15 3.3 OTAVI STRATEGIC PLAN .......................................................... 14 Figure 7 Existing and Planned Extensions in Otavi ...................... 17 3.4 CONCLUSION ....................................................................... 14 8.1 ESTIMATING THE HOUSEHOLD POPULATION ................................. 24 Figure 8 Streets in town and B1 through town (bottom) .......... 18 8.2 KNOWN PLANNING APPLICATIONS ............................................ 25 Figure 9 places of interest ...................................................................... 19 8.3 SPATIAL REQUIREMENT FOR 2020 AND 2025 ............................. 25 CHAPTER 4 – NATIONAL, REGIONAL AND LOCAL CONTEXT ....... 15 Figure 10 Street outline .......................................................................... 19 8.4 SPATIAL REQUIREMENT FOR 2030 ............................................... 26 Figure 11: Main occupation of the employed population within 4.1 OTAVI IN NATIONAL CONTEXT .................................................. 15 the otjozondjupa region .......................................................................... 23 CHAPTER 9 – THE STRUCTURE PLAN ........................................ 28 4.2 OTAVI IN REGIONAL CONTEXT .................................................. 15 Figure 12 Turning a pavement into a market area on weekends 4.3 OTAVI IN LOCAL CONTEXT ....................................................... 16 ........................................................................................................................... 35 4.4 CONCLUSION ....................................................................... 16 9.1 BROAD SPATIAL VISION FOR THE TOWN .................................... 28 Figure 13 Creating public squares ...................................................... 36 9.2 ANALYSIS OF MAIN ISSUES ...................................................... 30 Figure 14 Historical buildings turned into financial institutions 9.3 KEY CONCEPTS .................................................................... 31 ........................................................................................................................... 36 CHAPTER 5 – URBAN ENVIRONMENT ....................................... 17 9.3.1 ROADS AND CORRIDORS .......................................................... 35 Figure 15 Landscaping ............................................................................ 36 9.3.2 BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY ......................................................... 43 Figure 16 Residential street .................................................................. 37 5.1 EXISTING EXTENSIONS............................................................ 17 9.3.3 CIVIC AND INSTITUTIONAL ......................................................... 46 Figure 17: Proposed street and road ................................................. 38 2 | P a g e Otavi Urban Structure Plan Draft: NOVEMBER 2015 Figure 18 Extension 3 Precinct Plan ...................................................46 Figure 19 .......................................................................................................47 Figure 20 Open Space systems .............................................................49 Figure 21 Residential Proposals ..........................................................51 Figure 22 Proposals on townland scal ...............................................54 Figure 23: Sustainable Building Technologies................................63 Figure 24 Park in in the town of Karibib ..........................................65 Figure 25: Transforming a main road into a social arena in Chicago, usa ..................................................................................................65 Figure 26: Minimalistic green ...............................................................66 Figure 27: streetscape in arid areas ...................................................66 Figure 28 Desert parks ............................................................................66 Figure 29: minimum trees - playing with design ...........................66 Figure 30: Highline new york - before ...............................................67 Figure 31: Highline new york - after ..................................................67 Figure 32: monotonous residential area ...........................................67