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    A comparative study of the accessibility of socio-economic services in two impoverished neighbourhoods in Cape Town, South Africa
    (2020-12) McKnight, Richard; Geyer, H S; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Geography and Environmental Studies.
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Literature shows that many of the apartheid elements still remain in the spatial layout of cities. Cape Town specifically has many of these attributes where poorer areas still seem to measure at the lower end of investment priorities. In analysing and comparing Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain, average monthly income levels, diversity, poverty rate, employment, car ownership, development density, housing affordability and mixed land use is compared to accessibility of socio-economic services. This includes proximity to employment, multimodal transport accessibility, healthcare services, education facilities, shopping locations and neighbourhood parks. Accessibility to these services where measured using a walking distance of 800 meters with an associated walking time of 10 to 15 minutes, as new urbanist principles focus on a 10 minute walking accessibility to socio-economic services. The results show a contrast between different income areas in terms of adherence to new urbanist principles with higher income areas having larger shopping areas and parks, but less public transport accessibility. In terms of income and racial diversity there was no adherence by Mitchells Plain or Khayelitsha. Public transport is laid out more efficiently in Khayelitsha than in Mitchells Plain, as it reaches more facilities. Mitchells Plain has a smaller population than Khayelitsha, therefore the latter has a higher population within 30 minutes of their employment destination. The number of healthcare facilities were adequate as was walking distance analysis to transport hubs. Both education and shopping facilities showed good levels of accessibility in terms of transport hub access and walking distance coverage. Parks showed some adherence to new urbanist principles in terms of walking distance in Mitchells Plain but Khayelitsha failed to adhere to these principles as it has too few parks per area covered. Overall most facilities had an adequate degree of accessibility in accordance with 800 meter walking distance coverage and transport hub accessibility.