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Remodeling the urban space: public transportation oriented development in Cape Town South Africa

W. Wang

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This graduation project is not to give an answer but to place a number of arguments that a social segregation could be disorganized through a spacial intervention,a reformed public transportation system is able to make remarkable changes for the city in the social and ecomonical context. Due to the existing city network of Cape Town is intentionally schemed for a fragmented urban environment,I attempt to intervene at the infrastructure level-improve the physical condition,project an effecient public transportation system,in order to open up an equal and public urban atmosphere for any ethnisities of the citizens and to discover a practical meaning of public transportation in a population soar-up city.

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This graduation project is not to give an answer but to place a number of arguments that a social segregation could be disorganized through a spacial intervention,a reformed public transportation system is able to make remarkable changes for the city in the social and ecomonical context. Due to the existing city network of Cape Town is intentionally schemed for a fragmented urban environment,I attempt to intervene at the infrastructure level-improve the physical condition,project an effecient public transportation system,in order to open up an equal and public urban atmosphere for any ethnisities of the citizens and to discover a practical meaning of public transportation in a population soar-up city.

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This graduation project is not to give an answer but to place a number of arguments that a social segregation could be disorganized through a spacial intervention,a reformed public transportation system is able to make remarkable changes for the city in the social and ecomonical context. Due to the existing city network of Cape Town is intentionally schemed for a fragmented urban environment,I attempt to intervene at the infrastructure level-improve the physical condition,project an effecient public transportation system,in order to open up an equal and public urban atmosphere for any ethnisities of the citizens and to discover a practical meaning of public transportation in a population soar-up city.

Key concepts: Cape, Public transport, Context (archaeology), Public space, Intervention (counseling), Population, Graduation (instrument), Geography

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