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to

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itie

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how

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a

with

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un

icip

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ve

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ns o

f th

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est

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d n

ort

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ell

as th

e S

ou

th D

urb

an

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sin

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mew

ork

in

pro

gre

ss,

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in

form

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roa

der

eT

he

kw

ini S

pa

tial D

eve

lop

men

t F

ram

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ork

as w

ell

as

pro

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r su

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p

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or

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llow

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mu

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part

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arb

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vin

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idd

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ele

ne

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ste

in, T

on

i R

ed

ma

n, M

arc

us G

oven

de

r, F

aza

l E

bra

him

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rpora

te P

olic

y: K

en

Bre

etz

ke

SE

CT

OR

TE

AM

Waste

wa

ter

Ma

na

ge

men

t: Joh

n H

arr

iso

n,

Bill

P

faff,

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ve

L

ark

in,

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r

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l M

ana

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men

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nd

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aste

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men

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iva

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etty

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an

age

men

t: G

eo

ff T

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vir

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men

tal M

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age

men

t: D

eb

ra R

ob

ert

s

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nom

ic D

eve

lop

me

nt: A

jiv M

ah

ara

j

Tra

nspo

rta

tion

Pla

nn

ing

: Lo

ga

n M

oo

dle

y, M

an

oj R

am

pe

rsad

Ho

usin

g: F

aiz

el S

ee

da

t

Wa

ter:

Sp

ee

dy M

oo

dlia

r

Ele

ctr

icity: Ja

y K

alic

hu

ran

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ance

: P

rakash

Sila

l, M

icky G

oven

der

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al E

sta

te: K

eith

Ma

tth

ias

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vri

on

men

tal H

ea

lth

: S

ha

un

Ra

mro

op

So

lid W

aste

: R

aym

ond

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pe

rsad

KZ

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art

me

nt o

f T

ranspo

rt: M

alc

olm

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rron

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NIN

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SS

AN

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T

he

fo

llow

ing

pro

vid

es

a

bro

ad

ove

rvie

w

of

the

in

itia

l p

roce

ss

an

d

tim

e

co

nsid

era

tions f

or

co

mp

iling

th

e S

SD

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s e

nvis

age

d in

20

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ario

us issu

es,

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din

g i

nte

rna

l a

lign

me

nt

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d s

take

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lde

r en

gag

em

en

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ave

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n a

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es a

n o

ve

rvie

w o

f th

e s

tructu

re a

nd

co

nte

nts

of

this

re

port

. T

his

re

port

d

iscusses

the

su

gge

ste

d

de

ve

lopm

en

t fr

am

ew

ork

a

nd

its

co

mpo

nen

ts.

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e b

uild

-up

co

nsis

ting

la

rge

ly o

f th

e s

tatu

s q

uo a

na

lysis

an

d

the

assessm

en

t o

f str

ate

gic

issu

es i

s o

nly

su

mm

arise

d i

n t

his

re

po

rt a

nd

the

S

tra

teg

ic A

sse

ssm

en

t R

epo

rt s

hou

ld b

e c

onsu

lted

fo

r g

rea

ter

de

tail.

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he

a

ssessm

en

t a

nd

th

e

fra

me

wo

rk

are

in

ter

alia

b

ased

on

a

seri

es

of

sp

ecia

list

inve

stig

atio

ns

inclu

din

g

eco

no

mic

d

eve

lop

men

t,

en

vir

on

me

nta

l a

ssessm

en

t,

pro

pe

rty

tre

nds

etc

. T

he

re

leva

nt

repo

rts

are

re

pro

du

ce

d

se

pa

rate

ly a

nd

a lis

t o

f th

e a

ssessm

en

ts is s

ho

wn

in

th

e c

on

ten

ts p

ag

e.

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f th

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ate

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a

ssessm

en

t in

clu

din

g s

tatu

s q

uo

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rvie

w,

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erg

ing d

eve

lop

men

t is

sue

s a

nd

a s

tra

teg

ic a

ssessm

en

t. T

he

fu

ll a

sse

ssm

en

t is

pre

sen

ted

in

a s

epa

rate

re

port

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ectio

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3

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n

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f d

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rincip

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nd

app

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ctio

n 5

descri

bes su

gge

ste

d de

ve

lop

me

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str

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veri

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con

om

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ple

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ark

ets

an

d tre

nd

s.

1.5

T

HE

ST

UD

Y A

RE

A

� Th

e S

ou

th M

PR

exte

nd

s f

rom

th

e n

ort

he

rn b

ou

nda

ry c

onsis

ting

of

the

Um

lazi

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er

and

th

e

Um

laas

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na

l to

th

e

Ofu

du

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ment

an

d

the

E

zim

bokod

we

ni

Riv

er

in

the

n

ort

h-w

est

to

the

w

este

rn

an

d

sou

thern

b

ou

nd

arie

s o

f th

e E

the

kw

ini M

un

icip

alit

y.

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e

stu

dy

are

a

is

in

exte

nt

of

510

km

2.

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20

01,

it

was

estim

ate

d

to

acco

mm

od

ate

in

th

e

regio

n

of

730

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op

le

(cen

su

s

20

01

),

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th

e

pro

jecte

d p

opu

latio

n fo

r 2

00

8 w

as 7

54

35

6 (

based

on

a 1

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te).

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bu

ts i

n t

he

no

rth

on

to b

oth

th

e c

en

tra

l a

nd

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ste

rn m

etr

op

olit

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pla

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ing

reg

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we

st

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uth

MP

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on

to t

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gu

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vu

an

d

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u D

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icip

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e

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uth

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PR

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m

ade

u

p

of

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pre

vio

us

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uth

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oca

l C

oun

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are

a,

co

nta

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se

rie

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f ea

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r lo

ca

l m

un

icip

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and s

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ific

an

t a

rea

s a

dde

d

to

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ekw

ini

du

rin

g

the

rece

nt

re-d

em

arc

ation

. T

he

la

tter

are

as

form

ed

pre

vio

usly

part

of th

e K

wa

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lu h

om

ela

nd

str

uctu

re.

Ma

in a

ccess in

th

e a

rea

is v

ia t

he

N2

sou

th a

nd a

serie

s o

f e

ast-

we

st

run

nin

g

ma

in r

oa

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jor

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ve

lop

me

nt

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po

ne

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sis

t o

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ort

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e

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me

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ke

y

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for

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eve

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men

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ng

e o

f fo

rma

l re

sid

en

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ve

lop

men

ts (in

clu

din

g th

e

form

er

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nsh

ip

of

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form

al

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nt

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ve

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nd

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d

larg

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ub

sta

ntia

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wn

ers

hip

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go

nya

ma

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st.

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ou

th M

PR

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ate

s a

sig

nific

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art

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co

asta

l e

nvir

on

men

t o

f th

e

Eth

ekw

ini

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nic

ipa

lity.

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ile

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ou

th

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ast

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vid

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me

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cre

atio

na

l a

nd

to

urism

a

ctivitie

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mu

ch

o

f th

e

de

ve

lop

ment

po

ten

tia

l is

se

ve

rely

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rie

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itia

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ng t

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re

ce

nt

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st. T

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exis

tin

g p

lan

nin

g e

xe

rcis

es h

ave

bee

n e

sta

blis

hed

at

a v

ari

ety

of

sca

les a

nd

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ith

th

e e

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ptio

n o

f th

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kw

ini

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on

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f th

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lan

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en

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uth

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llow

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en

tifie

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tin

g p

lann

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itia

tive

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bro

ad

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nn

ing

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nd

de

velo

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ent

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idin

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all

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lop

me

nt

inte

ntio

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with

in

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m

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alit

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n t

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latio

n o

f th

e S

ou

th M

PR

in

20

05

am

ou

nte

d t

o 7

30

000

pe

op

le a

nd t

ha

t, a

t a

n a

ssu

med

gro

wth

ra

te o

f 1

.1%

p.a

, a

pro

jecte

d 2

008 p

op

ula

tio

n w

as 7

54

35

6.

Th

e p

roje

cte

d p

opu

latio

n

of

the

Sou

th in

203

0 a

t th

is r

ate

wo

uld

be

959

62

5,

me

an

ing

th

at

an

add

itio

na

l 2

29

62

5 p

eop

le w

ou

ld h

ave

to

be

accom

mo

da

ted

by 2

03

0.

Th

is w

ou

ld e

qua

te

to in

th

e re

gio

n o

f 5

7 4

06

a

dd

itio

na

l h

ouse

ho

lds (b

ase

d o

n a

n a

ssum

ed

ave

rage

ho

use

ho

ld siz

e o

f 4

) w

hic

h w

ou

ld be

in

a

dd

itio

n to

an

y e

xis

tin

g

ho

usin

g b

acklo

g.

It a

lso

sug

gests

tha

t th

e p

op

ula

tion

is o

ve

rwhe

lmin

gly

yo

uth

ful, t

ha

t th

ere

are

fe

we

r o

ld p

eop

le in

th

e S

outh

th

an

in

th

e M

etr

o a

s a

wh

ole

and

th

at

seco

nd

ary

e

duca

tio

n le

ve

ls a

re c

om

pa

rab

le to

th

ose

of th

e M

etr

o.

It is f

urt

her

ind

ica

ted

th

at

the

re a

re h

igh le

ve

ls o

f no

or

on

ly p

rim

ary

ed

uca

tio

n,

low

pe

rcen

tag

e

of

eco

no

mic

ally

a

ctive

p

op

ula

tio

n,

an

d

ve

ry

hig

h

un

em

plo

ym

en

t le

ve

ls,

sig

nific

an

tly h

igh

er

tha

n t

he a

ve

rag

e M

etr

o l

eve

l a

nd

co

nseq

uen

tly lo

we

r in

com

e le

ve

ls th

an

fo

un

d in

th

e M

etr

o a

s a

wh

ole

.

� •

LA

ND

IS

SU

ES

IN

TH

E S

OU

TH�

Th

e S

ou

th M

PR

is i

n e

xte

nt

of

ap

pro

xim

ate

ly 5

10km

2,

repre

sen

tin

g i

n t

he

reg

ion

of

22%

of

the

are

a o

f th

e M

etr

o.

35

% o

f th

e S

ou

th M

PR

con

tain

s u

rban

an

d s

ubu

rban

de

ve

lop

men

t, w

hile

th

e r

em

ain

der

of

the

are

a i

s l

arg

ely

ru

ral

with

a b

an

d o

f se

mi-ru

ral

/ p

eri

-urb

an

de

nsitie

s d

evelo

pin

g b

etw

ee

n t

he

ru

ral

an

d f

orm

al

urb

an

de

ve

lopm

en

t. T

his

de

nsific

atio

n i

s c

on

tin

uin

g.

Th

e C

ity h

as

pre

vio

usly

id

en

tifie

d

9

pla

nn

ing

a

reas

co

nsid

ere

d

to

exh

ibit

pa

rtic

ula

r d

eve

lop

me

nt ch

ara

cte

rs a

nd

co

nte

nts

ind

ica

ted

on

the

ma

p o

ppo

site

.

Th

e S

ou

th M

PR

co

nsis

ts b

road

ly o

f th

ree

to

po

gra

phic

ba

nds l

ocate

d p

ara

llel

to t

he

coa

st

na

me

ly a

fla

ttis

h c

oa

sta

l str

ip,

a m

ostly u

nd

ula

ting

hin

terl

and

, an

d

fra

gm

en

ted

an

d ste

ep to

po

gra

ph

ic are

as in

th

e w

est. E

leva

tio

n w

ith

in th

e

So

uth

MP

R r

an

ges f

rom

se

a l

eve

l a

t th

e c

oast

to a

pp

roxim

ate

ly 7

30

m a

bo

ve

se

a l

eve

l in

th

e U

mbu

mbu

lu r

eg

ion

in t

he

no

rth

-we

st. A

nu

mb

er

of

incis

ive

rive

r va

lleys r

un

nin

g f

rom

west

to e

ast re

pre

sen

t sig

nific

an

t ph

ysic

al b

arr

iers

in

th

e in

lan

d p

art

of th

e S

ou

th M

PR

. In

th

e r

eg

ion

of

55

% o

f th

e S

ou

th M

PR

co

nsis

ts o

f tr

ad

itio

na

l se

ttle

me

nt

are

as

on

la

nd

m

ostly in

th

e o

wn

ers

hip

o

f th

e In

go

nya

ma T

rust, re

su

ltin

g in

th

e

follo

win

g d

eve

lop

men

t im

plic

atio

ns:

Ru

ral de

ve

lop

me

nt

co

ve

rs t

he

ma

jori

ty o

f th

e S

ou

th M

PR

an

d t

he M

ajo

rity

o

f th

e la

nd

is in

In

go

nya

ma T

rust ow

ners

hip

, in

clu

din

g s

ite

s in

Um

lazi,

Lim

ite

d d

eve

lop

me

nt

op

port

un

itie

s e

xis

t in

tra

ditio

na

l se

ttle

men

t are

as i

n

term

s o

f ow

ne

rsh

ip a

nd

lan

d fo

rm,

Po

ten

tia

l op

po

rtu

nitie

s f

or

the

se a

reas i

nclu

de

mo

re e

ffic

ien

t ag

ricu

ltu

ral

activitie

s a

nd

alte

rna

tive

tou

rism

op

po

rtun

itie

s.

Sig

nific

an

t ch

alle

ng

es t

he

refo

re e

xis

t in

co

ve

ring

th

e e

ntire

SM

PR

with

La

nd

Use

Man

ag

em

en

t S

ch

em

es

AC

CE

SS

, L

INK

AG

E A

ND

TR

AN

SP

OR

TA

TIO

N�

Th

e s

tatu

s q

uo

asse

ssm

ent

ind

ica

ted in

co

nclu

sio

n t

ha

t to

po

gra

ph

ic a

nd o

ther

pre

vio

us c

onsid

era

tio

ns h

ave

re

su

lte

d i

n t

he m

ajo

rity

of

inte

rna

l a

nd

exte

rna

l lin

kag

e o

ccu

rrin

g in

an

east

– w

este

rly d

irectio

n,

pro

vid

ing

th

ere

fore

po

or

and

te

nu

ous i

nte

rlin

kag

e w

ith

in t

he

So

uth

MP

R a

s w

ell

as t

o t

he

activitie

s a

nd

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op

port

un

itie

s i

n t

he

no

rth

, a

nd

cre

ating

fe

w i

nte

rce

pto

ry p

oin

ts i

n t

he

we

ste

rn

po

rtio

n o

f th

e s

tud

y a

rea.

Th

e p

rovis

ion

of

the

envis

ag

ed

ad

ditio

na

l n

ort

h-

so

uth

lin

k r

oad

s s

ho

uld

sub

sta

ntia

lly im

pro

ve

th

ose

co

nd

itio

ns.

Th

e r

ail

alig

nm

en

t, m

ain

ly l

oca

ted i

n c

lose p

roxim

ity t

o t

he b

ea

ch

, re

qu

ires

urg

en

t u

pg

rad

ing

an

d b

ette

r u

tilis

atio

n w

ith

in its

un

iqu

e c

on

text. C

on

sid

era

tio

n

sh

ou

ld a

lso

be

giv

en

to

exte

nd

ing

pub

lic t

ranspo

rta

tio

n b

eyo

nd t

he

pre

se

nt

de

pen

de

nce

on

ta

xi se

rvic

es.

�� �

TH

E E

XIS

TIN

G D

EV

EL

OP

ME

NT�

It

is

sug

geste

d

tha

t th

ere

are

sig

nific

an

t

op

po

rtu

nitie

s

for

infill

an

d

de

nsific

ation

of

resid

en

tia

l d

eve

lop

ment, t

og

eth

er

with

a n

ee

d f

or

up

gra

din

g

the

su

bsta

ntia

l a

reas o

f in

form

al

de

ve

lop

me

nt, t

he

re i

s a

ne

ed

fo

r u

pg

rad

ing

the

exis

tin

g i

nd

ustr

ial

de

ve

lop

men

t a

nd

to

fa

cili

tate

th

e g

en

era

tio

n o

f m

ore

e

mp

loym

en

t o

ppo

rtu

nitie

s,

exis

ting

co

mm

erc

ial

no

des

req

uire

sig

nific

an

t u

pg

rad

ing

, th

ere

are

op

port

un

itie

s f

or

add

itio

na

l d

eve

lop

me

nt

an

d a

pp

ropri

ate

in

form

al

de

ve

lop

men

ts

ne

ed

to

b

e

su

pp

ort

ed

an

d

inte

gra

ted

in

to

wid

er

str

uctu

res,

the

re e

xis

t o

pp

ort

un

itie

s fo

r m

ore

e

ffic

ien

t a

gricu

ltura

l a

ctivitie

s,

the

re i

s a

n u

rge

nt

ne

ed

fo

r d

eve

lop

ing t

he

va

rie

ty o

f to

uri

sm

and r

ecre

ation

op

port

un

itie

s o

f th

e S

ou

th M

PR

an

d t

he “

urb

an

ed

ge”

issu

e m

ay h

ave

to

be

re

vis

ite

d in

spe

cific

loca

l are

as.

� •

TH

E N

AT

UR

AL

AN

D B

UIL

T E

NV

IRO

NM

EN

T O

F T

HE

S

OU

TH�

It

is

su

gge

ste

d

tha

t a

de

taile

d

co

asta

l m

an

ag

em

en

t p

lan

nee

ds

to

be

e

sta

blis

he

d id

en

tify

ing

th

e s

pecific

en

viro

nm

en

tal re

so

urc

es o

f th

e c

oast, t

he

ir

pro

tectio

n a

nd

ma

nag

em

en

t, a

s w

ell

as t

he

are

as’

ap

pro

pri

ate

utilis

atio

n f

or

recre

atio

na

l a

ctivitie

s a

nd a

riv

er

syste

m m

an

age

me

nt

pla

n m

ay b

e r

eq

uire

d

for

the

m

ajo

r ri

ve

r syste

ms o

f th

e S

outh

M

PR

, th

e in

div

idu

al

lag

oo

ns a

nd

e

stu

ari

es a

nd s

pecific

are

as o

f o

pp

ort

un

ity a

nd

hig

h b

io d

ive

rsity in

th

e w

est

of

the

are

a.

Th

e

bu

ilt

en

vir

on

me

nt

repre

se

nts

a

sig

nific

an

t co

mp

on

en

t o

f w

ide

r e

nvir

onm

en

tal

co

nsid

era

tion

s.

Ma

jor

part

s o

f th

e f

orm

al

coa

sta

l deve

lop

me

nt

are

of

sub

urb

an

gre

en

ch

ara

cte

r, w

ith

th

e e

xce

ptio

n o

f so

me h

igh

de

nsity,

hig

h r

ise

coasta

l de

ve

lopm

en

ts,

po

or

bu

ilt e

nviro

nm

en

ts d

om

ina

te i

n f

orm

al

tow

nsh

ips a

nd

in

form

al

are

as.

Th

ere

is a

n u

rgen

t n

ecessity t

o d

eve

lop

new

a

pp

roach

es

to

cre

atin

g

ap

pro

pri

ate

e

nvir

onm

en

ts

als

o

in

low

er

inco

me

d

eve

lop

me

nts

, � 2.2

E

ME

RG

ING

DE

VE

LO

PM

EN

T I

SS

UE

S

� Th

e f

ollo

win

g p

rovid

es a

n o

ve

rvie

w o

f th

e i

ssue

s e

me

rgin

g f

rom

th

e s

tatu

s

qu

o a

na

lysis

pro

vid

ing

the

basis

for

the

ove

rall

str

ate

gic

assessm

en

t o

f th

e

exis

tin

g a

nd

po

ten

tia

l fu

ture

de

ve

lop

men

t o

f th

e S

ou

th M

PR

. T

HE

ME

TR

O R

OL

E O

F T

HE

SO

UT

H

Th

e

So

uth

M

PR

co

nta

ins,

tog

eth

er

with

th

e

Cen

tra

l M

PR

, in

dustr

ial

de

ve

lop

me

nt

of

me

tro

po

lita

n

sig

nific

ance

, lik

ely

to

b

e

ma

inta

ine

d,

up

gra

ded

and

fu

rth

er

de

ve

lop

ed

, a

nd

th

e a

irp

ort

relo

ca

tion

will

pro

vid

e

sig

nific

an

t n

ew

opp

ort

un

itie

s in

th

e A

uto

mo

tive

, P

etr

oche

mic

al o

r B

ack-o

f-P

ort

secto

rs

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Th

e S

ou

th M

PR

co

nta

ins a sig

nific

an

t com

po

ne

nt

of

the

co

ast

of

the

Me

tro

and

acco

mm

od

ate

s s

ubsta

ntia

l a

ffo

rda

ble

to

urism

de

ve

lop

me

nt a

nd

fu

ture

op

port

un

itie

s,

en

viro

nm

en

tal

su

sta

ina

bili

ty

limita

tio

ns

an

d

the

in

teg

ration

of p

ote

ntia

l in

lan

d o

ppo

rtu

nitie

s n

ee

d to

be c

onsid

ere

d,

Accom

mo

da

tin

g

sig

nific

an

t le

ve

ls

of

afford

ab

le

resid

en

tia

l a

cco

mm

od

atio

n,

the

re e

xis

t o

ppo

rtu

nitie

s f

or

infill

and

de

nsific

ation

, th

ere

is

a

nee

d

for

up

gra

din

g

su

bsta

ntial

info

rma

l de

ve

lop

men

ts

wh

ile

op

port

un

itie

s fo

r e

xte

nd

ing

urb

an

de

ve

lop

me

nt to

th

e w

est a

re lim

ite

d.

At

pre

sen

t th

e S

ou

th M

PR

acco

mm

oda

tes a

lim

ited

le

ve

l o

f a

gri

cu

ltura

l d

eve

lop

me

nt, s

ubsta

ntia

lly i

n t

he

fo

rm o

f su

ga

r ca

ne

fa

rmin

g,

add

itio

na

l o

pp

ort

un

itie

s e

xis

t in

th

e tra

ditio

na

l se

ttle

me

nt a

reas.

Lin

ka

ges b

etw

een

th

e S

ou

th M

PR

and

th

e r

em

ain

de

r o

f th

e M

etr

o a

re

limite

d t

o t

he N

2 /

M4

corr

ido

r in

th

e e

ast, i

mp

rove

d n

ort

h-s

ou

th l

inkag

es

are

re

qu

ire

d fo

r b

ette

r in

teg

ratio

n.

Th

e S

ou

th M

PR

co

nta

ins s

ubsta

ntia

l un

- an

d u

nd

erd

eve

lope

d a

rea

s a

nd

the

S

ou

th

ca

n

co

ntr

ibu

te

to

“effic

ien

t la

nd

utilis

atio

n”

iden

tifie

d

in

the

Eth

ekw

ini ID

P

PO

PU

LA

TIO

N A

ND

AC

CO

MM

OD

AT

ION

Exp

ecte

d

pop

ula

tio

n

gro

wth

b

y

20

30

is

sug

geste

d

to

req

uire

th

e

acco

mm

od

atio

n o

f a

n a

dditio

na

l 22

9 6

25

pe

op

le i

n t

he

So

uth

MP

R,

this

w

ou

ld b

e in

ad

ditio

n to

th

e e

xis

tin

g h

ou

sin

g b

acklo

g.

Th

ere

is p

ote

ntia

l fo

r d

ensific

atio

n a

nd

in

fill

of

exis

ting

fo

rma

l re

sid

en

tia

l d

eve

lop

me

nts

, d

ep

en

din

g o

n t

he

gu

ida

nce

pro

vid

ed

, su

ch

de

nsific

atio

n

ma

y in

flu

en

ce

th

e c

hara

cte

r o

f th

e e

xis

tin

g d

eve

lopm

en

t.

Th

e

ap

pro

pria

te

upg

rad

ing

o

f e

xis

tin

g

info

rma

l se

ttle

me

nts

is

u

rgen

tly

req

uired

. It n

ee

ds t

o b

e n

ote

d h

ow

eve

r th

at

sig

nific

an

t a

mo

un

ts o

f u

rba

n

info

rma

l de

velo

pm

en

ts a

re a

lso

loca

ted

on

In

go

nya

ma

Tru

st la

nd

. •

It is e

xp

ecte

d t

ha

t o

nly

lim

ite

d r

esid

en

tia

l g

row

th w

ill t

ake

pla

ce

in

the

rura

l a

reas o

f th

e S

ou

th M

PR

w

ith

th

e p

ote

ntia

l e

xce

ptio

n o

f th

e fo

llow

ing

are

as:

Po

ten

tia

l d

eve

lop

men

t o

f th

e I

llovu

Fla

ts a

rea

for

mid

dle

to

hig

her

inco

me

de

ve

lop

me

nt

tog

eth

er

with

to

urism

, re

cre

atio

n a

nd a

pp

rop

ria

te e

co

no

mic

d

eve

lop

me

nt o

pp

ort

un

itie

s,

Po

ten

tia

l m

idd

le

inco

me

infill

de

ve

lop

me

nt

in

the

U

mko

ma

as

Cra

igie

bu

rn -

Cla

nsth

al are

as.

Pa

ralle

l pro

vis

ion

of

req

uire

d p

hysic

al

an

d s

ocia

l se

rvic

es,

and

th

e a

bili

ty

to c

rea

te a

cce

pta

ble

an

d r

ea

so

nab

le s

erv

ice

le

ve

ls,

as a

pre

co

nditio

n f

or

de

ve

lop

me

nt.

Pa

ralle

l de

ve

lop

me

nt o

f a

dd

itio

na

l e

mp

loym

en

t o

pp

ort

un

itie

s.

De

tail

inve

stig

atio

n

into

po

ten

tia

l lo

ca

l a

me

nd

men

ts

to p

resen

t “u

rban

ed

ge”

line

. L

AN

D D

EV

EL

OP

ME

NT

OP

PO

RT

UN

ITIE

S

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12

Sig

nific

an

t po

rtio

ns o

f th

e S

ou

th M

PR

(a

ppro

xim

ate

ly 6

5%

) co

nsis

t a

t p

rese

nt

of

rura

l are

as,

the o

ve

rwh

elm

ing

ma

jori

ty o

f th

e r

ura

l a

rea

s a

re

un

der

tra

ditio

na

l te

nu

re

(ap

pro

xim

ate

ly

55%

),

po

ten

tia

l fu

ture

d

eve

lop

me

nt

op

tio

ns f

or

the

se

are

as a

re a

t p

resen

t la

rge

ly lim

ite

d t

o r

ura

l h

ousin

g, m

ore

effic

ien

t a

gricu

ltu

re, a

lte

rna

tive

to

uri

sm

de

ve

lop

men

t e

tc,

Th

ere

e

xis

t h

ow

eve

r ba

nds

of

info

rma

l d

ensific

atio

n

in

tra

ditio

na

l se

ttle

me

nt

are

as in

p

roxim

ity o

f th

e u

rban

d

eve

lop

me

nt, th

ese re

qu

ire

urg

en

t u

pgra

din

g,

To

po

gra

ph

ic

co

nd

itio

ns

in

the

S

ou

th

MP

R

influen

cin

g

de

ve

lop

ab

ility

in

clu

de

a

fla

ttis

h

co

asta

l b

an

d,

ca

rryin

g

mu

ch

o

f th

e

pre

sen

t u

rba

n

de

ve

lop

me

nt

an

d t

ran

sp

ort

atio

n c

orr

ido

rs,

an i

nla

nd

ban

d o

f und

ula

tin

g

top

og

rap

hy,

acco

mm

oda

tin

g

at

pre

sen

t a

m

ixtu

re

of

tow

nsh

ip

de

ve

lop

me

nt, r

ura

l se

ttle

me

nt

an

d a

gricu

ltu

ral

usag

e,

an

d t

he

sig

nific

an

t h

inte

rlan

d a

rea

s o

f la

rge

ly f

rag

me

nte

d a

nd

ste

ep

top

og

rap

hy,

con

tain

ing

tr

ad

itio

na

l se

ttle

me

nt,

Sig

nific

an

t un

- a

nd

un

de

rde

ve

lope

d a

rea

s i

n t

he

So

uth

MP

R o

uts

ide

of

the

tra

ditio

na

l se

ttle

me

nt

are

as in

clu

de

th

e I

llovu

Fla

ts a

nd

th

e a

rea

to

th

e

west o

f U

mkom

aa

s,

Th

e

Illo

vu

F

lats

are

a

t pre

se

nt

larg

ely

u

nd

er

su

ga

r ca

ne

a

nd

cou

ld

acco

mm

od

ate

in

fu

ture

a

ra

nge

o

f d

eve

lop

me

nts

e

xte

nd

ing

fr

om

re

sid

en

tia

l to

recre

atio

n /

to

urism

, w

ate

r-b

ase

d a

ctivitie

s e

tc t

o e

co

no

mic

d

eve

lop

me

nt,

Th

e a

reas w

est

an

d s

ou

th o

f U

mko

ma

as m

ay p

rim

arily

ha

ve

po

ten

tia

l fo

r a

dd

itio

na

l re

sid

en

tia

l a

nd

asso

cia

ted

de

ve

lop

men

t.

LIN

KA

GE

AN

D T

RA

NS

PO

RT

AT

ION

With

th

e e

xce

ptio

n o

f th

e c

oasta

l be

lt,

linkag

es b

etw

ee

n t

he

Sou

th M

PR

a

nd

th

e r

em

ain

de

r o

f th

e M

etr

o a

re v

irtu

ally

no

n-e

xis

ten

t, t

his

is l

ike

ly t

o

ha

ve

co

ntr

ibute

d o

n t

he

one

han

d t

o d

eve

lop

ing

tra

ffic

pro

ble

ms in

po

rtio

n

of

the

N

2

/ M

4,

ma

de

the

w

este

rn

pa

rts

of

the

S

ou

th

rela

tive

ly

ina

ccessib

le fr

om

th

e re

ma

ind

er

of

the

M

etr

o,

an

d co

ntr

ibu

tin

g o

n th

e

oth

er

ha

nd

a

lso

to

d

ifficu

ltie

s

for

the

S

ou

th

po

pu

lation

to

a

ccess

em

plo

ym

en

t o

pp

ort

un

itie

s a

nd

oth

er

activitie

s i

n t

he

west

and

no

rth

, th

e

be

tte

r ph

ysic

al

linka

ge

o

f th

e

So

uth

in

to

the

re

ma

ind

er

of

the

M

etr

o

ap

pea

rs th

ere

fore

esse

ntia

l a

nd

urg

en

t,

T

he

po

ten

tia

l a

lign

me

nt

of

the

MR

57

9 l

inkin

g P

ine

tow

n a

nd K

laarw

ate

r to

th

e w

est

of

Um

lazi an

d F

olw

en

i a

nd

its

ultim

ate

lin

kag

e t

o t

he

R6

03

in

th

e

so

uth

, n

ee

ds to

be

pri

ori

tise

d in

pla

nn

ing

lin

kag

es in

th

e S

ou

th

Th

e U

mbu

mb

ulu

L

AD

P,

co

ve

rin

g th

e n

ort

h-w

este

rn p

art

o

f th

e S

ou

th,

ide

ntifie

s p

ote

ntia

l an

d re

qu

ired

ad

ditio

na

l n

ort

h-s

ou

th lin

ka

ge

s lo

ca

ted

fu

rth

er

to th

e w

est.

Mu

ch o

f th

e n

ort

h-s

ou

th l

inkag

e i

s a

t pre

se

nt

con

fin

ed

to

the

N2

, it m

ay

als

o b

e n

ecessa

ry t

o d

evelo

p a

dd

itio

na

l cap

acitie

s o

n t

he

MR

19

7 /

So

uth

C

oast R

oa

d,

Ad

ditio

na

l lo

ca

l le

ve

l in

tern

al

nort

h-s

ou

th

linka

ge

s,

or

the

a

pp

rop

ria

te

up

gra

din

g o

f e

xis

tin

g lin

ka

ges,

wo

uld

im

pro

ve

acce

ssib

ility

a

nd re

late

d

op

port

un

itie

s w

ith

in th

e S

ou

th,

Exis

tin

g ra

il se

rvic

es a

re g

en

era

lly se

ve

rely

u

nd

eru

tilis

ed

, o

pp

ort

un

itie

s

sh

ou

ld

be

id

en

tifie

d

to

imp

rove

th

e

se

rvic

e

on

th

e

on

e

hand

, w

hile

in

ve

stig

ating

th

e p

ote

ntia

l fo

r e

xte

nd

ing

an

ap

pro

pri

ate

ra

il n

etw

ork

, •

Exis

tin

g

pu

blic

tr

anspo

rt

is

su

bsta

ntia

lly

co

nfin

ed

to

ta

xi

se

rvic

e,

the

p

ote

ntia

l fo

r e

xp

an

din

g

pu

blic

tr

ansp

ort

serv

ice

s

sh

ou

ld

als

o

be

inve

stig

ate

d.

Th

e

possib

le

ere

ction

o

f a

to

ll o

n

the

N2

at

Pro

sp

ecto

n

will

ha

ve

a

sig

nific

an

t an

d

de

trim

en

tal

imp

act

on

th

e

alre

ad

y

co

nstr

ain

ed

ro

ad

co

nn

ectivity in

th

e S

MP

R.

Str

ate

gie

s to

im

pro

ve acce

ss o

n a

lte

rna

tive

ro

ute

s n

eed

s to

be

pri

ori

tise

d s

ho

uld

th

is o

ccur

E

CO

NO

MIC

DE

VE

LO

PM

EN

T I

N T

HE

SO

UT

H

As i

nd

ica

ted

els

ew

he

re,

pre

sen

t le

ve

ls o

f e

con

om

ic a

ctivity i

n t

he

So

uth

are

re

lative

ly lo

w w

hile

u

ne

mp

loym

en

t le

ve

ls are

u

nacce

pta

bly

h

igh.

Wh

ile th

e

imp

rove

me

nt

of

the p

resen

t situ

ation

ne

eds t

o b

e a

dd

resse

d a

t a

va

rie

ty o

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13

de

ve

lop

me

nt

leve

ls,

the

p

rom

otio

n o

f in

cre

ase

d eco

no

mic

a

ctivitie

s in

th

e

so

uth

rep

rese

nts

on

e o

f th

e m

ore

sig

nific

an

t co

mpon

en

ts.

Fo

llow

ing

so

me o

f th

e m

ajo

r econ

om

ic issu

es:

IND

US

TR

IAL

DE

VE

LO

PM

EN

T

Th

e

exis

ting

de

ve

lop

me

nts

o

f th

e

So

uth

D

urb

an

Ba

sin

, P

rosp

ecto

n,

Isip

ingo

a

nd

Um

bog

intw

ini

are

o

f m

etr

opo

lita

n

sig

nific

ance

, th

ey

co

nseq

uen

tly n

eed

to

be

ma

inta

ined

, a

pp

ropri

ate

ly u

pgra

de

d a

nd

mad

e

mo

re

effic

ient

in

term

s

of

attra

ctive

ness

to

new

in

ve

stm

en

t,

ca

pacity

exp

ansio

n, lin

ka

ge

in

to m

ajo

r tr

anspo

rta

tio

n n

etw

ork

s e

tc.

Ap

pro

pri

ate

e

nvir

onm

en

tal

sta

nd

ard

s

ne

ed

to

b

e

ag

ree

d

on

an

d

ma

na

ge

d.

Co

nflic

ts b

etw

een

th

e i

ndu

str

ial

an

d r

esid

en

tia

l d

eve

lop

men

t n

ee

d t

o b

e

ad

dre

ssed

app

ropri

ate

ly a

nd

ma

na

ge

d.

La

nd

em

an

atin

g f

rom

th

e e

nvis

ag

ed

airp

ort

mo

ve

nee

ds t

o b

e i

nte

gra

ted

into

th

e

su

rro

un

din

g

activitie

s,

de

ve

lop

ed

on

th

e

ba

sis

o

f th

e

are

a’s

e

xce

llen

t re

gio

na

l access

an

d

vis

ibili

ty

an

d

the

op

po

rtun

ity

to

cre

ate

a

dd

itio

na

l e

mp

loym

en

t in

th

e S

ou

th.

Th

e b

usin

ess p

ark

de

ve

lopm

en

t a

t U

mbo

gin

twin

i sh

ou

ld b

e e

nco

ura

ge

d to

de

ve

lop

furt

he

r, w

hile

ap

pro

pri

ate

me

asu

res n

ee

d t

o b

e t

aken

to p

rote

ct

the

surr

ou

nd

ing

de

ve

lop

me

nt

fro

m p

rob

lem

s p

ote

ntia

lly a

risin

g f

rom

th

e

ch

em

ica

l activitie

s in

th

e a

rea

. •

Th

e I

llovu

Fla

ts c

on

tain

s f

lat

lan

d,

hig

hly

vis

ible

with

exce

llen

t re

gio

na

l a

ccess,

port

ion

s o

f w

hic

h m

ay t

he

refo

re b

e a

ppro

pria

te f

or

hig

h,

bio

-tech

or

sim

ilar

econ

om

ic d

eve

lop

me

nt.

Th

e S

AIC

CO

R c

om

ple

x w

est

of

Um

kom

aa

s is u

nders

tood

to

be

exp

an

ded

a

nd

th

at

there

a

re

no

ne

ga

tive

e

mis

sio

ns

fro

m

the

pre

se

nt

activitie

s,

vis

ibili

ty

an

d

go

od

a

ccess

ma

y

su

gg

est

the

p

ote

ntia

l fo

r a

dd

itio

na

l a

pp

ropri

ate

de

ve

lop

men

t.

C

OM

ME

RC

IAL

DE

VE

LO

PM

EN

T

In

ge

ne

ral

exis

tin

g

co

mm

erc

ial

de

ve

lop

me

nts

an

d

CB

Ds

ma

y

req

uire

u

pg

rad

ing

con

seq

uen

tly a

ttra

ctin

g m

ore

in

ve

stm

en

t, t

his

is i

n p

art

icu

lar

ap

plic

ab

le

to

the

Is

ipin

go

an

d

Am

an

zim

toti

CB

Ds

an

d

the

U

mla

zi

V

inte

rse

ction

an

d th

e W

ce

ntr

e.

Po

ten

tia

l com

me

rcia

l de

ve

lop

men

t o

pp

ort

un

itie

s o

n l

an

d e

ma

na

tin

g f

rom

th

e fu

ture

airp

ort

mo

ve

, •

En

vis

ag

ed

esta

blis

hm

en

t o

f re

gio

na

l sh

op

pin

g c

en

tre

se

rvin

g t

he

So

uth

M

PR

a

nd

b

eyo

nd

, lo

ca

tion

s id

en

tifie

d a

t U

mb

og

intw

ini

(Arb

ou

r T

ow

n),

A

ma

nzim

toti (

Estu

ary

) a

nd

Win

kle

sp

ruit (

So

uth

Coa

st

Ma

ll),

like

ly t

o b

e

de

ve

lope

d a

t o

ne

of

the l

oca

tio

ns o

nly

, th

e d

eve

lop

me

nt

of

Arb

ourt

ow

n is

in th

e m

ea

ntim

e in

pro

gre

ss

Ap

pro

pri

ate

de

ve

lop

men

t fr

am

ew

ork

s n

ee

d t

o b

e e

sta

blis

he

d t

o g

uid

e t

he

futu

re

de

ve

lop

me

nt

of

the

ru

ral

inve

stm

en

t an

d

loca

l se

rvic

e

no

des

ide

ntifie

d inclu

din

g in

pa

rtic

ula

r U

mb

um

bu

lu, U

mga

ba

ba

and

Um

ko

ma

as.

INF

OR

MA

L A

CT

IVIT

IES

Sig

nific

an

t e

xis

tin

g l

eve

ls o

f in

form

al

co

mm

erc

ial

activitie

s i

n p

art

icu

lar

in

the

Um

lazi a

nd

Isip

ingo

are

as,

Ap

pro

pri

ate

L

ED

str

ate

gie

s

and

re

leva

nt

actio

ns

to

be

id

entifie

d

to

ha

rne

ss t

he

em

an

atin

g e

mp

loym

en

t a

nd c

on

ve

nie

nce o

pp

ort

un

itie

s a

nd

to

lin

k a

pp

rop

riate

activitie

s into

su

ppo

rt a

nd

ma

na

ge

men

t m

ech

an

ism

s,

Ap

pro

pri

ate

op

po

rtun

itie

s a

lso

to b

e e

sta

blis

he

d a

nd m

an

age

d i

n e

xis

tin

g

an

d fu

ture

form

al co

mm

erc

ial ce

ntr

es.

AG

RIC

UL

TU

RA

L D

EV

EL

OP

ME

NT

Pro

mo

tin

g m

ore

e

ffic

ien

t co

mm

un

ity-b

ased

a

gricu

ltu

ral

de

ve

lopm

en

t in

su

ita

ble

pa

rts o

f th

e tra

ditio

na

l se

ttle

ment a

rea

s,

En

co

ura

gin

g

the

d

ivers

ific

ation

a

nd

a

pp

rop

riate

b

ene

ficia

tio

n

of

ag

ricu

ltura

l activitie

s.

Exp

an

din

g a

nd

en

ab

ling

ag

ricu

ltura

l de

ve

lop

men

t in

th

e s

ou

th a

t m

ultip

le

sca

les to

en

su

re jo

b c

rea

tio

n a

nd

fo

od

se

curi

ty

DE

VE

LO

PM

EN

T O

F T

OU

RIS

M A

ND

RE

CR

EA

TIO

N

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14

It is

g

en

era

lly a

gre

ed

th

at

the

d

eve

lop

me

nt

opp

ort

un

itie

s o

f th

e coa

st

with

in t

he

Sou

th M

PR

are

se

ve

rely

un

de

rutilis

ed

and c

oasta

l m

ana

ge

men

t p

lans a

re und

er

wa

y w

hic

h,

it is

e

xp

ecte

d,

will

a

lso

id

en

tify

th

e la

rge

va

rie

ty o

f o

pp

ort

un

itie

s fo

r to

uri

sm

a

nd

re

cre

atio

n,

the

p

lan

s w

ill a

lso

ide

ntify

th

e

en

vir

onm

en

tally

se

nsitiv

e

co

mpo

nen

ts

of

the

coa

st

an

d

esta

blis

h a

ba

lance

be

twee

n a

ppro

pri

ate

usag

e a

nd

pro

tectio

n,

Pla

ns are

b

ein

g co

mp

iled fo

r th

e u

pg

rad

ing

o

f th

e U

mg

aba

ba

H

olid

ay

reso

rt a

nd t

he

de

ve

lop

men

t o

f a

n a

pp

rop

ria

te l

aun

ch

site a

t U

mko

maas

for

div

es to

the

Aliw

al S

ho

al is

pla

nne

d.

Th

e n

um

ero

us e

xis

tin

g rive

r m

ou

ths,

lag

oon

s a

nd e

stu

arie

s w

ith

in th

e

So

uth

MP

R s

ho

uld

re

ce

ive p

art

icu

lar

atte

ntio

n,

Sin

ce

su

bsta

ntia

l p

art

s o

f th

e S

ou

th M

PR

co

nsis

t o

f ru

ral

de

ve

lop

me

nt,

the

are

a h

as s

ign

ific

an

t p

ote

ntia

l fo

r th

e e

sta

blis

hm

ent o

f a

lte

rna

tive

in

lan

d

eco

/ c

ultu

ral

/ A

fric

a e

tc t

ou

rism

with

in t

he

tra

ditio

na

l se

ttle

me

nt

are

as

linked

in

to th

e e

sta

blis

he

d to

uri

sm

syste

ms o

f th

e M

etr

o.

PR

OV

ISIO

N O

F A

PP

RO

PR

IAT

E S

ER

VIC

ES

F

ollo

win

g a

n o

ve

rvie

w o

f se

rvic

e issu

es in

th

e S

ou

th M

PR

: •

WA

TE

R S

UP

PL

Y,

it i

s u

nd

ers

too

d t

ha

t th

ere

is i

n g

en

era

l n

o p

rob

lem

in

pro

vid

ing

adeq

ua

te w

ate

r se

rvic

es t

o t

he

are

as o

f th

e S

ou

th M

PR

, th

is i

s

ba

se

d on

th

e p

rovis

ion of

low

er

se

rvic

e le

ve

ls to

a

reas o

uts

ide

o

f th

e

pre

se

nt

“urb

an

edg

e”,

as d

iscusse

d e

lsew

here

so

me

loca

l m

od

ific

atio

ns

ma

y b

e r

eq

uire

d t

o t

he

pre

se

nt

loca

tio

n o

f th

is lin

e,

wh

ile it

als

o m

ust

als

o

be

acce

pte

d t

ha

t d

eve

lop

me

nt

is a

co

ntin

uo

us p

rocess w

hic

h m

ay r

eq

uire

d

iffe

ren

t serv

ice

le

ve

ls a

t d

iffe

ren

t tim

es.

SA

NIT

AT

ION

, clo

se

ly lin

ked

to

wa

ter

pro

vis

ion

, a

ga

in lo

we

r se

rvic

e le

ve

ls

are

pro

vid

ed o

uts

ide

th

e p

rese

nt

“urb

an e

dge

”. A

pp

rop

ria

te s

erv

ice

le

ve

ls

for

the

ide

ntifie

d r

ura

l a

nd l

oca

l serv

ice n

od

es a

nd

sp

ecific

co

mm

erc

ial

/ to

uri

sm

/ r

esid

en

tia

l d

eve

lop

me

nts

in

ru

ral

are

as n

ee

d t

o b

e a

gre

ed

up

on

in e

ach

of th

e c

ase

s.

EL

EC

TR

ICIT

Y S

UP

PL

Y,

mu

ch

of

the

are

a o

f th

e S

ou

th M

PR

is s

upp

lied

with

e

lectr

icity in

va

rio

us fo

rms o

f su

pp

ly o

n d

em

an

d,

the

re is

to

o

ur

un

ders

tan

din

g n

o p

rob

lem

with

th

e b

ulk

su

pp

ly.

TE

LE

CO

MM

UN

ICA

TIO

N,

ag

ain

th

ere

is t

o o

ur

un

ders

tand

ing

no

pro

ble

m

in te

rms o

f in

fra

str

uctu

re for

tra

ditio

na

l te

lep

hon

e s

erv

ice

, p

ossib

ly w

ith

th

e

exce

ption

of

ad

ditio

na

l re

qu

ire

d p

ub

lic p

ho

ne

s,

it i

s a

lso

un

de

rsto

od

th

at

mu

ch

of th

e S

ou

th M

PR

is c

ove

red

by c

ellp

hon

e n

etw

ork

s.

RE

FU

SE

CO

LL

EC

TIO

N A

ND

LA

ND

FIL

L,

wh

ile r

efu

se c

olle

ction

ta

ke

s

pla

ce

in

all

form

al

urb

an

are

as o

f th

e S

ou

th,

no

such

se

rvic

e e

xis

ts i

n

ge

nera

l in

in

form

al

an

d r

ura

l are

as,

the p

rovis

ion

of

ap

pro

pri

ate

se

rvic

es

sh

ou

ld f

orm

pa

rt o

f an

y f

orm

alis

atio

n o

f in

form

al

are

as a

nd

re

leva

nt

rura

l h

ousin

g p

roje

cts

. It i

s u

nd

ers

too

d t

ha

t a

re

gio

na

l la

nd

fill

site

ha

s b

ee

n

ide

ntifie

d in

th

e Illo

vu

Fla

ts a

rea

.

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15

TH

E N

AT

UR

AL

EN

VIR

ON

ME

NT

F

orm

ing

an

esse

ntia

l a

sp

ect

of

functio

na

l d

eve

lop

men

t in

term

s o

f socia

l a

nd

econ

om

ic issu

es, th

e fo

llow

ing

sp

ecific

aspe

cts

are

hig

hlig

hte

d:

TH

E C

OA

ST

Exis

tin

g d

evelo

pm

en

t a

nd a

dd

itio

na

l d

eve

lop

me

nt

pre

ssu

res a

re l

ike

ly t

o

co

nflic

t w

ith

the

n

ee

d

to

ap

pro

pri

ate

ly

pro

tect

the

u

niq

ue

co

asta

l e

nvir

onm

en

ts,

it i

s e

xp

ecte

d t

ha

t a

ppro

pri

ate

co

asta

l m

an

age

me

nt

pla

ns

will

ultim

ate

ly p

rovid

e g

uid

an

ce

fo

r th

e c

rea

tio

n o

f an

ad

eq

ua

te b

ala

nce

, in

clu

din

g t

he

pro

tectio

n a

nd

ap

pro

pri

ate

utilis

atio

n o

f th

e n

um

ero

us r

iver

mo

uth

s, la

goo

ns a

nd

estu

ari

es in

th

e S

ou

th M

PR

. T

HE

MA

JO

R R

IVE

R S

YS

TE

MS

Th

e

So

uth

acco

mm

od

ate

s

five

m

ajo

r ri

ve

r syste

ms,

in

the

ce

ntr

al

to

weste

rn p

art

s o

f th

e a

rea

lo

ca

ted

in

in

cis

ive

riv

er

va

lleys,

the

no

rth

ern

ri

ve

r syste

ms in

clu

din

g th

e U

mla

zi, Is

ipin

go

, E

zim

bo

kod

we

ni

and

L

ittle

A

ma

nzim

toti R

ive

rs h

ave

be

en

ide

ntified

as c

on

tain

ing

se

vere

leve

ls o

f p

ollu

tio

n,

inclu

din

g t

he

refo

re a

lso

the

re

leva

nt

river

mo

uth

s a

nd

la

go

on

s,

ap

pro

pri

ate

m

ea

su

res

ne

ed

to

b

e

ide

ntifie

d

for

rele

van

t pro

tectio

n,

reh

ab

ilita

tio

n

an

d

man

age

me

nt

of

the

syste

ms.

Th

e

po

ten

tial

furt

her

de

nsific

ation

o

f ru

ral

are

as w

ill h

ave

to

ta

ke

acco

un

t o

f e

nvir

onm

en

tal

issu

es.

It i

s e

xp

ecte

d t

ha

t in

ter

alia

th

e a

pp

ropri

ate

up

gra

din

g o

f in

form

al

se

ttle

me

nts

will

co

ntr

ibu

te p

ositiv

ely

to

th

e i

mp

rove

me

nt

of

en

viron

me

nta

l co

nd

itio

ns.

UN

IQU

E N

AT

UR

AL

EN

VIR

ON

ME

NT

S

In a

dd

itio

na

l to

th

e c

oasta

l a

nd

riv

eri

ne

are

as t

he

Sou

th M

PR

co

nta

ins a

g

rea

t vari

ety

of

un

ique

envir

on

men

tal

resou

rces,

inclu

din

g a

rea

s o

f h

igh

bio

-div

ers

ity,

mo

un

tain

s,

esca

rpm

en

ts e

tc,

these

ne

ed

to

b

e id

en

tifie

d,

pro

tecte

d,

ma

na

ge

d a

nd

a

pp

ropri

ate

ly u

tilis

ed

, in

clu

din

g th

eir po

ten

tia

l in

teg

ration

in

to to

uri

sm

an

d r

ecre

ation

activitie

s d

iscu

sse

d e

arl

ier.

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16

TH

E B

UIL

T E

NV

IRO

NM

EN

T

En

vir

on

men

tal co

nsid

era

tio

ns e

xte

nd

als

o b

eyon

d the

na

tura

l en

vir

on

me

nt

an

d m

ust

inclu

de

ad

dre

ssin

g t

he

bu

ilt e

nvir

on

me

nt, i

.e.

the

en

vir

on

me

nt

with

in

the

bu

ilt-u

p

de

ve

lop

me

nt.

Wh

ile

mu

ch

o

f th

e

mid

dle

to

u

ppe

r in

co

me

re

sid

en

tia

l de

ve

lop

me

nt

ha

s be

en

d

eve

lope

d to

fu

nction

al

an

d

attra

ctive

liv

ing

en

vir

onm

ents

, th

is is n

ot

the

case

in

low

in

co

me

tow

nsh

ips

such

as

Um

lazi,

Kw

aM

akh

uth

a,

Illo

vu

e

tc

or

the

nu

me

rous

info

rma

l se

ttle

me

nts

on

th

e u

rban

pe

rip

he

ry.

It i

s s

ug

geste

d t

ha

t th

e p

rin

cip

les o

f d

esig

n a

nd u

rba

n d

esig

n a

pp

lied

to

we

ll d

esig

ned

u

pp

er

inco

me

re

sid

entia

l d

eve

lopm

en

ts

are

e

qu

ally

a

pp

lica

ble

to

a

ny

resid

en

tia

l d

eve

lopm

en

t a

nd

th

at,

if

an

yth

ing

, th

e

ap

pro

pri

ate

de

sig

n in

ter

alia

of p

ub

lic s

pa

ce

in

low

er

inco

me

are

as m

ay b

e

mo

re im

po

rtan

t th

an

els

ew

he

re.

Th

is is a

lso

ap

plic

ab

le t

o t

he

desig

n a

nd

ma

na

ge

men

t o

f com

merc

ial an

d

bu

sin

ess a

rea

s,

as w

ell

as c

ert

ain

CB

D a

reas s

uch

as I

sip

ing

o,

Um

lazi,

Am

an

zim

toti, U

mg

ab

aba

etc

. •

TH

E U

RB

AN

ED

GE

� •

Th

e U

rba

n E

dg

e c

onsis

ts o

f a

lin

e id

en

tify

ing

th

e e

nvis

age

d lim

it o

f u

rba

n

de

ve

lop

me

nt

with

in th

e m

un

icip

alit

y.

Ou

tsid

e o

f th

is lin

e lo

wer

de

nsity

rura

l ty

pe

de

ve

lop

men

t is

exp

ecte

d to

take

pla

ce

. •

Th

e U

rba

n E

dg

e a

lso

im

plie

s in

ter

alia

th

e p

rovis

ion

of

a d

iffe

ren

t le

ve

l of

ph

ysic

al

se

rvic

es,

no

rma

lly a

lo

we

r le

ve

l, o

uts

ide

of

this

lin

e.

Wh

ile i

t is

e

xp

ecte

d t

ha

t m

uch

th

ou

ght

ha

s g

on

e in

to e

sta

blis

hin

g t

his

lin

e,

an

d w

hile

th

is lin

e s

hou

ld ge

nera

lly b

e accep

ted a

t th

is po

int

in tim

e,

it m

ust

be

e

xp

ecte

d t

ha

t a

rgu

me

nts

fo

r its a

men

dm

en

t in

spe

cific

loca

l are

as m

ay b

e

justifie

d.

Part

icu

lar

pre

ssu

re p

oin

ts a

re s

ugg

este

d t

o i

nclu

de t

he

west

of

Um

lazi, t

he

are

a b

etw

ee

n F

olw

en

i an

d U

mla

zi, t

he

Um

gab

aba

are

a a

nd

pa

rts o

f U

mko

ma

as / C

raig

ieb

urn

/ C

lan

sth

al.

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17

M

ET

RO

ST

RA

TE

GIE

S

S

OU

TH

ER

N R

OL

E I

N T

HE

ME

TR

O

KE

Y I

MP

LIC

AT

ION

S F

OR

SE

CT

OR

S I

N T

HE

SO

UT

H

Ec

on

om

ic

Gro

wth

an

d

De

ve

lop

me

nt

Inte

rna

tio

na

l a

nd

Na

tio

na

l L

og

istics H

ub : A

irp

ort

an

d

Ha

rbo

ur

Inte

rna

tio

na

l, N

atio

na

l a

nd

P

rovin

cia

l T

ou

rism

Destin

atio

n

Inte

rna

tio

na

l, N

atio

na

l a

nd

P

rovin

cia

l T

rad

e C

en

tre

Inte

rna

tio

na

l a

nd

Na

tio

na

l In

du

str

ial In

ve

stm

en

t L

ocatio

n

Infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd

Hou

sin

g

De

ve

lop

me

nt

Lo

ca

l, p

rovin

cia

l a

nd

na

tion

al T

ouri

sm

th

roug

h

En

vir

on

men

tal a

sse

t m

ana

ge

men

t (C

oa

st a

nd

m

ou

nta

in)

Do

mestic C

om

me

rcia

l A

gricu

ltu

re (

ma

inly

su

ga

r ca

ne

)

Esta

blis

he

d In

dustr

ial D

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inte

gra

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th

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ph

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sid

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cili

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tc.

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ag

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le b

oth

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mic

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en

vir

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sp

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RE

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city,

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pro

vid

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me

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po

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all

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linkag

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info

rmin

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lop

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ccessib

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ma

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in

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to

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me

tro

po

lita

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ntitie

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loca

tio

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ca

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me

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mp

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ts a

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des.

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ra

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ctivitie

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d

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ain

tain

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eve

lop

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ma

jor

exis

tin

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con

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eve

lop

men

t a

rea o

f m

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an

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na

tio

na

l sig

nific

ance

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site

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rovid

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ma

jor

sub

str

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eve

l se

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in t

erm

s o

f a

me

nitie

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econ

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inclu

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ntr

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nd

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as

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m

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l de

ve

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men

t,

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ba

lan

ce

ne

eds

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me

nt.

RE

SID

EN

TIA

L D

EV

EL

OP

ME

NT

CO

NC

EP

TS

PR

OV

IDIN

G F

OR

A V

AR

IET

Y O

F H

OU

SIN

G O

PP

OR

TU

NIT

IES

in

term

s o

f

de

nsitie

s,

loca

tio

n,

inco

me l

eve

ls a

nd

ho

usin

g e

nviron

me

nts

. T

his

wo

uld

in

ter

alia

en

tail

a d

irect

corr

ela

tio

n b

etw

een d

en

sitie

s a

nd

lo

ca

tio

n,

i.e.

de

ve

lop

ing

hig

her

resid

en

tia

l d

ensitie

s

in

pro

xim

ity

of

ma

jor

am

en

itie

s,

activitie

s

an

d

tra

nsp

ort

ro

ute

s a

nd

allo

win

g f

or

low

er

de

nsitie

s i

n p

eri

ph

era

l a

rea

s f

urt

he

r

rem

oved

fro

m a

me

nitie

s a

nd

op

port

unitie

s.

Urb

an

de

ve

lop

men

t als

o n

ee

ds t

o

ca

ter

for

a v

ari

ety

of

incom

e l

eve

ls,

wh

ere

by t

he

re i

s n

o d

ire

ct

rela

tio

nsh

ip

be

twee

n d

ensity a

nd

incom

e l

eve

l. T

he

re t

end

s t

o e

xis

t h

ow

ever

a l

inka

ge

be

twee

n in

co

me

le

ve

l an

d lo

ca

tio

n a

nd

it is

g

en

era

lly ackno

wle

dg

ed

th

at

So

uth

Afr

ican

citie

s n

eed t

o b

e r

estr

uctu

red

to a

cco

mm

oda

te l

ow

er

inco

me

leve

ls

in

more

ce

ntr

al

loca

tio

ns

an

d

in

clo

se

r p

roxim

ity

to

activitie

s

and

op

port

un

itie

s.

CR

EA

TIN

G D

EC

EN

T L

IVIN

G E

NV

IRO

NM

EN

TS

in

te

rms o

f a

va

ilab

ility

of

the

ran

ge

of

su

pp

ort

serv

ices r

eq

uired

as w

ell

as in

te

rms o

f p

lan

nin

g a

nd

desig

n

ap

pro

ach

es.

It is

arg

ued

th

at

it is

e

sse

ntia

l th

at

go

od

p

lann

ing a

nd u

rba

n

de

sig

n ap

pro

ache

s a

re eq

ua

lly a

pp

lied

to

lo

w an

d h

igh

in

co

me re

sid

en

tia

l

de

ve

lop

me

nts

, a

lth

ou

gh

the

ir e

xp

ressio

n o

n t

he

gro

un

d m

ay v

ary

. If a

nyth

ing

,

it a

pp

ears

more

im

po

rtan

t to

pro

vid

e a

n a

pp

ropri

ate

pu

blic

en

viro

nm

en

t in

low

tha

n in

hig

h in

co

me

en

viron

me

nts

.

PA

RA

LL

EL

P

RO

VIS

ION

O

F

SU

PP

OR

TIN

G

SE

RV

ICE

S

inclu

din

g

bo

th

ph

ysic

al

se

rvic

es s

uch

as a

ccess,

wa

ter

su

pp

ly,

sa

nita

tio

n,

ele

ctr

ific

atio

n e

tc

as w

ell

as so

cia

l serv

ices su

ch

as ed

uca

tio

n,

hea

lth

, civ

ic,

recre

atio

n e

tc

se

rvic

es a

nd a

me

nitie

s.

Wh

ile i

t ne

eds t

o b

e a

ccep

ted

th

at

leve

ls o

f ph

ysic

al

se

rvic

es w

ill b

e in

flu

enced

b

y lo

ca

tion

a

nd

d

en

sity o

f d

eve

lop

me

nt, b

asic

leve

ls o

f sup

po

rt s

erv

ices n

ee

d to

be

pro

vid

ed

to

all

resid

en

tia

l d

evelo

pm

en

ts.

EC

ON

OM

IC D

EV

EL

OP

ME

NT

AP

PR

OA

CH

ES

IND

US

TR

IAL

D

EV

EL

OP

ME

NT

, w

ith

in

the

co

nte

xt

of

hig

h

un

em

plo

ym

en

t

leve

ls

in

the

S

ou

th

MP

R,

sig

nific

an

t e

xis

tin

g

ind

ustr

ial

infr

astr

uctu

re

de

ve

lop

me

nt

an

d h

igh

le

vels

of

accessib

ility

, it a

pp

ea

rs e

sse

ntia

l th

at

exis

tin

g

activitie

s

and

o

ppo

rtu

nitie

s

are

fu

rth

er

de

ve

lope

d

and

u

pg

rade

d

an

d

ap

pro

pri

ate

ly in

teg

rate

d in

to th

e s

urr

ou

nd

ing

de

ve

lopm

en

t.

CO

MM

ER

CIA

L

AN

D

BU

SIN

ES

S

DE

VE

LO

PM

EN

T,

up

gra

din

g

exis

tin

g

co

mm

erc

ial

de

ve

lop

me

nts

, cre

atin

g

ad

ditio

na

l o

pp

ort

un

itie

s

in

pe

riph

era

l

un

der-

serv

iced

a

reas,

esta

blis

hin

g

app

ropri

ate

sup

po

rt

and

m

an

age

me

nt

str

uctu

res

for

the

w

ide

ra

nge

o

f e

xis

tin

g

info

rma

l a

ctivitie

s,

an

d

the

ir

ap

pro

pri

ate

lin

kag

e t

o f

orm

al activitie

s,

an

d s

upp

ort

ing t

he

esta

blis

hm

en

t o

f a

n

ap

pro

pri

ate

ly lo

ca

ted

re

gio

na

l co

mm

erc

ial ce

ntr

e.

AG

RIC

UL

TU

RA

L D

EV

EL

OP

ME

NT

, sup

po

rtin

g t

he

ma

inte

nan

ce o

f e

xis

tin

g

ap

pro

pri

ate

a

gricu

ltura

l activitie

s,

pro

mo

tin

g

the

de

ve

lop

men

t o

f a

dd

itio

na

l

co

mm

un

ity-b

ased

a

nd

d

ive

rsifie

d

ag

ricu

ltu

ral

op

port

un

itie

s

an

d

de

ve

lop

ing

linkag

es t

o a

de

qua

te s

upp

ort

syste

ms.

Un

lockin

g p

rod

uctive

agricu

ltu

ral

lan

d

in

are

as

of

hig

h

po

ten

tial

an

d

pro

mo

tin

g

ag

ricu

lture

in

th

e

So

uth

fo

r jo

b

cre

atio

n a

nd

fo

od

se

cu

rity

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inve

stig

ating

an

d c

o-o

rdin

atin

g t

he

de

ve

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men

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f a

dd

itio

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l o

pp

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un

itie

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n b

oth

coa

sta

l

an

d r

ura

l are

as, e

nsu

rin

g e

nvir

onm

en

tal co

mp

atib

ility

an

d s

usta

inab

ility

.

SO

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EP

TS

INT

EG

RA

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N

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C

OM

MU

NIT

IES

, i.e

. cre

atin

g

spa

tia

l a

nd

in

stitu

tio

nal

pre

co

nd

itio

ns fo

r th

e b

ette

r lin

ka

ge

an

d in

teg

ration

of co

mm

un

itie

s,

INS

TIT

UT

ION

AL

S

TR

UC

TU

RIN

G,

i.e

. d

eve

lop

ing

str

uctu

res

for

the

ap

pro

pri

ate

inte

gra

tio

n o

f tr

ad

itio

na

l a

uth

ori

ty s

tructu

res a

nd

co

mm

un

itie

s,

SU

PP

OR

T S

ER

VIC

ES

, i.e

. p

rovid

ing

eq

ua

l acce

ss t

o s

ocia

l su

ppo

rt s

erv

ices

for

all

co

mm

un

itie

s w

ith

in th

e S

ou

th M

PR

.

OV

ER

AL

L D

EV

ELO

PM

EN

T V

ISIO

N

TH

E M

ET

RO

RO

LE

OF

TH

E S

OU

TH

It is

e

xp

ecte

d th

at

the S

ou

th M

PR

w

ill con

trib

ute

its u

niq

ue de

ve

lop

men

t o

pp

ort

un

itie

s t

o t

he o

ve

rall

de

ve

lop

men

t o

f th

e M

etr

o.

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tsta

nd

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aspe

cts

w

ou

ld i

n p

art

icu

lar

inclu

de

th

e a

ppro

pri

ate

de

ve

lopm

en

t o

f th

e p

rese

nt

airp

ort

site

, th

e cre

atio

n o

f in

cre

ase

d em

plo

ym

en

t o

ppo

rtu

nitie

s,

the up

gra

din

g o

f in

form

al

resid

en

tia

l d

eve

lop

me

nt

an

d

mark

et

activitie

s,

resid

en

tia

l d

ensific

ation

an

d

rete

ntio

n

of

rang

e

of

affo

rda

bili

ty

leve

ls,

the

p

rote

ctio

n,

reh

ab

ilita

tio

n

an

d

ap

pro

pri

ate

in

tegra

tio

n

of

the

na

tura

l en

vir

on

me

nt,

the

de

ve

lop

me

nt

of

mo

re e

ffic

ien

t a

pp

rop

riate

ag

ricu

ltu

ral a

ctivitie

s,

the

up

gra

din

g

an

d

app

rop

ria

te

exp

ansio

n

of

tou

rism

a

ctivitie

s,

in

pa

rtic

ula

r a

lso

th

e

de

ve

lop

me

nt o

f in

lan

d o

ppo

rtu

nitie

s.

EC

ON

OM

IC D

EV

EL

OP

ME

NT

IN

TH

E S

OU

TH

It

is

exp

ecte

d

tha

t th

e

So

uth

M

PR

w

ill

ge

nera

te

ad

ditio

na

l e

co

no

mic

d

eve

lop

me

nt

in

the

form

o

f a

dd

itio

na

l ap

pro

pria

te

indu

str

ial,

bu

sin

ess,

co

mm

erc

ial an

d a

gricu

ltu

ral d

eve

lopm

ent

as w

ell

as m

ake m

ore

exte

nsiv

e a

nd

a

pp

ropri

ate

usa

ge

of its to

uri

sm

po

ten

tia

l.

� •

PO

PU

LA

TIO

N A

ND

AC

CO

MM

OD

AT

ION

It

is

exp

ecte

d

tha

t th

e

So

uth

M

PR

w

ill

pro

vid

e

add

itio

nal

resid

en

tia

l

acco

mm

od

atio

n

to

pro

vid

e

ad

eq

ua

te

ho

usin

g

for

exis

tin

g

backlo

gs

an

d

exp

ecte

d p

opu

latio

n g

row

th.

Th

is i

s p

rim

ari

ly e

xp

ecte

d t

o t

ake

pla

ce

th

rou

gh

in

fill

an

d d

ensific

ation

, w

ith

re

lative

ly l

ittle

exp

ansio

n i

nto

pre

se

nt

rura

l are

as.

Wh

ile

it

on

th

e

one

h

and

is

e

xpe

cte

d

tha

t p

resen

t in

form

al

resid

en

tia

l d

eve

lop

me

nts

will

be

up

gra

ded

ad

equa

tely

, th

e S

ou

th i

s e

xpe

cte

d t

o r

eta

in

acco

mm

od

atio

n f

or

the e

ntire

ra

nge

of

affo

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bili

ty l

eve

ls.

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ile i

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desir

ed

th

at

on

ly m

ino

r lo

ca

l e

xp

ansio

ns o

f th

e p

rese

nt

“urb

an

e

dg

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take

p

lace

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xis

tin

g

rea

litie

s

in

term

s

of

exis

ting

d

eve

lop

me

nts

an

d

de

nsific

atio

n

pro

cesse

s n

ee

d to

be

ta

ken

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to a

cco

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all

are

as,

tha

t th

is i

nclu

des b

oth

lo

ca

l a

nd

re

gio

na

l lin

ka

ge

s c

on

trib

utin

g t

o t

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b

ette

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hysic

al in

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ration

of

the

So

uth

in

to t

he

Me

tro,

an

d t

ha

t a

h

iera

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of

access

co

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ors

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ate

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a

str

uctu

rin

g

syste

m

gu

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g fu

ture

de

ve

lop

men

t w

hile

pro

vid

ing

gre

ate

r cho

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TH

E N

AT

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VIR

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NT

OF

TH

E

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UT

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e e

xte

nsiv

e a

nd

va

rie

d n

atu

ral

en

viro

nm

en

t o

f th

e S

ou

th w

ill

be

co

me

a p

ositiv

e a

nd

in

teg

ral pa

rt o

f th

e f

utu

re d

eve

lop

men

t o

f th

e

are

a

in

tha

t it

is

reg

ard

ed

a

s

an

imp

ort

an

t asse

t to

b

e

ap

pro

pri

ate

ly

pro

tecte

d,

reha

bili

tate

d

and

m

ana

ge

d.

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is

reg

ard

ed

as a

p

recon

ditio

n fo

r th

e cre

atio

n o

f h

um

an

e liv

ing

e

nvir

onm

en

ts,

tou

rism

de

ve

lop

men

t a

nd

fu

rthe

r a

gricu

ltura

l a

ctivitie

s.

TH

E B

UIL

T E

NV

IRO

NM

EN

T I

N T

HE

SO

UT

H

Th

e

bu

ilt

envir

on

men

t o

f th

e

So

uth

M

PR

is

e

xpe

cte

d

to

be

su

bsta

ntia

lly

imp

rove

d

in

tha

t o

ne

the

o

ne

ha

nd

p

riva

te

de

ve

lop

me

nt

an

d

inve

stm

en

t is

a

pp

ropri

ate

ly

gu

ide

d

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m

an

age

d w

hile

more

effo

rt i

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lace

d i

n t

he

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ve

lop

me

nt

of

the

p

ub

lic

rea

lm.

Th

e

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ve

me

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of

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b

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en

t is

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gg

este

d t

o f

orm

th

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asis

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r th

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rea

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f a

more

hu

ma

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ing

en

vir

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en

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co

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mu

nitie

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o

take

gre

ate

r p

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in

in

flu

encin

g th

eir e

nvir

on

me

nt.

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p

lan

nin

g

an

d

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ve

lop

me

nt

str

ate

gie

s form

ing

th

e b

asis

of th

e s

pa

tia

l d

eve

lop

men

t p

lan

. 4.1

O

VE

RA

LL A

ND

GE

NE

RA

L

• E

nsuri

ng t

ha

t th

e S

ou

th c

on

trib

ute

s i

ts u

niq

ue p

ote

ntia

l a

nd

op

port

un

itie

s

to th

e o

ve

rall

de

ve

lop

me

nt o

f th

e M

etr

o.

• F

urt

her

de

ve

lop

ing

th

e e

con

om

ic d

eve

lop

me

nt p

ote

ntia

l o

f th

e s

ou

th.

• A

ccom

mo

da

tin

g i

ncre

ase

d a

cco

mm

od

atio

n p

ressu

res a

nd

ma

inta

inin

g a

va

rie

ty o

f re

sid

en

tia

l fo

rms a

nd

affo

rda

bili

ty le

ve

ls.

• P

rovid

ing

ap

pro

pri

ate

ph

ysic

al a

nd

socia

l su

ppo

rt s

erv

ices.

• Im

pro

vin

g in

tern

al an

d e

xte

rna

l accessib

ility

an

d lin

ka

ge

. •

Ma

rke

tin

g a

nd

fa

cili

tatin

g a

pp

ropri

ate

in

ve

stm

en

t and

de

ve

lop

men

t in

th

e

So

uth

. •

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atin

g a

pp

rop

ria

te d

eve

lop

me

nt m

an

ag

em

en

t syste

ms.

4.2

E

CO

NO

MIC

DE

VE

LO

PM

EN

T

Fa

cili

tatin

g the

ap

pro

pri

ate

re

de

ve

lop

men

t o

f th

e a

irp

ort

site

. •

En

co

ura

gin

g

the

a

pp

rop

ria

te

econ

om

ic

de

velo

pm

en

t o

f th

e

Um

bog

intw

ini in

du

str

ial a

rea

.

• F

acili

tatin

g t

he

de

ve

lop

men

t o

f a

n a

ppro

pri

ate

reg

ion

al

co

mm

erc

ial

/ b

usin

ess facili

ty.

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gra

din

g o

f e

xis

tin

g loca

l co

mm

erc

ial an

d b

usin

ess n

od

es.

Fa

cili

tatin

g t

he

de

ve

lopm

en

t o

f th

e e

nvis

age

d m

ixe

d in

ve

stm

en

t, r

ura

l in

ve

stm

en

t an

d lo

ca

l serv

ice

nod

es id

en

tifie

d.

• Im

pro

vin

g th

e in

teg

ratio

n o

f e

xis

tin

g in

form

al e

con

om

ic a

ctivitie

s.

En

co

ura

gin

g

the

fu

rth

er

de

ve

lop

me

nt

of

an

a

ppro

pri

ate

ra

nge

o

f co

asta

l a

nd

inla

nd

tou

rism

in

clu

din

g

the

m

ari

ne-p

rote

cte

d

are

a

of

Um

ko

maa

s a

nd

associa

ted

te

rrestr

ial are

as.

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rth

er

de

ve

lop

men

t o

f th

e

ran

ge

of

ag

ricu

ltu

ral

de

ve

lopm

en

t p

ote

ntia

l o

f th

e S

ou

th.

� � 4.3

P

OP

ULA

TIO

N A

ND

AC

CO

MM

OD

AT

ION

• Id

en

tify

ing

app

ropri

ate

re

sid

en

tia

l d

en

sific

atio

n o

pp

ort

un

itie

s.

• U

pgra

din

g

the

e

xis

tin

g

info

rma

l re

sid

en

tia

l de

ve

lop

men

t w

here

a

pp

ropri

ate

.

• E

sta

blis

hin

g a

pp

ropri

ate

de

ve

lop

men

t m

an

age

men

t syste

ms.

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vid

ing

an

ap

pro

pria

te

ran

ge

o

f p

hysic

al

and

socia

l su

pp

ort

syste

ms.

Ide

ntify

ing

app

ropri

ate

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ditio

na

l re

sid

en

tia

l d

eve

lopm

en

t a

reas a

nd

ma

inta

inin

g a

va

rie

ty o

f a

cco

mm

od

ation fo

rms a

nd

affo

rdab

ility

le

ve

ls.

Ma

inta

inin

g th

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niq

ue

ness o

f se

ttle

me

nt

are

as and

im

pro

vin

g th

e

bu

ilt e

nvir

onm

en

t.

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ntify

ing

op

po

rtun

itie

s f

or

loca

l eco

no

mic

de

ve

lopm

en

t su

ppo

rtin

g

the

re

sid

en

tial a

cco

mm

od

atio

n.

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gra

tin

g the

bu

ilt a

nd

natu

ral e

nviro

nm

en

t.

4.4

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CC

ES

S,

LIN

KA

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AN

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RA

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PO

RT

AT

ION

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sta

blis

hin

g im

pro

ved

re

gio

na

l a

nd

lo

cal n

ort

h-s

ou

th r

oa

d lin

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xis

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il lin

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in

vestig

atin

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exp

ansio

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ote

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ve

lop

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pro

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ro

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access t

o a

nd

in

peri

phe

ral

are

as a

nd

to

a

dja

ce

nt m

unic

ipa

litie

s.

4.5

N

AT

UR

AL A

ND

BU

ILT

EN

VIR

ON

ME

NT

• E

sta

blis

hin

g a

pp

ropri

ate

co

asta

l an

d i

nla

nd

ma

na

gem

en

t p

lans a

nd

inte

gra

ting

com

mu

nity s

tructu

res in

th

e m

an

age

men

t.

• Id

en

tify

ing

a

nd

sa

fegu

ard

ing

th

e

na

tura

l e

nvir

on

men

t o

f lo

ca

l a

nd

m

etr

opo

lita

n s

ign

ific

ance

. •

Ap

pro

pri

ate

ly in

teg

ratin

g the

na

tura

l an

d b

uilt

en

vir

onm

en

t.

Ide

ntify

ing

th

e a

pp

ropri

ate

utilis

atio

n o

f th

e n

atu

ral e

nvir

on

men

t.

Esta

blis

hin

g

con

cre

te

actio

n

and

ma

nag

em

en

t p

lans

for

the

imp

rove

me

nt o

f th

e b

uilt

urb

an

en

viro

nm

en

t.

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mo

tin

g the

re

sto

ration

of ri

ve

r syste

ms

4.6

P

LA

NN

ING

AN

D D

EV

ELO

PM

EN

T M

AN

AG

EM

EN

T

Esta

blis

hin

g a

pp

ropri

ate

ly d

eta

iled

loca

l a

rea

de

ve

lopm

en

t p

lans.

• D

eve

lop

ing

a

nd

im

ple

men

tin

g

ap

pro

pri

ate

la

nd

use

m

an

agem

en

t p

lans a

nd

syste

ms.

• E

sta

blis

hin

g

an

d

imp

lem

en

tin

g

co

asta

l a

nd

in

land

e

nvir

onm

en

tal

ma

na

ge

men

t p

lans.

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SS

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rn p

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ion

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f th

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ekw

ini

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nic

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nd

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om

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nd

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ted

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th

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tatu

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lysis

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e a

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is i

n e

xte

nt

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nd

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ate

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n t

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ple

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he

reg

ion

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ekw

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alit

y a

nd

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ate

s

eq

ua

lly 2

2%

of th

e p

op

ula

tio

n o

f th

e m

un

icip

alit

y.

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th

e p

urp

ose

o

f th

e S

SD

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p

rovid

e str

ate

gic

d

irectio

n fo

r th

e fu

ture

d

eve

lop

me

nt

of

the

so

uth

ern

reg

ion

an

d t

o e

sta

blis

h e

no

ug

h d

eta

il d

irectio

n t

o

info

rm

sub

seq

ue

nt

loca

l a

rea

de

ve

lopm

en

t p

lan

s.

In

this

e

ndea

vo

ur

it

is

gu

ided

by t

he

Eth

ekw

ini

IDP

and

SD

F,

as w

ell

as a

seri

es o

f m

etr

opo

lita

n

pla

ns

such

as

the

Ru

ral

De

ve

lop

me

nt

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me

work

, th

e

So

uth

Lo

ca

l D

eve

lop

me

nt

Pla

n,

the

U

mla

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gra

ted

D

eve

lop

me

nt

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me

work

, th

e

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bum

bu

lu a

nd

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nin

i Lo

ca

l A

rea

Dve

lop

men

t P

lan

s e

tc.

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e f

ollo

win

g s

ectio

n f

irstly p

rese

nts

an

overa

ll de

scri

ption

of

the

pro

posed

S

SD

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co

veri

ng

o

vera

ll is

sue

s

such

as

en

vis

age

d

pop

ula

tio

n

an

d

acco

mm

od

atio

n,

access,

linkag

e a

nd

tra

nsp

ort

atio

n,

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ra

ng

e o

f p

rop

osed

econ

om

ic d

eve

lop

me

nt a

nd

th

e n

atu

ral a

nd

bu

ilt e

nviro

nm

en

t.

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is is f

ollo

we

d b

y t

he

de

scri

ption

of

each

in

div

idua

l p

lan

nin

g a

rea in

term

s o

f a

pp

lyin

g t

he

co

ncep

ts o

utlin

ed

in

ea

rlie

r se

ction

s a

s w

ell

as a

descri

ptio

n o

f th

e

en

vis

age

d

de

ve

lopm

en

t in

te

rms

of

resid

en

tia

l accom

mo

da

tion

, d

eve

lop

me

nt

of

a

road

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iera

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y,

co

mm

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ial,

bu

sin

ess,

ind

ustr

ial

de

ve

lop

me

nt,

am

en

itie

s

an

d

facili

ties,

nod

al

de

ve

lop

men

t,

agri

cu

ltu

ral

de

ve

lop

me

nt, a

s w

ell

as the

issu

es o

f th

e n

atu

ral an

d b

uilt

en

vir

onm

en

t.

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ON

SO

LID

AT

ED

SP

AT

IAL D

EV

ELO

PM

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T P

LA

N

Th

e f

ollo

win

g p

rovid

es a

de

scri

ption

of

the

Sp

atia

l D

eve

lop

me

nt

Pla

n in

term

s

of

the

de

ve

lop

me

nt

str

ate

gie

s o

utlin

ed i

n t

he

pre

vio

us s

ectio

n a

nd

id

en

tifie

s

ho

w th

e s

tra

teg

ies h

ave

be

en

app

lied

to

th

e s

pecific

re

alit

ies o

f th

e a

rea

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ON

OM

IC D

EV

EL

OP

ME

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ITA

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PR

OP

RIA

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ED

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EL

OP

ME

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he

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SD

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ests

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e d

eve

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me

nt

of

the

a

rea

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a

rang

e

of

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ustr

ial de

ve

lop

men

t re

latin

g t

o t

he

hig

h v

isib

ility

and

accessib

ility

of

the

are

a a

nd

go

od

lin

ka

ges to

ad

jace

nt e

con

om

ic d

eve

lop

me

nt

• T

he

d

eve

lopm

en

t n

ee

ds

to

take

a

pp

ropri

ate

acco

un

t o

f re

leva

nt

na

tura

l an

d u

rba

n e

nvir

onm

en

tal is

su

es

EN

CO

UR

AG

ING

T

HE

A

PP

RO

PR

IAT

E

EC

ON

OM

IC

DE

VE

LO

PM

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T

OF

T

HE

UM

BO

GIN

TW

INI IN

DU

ST

RIA

L A

RE

A

• T

he

S

SD

P pro

poses th

e fu

rth

er

de

ve

lop

me

nt

of

the

U

mb

og

intw

ini

are

a f

or

ligh

t in

dustr

ial, b

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ess a

nd c

om

me

rcia

l de

ve

lop

men

t, t

his

in

clu

des t

he

pre

se

nt

go

lf c

ou

rse

and

th

e a

rea

aro

und

th

e N

2 /

MR

242

in

ters

ection

• T

he

de

ve

lopm

en

t n

ee

ds t

o t

ake

app

rop

ria

te a

ccoun

t o

f n

atu

ral

an

d

bu

ilt e

nvir

onm

en

tal is

su

es

FA

CIL

ITA

TIN

G T

HE

DE

VE

LO

PM

EN

T O

F A

N A

PP

RO

PR

IAT

E R

EG

ION

AL

C

OM

ME

RC

IAL

/ B

US

INE

SS

FA

CIL

ITY

Th

e S

SD

P ide

ntifie

s t

he

are

a t

o t

he

so

uth

-west

of

the N

2 /

R60

3 a

s a

su

ita

ble

lo

ca

tio

n fo

r su

ch

am

en

ity

• W

hile

hig

hly

vis

ible

an

d a

cce

ssib

le a

t a

reg

ion

al

leve

l, t

he

en

vis

ag

ed

de

ve

lop

me

nt

is s

ug

geste

d t

o p

rovid

e a

pp

ropri

ate

ne

w d

eve

lop

me

nt

imp

etu

s to

are

as s

ou

th o

f th

e R

60

3 a

nd

th

e Illo

vu

are

a

U

PG

RA

DIN

G O

F E

XIS

TIN

G L

OC

AL

CO

MM

ER

CIA

L A

ND

BU

SIN

ES

S

NO

DE

S

• T

he

SS

DP

su

gg

ests

th

e d

eve

lop

me

nt

an

d u

pg

rad

ing

of

the

fo

llow

ing

exis

tin

g n

od

es:

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ing

o R

ail

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ed

inve

stm

en

t n

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e),

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anzim

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CB

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mix

ed

in

ve

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en

t no

de

), U

mg

aba

ba

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ral

inve

stm

en

t n

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ca

l se

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e

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en

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lu

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l in

ve

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en

t n

od

e),

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l se

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AT

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th

e c

rea

tio

n o

f a r

an

ge

of

appro

pri

ate

ly l

oca

ted

a

nd

affo

rda

ble

ma

rke

t a

rea

s w

ith

in e

xis

tin

g n

od

es

• T

his

w

ill

requ

ire

an

a

pp

rop

ria

te

action

p

lan

as

we

ll as

rele

va

nt

institu

tio

na

l an

d e

co

no

mic

su

pp

ort

syste

ms

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ER

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YIN

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AN

D

AP

PR

OP

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LY

U

NL

OC

KIN

G

AG

RIC

UL

TU

RA

L

OP

PO

RT

UN

ITIE

S

• H

igh

po

ten

tial

ag

ricu

ltu

ral

lan

d i

n t

he

SM

PR

nee

ds t

o b

e d

ivers

ifie

d

an

d u

nlo

cked, p

art

icu

larl

y in

are

as u

nd

er

tra

ditio

na

l te

nu

re

• A

pp

rop

ria

te f

orm

s o

f ag

ricu

ltu

ral

pro

ductio

n n

ee

d t

o b

e i

nvestig

ate

d,

pa

rtic

ula

rly t

o e

nsu

re loca

l e

con

om

ic d

eve

lop

me

nt

and

, cru

cia

lly,

foo

d

secu

rity

fo

r th

e r

ura

l p

oor

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his

w

ill

requ

ire

an

exte

nsiv

e

agri

cu

ltu

ral

assessm

en

t as

we

ll a

s

rele

va

nt

econ

om

ic

inte

rve

ntio

ns

by

bo

th

pub

lic

an

d

pri

va

te

se

cto

r la

nd

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ne

rs

EN

CO

UR

AG

ING

TH

E F

UR

TH

ER

DE

VE

LO

PM

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PP

RO

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IAT

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NG

E O

F C

OA

ST

AL

AN

D IN

LA

ND

TO

UR

ISM

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e S

SD

P id

en

tifie

s th

e r

an

ge

of

river

mou

ths a

nd

la

go

ons in

th

e

so

uth

, p

art

icu

lar

co

asta

l to

urism

o

pp

ort

un

itie

s,

the

up

gra

din

g

/ d

eve

lop

me

nt

of

the

Um

ga

ba

ba

resort

, th

e p

ote

ntia

l d

eve

lop

me

nt

in

the

Illo

vu

riv

er

va

lley a

s w

ell

as in

lan

d o

pp

ort

un

itie

s in

th

e K

wa

sh

ush

u

va

lley,

the

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zim

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we

ni

va

lley

an

d

the

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wab

i m

ou

nta

in.

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is

sh

ou

ld

inclu

de

in

p

art

icula

r th

e

na

tura

l asse

ts

of

the

U

mko

ma

as

pla

nn

ing

are

a.

• P

OP

UL

AT

ION

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IDE

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en

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ensific

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po

rtu

nitie

s inclu

din

g t

he

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ing

o

an

d s

ele

cte

d U

mla

zi

are

as,

the

Am

anzim

toti a

nd

Kin

gsbu

rgh

are

as

su

rrou

nd

ing

th

e N

2 a

nd

, to

a l

esser

de

gre

e,

are

as s

urr

ou

nd

ing t

he

F

olw

en

i, A

dam

s,

Illo

vu

and

Um

ga

bab

a s

ettle

me

nts

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om

e o

f th

e la

tte

r se

ttle

me

nts

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ntin

ue

to

den

sify in

form

ally

. U

PG

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EX

IST

ING

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FO

RM

AL

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EN

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EL

OP

ME

NT

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HE

RE

AP

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e

SS

DP

su

gg

ests

th

e

form

alis

atio

n

an

d

up

gra

din

g

of

the

va

st

nu

mb

er

of

info

rma

l se

ttle

me

nts

in

the

sou

th,

this

inclu

de

s in p

art

icula

r a

reas in

urb

an

are

as in

and

surr

ou

nd

ing

Um

lazi, s

urr

ou

nd

ing

Fo

lwe

ni

an

d K

waM

akh

uth

a a

nd

ad

jacen

t A

ma

nzim

toti / K

ing

sb

urg

h

• In

a

ll cases

ind

ivid

ua

l in

ve

stig

ation

s

sho

uld

esta

blis

h

if

in-s

itu

u

pg

rad

ing

/ fo

rma

lisa

tio

n is c

onsid

ere

d a

pp

rop

ria

te

ES

TA

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ISH

ING

A

PP

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IAT

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VE

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MA

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YS

TE

MS

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ing

w

ith

ou

t th

e

esta

blis

hm

en

t of

ap

pro

pria

te

lan

d

use

an

d

de

ve

lop

me

nt

ma

na

ge

men

t is

co

nsid

ere

d m

ea

nin

gle

ss,

such

syste

ms

ho

we

ve

r n

eed

to

b

e

und

ers

too

d

and

su

pp

ort

ed

by

the

re

leva

nt

co

mm

un

itie

s

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RT

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ttle

me

nt

an

d e

co

no

mic

de

ve

lop

men

t a

reas n

eed

to

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su

pp

lied

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rop

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gg

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urb

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ecte

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to

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ate

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pp

ly,

sa

nita

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lectr

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lied

with

basic

se

rvic

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nly

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pro

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acce

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socia

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th

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of th

e

ran

ge

of e

duca

tio

n, h

ea

lth

, w

elfa

re, civ

ic a

nd

recre

ation

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nd t

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tificatio

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n t

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rura

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ph

ery

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ug

gests

sig

nific

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t o

pp

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un

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or

ne

w r

esid

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tia

l d

eve

lop

me

nt

in t

he

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vu

are

a w

est

of

the

N2

, th

e U

mkom

aas /

Wid

en

ham

are

as e

ast

of

the

N2 a

nd

th

e

Um

ko

maa

s / C

raig

iebu

rn a

rea

we

st o

f th

e N

2

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INT

AIN

ING

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NIQ

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SS

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EN

T

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hile

m

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y

of

the

p

erip

he

ral

are

as

in

part

icu

lar

req

uire

urg

en

t u

pg

rad

ing

o

f th

e

bu

ilt

envir

on

men

t,

this

sh

ou

ld

be

base

d

on

th

e

un

ique

lo

ca

l cir

cum

sta

nce

s a

nd

de

ve

lopm

en

t o

pp

ort

un

itie

s

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art

icu

lar

atte

ntio

n i

s r

equ

ire

d f

or

Um

lazi

an

d p

art

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f Is

ipin

go

, p

art

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of

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an

zim

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an

d

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gsbu

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olw

en

i an

d

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am

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pa

rts

of

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gab

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an

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mko

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IDE

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IFY

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ITIE

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lth

ou

gh

no

t sp

ecific

ally

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ca

ted

w

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in th

e S

SD

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all

exis

tin

g an

d

ad

ditio

na

l re

sid

en

tia

l a

reas n

ee

d t

o i

nclu

de

app

rop

ria

te a

nd

re

alis

tic

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port

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itie

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r lo

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T

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the

na

tura

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nvir

on

me

nt

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sou

th n

eed

s t

o b

e m

an

ag

ed

an

d

pro

tecte

d in

its

ow

n r

igh

t, it

ne

ed

s t

o b

e s

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and

form

an

in

teg

ral p

art

o

f th

e b

uilt

envir

on

men

t o

f th

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ou

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ettle

me

nt. A

pp

ropri

ate

usa

ge

s

of

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na

tura

l e

nvir

on

me

nt

ne

ed

to

be

ide

ntifie

d a

nd

are

as n

ee

d t

o b

e

co

nsid

ere

d a

s p

ositiv

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tructu

ring

ele

men

t a

nd

na

tura

l re

lief.

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usta

inin

g

the

b

en

efits

o

f th

e

na

tura

l e

nvir

onm

en

t is

o

f p

art

icu

lar

imp

ort

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ce

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r ru

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mu

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ssity o

f d

eve

lop

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lan

ne

d M

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kin

g P

ine

tow

n to

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wab

i w

est

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lazi, F

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en

i a

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th

e N

2 a

t K

ing

sbu

rgh

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is w

ill p

rovid

e n

ew

de

velo

pm

en

t op

po

rtu

nitie

s f

or

the

weste

rn p

eri

ph

ery

an

d a

llevia

te t

ranspo

rt p

rob

lem

s o

n t

he

no

rth-s

ou

th

linkag

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th

e e

ast

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he

S

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als

o

su

gge

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th

e

ne

ce

ssity

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gra

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g

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vid

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tive

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th

e N

2 a

nd

cre

atin

g

ne

w n

od

al opp

ort

un

itie

s w

est o

f th

e N

2

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seri

es o

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ca

l n

ort

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ou

th lin

ka

ge

s a

re s

ug

ge

ste

d t

o b

e e

sta

blis

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d

be

twee

n

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lazi

an

d

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ort

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ee

n

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lwen

i a

nd

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mla

zi,

linkag

es fr

om

U

mbu

mb

ulu

to

th

e n

ort

h a

nd

so

uth

a

nd

to

th

e ru

ral

are

as w

est o

f th

e m

un

icip

alit

y

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AP

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IC

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uth

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pp

ropri

ate

ly

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gra

ted

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to

a

me

tro

po

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n

pla

n

for

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re

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ve

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fun

ction

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blic

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ific

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itie

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nd

th

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, •

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l lo

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an

d t

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e

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eve

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ou

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pa

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su

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: •

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sta

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en

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f a

rura

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n t

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are

a o

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e

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hm

en

t o

f lo

ca

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un

ity n

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or

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ha

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lan

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e Illo

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ive

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rie

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sm

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sim

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re

gio

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fill

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FF

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ME

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, i.e

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ng

pro

vis

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o

f a

ppro

pri

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rvic

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nd f

acili

tie

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me

nt

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row

th a

rea

s,

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NIQ

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SS

OF

PL

AC

ES

, i.e

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ain

tain

ing

the

un

iqu

e c

hara

cte

r o

f th

e

are

a a

nd

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ve

lop

ing

th

e a

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cu

ltu

ral a

nd

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atio

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l a

sp

ects

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he

r,

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UA

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NV

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pro

vin

g t

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ing

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nd

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ns in

th

e a

rea

by p

rovid

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appro

pri

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ph

ysic

al

an

d s

ocia

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ices,

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tatin

g a

ra

ng

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pp

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te loca

l e

con

om

ic a

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s,

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of

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ee

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oun

tain

s,

esca

rpm

en

ts

an

d

rive

r va

lleys,

in

pa

rtic

ula

r if

linked

to

e

sta

blis

he

d

exte

rna

l activitie

s a

nd

if m

ad

e m

ore

accessib

le

Th

e S

ou

th S

pa

tia

l D

eve

lopm

en

t P

lan

th

ere

fore

su

gge

sts

: •

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tin

g re

sid

en

tia

l gro

wth

an

d d

ensific

ation

in

th

e ea

ste

rn are

as to

d

ensitie

s o

f 6,

10

, 1

5,

20

un

its /

ha

in a

reas i

nd

ica

ted

, w

hile

ma

inta

inin

g

low

den

sity r

ura

l se

ttle

me

nt in

th

e r

em

ain

de

r o

f th

e a

rea

, •

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cili

tatin

g

the

e

sta

blis

hm

en

t o

f m

ore

e

ffic

ien

t co

mm

un

ity-b

ase

d

ag

ricu

ltura

l activitie

s i

n t

he

ru

ral

se

ttle

me

nt

are

as b

ase

d o

n a

pp

ropri

ate

su

pp

ort

and

im

pro

ved

acce

ssib

ility

, •

Wh

ile

ba

sic

se

rvic

es

are

e

xp

ecte

d

to

be

p

rovid

ed

to

th

e

rura

l d

eve

lop

me

nt,

imp

rove

d

se

rvic

es,

bo

th

ph

ysic

al

and

socia

l,

sho

uld

b

e

esta

blis

he

d in th

e d

en

sifyin

g a

reas in

th

e e

ast,

• T

he

a

pp

rop

ria

te

ma

na

gem

en

t,

reh

ab

ilita

tio

n

an

d

usa

ge

o

f th

e

un

iqu

e

na

tura

l en

vir

on

me

nt fo

r a

pp

ropri

ate

to

urism

etc

activitie

s.

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pla

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ka

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to

no

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an

d

so

uth

, d

eve

lop

me

nt

of

MR

579

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pgra

din

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of

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ste

l a

rea

s,

bu

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na

tura

l e

nviro

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en

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cen

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s

inclu

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g

un

it

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u,

un

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a

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ga

city,

su

bsta

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l in

form

al

are

as,

limite

d

local

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mic

d

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me

nt,

poo

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llow

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: •

SU

ST

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AB

LE

D

EV

EL

OP

ME

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g

tha

t d

eve

lop

me

nt

is

susta

inab

le b

oth

in

te

rms o

f e

nvir

on

men

tal

con

sid

era

tio

ns,

ph

ysic

al

an

d

socia

l serv

ice p

rovis

ion

, lo

ca

l e

co

no

mic

de

ve

lop

me

nt

etc

, th

is in

pa

rtic

ula

r a

pp

lica

ble

to

th

e a

reas o

f su

bsta

ntia

l in

form

al de

nsific

atio

n in

Um

lazi,

• IN

TE

GR

AT

ED

DE

VE

LO

PM

EN

T,

i.e

. fa

cili

tatin

g i

nte

gra

tio

n o

f th

e v

ari

ous

form

al, i

nfo

rma

l, t

rad

itio

na

l a

nd

urb

an c

om

po

ne

nts

an

d t

he

ir i

nte

rlin

ka

ge

a

nd

acce

ssib

ility

to

th

e r

em

ain

der

of th

e M

etr

o,

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ES

TR

UC

TU

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TH

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CIT

Y,

i.e

. p

rovid

ing

be

tte

r acce

ssib

ility

, e

sta

blis

hin

g a

pp

ropri

ate

ph

ysic

al

and

so

cia

l serv

ices,

cre

atin

g a

dd

itio

na

l lo

ca

l econ

om

ic

de

ve

lopm

en

t o

ppo

rtu

nitie

s

an

d

facili

tatin

g

the

b

ette

r lin

kag

e to

activitie

s in

th

e w

ide

r M

etr

o,

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CO

NO

MIC

DE

VE

LO

PM

EN

T,

i.e

. d

eve

lop

ing

th

e o

pp

ort

un

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s f

or

loca

l e

con

om

ic

de

ve

lop

men

t a

nd

fa

cili

tatin

g

su

ch

de

ve

lop

men

t th

rou

gh

imp

roved

acce

ssib

ility

, lin

ka

ge

, sup

port

an

d tra

inin

g,

• E

FF

ICIE

NT

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EV

EL

OP

ME

NT

, i.e

. e

nsuri

ng

pro

vis

ion

o

f a

ppro

pri

ate

se

rvic

es a

nd f

acili

tie

s t

o t

he

de

nsifyin

g t

rad

itio

na

l se

ttle

me

nt

are

as a

nd

co

nsid

eri

ng

an

ap

pro

pri

ate

le

ve

l o

f fo

rma

lisa

tion

, •

UN

IQU

EN

ES

S O

F P

LA

CE

S,

i.e

. m

ain

tain

ing

the

un

iqu

e c

hara

cte

r o

f th

e

are

a

wh

ile

up

gra

din

g

se

rvic

es,

facili

tie

s

an

d

the

urb

an

and

gre

en

en

vir

onm

en

t,

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UA

LIT

Y L

IVIN

G E

NV

IRO

NM

EN

TS

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. im

pro

vin

g t

he

liv

ing

co

nd

itio

ns

in th

e a

rea

by p

rovid

ing

app

ropri

ate

ph

ysic

al a

nd

so

cia

l se

rvic

es, in

clu

din

g

facili

tatin

g t

he

app

rop

ria

te f

orm

alis

ation a

nd u

pg

rad

ing

of

loca

l eco

no

mic

a

ctivitie

s,

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TR

UC

TU

RIN

G

DE

VE

LO

PM

EN

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sta

blis

hin

g

a

de

ve

lop

me

nt

str

uctu

re

whic

h

allo

ws

for

effic

ien

t la

nd

d

eve

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en

t,

accessib

ility

, d

eve

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me

nt p

red

icta

bili

ty e

tc,

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IER

AR

CH

Y

OF

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CC

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ca

tin

g

de

ve

lop

me

nt

req

uirin

g h

igh

le

ve

ls o

f acce

ss a

nd

vis

ibili

ty a

s w

ell

as h

igh

er

resid

en

tia

l d

ensitie

s i

n p

roxim

ity o

f th

e m

ajo

r e

xis

tin

g a

ccess r

ou

tes a

nd

im

pro

vin

g

no

rth-s

ou

th l

inkag

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oth

by d

eve

lop

ing

th

e p

lann

ed

MR

57

9 a

s w

ell

as

loca

l le

ve

l lin

ka

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s to

th

e n

ort

h a

nd

south

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RA

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O

F A

CT

IVIT

Y N

OD

ES

, i.e

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e U

mla

zi

tow

n centr

e h

as

be

en

ide

ntified

as a

mix

ed

in

ve

stm

en

t n

od

e i

n t

he E

the

kw

ini

IDP

wh

ile

oth

er

exis

ting n

od

es,

such

as t

he

Um

lazi M

eg

acity,

the

V in

ters

ectio

n a

nd

Kw

aM

ya

nd

u

are

re

ga

rde

d

as

sig

nific

an

t lo

ca

l se

rvic

e

nod

es,

the

d

eve

lop

me

nt o

f th

e e

xis

tin

g u

nit c

en

tre

s s

ho

uld

be

urg

en

tly r

evis

ited

, •

EN

VIR

ON

ME

NT

AL

ST

RU

CT

UR

ING

EL

EM

EN

TS

, i.e

. w

hile

th

e r

em

ain

ing

g

reen

en

vir

on

me

nt

sh

ou

ld b

e a

ppro

pria

tely

m

an

age

d an

d r

ehab

ilita

ted

, th

e u

rban

en

vir

on

me

nt o

f U

mla

zi re

qu

ires s

eri

ous a

tten

tio

n,

• P

RO

VID

ING

A

V

AR

IET

Y

OF

H

OU

SIN

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ITIE

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pg

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e

nu

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us

info

rma

l se

ttle

me

nts

, a

llow

ing

fo

r re

sid

en

tia

l d

ensific

ation

in

a

rea

id

en

tifie

d

and

pro

vid

ing

ap

pro

pri

ate

p

hysic

al

and

socia

l su

ppo

rt s

erv

ice

s th

rou

gho

ut U

mla

zi,

Th

e S

ou

th S

pa

tia

l D

eve

lopm

en

t P

lan

th

ere

fore

su

gge

sts

: •

Th

e

urg

en

t n

ece

ssity

to

sig

nific

an

tly

up

gra

de

th

e

urb

an

an

d

na

tura

l e

nvir

onm

en

t o

f U

mla

zi,

• T

he

sim

ilarl

y u

rgen

t n

ecessity t

o f

orm

alis

e /

up

gra

de

th

e l

arg

e n

um

be

r o

f in

form

al se

ttle

me

nts

in

th

e a

rea

, •

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co

ura

gin

g,

sup

port

ing

an

d

form

alis

ing

e

xis

tin

g

an

d

ad

ditio

na

l lo

ca

l e

con

om

ic a

ctivitie

s a

nd

pro

vid

e a

pp

ropri

ate

tra

inin

g s

yste

ms,

• P

rovid

ing

be

tte

r lin

ka

ge

with

in a

nd

to

th

e a

rea

s n

ort

h a

nd

so

uth

of

Um

lazi,

inclu

din

g in

pa

rtic

ula

r de

velo

pin

g th

e p

lan

ne

d M

R5

79

as w

ell

as loca

l le

ve

l lin

kag

es,

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itin

g t

he d

eve

lop

me

nt

of

the

exis

ting

la

rge

num

be

r a

nd

sta

te o

f u

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ce

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ing

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nd

e

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f re

sid

en

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pri

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lo

ca

tion

s

ind

ica

ted

and

pro

vid

ing

a

ppro

pri

ate

d

eve

lop

me

nt

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idan

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t d

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nt

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tal

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sid

era

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ns,

ph

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al

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d

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ca

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co

no

mic

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me

nt

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ma

inta

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coa

sta

l a

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ri

ve

rine

de

ve

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on

th

e

econ

om

ic d

eve

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me

nt

po

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l w

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eg

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ly a

ffe

ctin

g t

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na

tura

l a

nd

hu

ma

n e

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nt,

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TE

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OP

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NT

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din

g

a

ba

lance

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etw

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th

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req

uire

me

nts

fo

r a

fu

nction

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hum

an

an

d n

atu

ral

en

vir

onm

en

t a

nd

th

e

ne

ce

ssary

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rth

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nom

ic d

eve

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men

t o

f th

e a

rea,

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ES

TR

UC

TU

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CIT

Y,

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tilis

ing t

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evelo

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g

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air

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mm

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kin

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me

nt

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o

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g

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m

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site

red

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men

t a

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pro

vid

ing

im

pro

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d a

ccessib

ility

to

th

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ain

de

r o

f th

e M

etr

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ME

NT

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ng

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vis

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o

f a

ppro

pri

ate

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rvic

es

and

facili

tie

s

to

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d

ensifyin

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en

tial

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men

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tilis

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e

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ique

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for

ap

pro

pria

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tro

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liv

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nd

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rea

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ropri

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p

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al

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l se

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mic

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ly a

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ns,

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d

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nt p

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OF

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ca

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req

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ve

ls o

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cce

ss a

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vis

ibili

ty in

th

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ity o

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eve

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ing

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ipin

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into

a

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ed

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E

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kw

ini

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a

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ing

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e

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tin

g

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ve

lop

men

t to

re

flect

its

imp

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ance

at

a

me

tro

po

lita

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ve

l,

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ate

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latin

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co

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iver

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uth

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goo

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e Isip

ing

o a

nd

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dw

en

i R

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rs.

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e S

ou

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pa

tia

l D

eve

lopm

en

t P

lan

th

ere

fore

su

gge

sts

: •

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e n

ece

ssity t

he

ag

ree

ing

to

th

e a

pp

rop

ria

te e

co

no

mic

de

ve

lopm

en

t o

f m

etr

opo

lita

n le

ve

l o

f th

e s

tra

teg

ic o

pp

ort

un

itie

s o

f th

e a

irp

ort

site

an

d t

he

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bog

intw

ini a

reas in

dic

ate

d,

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he

sim

ilar

ne

cessity t

o e

nsure

th

e e

nvir

on

men

tal

su

sta

ina

bili

ty o

f such

de

ve

lop

me

nt

with

reg

ard

s t

o t

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pu

latio

n liv

ing

in

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surr

ou

nd

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an

d its

se

nsitiv

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l lo

ca

tio

n,

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up

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din

g a

nd f

urt

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r a

ppro

pri

ate

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ve

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nt

of

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to fu

lfil

its fu

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s o

ne

of th

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ajo

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cen

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s in

th

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to

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e e

nvis

age

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f p

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ntia

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riori

tie

s a

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tim

e c

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ns.

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ere

possib

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pri

ori

ties i

de

ntifie

d a

re b

ased

on

th

e p

rincip

les o

f str

ate

gic

d

eve

lop

me

nt, i

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actio

ns a

nd

de

ve

lop

me

nt

wh

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ena

ble

s o

r g

ene

rate

s o

ther

de

ve

lop

me

nt o

pp

ort

un

itie

s.

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us,

a sig

nific

an

t nu

mb

er

of

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actio

ns id

en

tifie

d re

late

to

m

ire

d

eta

iled

in

ve

stig

ation

an

d

pla

nn

ing

to

a

ppro

pri

ate

ly

gu

ide

th

e

en

vis

ag

ed

futu

re

de

ve

lop

me

nt.

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sid

es

pla

nn

ing

activitie

s,

the

im

ple

me

nta

tio

n

pro

cess

co

ncen

tra

tes

on

up

gra

din

g o

f re

sid

en

tia

l and

econ

om

ic d

eve

lop

men

t a

s w

ell

as t

he

na

tura

l an

d

bu

ilt

en

vir

onm

en

t a

s w

ell

as

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b

ette

r usa

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o

f a

gricu

ltura

l an

d

tou

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itie

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th

e S

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he

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r th

e S

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th a

re s

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ma

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elo

w.

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2

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3

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vu

4

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lwen

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an

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ased

on

th

e

SS

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LA

DP

is

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ag

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to

p

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en

ou

gh

d

eta

iled

in

form

ation

to

a

llow

fo

r a

de

qua

te

gu

idan

ce

o

f th

e

futu

re

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l d

eve

lop

me

nt.

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AN

D

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E

MA

NA

GE

ME

NT

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sta

blis

hin

g

land

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se

m

an

age

men

t a

nd

co

ntr

ol

instr

um

en

ts f

or

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stu

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rea

in

te

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f o

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me

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an

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ap

pro

ach

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EC

IFIC

PL

AN

S, i.e

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DA

L

DE

VE

LO

PM

EN

T

FR

AM

EW

OR

KS

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atin

g

de

sig

n

an

d

de

ve

lop

me

nt

fra

mew

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for

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h

iera

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of

nod

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ide

ntified

in

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e

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DP

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P a

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FR

AM

EW

OR

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OR

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OR

TS

/

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IFIC

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AS

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sta

blis

hin

g

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ide p

lans fo

r sp

ecific

d

eve

lop

me

nts

to

g

uid

e m

un

icip

al

actio

ns a

nd

p

ote

ntia

l p

riva

te in

ve

stm

en

t •

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RIC

UL

TU

RA

L

DE

VE

LO

PM

EN

T

PL

AN

, i.e

. e

sta

blis

hin

g

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taile

d

ag

ricu

ltura

l po

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tia

l o

f id

en

tifie

d a

reas in

clu

din

g s

upp

ort

syste

ms r

eq

uired

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TU

RA

L

RE

SO

UR

CE

P

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N,

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en

tify

ing

th

e

na

tura

l re

so

urc

es,

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port

un

itie

s,

co

nstr

ain

ts,

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ble

ms a

nd

po

ten

tia

l actio

ns r

eq

uired

with

in

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SS

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a

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AS

TA

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AN

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EM

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N,

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sta

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h c

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ol

and

mana

ge

men

t p

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r th

e e

ntire

co

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l a

rea

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e S

SD

P

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SID

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EL

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e

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ts

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ase

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ITY

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n A

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ON

SU

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AT

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ER

D

AT

E

RE

CIE

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D

CO

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EN

T

AC

TIO

NS

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SP

ON

SE

S

ET

A –

Ro

bin

Ch

etty

24

/02

/20

09

T

he

unkn

ow

n a

t th

is s

tag

e is th

e w

he

ther

the

N2

will

be

to

lled

or

no

t. T

his

d

ep

art

me

nt ca

n o

nly

co

mm

en

t o

n th

is p

lan

once

th

e T

oll

issue

has b

een

re

so

lve

d. In

te

rms o

f d

eve

lop

me

nt pro

po

sed

, th

e im

pa

cts

do

no

t ap

pe

ar

to

be

se

vere

bu

t th

e s

cen

ario

ca

n c

han

ge

if th

e N

2 is to

lled

. W

ith

re

ga

rds to

w

ha

t h

ap

pens w

ith

th

e a

irp

ort

once

KS

IA o

pe

ns, th

is d

ep

art

me

nt ha

s p

lan

s

in p

lace

to

dea

l w

ith

th

is lan

d p

arc

el.

In p

rin

cip

le, th

e p

lan

ca

n g

o a

he

ad

bu

t acce

ss m

ust be

de

alt w

ith

an

d

fun

din

g is r

equ

ire

d for

so

me

of th

e in

terv

en

tio

ns.

Issue

of th

e T

oll

no

ted

in

the

d

ocu

me

nt, a

nd

ca

lcu

lation

s m

ad

e fo

r p

ossib

le u

pgra

din

g o

f a

lte

rna

tive

ro

ute

s if n

ecessa

ry

ITO

access, th

e h

ighe

st p

rio

rity

P5

79

(M

R5

79)

has b

ee

n d

iscusse

d w

ith

P

rovin

cia

l R

oa

ds a

nd

it a

pp

ea

rs th

at

the

fu

nd

ing

an

d c

on

str

uctio

n o

f th

is

roa

d m

ay b

e th

e r

esp

on

sib

ility

of

the

m

un

icip

alit

y. T

his

issue

is b

ein

g

follo

wed

up

.

En

vir

on

men

t –

Ric

ha

rd

Bo

on

31

/12

/200

8

Th

ere

are

im

plic

ation

s fo

r a

ll th

e m

ap

s in

th

e S

DP

s w

he

re th

ere

is a

n

en

vir

onm

en

tal la

ye

r sh

ow

n. T

he

re is a

nee

d to

su

bstitu

te th

is w

ith

th

e n

ew

e

nvir

onm

en

tal la

ye

r a

nd

call

it D

MO

SS

. W

here

th

e p

lan

ners

wh

o p

rod

uced

th

e s

pa

tia

l la

ye

rs for

the

SD

Ps w

en

t b

eyo

nd

ou

r D

MO

SS

lin

es (

the

re a

re

ma

ny p

lace

s),

an

d th

e M

unic

ipa

lity w

an

ts to

pro

tect th

ese

asse

ts, w

e n

ee

d

to g

ive

th

at la

ye

r a

diffe

ren

t n

am

e in

ord

er

to p

reve

nt co

nfu

sio

n , s

uch

as

"Am

en

ity A

rea

", o

r o

ne

te

rm fo

r a

ll p

lans th

at is

best su

ite

d.

Th

e S

ou

th r

ep

ort

do

es n

ot sa

y a

lo

t a

bou

t th

e e

nvir

onm

en

t a

nd

wha

t it d

oe

s

sa

y is o

f a

gen

era

l na

ture

an

d w

ill n

ot b

e a

pro

ble

m. In

oth

er

wo

rds it d

oe

s

no

t d

ea

l w

ith

th

e e

nvir

onm

en

t a

s E

MA

wo

uld

, b

ut it a

lso

do

es n

ot cre

ate

an

y

difficu

lty.

Th

e N

ew

D’M

oss la

ye

r h

as b

ee

n

incorp

ora

ted

in

to th

e S

ou

th S

pa

tia

l P

lan

as a

la

nd

-use

la

yer.

T

he

‘A

me

nity’ la

ye

r o

n th

e S

SD

P h

as

be

en

am

en

ded

an

d in

va

riou

s p

laces

red

uced

an

d in

corp

ora

ted

in

to th

e

ne

are

st a

pp

rop

ria

te lan

d u

se

. T

he

‘A

me

nity’ la

ye

r fu

nction

s a

s a

n

ind

ica

tor

of w

he

re d

eve

lopm

en

t is

no

t a

pp

ropri

ate

fo

r a

nu

mb

er

of re

aso

ns,

inclu

din

g e

nviro

nm

en

tal sen

sitiv

ity,

ove

rste

ep

and

ma

rsh

y la

nd

, a

nd

in

so

me

cases b

eca

use

th

e la

nd

is

co

nsid

ere

d s

ce

nic

or

of spe

cia

l va

lue

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dvis

ab

le if th

e r

evie

w o

r th

e

ne

xt e

ditio

n o

f th

e S

ou

th S

pa

tia

l D

eve

lop

me

nt P

lan

ha

ve

an

en

vir

onm

en

tal in

tro

ductio

n th

at is

th

e

resu

lt o

f clo

se

in

tera

ctio

n w

ith

th

e

en

vir

onm

en

t b

ranch

.

LU

MS

– N

om

fun

do

T

ha

be

the

27

/02

/200

9

(see

atta

che

d)

De

nsitie

s a

me

nd

ed

slig

htly in

so

me

of

the

are

as id

en

tifie

d b

y L

UM

S a

s

co

nflic

tin

g, a

fte

r b

ilate

ral d

iscu

ssio

n

Ho

usin

g –

Naro

j R

am

ph

al

19

/02

/200

9

Re

qu

este

d a

nd

rece

ive

d a

n a

me

nde

d lan

d u

se

la

ye

r fo

r th

e S

ou

thern

SD

P,

an

d c

on

firm

ed

th

at th

ere

are

no

ma

jor

co

nflic

ts w

ith

Me

tro

Ho

usin

g P

lan

, e

xce

pt fo

r th

e A

me

nity la

ye

r.

Th

ere

are

are

as o

f D

mo

ss a

nd

100

yr

Flo

od

line

th

at a

ffe

ct som

e o

f th

e

pro

jects

an

d th

is is b

est re

fle

cte

d a

s A

men

ity.

ch

an

ges to

am

en

ity la

yer

we

re

ide

ntifie

d, d

iscusse

d a

nd

am

en

de

d

Waste

wa

ter

– R

ob

Dyer

C

om

me

nts

b

etw

ee

n

12

/12

/200

8-

Ju

ne

20

09

1

. T

he

re is s

om

e p

ropo

se

d r

esid

en

tia

l d

eve

lop

men

t in

Um

ko

maa

s th

at

is te

chn

ica

lly fe

asib

le to

sew

er

bu

t is

ve

ry c

lose

to

th

e S

AP

PI

pla

nt.

SA

PP

I ca

nce

lled

so

me

are

as o

f th

e p

ropo

sed

Can

onbra

e

de

ve

lop

me

nt b

eca

use

th

ey w

an

t a

bu

ffe

r a

rou

nd

th

eir

fa

cto

ry

be

ca

use

of od

ou

rs.

2.

Re

qu

est fo

r d

eta

ils o

f w

ha

t ty

pe

of d

eve

lop

me

nt is

pro

po

se

d fo

r ru

ral

no

des -

de

ve

lop

me

nts

th

at w

ou

ld r

equ

ire w

ate

rbo

rne

se

wera

ge

bu

t a

re o

uts

ide

the

urb

an

de

ve

lop

me

nt lin

e. W

ou

ld lo

ca

l se

rvic

e a

nd

lo

ca

l co

mm

un

ity n

od

es a

lso

re

qu

ire

wa

terb

orn

e s

ew

era

ge?

3.

A g

en

era

l p

oin

t o

n p

rese

nta

tio

n. It w

ill b

e im

po

rtan

t to

sta

nd

ard

ise

th

e c

olo

ur

sch

em

es a

cro

ss a

ll a

rea

s, an

d a

lso

acro

ss th

e d

iffe

ren

t S

DP

s a

s fa

r a

s p

ossib

le. It is

qu

ite

co

nfu

sin

g a

s it is

. 4

. T

he

Fin

nin

gle

y E

sta

te D

eve

lop

men

t h

as a

fa

irly

sm

all

po

rtio

n o

f w

ate

rborn

e r

esid

en

tia

l d

eve

lop

men

t th

ey a

re p

lan

nin

g w

est o

f th

e

N2

& w

est o

f C

lansth

al, insid

e th

e a

rea

de

sig

na

ted

as a

me

nity.

Th

ere

is n

o p

rob

lem

sew

erin

g it b

ecau

se

it w

ou

ld g

ravita

te in

to th

e

pro

po

se

d r

esid

en

tia

l a

rea

aro

und

Cla

nsth

al. T

his

wo

uld

en

tail

mo

vin

g a

sectio

n o

f th

e u

rba

n e

dge

lin

e w

estw

ard

. 5

. A

do

tte

d lin

e in

clu

de

d o

uts

ide

ori

gin

al serv

ices lin

e to

in

clu

de

an

a

rea

west o

f th

e N

2 th

at is

ea

sily

se

we

rab

le.

1

. B

uffe

r e

sta

blis

hed

, S

AP

PI

inclu

de

d in

pu

blic

pa

rtic

ipatio

n

pro

cess.

2.

Qu

ery

fo

rward

ed

to

Rura

l A

BM

. R

esp

on

se

fro

m S

SD

P is

tha

t a

reas o

uts

ide

of th

e U

rba

n

De

ve

lop

me

nt lin

e d

o n

ot ha

ve

a

ccess to

wa

terb

orn

e

sa

nita

tion

. O

the

r sa

nita

tio

n

so

lution

s r

equ

ire

d.

3.

Me

etin

g w

ith

Ro

b o

ccu

rred

ea

rly J

an

uary

, is

su

es

dis

cusse

d a

nd

re

so

lve

d.

Sta

nd

ard

isa

tio

n o

f co

lou

rs

co

mp

lete

fo

r a

ll S

DP

s.

4.

Atte

nd

ed

a p

resen

tatio

n b

y

Fin

nin

gly

Esta

te to

exp

an

d

kn

ow

led

ge

of d

eve

lop

men

t.

Po

rtio

n o

f d

eve

lop

me

nt is

fe

asib

le, b

ut m

uch

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Dis

cussio

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rou

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waste

wa

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pro

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are

as o

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ag

ricu

ltura

l p

ote

ntia

l 7

. L

an

dfill

ou

tlin

e p

rovid

ed

in

sh

ap

efile

s

8.

Resp

on

se

on s

erv

ice

pro

vis

ion

to

prio

rity

are

as r

ece

ive

d w

ith

th

e

infr

astr

uctu

re r

esp

onse

fro

m K

en

Bre

edske

de

ve

lop

me

nt co

nstr

ain

ed

by

en

vir

onm

en

tal a

nd

a

gricu

ltura

lly im

po

rtan

t la

nd.

5.

No

ted

in

SS

DP

ma

pp

ing

, bu

t n

ot in

clu

de

d in

Urb

an

D

eve

lop

me

nt L

ine

6

. M

ad

e in

pri

ncip

al d

ecis

ion

th

at

hig

h a

gri

cu

ltura

l p

ote

ntia

l la

nd

sh

ou

ld b

e r

eta

ine

d w

here

ve

r p

ossib

le

7.

Ou

tlin

e o

f la

nd

fill

site

in

corp

ora

ted

in

to S

SD

P

8.

Infr

astr

uctu

re r

espo

nse

still

in

pro

cess o

f d

iscu

ssio

n

Ru

ral A

BM

– P

ete

r G

ilmo

re

21

/01

/200

9

Pro

vid

ed

Ru

ral N

ode

s G

IS s

ha

pe

file

lo

ca

tio

ns.

Rece

ive

d C

D c

on

tain

ing

all

no

de

fra

me

wo

rk p

lans in

clu

din

g U

mkom

aa

s.

At a

SD

P le

ve

l, d

eta

il a

lignm

en

ts s

ho

uld

no

t b

e in

dic

ate

d b

ut ra

ther

with

use

o

f a

“re

d a

rrow

”, s

imila

r to

wh

at w

as d

one

of th

e R

ura

l R

DF

in

dic

atin

g

linkag

es b

etw

ee

n tw

o a

reas

No

de

s p

riori

ty: M

nin

i, A

da

ms M

issio

n, U

mb

um

bu

lu, In

ch

an

ga

, X

imb

a,

Ngco

losi a

nd

Um

zin

ya

thi a

re “

active

node

s”

wh

ich

ha

ve

re

ce

ive

d

inve

stm

en

ts to

da

te. M

nin

i, In

ch

an

ga

and

Um

zin

ya

thi a

re th

e p

rio

rity

on

es

an

d a

lso

th

e o

nes th

at th

e m

ost via

ble

fo

r p

riva

te s

ecto

r in

ve

stm

ent, ie

. R

eta

il d

eve

lop

me

nt, w

hils

t U

mb

um

bu

lu, A

da

ms a

nd

Xim

ba

ran

k 2

nd

.

Th

ird

ly w

ou

ld b

e N

tsho

ngw

en

i, K

wa

so

nde

la a

nd

Zw

elib

on

vu

. T

he

re

ma

inde

r a

t th

is s

tag

e a

re s

how

ing

little

“in

tere

sts

”.

Co

mm

en

ts a

nd

ra

nkin

g o

f ru

ral n

ode

s

take

n in

to a

cco

un

t a

nd

inco

rpora

ted

in

to r

ankin

g o

f P

ha

se

1 p

rio

rity

are

as

ED

U –

Ec

on

om

ic

Sp

ati

al S

trate

gy

28

Ap

ril 2

009

D

iscre

pan

cie

s b

etw

ee

n the

Eco

nom

ic S

pa

tia

l P

lan

an

d th

e S

SD

P:

1.

Po

pu

latio

n g

row

th r

ate

of 6.6

% is u

nlik

ely

fo

r th

e S

ou

th

2.

ES

P s

tate

s a

ne

ed

fo

r m

ore

no

xio

us in

du

str

y a

nd

less a

gricu

lture

in

th

e S

ou

th w

hils

t th

e S

SD

P e

nco

ura

ges a

gri

cu

ltu

re a

nd n

ot n

oxio

us

ind

ustr

y

3.

Mu

nic

ipa

lity e

ncou

rag

ing

a c

om

pa

ct city,

bu

t th

e E

SP

en

co

ura

gin

g

sp

raw

l

Reco

mm

en

da

tio

n: su

bje

ct to

re

vie

w o

f E

co

nom

ic S

tra

teg

y a

nd

with

An

nu

al

an

d 5

ye

ar

revie

w o

f th

e S

SD

P, a

reas

of n

on

-alig

nm

en

t to

be

fu

rth

er

teste

d,

fin

alis

ed

an

d a

lign

ed

.

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4.

Diffe

rence

betw

ee

n lan

d r

eq

uir

em

en

ts in S

SD

P a

nd

ES

P.

A.2

EX

TE

RN

AL S

TA

KE

HO

LD

ER

CO

NS

UL

TA

TIO

N

No

Sta

ke

ho

lder

Ve

nu

e/d

ate

of

me

etin

g

Co

mm

en

ts/info

/in

pu

t re

leva

nt to

SS

DP

R

esp

on

se

1

Um

don

i M

un

icip

alit

y S

DF

(Bu

yi Ja

ca

, B

ern

d R

oth

au

g)

Ro

om

20

0,

10

/12

/200

8

Ro

ad

s: M

inim

al ca

pa

city o

n R

19

7 a

nd

ma

jor

da

ma

ge

to

R1

02

me

an

hug

e r

elia

nce

on

N2

fo

r co

nn

ectivity.

Ne

ga

tive

im

pa

ct o

f p

rop

ose

d N

2 T

oll.

N

eed

fo

r im

pro

ve

d in

lan

d lin

kag

es

Ind

ustr

ial D

eve

lop

men

t: S

ma

ll-sca

le lig

ht/se

rvic

e

ind

ustr

y in

Pa

rk R

yn

ie &

Um

zin

to, se

rves w

este

rn

mu

nic

ipa

litie

s, o

pp

ort

un

itie

s fo

r so

me

exp

ansio

n in

a

bo

ve

are

as a

nd

Se

ze

la

Resid

en

tia

l &

ru

ral de

ve

lopm

en

t: U

mzin

to s

ee

ing

n

ew

re

sid

en

tia

l a

s w

ell

as c

oasta

l a

rou

nd

S

co

ttb

urg

h. W

este

rn b

oun

da

ry m

ain

ly tra

ditio

na

l p

eri-u

rba

n, ru

dim

en

tary

nod

e s

tart

ing

to

de

ve

lop

Se

rvic

es/in

frastr

uctu

re: m

ajo

r con

str

ain

ts

sto

rmw

ate

r &

ro

ads, sew

era

ge

no

t m

ajo

r is

sue

. N

eed

fo

r serv

ices e

xp

ansio

n a

roun

d U

mzin

to.

To

urism

: S

cottb

urg

h m

ajo

r to

uri

sm

riv

al to

U

mko

maa

s, b

ette

r in

frastr

uctu

re, b

each a

cce

ss

an

d fa

cili

ties.

Um

don

i P

lan

to

be

ma

de

a

va

ilab

le a

s s

oo

n a

s it is

co

mp

lete

. In

th

e m

ea

ntim

e,

all

ma

jor

pro

jects

th

at h

ave

cro

ss-m

un

icip

al im

pact to

b

e s

ub

ject to

co

nsu

lta

tion

w

ith

eT

hekw

ini.

2

Cro

oke

s B

roth

ers

LT

D (

Phil

Ba

rker)

R

oo

m 2

00

, 1

9/0

1/2

00

9

Cro

oke

s B

roth

ers

(lis

ted

co

mp

an

y)

lookin

g a

t d

eve

lop

ing

so

me

la

nd

un

de

r th

eir

ow

ne

rsh

ip,

wh

ich

is c

urr

en

tly u

nd

er

agricu

ltu

re, to

resid

en

tia

l a

nd

mix

ed

use

. 2

50

ha

aro

un

d C

lansth

al, a

nd

a

pp

roxim

ate

ly 2

00

ha

in

oth

er

part

s o

f th

e s

ou

th.

Fo

llow

up

on

fe

asib

ility

of

air

fie

ld in

th

e s

ou

th

Ne

ed

cle

are

r in

dic

atio

n o

f

de

ve

lop

me

nt p

lans

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Po

ssib

ility

of

air

fie

ld b

ein

g d

eve

lope

d (

sca

le o

f V

irg

inia

airfie

ld)

just so

uth

of

Cri

ag

iebu

rn/N

aid

oo

vill

e. W

illin

g to

pro

tect

en

vir

onm

en

tal a

sse

ts d

uri

ng

de

ve

lop

men

t, b

ut

ag

ricu

lture

see

n a

s u

np

rofita

ble

and

no

t w

ort

h

reta

inin

g

Esta

blis

h a

me

tho

d o

f re

tain

ing

an

d o

ptim

isin

g

ag

ricu

ltura

l la

nd

in

th

e

so

uth

, p

art

icula

rly w

est o

f C

lansth

al

3

Mkh

am

ban

thin

i M

un

icip

alit

y S

DF

(?

) M

un

icip

al O

ffic

e,

Ca

mpe

rdow

n,

27

/01

/200

9

Ho

usin

g e

merg

es a

s b

ig issu

e o

n th

e b

ou

nd

ary

w

ith

SM

PR

– p

art

icu

larl

y d

up

lica

tio

n o

f h

ousin

g

pro

jects

. A

pp

lica

tion

fo

r a

go

lfin

g e

sta

te (

Kill

arn

ey G

olfin

g

Esta

te)

nee

ds to

be

ta

ken

in

to a

cco

un

t, p

art

icu

larl

y

as th

ere

is a

la

nd

cla

im p

en

din

g.

A v

ari

ety

of in

du

str

ial/o

ffic

e/c

om

merc

ial

de

ve

lop

me

nts

are

takin

g p

lace

in

th

e m

un

icip

alit

y.

Me

et w

ith

Hou

sin

g to

d

iscuss d

up

lica

tio

n o

f h

ousin

g p

roje

cts

– e

ng

age

re

leva

nt p

art

ies

(Mkh

am

ba

nth

ini?

P

rovin

ce

?)

4

Um

gab

aba

Co

asta

l M

an

age

me

nt P

lan

&

Cla

nsth

al C

on

serv

ancy (

Ro

be

rt

Cra

nksha

w (

CC

), T

am

ary

n J

one

s (

Ud

idi)

, A

nd

rew

Ma

the

r)

Ru

ral A

BM

offic

e,

30

/01

/09

Dis

cussio

n o

n U

mg

ab

aba

Co

asta

l M

ana

ge

men

t P

lan

pro

gre

ss a

nd

issu

es.

Dis

cussio

n o

n th

e e

sta

blis

hm

en

t o

f a

la

nd

an

d

ma

rine

-ba

se

d n

atu

re a

rea

– a

‘m

ari

ne

rese

rve

’ w

ith

a n

o-t

ake

zo

ne

. L

ack o

f re

cre

atio

na

l fa

cili

tie

s in

th

e C

lansth

al a

rea

o

f g

rea

t co

nce

rn, m

ay b

e s

om

ew

ha

t m

itig

ate

d w

ith

a

dd

itio

n o

f p

rote

cte

d r

ese

rve

. Is

sue

of A

liwa

l S

ho

al a

nd

co

mpe

titio

n w

ith

S

co

ttb

urg

h for

div

e to

urism

ma

rke

t

Mo

re c

om

pre

he

nsiv

e in

fo

req

uired

on

th

e M

arin

e

Rese

rve

, p

art

icu

larl

y w

rt the

la

nd

-base

d p

ort

ions.

Ne

ed

to

fo

cus o

n to

uri

sm

a

nd

en

viro

nm

en

tal a

sp

ects

th

oro

ug

hly

in

th

e

Um

ko

maa

s L

AP

to

ad

dre

ss

so

me

of th

ese

issu

es.

5

Ing

on

ya

ma

Tru

st B

oard

(C

hri

s A

itke

n)

G4

5, 1

0/0

2/2

00

9

Po

cke

ts o

f la

nd

all

ove

r U

mla

zi are

ow

ne

d b

y

Ing

on

ya

ma

Tru

st, n

ot ackno

wle

dg

ed

by th

e c

ity.

A

da

ms M

issio

n a

nd

oth

er

sig

nific

an

t p

ort

ion

s o

f th

e s

ou

th a

re u

nd

er

Tri

ba

l A

uth

ori

ty. (±

3 m

illio

n h

a)

Co

asta

l sites s

een

by IT

as m

ore

va

luab

le fo

r h

ousin

g th

an

fo

r e

nvir

on

men

tal co

nserv

atio

n.

As o

f A

pri

l 2

00

7, P

TO

s n

o lo

ng

er

leg

al –

re

pla

ced

b

y le

ase

ag

ree

me

nts

, b

ut ill

eg

al P

TO

s s

till

issue

d,

with

no

record

s k

ep

t.

Ord

ina

nce

mu

st e

xte

nd

to

all

lan

d inclu

din

g IT

o

wne

d la

nd

. IT

ne

eds p

erm

issio

n fro

m T

rad

itio

na

l A

uth

ori

ty

be

fore

de

ve

lop

me

nt o

f la

nd c

an

ta

ke

pla

ce

.

En

ga

gem

en

t w

ith

IT

as p

art

o

f U

mla

zi N

od

al

Re

ge

nera

tio

n P

lan

as w

ell

as fo

r U

mla

zi L

AP

ne

eds to

o

ccu

r.

Sig

nific

an

t e

ng

ag

em

en

t w

ith

T

rad

itio

na

l A

uth

ori

ty

(th

rou

gh

ru

ral A

BM

) n

ee

ds

to o

ccu

r as p

art

of S

DP

p

rocess.

LU

MS

and

enfo

rcem

en

t n

ee

d c

lose

r in

tera

ctio

n o

n

issu

e o

f ill

eg

al P

TO

s

6

SD

B A

BM

(L

ee

D’E

ath

e, P

uve

nd

ra

SD

B, 1

0/0

2/2

00

9

Ge

nera

l d

iscu

ssio

n o

n r

ole

of S

DB

in

Ce

ntr

al a

nd

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00

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, te

ch

nic

ally

no

lo

ng

er

con

sid

ere

d a

p

rovin

cia

l ro

ad

. N

ee

d m

ore

exp

licit s

tra

teg

y fo

r a

gricu

ltura

l la

nd

. Z

we

libo

mvu

ne

eds u

pgra

de

. C

om

po

site

of a

ll S

DP

s r

equ

ire

d. R

ela

tion

sh

ip

be

twee

n U

mko

ma

as a

nd

Ug

u/U

mdo

ni ne

eds to

be

m

ore

ca

refu

lly c

on

sid

ere

d.

No

pro

ble

m in

pri

ncip

le w

ith

pri

ori

ty r

oa

ds fo

r 1

st

ph

ase

.

9

DL

GT

A (

Re

ne

e H

ulle

y &

Te

am

) 7

Bu

ro C

resce

nt

Ma

yvill

e, C

om

mitte

e

Ro

om

, 0

6/0

3/2

00

9,

09

h00

Ne

ed

to

in

clu

de

Dep

art

men

t o

f L

an

d A

ffa

irs o

n

sta

ke

ho

lde

rs lis

t.

10

Ke

ysto

ne

In

ve

stm

en

ts/A

rbo

urt

ow

n

(Ba

rba

ra P

ark

er,

Lou

is P

ee

ns)

O

pp

en

he

ime

r rd

, U

mb

og

inw

ini,

09

/03

/200

9, 10

h3

0

No

Ma

jor

ob

jectio

ns to

SS

DP

. K

eysto

ne

co

nsid

eri

ng

a lim

ite

d a

mo

un

t o

f lig

ht in

du

str

ial

/lo

gis

tics (

?)

use

as a

bu

ffe

r b

etw

ee

n the

ir

de

ve

lop

me

nt a

nd

th

e r

ailw

ay. N

o in

ten

tio

n to

d

eve

lop

re

sid

en

tia

l u

se

s, w

ill s

ell

lan

d to

re

sid

en

tia

l deve

lop

ers

fo

r th

is p

urp

ose

. M

ajo

r co

ncern

over

an

d o

bje

ctions to

pro

po

se

d N

2 T

oll.

K

eysto

ne

has b

ee

n a

pp

roach

ed

by tra

ditio

na

l le

ad

ers

wrt

co

mm

erc

ial/m

ixe

d-u

se

de

velo

pm

en

t in

tr

ad

itio

na

l are

as, a

nd

will

be

su

re to

co

nsu

lt w

ith

C

ity e

xte

nsiv

ely

be

fore

em

ba

rkin

g o

n s

uch

d

eve

lop

me

nt.

Co

nsu

lta

tion

with

City w

ill

occu

r fo

r a

ll ne

w

de

ve

lop

me

nts

. In

a

gre

em

en

t o

n b

road

p

ropo

se

d la

nd

uses.

11

Cla

nsth

al C

on

serv

ancy (

Ro

b C

ranksh

aw

, G

ary

Ba

rtle

tt, K

eith

Cu

nn

ing

ha

m, Q

uin

tin

M

an

n)

& T

am

my J

on

es (

Ud

idi con

su

lta

nts

Um

gab

aba

Co

asta

l M

ana

ge

men

t P

lan

Cla

nsth

al

Co

nserv

ancy,

Cla

nsth

al, 1

3h

00

, 0

9/0

3/2

00

9

Ob

jectio

n to

th

e a

dd

itio

na

l re

sid

en

tia

l use

a

lloca

ted

in

SS

DP

to

th

e C

lan

sth

al a

rea

. C

onserv

ancy in

ten

din

g to

exp

an

d th

e c

on

serv

atio

n

are

a in

Cla

nsth

al to

a p

rote

cte

d a

rea

with

a s

imila

r fu

nctio

n to

Burm

an

Bush

or

Ste

inb

an

k n

atu

re

rese

rve

, as th

ere

are

sig

nific

an

t a

reas o

f b

iod

ive

rsity a

nd

min

ima

l hu

ma

n in

tru

sio

n,

pa

rtic

ula

rly in

th

e r

ive

r va

lleys. M

uch

of th

e la

nd

is

in p

riva

te o

wn

ers

hip

, m

ostly C

rookes B

ros. N

ee

d

alig

nm

en

t w

ith

SS

DP

, U

mg

ab

ab

a C

oasta

l

Ne

ed

to

re

ce

ive

re

serv

e

pro

po

sa

l p

lus m

ap

s fro

m

Ro

b. In

teg

ratio

n in

to S

SD

P

ma

y o

r m

ay n

ot b

e p

ossib

le

at th

is s

tag

e, b

ut w

ill b

e k

ey

co

nsid

era

tion o

f b

oth

U

mg

ab

aba

CM

P a

nd

U

mko

maa

s L

AP

. N

ee

d

inte

rna

l d

iscussio

n w

ith

E

nvir

on

men

t to

esta

blis

h th

e

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