Kathryn Ewing- PhD
- Senior Lecturer at University of Cape Town
Kathryn Ewing
- PhD
- Senior Lecturer at University of Cape Town
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Introduction
Informal urbanism, urban upgrading, everyday public space, social mapping, housing and urban development, urban form in cities of the global south, urban transformation and spatial justice
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Urban form in African cities is dynamic, unpredictable and in constant flux. Urban morphology remains mostly undocumented in Southern Africa as an emerging region. Current processes of informal land occupation, changing suburbia and incremental settlement transformation patterns present fragile, yet interesting morphological characteristics that ar...
Pockets of promise is a short essay on informal public space in Cape Town, South Africa. The essay unpacks the agency of local citizens in the township of Gugulethu, exposed a small public space upgrade project called iThemba Walkway.
Reimagining neglected urban space offers the potential for social cohesion, integration, and connectivity. The intimate, interstitial or fractional spaces of a city represent a key component of social infrastructure in a neighbourhood. The smallest of interventions in urban space adds value and complexity to urban life. However, fractional, yet dee...
South African cities, particularly Cape Town, experience rapid urban growth on the periphery. The result is often one of insecure living conditions in low-income expanding informal settlements, coupled with high crime rates and poor service delivery at the margins. Less attention is given to the space in-between buildings or the public space, ensui...
By investigating the spatial occupation, consolidation processes and use of the home and the home-based enterprise, offers a valuable insight as to how people claim their right to land, involving the concept of 'start-up' or household formation. This reveals how families express their social identity and produce democratic personal and community sp...
