SPATIAL EQUITY LEARNING EXCHANGE. Socioeconomic Sustainability and Innovation Programme. Cornubia Case Study

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1 SPATIAL EQUITY LEARNING EXCHANGE Socioeconomic Sustainability and Innovation Programme Cornubia Case Study

2 DISCLAIMER - Neither a Planner nor trained in any Built Environment disciplines - Studied law, social sciences, business leadership - Work experience in fields of transformation in both public and private sector, incl. mining, higher education, manufacturing, agri posessing and land developments in both urban and rural environments. Strong understanding of land reform policies - Developed passion for Inclusive socioeconomic transformation - This presentation and facilitated discussion represent the views and opinions of the author/presenter and Tongaat Hulett and ethekwini Municipality accepts no responsibility 2

3 Cornubia Development Framework Phoenix Ottawa PHASE 1 PHASE 2 BBV Cornubia North 3

4 Headline News low cost housing development in umhlanga A new housing development for informal settlement dwellers from around ethekwini to be developed in umhlanga property values to drop crime to increase how can TH agree to this? 4

5 Key Challenges Access to adequate housing Poor infrastructure provision (roads, water, electricity, including illegal connections & associated impacts) Access to skills development & job opportunities (unemployment) Crime, safety & security (no police services on hand) Waste management (the area is filthy and unhygienic) Lack of access & irregular transport options Lack of recreational & leisure facilities (playing grounds for various sports) Lack of a disaster management system (flooding, fires, storms etc) Lack of social services ( advice clinics, social workers etc) 5

6 TH response 0% UNEMPLOYMENT IN CORNUBIA? HOW 6

7 Locational distribution of different socioeconomic groups, facilities/services (Supply Demand) > dwelling units (+- 100, 000residents) Cornubia Mall Cornubia Town centre Commercial and Industrial Business Estate 400ha Open space Blackburn Informal settlement >2 500 idu >4 500 population > 75% under 35yrs >90% looking for work >80% from Eastern Cape >Affluence and Poverty = 7

8 Spatial Equity Spatial equity is an ambiguity. In physical sense it can be equitable development of land use In a socioeconomic sense, it can refer to the equitable flow of goods and services from one spatial arena to another Just Fair equitable distribution and access 8

9 Urban service delivery Within the context of territorial and distributive equity Who benefits and why? Relationship between space deprivation and patterns of service accessibility any better? 9

10 Settlement comparison Cornubia >25 000du New City Min Sisulu middle of canefields Co-development by TH and Government Integrated human Settlement National Presidential Project Pilot Targeting beneficiaries from Durban housing list No services Hammonds Farm du Extension of Waterloo township Similar duplex design and form Targeting re-settlement of Ocean Drive Inn and other settlements in Dbn Existing social infrastructure infill 10

11 Proactive actions Align re-settlement time table with household circumstances/convenience, e.g., employment, schooling, etc Provide temporary services, e.g, public transport, retail, primary health, playgrounds Establish go to offices Know your neighbours/orientation Social organization (from individuals to community) 11

12 Field Engagements 12

13 Structured Approach Government, Society, Business are interdependent yet separate social compact partners Organized, empowered and structured community a precondition for sustainable (SE) development Understanding social demographics a basis for co-designing interventions Sustainability and Innovation = new ways v. institutional bureaucracy Align Demand and Supply and facilitate linkages Identify and mitigate business continuity risks and social trust gap To society, it doesn t matter who pays crowd funding multiplier Education....Training..Placement interventions Inclusive localized development Design opportunities to match people we have, Not design jobs for people we don t have 13

14 Socioeconomic Sustainability and Innovation Programme SOCIOECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY AND INNOVATION PROGRAMME: PROJECTS ACTIVATION CHART 2015 SSIP PROJECTS 1. SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT 2. OPEN SPACE MANAGEMENT (Community Ecosystems based Adaptation (CEBA) 3. PRIVATE PROPERTY SERVICES 4. CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT & OPPORTUNITY LINKAGES (Developing SSIP Hub) 1.1 Household-based Census and live Database (Phase 1 & BBV) Housing Profile 2.1 Environmental Restoration 3.1 Housekkeeping (Cleaning, Cooking, Laundry) 4.1 Opportunities Database 4.2 Skills Development 4.3 Enterprise Development & Incubation 1.2 Organised & Empowered Communities Formal Housing Informal Settlement 2.2 ohlange River Catchment 3.2 Child Minders Economic opportunity Pool Lifeskills SMME Database 1.4 Access to Basic Services 1.5 Targeted Programmes for Indigent & Vulnerable Households W 1.3 Social Infrastructure N 1.6 Comprehensive Youth Development Programmes 1.7 Social Cohesion Development S 1.8 State Subsidised (ethekwini Municipality) 1.9 Employer Assisted Housing 1.13 Cornubia Sizakala Centre E 1.14 Neighbouring Organised Community Engagements (Residents Associations and Management Associations) 1.10 TH Owned Agric Estate Properties 1.11 Blackburn Informal Village 1.12 Blackburn Development Forum 2.3 Forests Resource Management 2.4 Parks and Recreation 2.5 Organic Urban Farming 2.6 Indigenous Nursery 2.7 Landscaping 2.8 Composting 2.9 Waste Recycling Plumbing Painting Building 3.3 Property Maintenance Carpentry Electrical Gardening Skilled Labour Pool Jobs Matching and linkage SMME Matching and Linkage Environmental Farming Domestic Services Construction Tertiary/Formal Education and Training Institutional Establishment Emerging Enterprise Development and Profiling Enteprise Incubation Programme Construction Street & Home Industries and retail Commercial & Industrial Farming Cooperatives

15 Looking Back SUCCESSES Elangeni TVET College est Cornubia Community College ethekwini Skills Academy Open Space management and jobs Private Property Services an economic opportunity Community self help If you are poor no one takes you seriously LESSONS/THOUGHTS Bureaucracy delay delivery, stifle innovation, aggregates everything, too much talk no action, many different officials different/contradictory messages About them without them Government Business and Society have the collective capacity to accelerate a better life for all If we work together and not prescribe government ways as the only way 15