24 November 2009
The Guidelines for Human Settlement Planning and Design, also known as the 'Red Book' is now available free of charge on the website of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
The hard copy version - two hefty ring-bound volumes - used to be sold by the CSIR for R720 to cover the printing costs. With the last printed stock depleted again, it has been decided to make it available online.
"To ensure that the guidelines remain accessible to as many users as possible, the CSIR and the Department of Human Settlements agreed that the entire document can be downloaded from the web for free or ordered on CD (at R150)," explains Tinus Kruger of CSIR Built Environment.
"Under the patronage of the then National Department of Housing, the CSIR was responsible for coordinating the development of the Red Book," comments Kruger. It was developed over a period of more than two years and while it was published already in 2000, it is still in demand by professionals in the human settlements planning and design arena. An updated version is planned within the next year or two.
"The Red Book provides performance-based guidelines for informed decision-making. The guidelines indicate the qualities that should be sought in South African settlements, and provide practical advice on how these qualities can be achieved," says Kruger.
The document does not merely assist professionals in producing efficiently serviced townships, but also in creating sustainable and vibrant human settlements. "It is intended to be educative, providing ideas and useful information, and not as a substitute for innovative planning and engineering practice," comments Kruger.
People who will find the book useful include architects, town planners, urban designers, engineers and developers in both the private and public sectors.
Volume 1 focuses primarily on planning issues, while volume 2 deals with engineering services.
The following topics are covered in the various chapters:
Volume 1
Framework for settlement-making
Spatial and structural principles for settlement-making
Planning method and participation
Planning guidelines:
Movement networks
Public transport
Hard open spaces
Soft open spaces
Public facilities
Land subdivision
Public utilities
Cross-cutting issues:
Environmental design for safer communities
Fire safety
Ecologically sound urban development
Volume 2
Storm water management
Roads (geometric design, layout planning, materials and construction)
Water supply
Sanitation
Solid waste management
Energy
Orders for CDs may be placed with Lydia Sibanyoni at
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Africa’s people and to increase the global competitiveness of South African industry. See www.csir.co.za or contact tel 012-841-2000. The CSIR - our future through science.
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