 The area defined as the Two Rivers Urban Park, located at the confluence of the Black and Liesbeek Rivers, is a special and unique place in Cape Town. The area comprising of sensitive ecological systems and habitats, extensive open space areas, significant institutions, historical buildings and cultural landscapes, provides an ideal space for the creation of a park that fulfils a variety of human and ecological needs and responds creatively to this quality environment.
Within our city there is an urgent need to protect and rehabilitate ecological systems and to encourage mutually beneficial relationships between people and the natural environment. This is recognised as critical to the sustainable development of the city, and hence is a central concern of local government. The area identified as the proposed Two Rivers Urban Park offers an exciting opportunity to address these needs. However, current institutional limitations and budgetary constraints mean that investing considerable financial and human resources in the development and maintenance of parks in the order of Kirstenbosch or the Company Gardens, is unsustainable. Within such limitations and inspired by the idea of the Urban Park, there are considerable opportunities for a proactive and creative approach towards honoring this responsibility. Such an approach has guided the formulation of this Spatial Development Framework and Environmental Development Plan. For more information please download the documents of interest listed below.
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