RESPONSIBLE TOURISM IN CITIES

LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH

URBAN RENEWAL AND TOURISM: AN APPROACH

FOR COMPETITIVE URBAN RENEWAL AND

RESPOSIBLE TOURISM IN PORT ELIZABETH

TWO CASE STUDIES

6 May 2011

Durban

Moving Out of the Financial Crisis;

“No Income, No Job, Asset Less”

Port Elizabeth and the Mandate Area of the

Mandela Bay Development Agency

The Mandela Bay Development Agency

Local Spatial Development Framework Area

• Expanded auto & container freight on

vacated tank farm & manganese land

• No allocation of land beyond Southern Ports

Agreement

• Environmental, safety and access

constraints on Southern Port land means

that development options are very limited

• Waterfront development over southern

portion of the harbour

• Continued vehicle freight and fishing

related activities in northern portion of the

harbour

• Waterfront and city integration

Two Visions for the Harbour

Total Population 2007 – 1,088,839

MBDA Precinct

Responding to the broad market: Living Standard

Measurement

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Background

A THIRD WAY

Background

The Metro’s economy is dominated by the tertiary sector, (tourism and real estate) contributing 64% to

the GDP, the secondary sector mainly automotive) 35% and the

primary sector (mining) only 1 %.

Sectoral contribution to Nelson Mandela Metro’s GDPR 1995-2007 (constant 2000 prices)

Sectoral contribution to Gross

Domestic Product (GDP) in Nelson Mandela Metro

The tertiary sector is the most stable, and has shown the most consistent positive growth, where the

secondary sector is highly volatile

Figure 2: Year on year % change in growth rate (constant 2000 prices) of sectors in Nelson Mandela

Metro

Stability of Sectors

Market size

Market

performance

Market profile

Market gaps

Investment

opportunities

What does the City want?

What can it absorb?

Consumer market

profile

Economic

base analysis

Comparative

analysis of

market size

Contextual

analysis

Office Market

Retail Market

Residential Market

Sector analysis

Tourism market

Leisure/Sport market

Culture & Heritage

market

The Political Enviroment

The PlanI

CASE STUDY ONE

SEMI-PEDESTRIANISATION OF GOVAN

MBEKI AVENUE (THE CBD MAIN STREET)

Economic, social and environmental

65%

13%

22%

Govan Mbeki Avenue Market Research:

Where do people come from?

Minibus Taxi 55%

Bus 7%

Car 17%

Walk 19%

Train 2%

Govan Mbeki Avenue: Market

Research: How do people travel?

“Money in muck”

approach…

KEY FINDINGS:

CASE STUDIE TWO

THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE DONKN

RESERVE (A HERITAGE PROPERTY)

Economic, social and environmental

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Commission: DONKIN existing

Commissions: WRAP MARKTING TS,

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Banner reproductions of

artworks in Red Location

(RORY needs advice/

guidance)

Emerging

Artwork with link to South

Temple

Artwork with link to South

End Museum and Hindu

Temple

BirthBirth

boyhoodboyhood

Rivonia

Trial

Womens

March

Rivonia

Trial

Womens

March

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ElectionsElections

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Artwork with link to

Uitenhage

Artwork with link to EPSAC

Route marker with

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Commission: Campanile

Commission: CONTOUR PATH, AMPHITHEATRE, I

Commission:

WHITES RD WALL

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- Way-finding

- Labels

- Signage

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JETTY STREET WALKWAY

Welcome Carpet – Lisbet Demeyer

SITE WORKS THE FLAG – POSITION,

SCALE AND PROPORTION

CONCLUSION

QUESTIONS?