{"title":"A new town at Uitvlugt: The foundation and development of Pinelands 1919-1948","authors":"G. Cuthbertson","doi":"10.4102/nc.v6i0.828","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The influenza epidemic of 1918 in the Cape Peninsula caused Richard Stuttaford, a city councillor of Cape Town and a leading figure in the Associated Chambers of Commerce of South Africa, to feel that better housing might have saved many lives. In his opinion the answer to the problem lay in the establishment of a 'garden city', and to that end he donated £10 000 in 1919 to institute a 'garden city; at Uitvlugt (Pinelands). The development of Pinelands is not only unique in the field of urban planning in South Africa; its historical significance also lies in its being an experiment in local government within the metropolitan framework of Cape Town. The creation of Pinelands had a considerable effect on the housing conditions prevailing in South Africa after World War I. This article emphasises the institutional aspects of the township because of their influence on the community.","PeriodicalId":52000,"journal":{"name":"New Contree","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1000,"publicationDate":"2024-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"4","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"New Contree","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4102/nc.v6i0.828","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"HISTORY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The influenza epidemic of 1918 in the Cape Peninsula caused Richard Stuttaford, a city councillor of Cape Town and a leading figure in the Associated Chambers of Commerce of South Africa, to feel that better housing might have saved many lives. In his opinion the answer to the problem lay in the establishment of a 'garden city', and to that end he donated £10 000 in 1919 to institute a 'garden city; at Uitvlugt (Pinelands). The development of Pinelands is not only unique in the field of urban planning in South Africa; its historical significance also lies in its being an experiment in local government within the metropolitan framework of Cape Town. The creation of Pinelands had a considerable effect on the housing conditions prevailing in South Africa after World War I. This article emphasises the institutional aspects of the township because of their influence on the community.
1918 年在开普半岛流行的流感使开普敦市议员、南非商会联合会(Associated Chambers of Commerce of South Africa)的领军人物理查德-斯图塔福德(Richard Stuttaford)感到,改善住房条件可能会挽救许多人的生命。为此,他于 1919 年捐赠了 1 万英镑,用于在 Uitvlugt(Pinelands)建立一座 "花园城市"。皮内兰兹的发展不仅在南非城市规划领域独树一帜,其历史意义还在于它是开普敦大都市框架内地方政府的一次尝试。平原地带的建立对第一次世界大战后南非普遍存在的住房条件产生了相当大的影响。