As part of the larger process to improve access to social service points and provide social equity, as well as to provide input parameters for service access planning being undertaken in accessibility modelling, access standards for the provision of social facilities have been developed by the CSIR. These standards and guidelines provide access and threshold standards that have been tested and/or discussed with stakeholders over a number of years and are intended as a planning tool to support the identification of priorities within the available financial resources.
SOCIAL FACILITY PROVISION STANDARDS
The CSIR has developed the Space Planner – a free, web-based tool – for calculating the social facility demand and associated land use requirements for a given development based on any agreed set of provision standards including those indicated above. It takes into consideration such factors as land availability, housing densities and family sizes. Logon to http://spaceplanner.csir.co.za to make use of this free tool.
For more information contact:
Pryaska Naidoo, CSIR
pnaidoo8@csir.co.za
Gerbrand Mans, CSIR
gmans@csir.co.za
