SASR Norms & Standards Vol 2 new.indd - Sport and Recreation ...
SASR Norms & Standards Vol 2 new.indd - Sport and Recreation ...
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of the schemes was evaluated against agreed criteria <strong>and</strong> recommendations were made as to the<br />
appropriateness of each of the schemes in terms of meeting the needs of the access indicator. These<br />
could effectively be applied in South Africa as well.<br />
The following ten criteria were agreed for evaluating the st<strong>and</strong>ards <strong>and</strong> tools:<br />
• Will ensure the sports user of the facility has a quality (positive, safe <strong>and</strong> enjoyable)<br />
experience;<br />
• Is specifi cally applicable to an individual facility;<br />
• Is appropriate to the whole of that individual facility;<br />
• Is externally <strong>and</strong> independently assessed/accredited;<br />
• Is applicable to one or more of the six facility types used in the indicator;<br />
• Is applicable country wide;<br />
• Is readily available to the market;<br />
• Is easy for the Department of <strong>Sport</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Recreation</strong> to collect data on, preferably from a<br />
single source;<br />
• Supports continuous improvement by requiring regular re<strong>new</strong>al;<br />
• Is not a one off or annual award won through competition with other facilities.<br />
4.6 PUBLIC OPEN SPACES<br />
The best examples of current st<strong>and</strong>ards for public open spaces were developed by Green <strong>and</strong> Argue for<br />
the City of Cape Town (2007). It is important to fi rst clarify what is meant by open space <strong>and</strong> what are<br />
the potential uses they can be put to. For our purposes public open space is provided for the benefi t<br />
<strong>and</strong> use of residents <strong>and</strong> those people from surrounding areas <strong>and</strong> for which there is no charge levied.<br />
The provision of private open space within housing developments is excluded from this defi nition. It<br />
is essential that such facilities are available for use throughout the year. Such spaces as cemeteries,<br />
servitudes, river corridors, mountains, road reserves <strong>and</strong> formal sport facilities are excluded from this<br />
defi nition.<br />
Public open space includes three levels of open space provision, namely:<br />
• Neighbourhood or small community parks (including pocket parks <strong>and</strong> urban squares)<br />
• Larger community parks<br />
• Metropolitan or sub-regional parks<br />
Multi-purpose<br />
<strong>Sport</strong> Halls<br />
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