Editing Urban growth boundary (section)

===South Africa===
An [[integrated development plan]] is required in terms of Chapter 5 of the national ''[[Municipal Systems Act]]'' No 32 of 2000 for all local authorities in [[South Africa]]. This plan would include a [[spatial development framework]] plan as one of its components, which would require larger metropolitan areas to indicate an [[urban edge]] beyond which urban-type development would be largely restricted or forbidden. The concept was introduced in the 1970s by the [[Natal Town and Regional Planning Commission]] of the Province of Natal (now known as [[KwaZulu-Natal]]) in the regional guide plans for [[Durban]] and [[Pietermaritzburg]]. The concept was at that stage termed an "urban fence".<ref>Ref. Metropolitan Durban - Draft Guide Plan, Natal Town and Regional Planning Reports Volume 28, 1974.</ref>