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Spatial change as drivers of risk and vulnerability in South African cities: Spatial trends in the three metropolitan cities of Gauteng

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dc.contributor.author Pieterse, Amy
dc.contributor.author Van Niekerk, Cornelia W
dc.contributor.author Van Huyssteen, Elsona
dc.contributor.author Maritz, Johan
dc.contributor.author Le Roux, Alize
dc.contributor.author Mans, Gerbrand G
dc.date.accessioned 2017-06-07T08:03:37Z
dc.date.available 2017-06-07T08:03:37Z
dc.date.issued 2016-07
dc.identifier.citation Pieterse, A., Van Niekerk, W., Van Huyssteen, E. et al. 2016. Spatial Change as Drivers of Risk and Vulnerability in South Africa: Spatial trends in the three metropolitan cities of Gauteng. Planning Africa Conference, Sandton Convention Centre, 05 July 2016 en_US
dc.identifier.isbn 978-0-620-69628-9
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9246
dc.description 7th Planning Africa Conference Proceedings 2016 – Making Sense of the Future: Disruption and Reinvention, 3-6 July 2016, Sandton Convention Centre, Sandton. en_US
dc.description.abstract Since 1994 the South African urban landscape has been changing as a result of fundamental social, economic and political transformations. Metropolitan cities, especially, face unique challenges because of the dynamism of urban populations. South African metros are characterised by significant inequalities across population groups and across space and the spatial isolation of vulnerable groups have been continuing rather than easing. Making use of a set of recently developed indicators for change, developed by the CSIR in collaboration with SACN, spatial change as drivers of risk and vulnerabilities for three metropolitan cities are explored. These three cities are the City of Tshwane, the City of Johannesburg and the Metropolitan Municipality of Ekurhuleni. Evidence from the analysis has shown that whilst illustrating major strides in service delivery within former disadvantaged townships, spatial patterns, as expected; confirm the embedded vulnerabilities associated with socio-economic and institutional exclusion, long travel distances and limited access to urban opportunities in former so-called ‘black’ townships on the urban periphery. However, in addition to the spatial legacies associated with apartheid cities, the analyses also points out new patterns of exclusion and spatial injustice, contributing to the already complex challenge of addressing spatial specific inequalities and transformation. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries Worklist;18056
dc.subject Spatial change trends en_US
dc.subject Risk en_US
dc.subject South African urban landscape en_US
dc.subject Spatial change risks en_US
dc.subject Informal settlements en_US
dc.title Spatial change as drivers of risk and vulnerability in South African cities: Spatial trends in the three metropolitan cities of Gauteng en_US
dc.type Conference Presentation en_US
dc.identifier.apacitation Pieterse, A., Van Niekerk, C. W., Van Huyssteen, E., Maritz, J., Le Roux, A., & Mans, G. G. (2016). Spatial change as drivers of risk and vulnerability in South African cities: Spatial trends in the three metropolitan cities of Gauteng. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9246 en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation Pieterse, Amy, Cornelia W Van Niekerk, Elsona Van Huyssteen, Johan Maritz, Alize Le Roux, and Gerbrand G Mans. "Spatial change as drivers of risk and vulnerability in South African cities: Spatial trends in the three metropolitan cities of Gauteng." (2016): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9246 en_ZA
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation Pieterse A, Van Niekerk CW, Van Huyssteen E, Maritz J, Le Roux A, Mans GG, Spatial change as drivers of risk and vulnerability in South African cities: Spatial trends in the three metropolitan cities of Gauteng; 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9246 . en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Conference Presentation AU - Pieterse, Amy AU - Van Niekerk, Cornelia W AU - Van Huyssteen, Elsona AU - Maritz, Johan AU - Le Roux, Alize AU - Mans, Gerbrand G AB - Since 1994 the South African urban landscape has been changing as a result of fundamental social, economic and political transformations. Metropolitan cities, especially, face unique challenges because of the dynamism of urban populations. South African metros are characterised by significant inequalities across population groups and across space and the spatial isolation of vulnerable groups have been continuing rather than easing. Making use of a set of recently developed indicators for change, developed by the CSIR in collaboration with SACN, spatial change as drivers of risk and vulnerabilities for three metropolitan cities are explored. These three cities are the City of Tshwane, the City of Johannesburg and the Metropolitan Municipality of Ekurhuleni. Evidence from the analysis has shown that whilst illustrating major strides in service delivery within former disadvantaged townships, spatial patterns, as expected; confirm the embedded vulnerabilities associated with socio-economic and institutional exclusion, long travel distances and limited access to urban opportunities in former so-called ‘black’ townships on the urban periphery. However, in addition to the spatial legacies associated with apartheid cities, the analyses also points out new patterns of exclusion and spatial injustice, contributing to the already complex challenge of addressing spatial specific inequalities and transformation. DA - 2016-07 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Spatial change trends KW - Risk KW - South African urban landscape KW - Spatial change risks KW - Informal settlements LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2016 SM - 978-0-620-69628-9 T1 - Spatial change as drivers of risk and vulnerability in South African cities: Spatial trends in the three metropolitan cities of Gauteng TI - Spatial change as drivers of risk and vulnerability in South African cities: Spatial trends in the three metropolitan cities of Gauteng UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9246 ER - en_ZA


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