Extended urbanisation of the GCR: gender, commuting, migration and belonging
During the first half of 2023, Masters students from Wits (Planning) and University College London (Urban Laboratory) participated in a joint course on ‘Extended Urbanisation’, as part of a collaboration between UCL Urban Lab and Wits PLanning to design and deliver a module for the UCL MASc Global Urbanism programme and Wits Planning. This Map of the Month three maps produced by the course participants.
Date of publication:
August 2023
Building volume per person in Gauteng
This map of the month explores the variation in the ratio of building volume to population in Gauteng. It illustrates the wide variation in the building space that people have to live in and relates this variation to household income.
Date of publication:
July 2023
Linked to project(s):
Advancing geospatial research and data science
Gender and race representation in street renaming in Pretoria/Tshwane
Place and street names (toponyms) tell powerful stories about identity, politico-cultural history, socio-political dominance, and changing power relations. This map of the month uses a partial database of 31 instances of street renaming in Pretoria/Tshwane in order to describe this in more detail.
Date of publication:
June 2023
The distribution of male-headed and female-headed households in Gauteng
Three out of every five households in Gauteng reported that they have a male head while two out of every five reported that they have a female head. When mapped, the ratio of male to female-headed households varies considerably from place to place.
Date of publication:
March 2023
Water Interruptions in Gauteng
The November 2022 Map of the Month explores the issue of water supply reliability at a household level in Gauteng through the data from the Quality of Life survey. The analysis show that the percentage of residents across the province who reported frequent water interruptions increased between the 2017/18 and 2020/21 surveys. Frequent water interruptions are more likely to affect respondents with relatively lower incomes, and the challenge is particularly concentrated in low income communities.
Date of publication:
November 2022
