Look for work trips
A key issue in the literature on urban space economy is the extent to which geographic separation between places of residence and areas where economic activity concentrates impacts work-seekers’ ability to find jobs. Proponents of the so-called ‘spatial mismatch hypothesis’ point to evidence that being far from work opportunities increases unemployment.
Date of publication:
December 2014
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Getting to work in the GCR - trips to work by race
This month’s map has been compiled for October transport month, and is one of three linked outputs on the to-work trips made by residents of the Gauteng City-Region. It should be read in combination with this interactive visualisation and this vignette.
Date of publication:
October 2014
Dissatisfaction with local government performance
This month’s map of the month illustrates dissatisfaction levels with local government performance across the Gauteng City Region (GCR). The mapping was produced from the 2013 Quality of Life (QoL) survey, which in section 6 asked respondents “How satisfied are you with the performance of: … 6.5 The National Government… 6.6 The Provincial Government… 6.7 The Local Municipality.”
Date of publication:
September 2014
Quality of Life (QoL) index per ward
This month’s map of the month indicating quality of life across Gauteng at a ward level, is the first in a series of maps depicting the results from GCRO’s recently released 2013 Quality of Life (QoL) survey.
Date of publication:
August 2014
Changing spatial inequality across the GCR
This month’s map of the month depicts mean income per ward as a percentage of the mean income for Gauteng, comparing 2001 and 2011. The average income per ward was derived from StatsSA Census data from 2001 and 2011, and then compared with the mean income for Gauteng as a whole
Date of publication:
July 2014
