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State of Gauteng City Region
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Introduction
Situating the GCR
Key Indicators
Key Indicators 2
Key Indicators 3
Looking ahead
Future Prospects
Future Prospects 2
Challanges Facing GCR
Afropolitan City Region
QoL & Marginalisation
What is Quality of Life
QoL and cities
The QoL index
QoL: constructing the index
QoL: index results
QoL: interpreting the results
QoL: distilling the results
QoL: spatial distribution
The marginalisation index
Constructing the marginalisation index
Marginalisation: index results
Marginalisation: interpreting the results
Marginalisation: distilling the results
Marginalisation nexus
Marginalisation: further analysis
Governance
Government & Governance
Complexity of government
Local government restructuring
New platforms
Satisfaction with public services
Satisfaction with government
Dissatisfaction with government
Poor government communication
Beyond basic needs
Corruption
Participation in elections
Participation in government affairs
Meaningful engagement
Raising the bar
Fiscal pressures
Life & People
Life and people
Poverty and inequality
Poverty measurement
State of poverty in South Africa and Gauteng
Inequality in the GCR: sex and race
Inequality in the GCR: municipalities
Putting the 'rainbow nation' in perspective
Understanding the state of racial integration
Race relations
How GCR residents understand democracy
The relationship of protest to democracy
GCR residents as actors in civil society
Civil society and associational life
Migration and the GCR
Education, employment and migration
Education, employment and migration (part 2)
Education, employment and migration (part 3)
Income and migration
Xenophobia
Attitudes to migrants by employment status
Youth in the GCR
Resource not threat
Men, women, gender and the GCR
Attitudes to gender-based violence in the GCR
Gender-based violence in the GCR
Regional Economy
Regional Economy
South African economy: global context
Trade
Trends in trade
Global recession
GCR economy: provincial perspective
GCR economy: regional GDP
The labour market
Unemployment
Employment by industry
City-region competitiveness
Space & Mobility
Space and mobility
Population density
Spatial change
Land cover change
Urban land cover change
Analysis of urban growth
Implications changing urban land cover
A fragmented housing landscape
Locating housing growth and backyard shacks
Locating housing community growth
Housing, land-use and transport
Transport trends in the GCR
Movement patterns and regional linkages
Main problems with public transport
Reasons for not using public transport
Implications for transport policy
Public space and amenities
Sustainability
Sustainability
GCR’s transformed landscape
Ecosystem vulnerability
Air quality
Water
Climate Risks
Metabolic flows
Green and grey infrastructure
Overview of green networks
Investments and planning
Environmental vulnerability
Mine waste
Dolomite
Policy considerations
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Situating the Gauteng City-Region
Life and People
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The GCR attracts people from every province and all over the world making it the most diverse region in the country.
