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Provisioning Segregation: Investigating mobility induced social exclusion in Pretoria-Tshwane, South Africa

Gustafsson Gillbrand, Theodor LU (2024) SGED10 20241
Human Geography
Department of Human Geography
Abstract
Apartheid ended in 1994, yet the effects of this system of institutionalised segregation is still felt today throughout South Africa. In contemporary Pretoria-Tshwane segregation is maintained on race-class basis, with large portions of the population rendered immobile beyond their home township. This stems from the transport poverty phenomenon wherein lack of accessible and affordable means of transportation renders a group of individuals unable to reach key activities. So as to understand how transport poverty impacts the reach of Pretoria-Tshwane’s highly segregated residential areas, Roberto's (2018) Spatial Proximity and Connectivity method, together with the Dissimilarity Index by Duncan & Duncan (1955), is employed. Foundational for... (More)
Apartheid ended in 1994, yet the effects of this system of institutionalised segregation is still felt today throughout South Africa. In contemporary Pretoria-Tshwane segregation is maintained on race-class basis, with large portions of the population rendered immobile beyond their home township. This stems from the transport poverty phenomenon wherein lack of accessible and affordable means of transportation renders a group of individuals unable to reach key activities. So as to understand how transport poverty impacts the reach of Pretoria-Tshwane’s highly segregated residential areas, Roberto's (2018) Spatial Proximity and Connectivity method, together with the Dissimilarity Index by Duncan & Duncan (1955), is employed. Foundational for the analyses where 2011 Census data from StatSA (2012) which served as the analytical base. This study finds that most of the study areas function as residential islands, which signifies areas with monocultural land-use, separate either completely or from specific parts of the metropolitan municipality. Often this separation entails a disconnect from Pretoria and Centurion, the city’s primary metropolitan areas. These are become problems because of the transport poverty phenomenon as that serves to sever connectivity and proximity through the municipality. Interconnection between all areas of Pretoria-Tshwane, and a more equitable distribution of industries would undoubtedly contribute to desegregation and integration. (Less)
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author
Gustafsson Gillbrand, Theodor LU
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course
SGED10 20241
year
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M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Apartheid, Connectivity, Proximity, Spatiality, Transport Poverty
language
English
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9159211
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2024-06-12 15:29:30
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  abstract     = {{Apartheid ended in 1994, yet the effects of this system of institutionalised segregation is still felt today throughout South Africa. In contemporary Pretoria-Tshwane segregation is maintained on race-class basis, with large portions of the population rendered immobile beyond their home township. This stems from the transport poverty phenomenon wherein lack of accessible and affordable means of transportation renders a group of individuals unable to reach key activities. So as to understand how transport poverty impacts the reach of Pretoria-Tshwane’s highly segregated residential areas, Roberto's (2018) Spatial Proximity and Connectivity method, together with the Dissimilarity Index by Duncan & Duncan (1955), is employed. Foundational for the analyses where 2011 Census data from StatSA (2012) which served as the analytical base. This study finds that most of the study areas function as residential islands, which signifies areas with monocultural land-use, separate either completely or from specific parts of the metropolitan municipality. Often this separation entails a disconnect from Pretoria and Centurion, the city’s primary metropolitan areas. These are become problems because of the transport poverty phenomenon as that serves to sever connectivity and proximity through the municipality. Interconnection between all areas of Pretoria-Tshwane, and a more equitable distribution of industries would undoubtedly contribute to desegregation and integration.}},
  author       = {{Gustafsson Gillbrand, Theodor}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Provisioning Segregation: Investigating mobility induced social exclusion in Pretoria-Tshwane, South Africa}},
  year         = {{2024}},
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