The significance of cities for jobs
This map of the month – produced by researchers at the Human Sciences Research Council and the University of the Free State – explores methods for representing the significance of cities for jobs.
Date of publication:
March 2024
Renaturing Gauteng's mining wastescapes?
The location of mining wastescapes in Gauteng is atypical. This phenomenon arose due to the expansion of Johannesburg's urban landscape near the gold mines and the lax regulation of initial mining operations. Given the enormous volume of material produced by the deep mining of the area, a substantial part of Gauteng's core is marked by mine waste.
Date of publication:
February 2024
Patterns of voter participation in the 2019 elections
One of the key demands of the anti-apartheid struggle was that all South Africans should be able to choose their government. As we approach the 30th anniversary of the achievement of that goal, there has been much reflection on the fact that a large proportion of South Africans do not exercise their right to vote. This Map of the Month explores voter participation in the 2019 general elections.
Date of publication:
November 2023
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