Research articles and resource documents

Urban and town growth in South Africa

• van Huyssteen, E. 2015. City growth, population growth and climate change - Implications for the Integrated Urban Development Framework. Inputs to the Parliamentary Committee for Co-operative Governance with inputs from Emma Archer, Johan Maritz, Gerbrand Mans, Amy Pieterse (CSIR), Prof’s Mark Oranje & Chrisna du Plessis (UP)
• Gerbrand Mans. 2015. National trends on town and settlement growth: a spatial analysis. (Presentation) Team contributions: Elsona van Huyssteen, Johan Maritz, Alize le Roux, Mawande Ngidi, Dave McKelly, Cheri Green
• Pieterse, A., van Huyssteen, E., Maritz, J. & van Niekerk, W. 2014. The bright lights of city regions - assumptions, realities, implications of changing population dynamics: Zooming in on the Gauteng city region.
• van Huyssteen, E. & Botha, A. 2008. A national overview of spatial trends and settlement characteristics. Prepared for the South African Cities Network, The Presidency and Department of Local and Provincial Government by the CSIR, Built Environment.
• van Huyssteen, E., Mans, G., le Roux, A., Ngidi, M., Maritz, J., McKelly, D. & Green, C. 2013. CSIR Policy Brief 2: Reaching development outcomes through a dedicated focus on cities, towns, and settlements. Contributing researchers & authors:
• HSRC Policy Brief 6: Zonal structuring in the rural space economy: a case study for Ugu district municipality
• CSIR Policy Note 1: Mainstreaming resilience into urban practices.
• HSRC Policy Note 7: What is well-located land? Spatialising the city for Outcome 8 delivery

Accessing urban opportunities

• Cross, C. 2008. Women's households and social exclusion: a look at the urbanisation dimension
• Coetzee, M., Waldeck, L., le Roux, A., Meiklejohn, C., van Niekerk, W. & Leuta, T. 2014. Spatial policy, planning and infrastructure investment: lessons from urban simulations in three SA cities
• Cross, C. 2001. Why does SA need a spatial policy? Population migration, infrastructure and development. Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 19,1, 2001.
• Venter, C.J. & Cross, C. Location, mobility, and access to work: a qualitative exploration in low-income settlements
• Cross, C. Shack settlements as entry into the labour market: towards testing upgrading paradigms
• CSIR Policy Brief 1: The implications of backyard housing for spatial planning policy in Johannesburg
• CSIR Policy Brief 3: Capturing value from transport infrastructure investment - the need for a clearer policy context to support municipalities
• HSRC Policy Brief 5: Light from Diepsloot? Youth unemployment dynamics on the periphery
• HSRC Policy Brief 6: Zonal structuring in the rural space economy: A case study for Ugu district municipality
• HSRC Policy Note 4: stepSA's Delivery demand guide charts
• HSRC Policy Note 5: Questioning the compact city: the income/employment/migration spatial gradients for urban planning
• HRSC Policy Note 6: Measuring unemployment by location and transport: stepSA's acess envelopes technologies
• HSRC Policy Note 7: What is well-located land? Spatialising the city for Outcome 8 delivery

Population and migration dynamics

• Cross, C. & Altman, A. 2010. For us women, working is an unfulfilled dream”: Womens' wage work and food security, Agenda: Empowering women for gender equity, 24:86, 25-37
• Todes, A., Sithole, P. & Williamson, A. 2010. Including women? (Dis)junctures between voice, policy and implementation in integrated development planning Urban Forum (2010) 21:69–84
• Cross, C. 2008. Housing delivery as anti-poverty: is SA on the right track? The Southern African Housing Foundation International Conference & Exhibition, 12-15 Oct 2008, Cape Town - South Africa.
• Cross, C. 2008. Women’s households and social exclusion: A look at the urbanisation dimension
• Cross, C. 2001. Why does SA need a spatial policy? Population migration, infrastructure and development. Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 19,1, 2001.
• CSIR Policy Note 3: Using election registration data to measure migration trends in SA
• HSRC Policy Brief 4: Understanding the housing ladder: How and where poor urban migrants join the middle class

Spatial implications for risk and vulnerability

• van Niekerk, W. 2013. Translating disaster resilience into spatial planning practice in South Africa: Challenges and champions. Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies 5(1), Art. #53, 6 pages. http:// dx.doi.org/10.4102/jamba. v5i1.53
• van Huyssteen, E., le Roux, A. & van Niekerk, W. 2013. Analysing risk and vulnerability of South African settlements: Attempts, explorations and reflections. Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies 5(2), Art. #80, 8 pages. http://dx.doi.org/ 10.4102/jamba.v5i2.80
• CSIR Policy Note 1: Mainstreaming resilience into urban planning practices

Behind the scenes

• Cooper, A. 2013. CSIR Policy Note 2: Spatial data infrastructures (SDIs), observatories for spatial analysis, etc.

Planning Africa Conference 2016

• Maritz, J., van Huyssteen, E., le Roux, A., Pieterse, A., Ndaba, D., Mans, G. and Ngidi, M. 2016. Are We Achieving Spatial Transformation in South Africa? Can Sub-City Spatial Indicators Make a Contribution?
• Maritz, J., van Huyssteen, E., le Roux, A., Pieterse, A., Ndaba, D., Mans, G. and Ngidi, M. 2016. Are We Achieving Spatial Transformation in South Africa? Can Sub-City Spatial Indicators Make a Contribution? Conference presentation
• Petzer, E. 2016 Is planning paying attention to the ‘future’? Experiences in eight South African municipalities
• Petzer, E. Kruger, T. Rajab, A. Ndlovu, T. Revising and updating the Guidelines for Human Settlement Planning and Design
• Pieterse, van Niekerk, W. Le Roux, A. van huyssteen, E. Mans, G. Maritz, J. 2016. Spatial Change as Drivers of Risk and Vulnerability in South Africa: Spatial trends in the 3 metropolitan cities of Gauteng
• Rajab, A. 2016. The Adoption of Appropriate Technology in Service Delivery in South Africa
• Sogoni, Z. 2016. The morphological / settlement pattern classification of South African settlements based on a settlement catchment approach, to inform facility allocation and service delivery

Regional Spatial Implications: Presentations and inputs

• Maritz, J., van Huyssteen, E., le Roux, A., Pieterse, A., Ndaba, D., Mans, G. and Ngidi, M. 2016. Are We Achieving Spatial Transformation in South Africa? Can Sub-City Spatial Indicators Make a Contribution?