{"id":296566,"date":"2019-01-31T18:00:12","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T16:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=296566"},"modified":"2019-01-31T16:33:39","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T14:33:39","slug":"this-is-how-many-people-travel-into-sandton-centurion-and-midrand-every-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/property\/296566\/this-is-how-many-people-travel-into-sandton-centurion-and-midrand-every-day\/","title":{"rendered":"This is how many people travel into Sandton, Centurion and Midrand every day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Gauteng City Region Observatory (GCRO) has <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/gcro.ac.za\/outputs\/map-of-the-month\/detail\/population-concentrations-night-vs-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released<\/a> <\/strong>a new series of maps showing where people in Gauteng live and work.<\/p>\n<p>The maps are based on the daily shifts in concentrations of population by night and by day &#8211; as modelled by GeoTerraImage.<\/p>\n<p>While the GCRO noted that these maps could not account for all movements of people, it was possible to make a number of interesting observations.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Night time populations are concentrated in CBDs and in townships<\/strong> such as Soshanguve, Mamelodi, Atteridgeville, Diepsloot, Tembisa, Alexandra, Soweto, Khutsong, Katlehong and Orange Farm. Middle-class suburbs do have visible populations but they are spread across a larger area.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>There are a number of concentrations that grow more pronounced during the day<\/strong>, such as Centurion, Midrand, Sandton, and Vanderbijlpark. During the day people also cluster in CBDs, areas adjacent to CBDs, and a number of other commercial, industrial, retail and educational nodes. Figure 2 shows, for example, that Midrand grows by 57% each day. It also shows that almost 130,000 people travel into Sandton each day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Townships lose some of their populations during the day<\/strong>. Each morning, for example, there is a net outflow of 29% of Diepsloot\u2019s night time population. In sheer numbers, Soweto has particularly dramatic flows, with almost 380,000 people leaving during the day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Although townships do lose some of their populations during the day, very large numbers of people stay in townships<\/strong>. Many of these are learners, retired people and people working locally. However, Map 3 shows that workers are not concentrated in townships during the day. A proportion of those staying in townships during the day would be unemployed working age people.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>These representations are suggestive of a spatial mismatch between where people live and where people work.<\/strong> The legacy of apartheid has undeniably created a division between dormitory spaces and economic spaces, resulting in the need for enormous infrastructure to support flows of people each day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Figure-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-296582 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Figure-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"770\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Figure-2.png 770w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Figure-2-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Figure-2-768x507.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Map 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Map 1 shows the population at night, which largely reflects the residential patterns previously seen in the GCRO&#8217;s 2013 residential map.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Map-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-296576 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Map-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"733\" height=\"831\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Map-1.png 733w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Map-1-265x300.png 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 733px) 100vw, 733px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Map 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Map 2 shows where populations are concentrated during the day, including where people work and study.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Map-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-296578 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Map-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"754\" height=\"848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Map-2.png 754w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Map-2-267x300.png 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 754px) 100vw, 754px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Map 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Map 3 shows a subset of the day time population, specifically the location of workers<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Map-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-296580 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Map-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"748\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Map-3.png 748w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Map-3-255x300.png 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 748px) 100vw, 748px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/296416\/south-africa-is-losing-out-on-high-quality-talent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">South Africa is losing out on high-quality talent<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gauteng City Region Observatory (GCRO) has released a new series of maps showing where people in Gauteng live and 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