Volume II - The Northern Cape Provincial Spatial Development ...

at a sustainable and powerful rate in line with the capacity of their resources and to operate as
service providers to a relatively extensive hinterland. The difference between ‘High’ and
‘Very High’ status only lies in the diversity and intensity of the town dynamics. The meaning
of “High” on the Development Potential scale and on the Human Needs scale respectively
should be interpreted in a reciprocal way.
The final integration of the towns’ ‘development potential’ and ‘human needs’ indices in
investment groups are presented in Figure 3.8 and 3.9. On the first diagram the Development
Potential and Human Needs scores were superimposed and plotted on a scatter diagram and
the five typologies mapped spatially in Figure 3.9. This exercise led to a fivefold typology of
the towns according to the integrated development and needs performance in the four
quadrants and central grey base of the diagram. An investment type could be coupled with
each town, applied to the quadrant that would best stimulate Infrastructure Capital and Social
Capital investment. This is in line with the National Spatial Development Perspective (NSDP)
and the Northern Cape PGDS guidelines in this regard. Table 3.7 summarise the results of the
individual towns statistically. These visuals integrate the needs and development
performances in a combined image by presenting it in both diagrammatic and map formats.
These investment typologies represent the climax of the quantitative analysis.
Table 3.6: Ranks and map classes of composite indices of towns
Town Ranks (Best to Worst)
Human Needs Development Potential
Rank Town Class Town Class
1 Koingnaas 1 Kimberley 1
2 Kleinzee 1 Upington 1
3 Alexander Bay 1 Kuruman 2
4 Kathu 1 Springbok 2
5 Aggeneys 1 Hartswater 2
6 Lime Acres 1 Kathu 2
7 Groblershoop 1 Ritchie 2
8 Orania 1 Colesberg 2
9 Blackrock 1 De Aar 2
10 Hondeklip Bay 1 Jan Kempdorp 2
11 Springbok 2 Pampierstad 2
12 Ulco 2 Calvinia 2
13 Carolusberg 2 Orania 2
14 Port Nolloth 2 Douglas 2
15 Hotazel 2 Hopetown 2
16 Okiep 2 Noupoort 2
17 Vanderkloof 2 Groblershoop 2
18 Sanddrif 2 Barkly West 3
19 Nababeep 2 Warrenton 3
20 Danielskuil 2 Kleinzee 3
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