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

Northern Cape PSDF
Volume 2
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December 2011
will provide a means to guide strategic decisions relating to the location and distribution of
resources in time and geographic space. It should therefore aim to provide:
• A long term spatial development vision that will promote balanced, integrated and
sustainable human settlements.
• Certainty and direction to investors by indicating preferred locations for development and
where certain types of developments should not take place.
• Guidelines for decision making (private and public).
• Indication of priority areas for targeted public investment which will support the spatial
development vision.
D.2 PREMISE AND RATIONALE FOR GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT
A key objective of the PSDF is to guide the investment of government and private sector
resources. The settlement study (Van der Merwe and Zietsman (2011) was applied in the chapters
below as a spatial rationale and premise for the formulation of dedicated policy guidelines and
strategy as it relates to the appropriation of government funds and investment ofprivate sector
resources (to be put forward in Volume 3 and Volume 4 of the PSDF). The following chapters
summarise the key findings of the study under the headings illustrated by Figure D.1.
1 COMPOSITE INDICES
2 DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL
3 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NEED
4 INVESTMENT TYPE REQUIRED
5 CHANGE ASSESSMENT
6 INTEGRATED MUNICIPAL & TOWN
PROFILES
Figure D.1: Key dimensions of settlement study.
PERFORMANCE
ASSESSMENT
The study was based upon a set of composite indices derived from 59 variables from which
information could be obtained for each of the 32 municipalities and 115 settlements. The latter
figure excludes the traditional rural settlements (for example those in the Joe Morolong
Municipality). Those settlements are not defined as urban and are to be given separate
consideration (refer to Chapter D.2.4).
The choice of the 59 variables was based on the criteria put forward in the applicable policy (refer
to Chapter D.1.3.1 and D.1.3.2 above) and the availability of comparative data. The variables were
grouped into two major indicator dimensions representing (a) urban development/growth
potential; and (b) human development needs.
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