Implications of differential urbanization on deconcentration in the Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vaal Triangle metropolitan area, South Africa

Geoforum. 1990;21(4):385-96. doi: 10.1016/0016-7185(90)90019-3.

Abstract

Population migration and differences in urbanization patterns in South Africa are examined. "Indications are that the Blacks--a low-income group--are increasing proportionally, while the Whites--the highest-income group--are diminishing proportionally in the inner core zone of the Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vaal Triangle metropolitan area (PWV), and vice versa in the other zones.... Study results presented in this paper reiterate [inadequacies of government policies] and stress the need for changes in the present official spatial policy for the PWV."

MeSH terms

  • Africa
  • Africa South of the Sahara
  • Africa, Southern
  • Black People
  • Black or African American*
  • Culture
  • Demography
  • Developing Countries
  • Emigration and Immigration
  • Ethnicity
  • Geography
  • Government*
  • Human Rights*
  • Politics
  • Population
  • Population Characteristics
  • Population Dynamics*
  • Prejudice*
  • Public Policy*
  • Social Problems
  • South Africa
  • Urban Population*
  • Urbanization*
  • White People*