- Title
- The Geography of Inequality in Port Elizabeth : Post-apartheid Trends
- Creator
- Mc Arthur, Brogan Erin
- Subject
- Equality -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth
- Date Issued
- 2020
- Date
- 2020
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MSc
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/48478
- Identifier
- vital:40880
- Description
- This study aims to identify post-apartheid trends of inequality within Port Elizabeth, by analysing the spatial distribution of social well-being from 1996 to 2011. The spatial distribution of social well-being highlights the geography of inequality within Port Elizabeth, focusing on social indicators as a measure of social well-being. Mapping of these social indicators illustrates various levels of social well-being throughout Port Elizabeth based on the formulation of social indicators, application of these social indicators to census data, data processing and mapping. This results in the mapping of poverty, employment, education and standard of living for the census years of 1996, 2001 and 2011. From the mapping process, trends of social well-being and the associated inequality are illustrated and analysed, while providing insight into the progress of social well-being within a South African city. The findings of this study suggest that social well-being has incurred changes over time which have aided in the improvement of social well-being throughout Port Elizabeth. This improvement is marked by the relative increase and decrease of selected social indicators and their interrelated nature. The various social indicators, although focused on different datasets, highlight similar patterns of progress throughout their spatial distribution over time. As such, similar patterns of inequality can be noted throughout Port Elizabeth for various social indicators. Based on these similarities and the trends identified within the spatial distribution of inequality in Port Elizabeth, a progression towards a more even distribution throughout the study area was noted from 1996 through to 2011.
- Format
- viii, 127 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Science
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
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