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UDM ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK
Another area of commonality is the importance of agriculture and tourism in the area.
Agriculture serves not only a commercial activity but is crucial to the district at a
subsistence level. Tourism is seen as a boost to the economy that will facilitate
infrastructure development, jobs and skills development. However both industries
are constraint by several factors and it is important for uMkhanyakude as provide
leadership to the local municipalities to overcome the challenges as rapidly as
possible.
The figure 9 below indicates the main developmental areas spatially. These include
the primary, secondary and tertiary development nodes as well as the investment
corridors.
Figure 9: Main development lines in UDM
Figure 5 above shows the primary investment point’s primary nodes in the district
that will be explained below. The primary investment line is the road network Route
22 as described by the Lubombo SDI. The secondary Investment lines are the
transport lines linking the primary investment lines. The National link is the N2 road
while the district investment line is the district road that runs adjacent to the N2.
ECONOMIC SECTORS AND THEIR SIZE
The gross geographic product (GGP) of a particular area amounts to the total
income or payment received by the production factors – (land, labour, capital, and
entrepreneurship) – for their participation in the production within that area.
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