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SRK Consulting in association with BKS Pixley Ka Seme Local Municipality EMF – Draft Status Quo Report Page iii 3 Status quo of the environment ................................................................................... 20 3.1 Regional locality ................................................................................................................. 20 3.2 Biophysical ......................................................................................................................... 20 3.2.1 Climate................................................................................................................................ 20 3.2.2 Air quality ............................................................................................................................ 21 3.2.3 Soils .................................................................................................................................... 22 3.2.4 Topography and geomorphology ........................................................................................ 23 3.2.5 Geology .............................................................................................................................. 23 3.2.6 Water resources .................................................................................................................. 24 3.2.7 Aquatic and wetland ecology .............................................................................................. 27 3.2.8 Terrestrial ecology .............................................................................................................. 28 3.3 Infrastructure and services ................................................................................................ 31 3.3.1 Waste management ............................................................................................................ 31 3.3.2 Sanitation ............................................................................................................................ 31 3.3.3 Water .................................................................................................................................. 32 3.3.4 Energy sources ................................................................................................................... 33 3.3.5 Transport ............................................................................................................................ 33 3.3.6 Cemeteries ......................................................................................................................... 34 3.3.7 Telecommunications ........................................................................................................... 34 3.4 Spatial planning and land use ............................................................................................ 34 3.4.1 Population context .............................................................................................................. 34 3.4.2 Agriculture ........................................................................................................................... 34 3.4.3 Mining ................................................................................................................................. 36 3.4.4 Urban settlements ............................................................................................................... 37 3.4.5 Open space ........................................................................................................................ 39 3.4.6 Tourism ............................................................................................................................... 39 3.4.7 Spatial planning .................................................................................................................. 40 3.5 Socio-economic ................................................................................................................. 42 3.5.1 Population size and distribution .......................................................................................... 42 3.5.2 Economics .......................................................................................................................... 43 3.5.3 Income ................................................................................................................................ 44 3.5.4 Health and safety ................................................................................................................ 44 3.5.5 Education ............................................................................................................................ 45 3.5.6 Cultural resources ............................................................................................................... 45 3.6 Resource economics ......................................................................................................... 46 3.6.1 Overall economic trends and land use ................................................................................ 47 3.6.2 Agriculture ........................................................................................................................... 47 3.6.3 Tourism and recreation ....................................................................................................... 47 3.6.4 Mining ................................................................................................................................. 48 3.6.5 Forestry ............................................................................................................................... 49 KILI/BEAT G:\404946_PIXLEY EMF\7REPORTS\Status Quo report\Draft report\Draft status quo report, July 2010.docx July 2010
SRK Consulting in association with BKS Pixley Ka Seme Local Municipality EMF – Draft Status Quo Report Page iv 3.6.6 Economic values associated with the maintenance of natural capital ................................. 49 3.6.7 Economic costs/externalities associated with resource uses .............................................. 49 4 Assets, opportunities, constraints and threats ........................................................ 51 5 Conclusion .................................................................................................................... 65 6 References .................................................................................................................... 98 List of Tables Table 3-1: Details of the 14 Quaternary Catchments in the study area ........................................... 24 Table 3-2: PES categories ............................................................................................................... 28 Table 3-3: Vegetation types ............................................................................................................. 28 Table 3-4: PKSLM landfill status ...................................................................................................... 31 Table 3-5: PKSLM waste quantities ................................................................................................. 31 Table 3-6: State of roads in PKSLM ................................................................................................ 33 Table 3-7: Land use in PKSLM ........................................................................................................ 34 Table 3-8: Average yield for each crop over the last five years ....................................................... 35 Table 3-9: Grease mass and sales values in PKSLM ...................................................................... 35 Table 3-10: Proposed housing delivery in PKSLM – 2010 to 2015 ................................................. 38 Table 3-11: Population size and growth ........................................................................................... 42 Table 3-12: Number of households and growth ............................................................................... 43 Table 3-13: Occupations of the economically active ........................................................................ 43 Table 3-14: Number of industries per sector .................................................................................... 44 Table 3-15: Employment status ....................................................................................................... 44 Table 3-16: Income of the economically active ................................................................................ 44 Table 3-17: Bed numbers and likely accommodation related employment in the study area .......... 48 Table 3-18: Total tourism related employment in the study area ..................................................... 48 Table 4-1: Assets, opportunities and constraints/threats associated with surface and groundwater52 Table 4-2: Assets, opportunities and constraints/threats associated with aquatic and wetland ecology ........................................................................................................................... 55 Table 4-3: Assets, opportunities and constraints/threats associated with terrestrial ecology .......... 56 Table 4-4: Assets, opportunities and constraints/threats associated with land use ......................... 56 Table 4-5: Assets, opportunities and constraints/threats associated with agriculture ...................... 58 Table 4-6: Assets, opportunities and constraints/threats associated with socio-economics ............ 60 Table 4-7: Assets, opportunities and constraints/threats associated with cultural heritage ............. 62 Table 4-8: Assets, opportunities and constraints/threats associated with resource economics ...... 63 List of Figures Figure 2-1: An integrated conceptual model of sustainable development ....................................... 14 Figure 3-1: Access to refuse removal in PKSLM ............................................................................. 31 KILI/BEAT G:\404946_PIXLEY EMF\7REPORTS\Status Quo report\Draft report\Draft status quo report, July 2010.docx July 2010
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