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URBAN FOOTPRINT: Highlighting the changes in city footprints<br />

Since 1994, South Africa’s largest <strong>cities</strong> have experienced substantial growth, as more residents<br />

settle in <strong>cities</strong> in search of employment opportunities, services, etc. Cities are under pressure,<br />

especially to contain sprawl, and their urban edges do not remain constant. The significant physical<br />

(outward) expansion of city footprints is illustrated in Figures 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3, which compare the<br />

“built-up” and “settlement” categories in the 1990 and 2013/14 national land-covers.<br />

Figure 2.1: Cape Town: Change in built-up/urban footprint (1990–2013)<br />

City of Cape Town: Change in Built Up/Urban footprint 1990 - 2013.<br />

Legend<br />

Mamre<br />

Roads<br />

Witzenberg<br />

Province<br />

Pella<br />

Swartland<br />

Atlantis<br />

Main place name<br />

1990 Settlement<br />

Breede Valley<br />

categories<br />

Philadelphia<br />

Drakenstein<br />

2013 Built Up/<br />

Urban extent<br />

Melkbosstrand<br />

Klipheuwel<br />

indicating growth<br />

10 km distance<br />

from centre<br />

Blouberg<br />

Durbanville<br />

Robben Island<br />

City of Cape Town<br />

Kraaifontein<br />

Milnerton<br />

Parow<br />

Bellville<br />

Brackenfell<br />

Western Cape<br />

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Epping Industria<br />

Elsies Rivier<br />

Belhar<br />

Blackheath<br />

Athlone<br />

Stellenbosch<br />

Delft<br />

Cape Town<br />

Gugulethu<br />

Mfuleni<br />

Eerste Rivier<br />

Hout Bay<br />

Philippi<br />

Khayelitsha<br />

Macassar<br />

Mitchells Plain<br />

Somerset West<br />

Muizenberg<br />

Kommetjie<br />

Cape Town Metro Rural<br />

Fish Hoek<br />

Gordons Bay<br />

Simon's Town<br />

Castle Rock<br />

Smitswinkelbaai<br />

Overstrand<br />

Kilometers<br />

0 5 10 20 30 40<br />

Figure 2.2: eThekwini: Change in built-up/urban footprint (1990–2013)<br />

Legend<br />

Roads<br />

KwaDukuza<br />

Province<br />

Ndwedwe<br />

Main place name<br />

Hambanathi<br />

1990 Settlement Inkangala<br />

categories<br />

Cibane<br />

Gunjini Hazelmere<br />

Westbrook<br />

La Mercy<br />

2013 Built Up/<br />

Imbozamo<br />

Mgandeni<br />

Mount Moreland<br />

Urban extent<br />

Qhodela<br />

Mgangeni<br />

Verulam<br />

indicating Denge<br />

growth<br />

Umdloti<br />

Sithumba<br />

Matabetule<br />

Inanda<br />

Blackburn<br />

10 km Cato distance Ridge<br />

Phoenix<br />

from centre KwaSondela Waterfall<br />

Thusumuntu<br />

Ntuzuma Umhlanga<br />

The Msunduzi<br />

Kamba<br />

Everton<br />

KwaMashu<br />

Cliffdale Hillcrest KwaDabeka<br />

Durban North<br />

eThekwini<br />

Kloof<br />

Mophela<br />

Gillitts<br />

Newlands West<br />

Pinetown<br />

Westville<br />

Durban Berea<br />

Queensburgh<br />

Westridge<br />

Olwambeni<br />

Richmond<br />

Clifton Heights<br />

Chatsworth<br />

Bluff<br />

Ehlanzeni<br />

Durban South<br />

Mkhambathini<br />

Umbumbulu<br />

Esidweni<br />

Madundube<br />

Umlazi<br />

Isipingo<br />

Nungwane<br />

Lotus Park<br />

Adams Rural<br />

Iziko<br />

Amanzimtoti<br />

Illovo North<br />

Illovo South Kingsburgh<br />

Umnini<br />

Vulamehlo<br />

Danganya<br />

Clansthal<br />

Craigieburn<br />

Umkomaas<br />

Palmcliffe<br />

Umdoni<br />

Kilometers<br />

0 5 10 20 30<br />

54 State of South African Cities Report 2016

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