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Table 5.2 shows how urban land uses changed between 2000 and 2013. Overall urban land uses are<br />

expanding, agricultural land is being lost and less land remains in a natural condition. These changes<br />

may have a significant impact on the sustainability and future resilience of the <strong>cities</strong>.<br />

Table 5.2: Land transformation and natural areas within <strong>cities</strong> (2000–2014)<br />

Year Buffalo City Cape Town Ekurhuleni eThekwini Johannesburg Tshwane Msunduzi Mangaung<br />

Nelson<br />

Mandela<br />

Bay<br />

Cultivated<br />

2000 6 465.87 64 058.94 30 328.83 27 081.72 9 137.88 73 491.93 4 512.42 122 007.42 1 818.27<br />

2014 30 755.52 40 183.56 36 548.19 23 520.60 6 839.91 108 805.95 5 382.54 170 604.00 8 492.22<br />

Change -17% -59% 17% -89% -34% 23% -10% 24% 36%<br />

Degraded<br />

2000 29 369.34 0.00 0.00 17 405.28 0.00 10 605.69 1 388.16 7 816.86 3 651.84<br />

2000 484.47 589.32 9 692.73 430.38 5 104.44 5 524.47 113.04 138.87 642.96<br />

Mines<br />

2014 181.62 1 015.56 5 046.39 247.23 2 697.30 4 209.75 49.23 1 490.04 1 397.61<br />

Change –167% 42% –92% –74% –89% –31% –130% 91% 54%<br />

2000 179 063.37 98 506.53 70 897.68 121 541.22 63 369.99 422 132.85 35 006.76 447 747.12 147 770.73<br />

Natural<br />

2014 186 218.55 131 026.50 69 678.81 101 151.54 58 381.74 379 836.81 28 637.55 406 471.14 150 077.43<br />

Change 4% 25% –2% –20% –9% –11% –22% –10% 2%<br />

Plantations<br />

Urban Built-up<br />

Waterbodies<br />

2000 1 580.67 6 278.85 1 838.88 1 147.23 1 544.40 9 198.99 2 988.90 1 037.43 543.87<br />

2014 5 922.27 3 224.52 4 852.17 1 421.10 5 976.54 7 599.69 4 049.73 2 124.27 998.10<br />

Change 73% –95% 62% 19% 74% –21% 26% 51% 46%<br />

2000 32 642.64 74 844.72 70 151.13 57 694.95 80 412.39 100 261.08 19 269.45 36 903.51 37 600.29<br />

2014 27 746.73 63 872.64 68 740.56 99 981.00 83 334.87 114 115.95 24 314.49 40 437.27 31 425.66<br />

Change –18% –17% –2% 42% 4% 12% 21% 9% -20%<br />

2000 3 817.98 3 704.22 14 544.54 4 437.72 4 831.20 8 403.93 232.38 12 329.10 3 804.57<br />

2014 2 599.65 8 659.89 12 587.76 3 417.30 7 169.94 15 050.79 1 077.57 6 853.68 3 441.60<br />

Change –47% 57% –16% –30% 33% 44% 78% –80% -11%<br />

Grand Total<br />

253 424.34 247 982.58 197 453.79 229 738.50 164 400.30 629 618.94 63 511.11 627 980.31 195 832.53<br />

190 State of South African Cities Report 2016

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