Geographic Information
on Poverty Issues
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growth

• High population densities
• Increase demand for infrastructure and service delivery
• Increase informal settlements
• Inner City Decay

• Population densities as high as 1 person per 29m² in Alexandra.
• Exponential growth rate

• Population densities.
• Population distribution per MLC

• Increase levels of pollution
• Increase environmental health related diseases
• Increase in inadequate infrastructure
• Increase in housing backlog
• Depletion of natural resources
• Impact on climate change

• Member of the World Alliance of Cities against poverty
• Action plans for reduce poverty
• Population policy

• Increase demand for service delivery and infrastructure.
• Increase demand for housing

• Individuals without safe housing (informal settlements)
• Individuals without adequate services
• Individuals exposed to crime

• Unsafe housing
• High rates of environmental health related diseases.

• Delivery of subsidized service sites close to work
• Consolidated municipal infrastructure for internal bulk and water provision

• Education
• Loss of low skilled employment

• High levels of unemployment in and around the Jhb CBD.
• Individual income
• Employment status of the population

• Increase in crime rates
• Increase in environmental health related disease
• Inadequate basic needs
• Low life expectancy

• Job creation policies
• Local economic strategies
• Access to training to enhance job opportunities

• Illiteracy
• Low wages for women
• Poor utilization of health services

• 19,2% illiterate.
• Educational levels

• Increase in fertility
• Increase in unemployment
• Inadequate utilization of health services

• Education policies and empowerment strategies
• National qualification framework.