Project Background
Recent initiatives in Gauteng province, such as the development of a Provincial Growth and Development Strategy, the vision of making Gauteng a globally competitive city region, the development and review of long term Metro and District development strategies, and the study of various land use, environmental and housing issues conducted by the Land Use task Team, all raised the importance of a need for a common spatial perspective of the province. Such a perspective, focusing on areas of economic significance and concentrations of poverty / need and the interconnections between them, will serve as a platform to guide and align infrastructure investment and development spending. The ultimate goal is to be supportive of economic growth, improved livelihoods, mobility and compact land use agendas in the next decade or more.
The Main Objectives of the Gauteng Economic Development Opportunity Atlas
Pursuant to its Global City Region economic development mandate GEDA through its Local Economic Development Department seeks to ensure that economic growth and development is spread equally between all Gauteng Municipalities through investment promotion and generation and/or re-generation. The main aim of all this is to eradicate poverty and create employment opportunities.
The main objective of this project is to give a spatial expression of sectoral opportunities in different areas around Gauteng using the Geographic Information System. It is envisaged that the Opportunity Atlas will eventually be used for the following:
- Inform land use planning within the province.
- Enable investment promotion to be area/regional based and specific.
- Information tool for investors, developers and public sector officials.
- Direct and inform public sector investments.
