[OSGeo Africa] Urban vs Rural municipalities

[LFarrell]

The StatsSA definition of rural is not helpful as anything inside the urban edge is regarded as urban. This means that a place like Brandvlei which is more than 140km from the nearest secondary school would be classified as "urban". 

Also, since the finalisation of the land claims the nature of the parcel changed according to the StatsSA definition. E.g. Groenvlei is a farm between Postmasburg and Barkly West and as such would be rural. However, after the land claim, the community settled there and it is now an urban settlement. 

Louis Farrell

>>> "Tania Smith" <Tania.Smith at dpw.gov.za> 09/16/14 9:07 AM >>>
Hi Aslam

 

I am assuming the claims are per land parcel.  Then you could use the land parcel identifier to determine if it is on farm land or traditional land or classified as an erf, park, street, etc.  

 

You will have to confirm with the SGs office but if I recall correctly if the 5th to 8th digits of the land parcel identifier = 0000 it is designated as farm land thus I would presume rural.

 

Urban areas are allocated a numeric code for townships or allotment areas depending on which province the data originated from.

 

Hope this is helpful.

Regards,

Tania

 

 

From: africa-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:africa-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Chris Berens
Sent: 15 September 2014 09:53 PM
To: Africa local chapter discussions
Subject: Re: [OSGeo Africa] Urban vs Rural municipalities

 

Why not use the 3 Geotype categories from StatsSAs latest census: Urban / Tribal traditional / Farms.  Its called passing the buck ;-)

Now tell us the catch...




Chris Berens
www.mapland.co.za
+27 (0)82 567 9322

 

On 15 September 2014 21:39, Aslam Parker <aparker at ruraldevelopment.gov.za> wrote:

Dear Colleagues


We have been asked to map existing  outstanding land claims according this to rural/urban.


I have made the assumption that all claims in Metros are urban. Now for the remaining claims.


I would sincerely appreciate your urgent advise on how to determine this.

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