Measuring racial residential segregation at different geographic scales in Cape Town and Johannesburg

A spatial analytical approach towards understanding racial residential segregation in Gauteng province (South Africa)

“…This implies that the levels of segregation are high when the area of the local environment is small and low when the opposite is true. Such an outcome corroborates some of the findings in the literature that suggest that the levels of segregation are low at large scales (Parry and Van Eeden 2015). Nevertheless, by following the methodology employed in this study, the obtained results are marginally affected by the MAUP and other shortcomings that affect non-spatial indices of segregation.…”

“…To study the pattern of racial residential segregation in South Africa, non-spatial indices of segregation are widely employed despite their shortcomings. Parry and Van Eeden (2015) are among the few authors who have acknowledged the importance of employing spatial indices of segregation, even though they did not explicitly use one due to the lack of ready to use GIS software. Massey and Denton (1988) define residential segregation as "the degree to which two or more groups live separately from one another, in different parts of the urban environment", i.e.…”

Social Inequality and Spatial Segregation in Cape Town

“…This chapter analyses segregation between different socio-economic groups. It differs from earlier studies focused on racial segregation (Christopher 2000;Parry and van Eeden 2015). Socio-economic status offers a different lens on spatial differentiation.…”

Racial integration in the Gauteng City-Region (GCR), South Africa

“…Between 1991 and 2011 residential segregation has decreased in the City of Johannesburg (Parry, 2013). A more diverse racial mix is evident in the traditionally white northern suburbs of the City of Johannesburg centred around Sandton (inset 2) -areas of middle to high suburban house prices, indicative of an emerging black, coloured and Indian middle class.…”