Using geospatial data analysis and qualitative economic intelligence to inform local economic development in small towns: a case study of Graaff-Reinet, South Africa
Using geospatial data analysis and qualitative economic intelligence to inform local economic development in small towns: a case study of Graaff-Reinet, South Africa
The Small Towns Development Initiative is a collaboration between South Africa’s Department of Cooperative Governance and the Afrikaanse Handelsinstituut and is supported by the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit’s (GIZ) Strengthening Local Governance Programme (SLGP). As part of the SLGP mandate to provide support and technical assistance to strengthen and improve the institutional framework for capable and cooperative local governance, research was conducted on small towns’ economic intelligence packages. This is based on the premise that public-private partnerships may promote sustainable local economic development in small towns. The SLGP initiative covered the South African towns of Bela-Bela, Graaff-Reinet, Harrismith, Komatipoort, Port St Johns and Tzaneen. The aim of the economic intelligence gathered on each of the aforementioned towns is to identify the towns’ economic growth sectors and the local economic development (LED) projects that have the potential to be quickwin, catalytic projects. This chapter outlines the various techniques used to compile the small town economic intelligence packages using the town of Graaff-Reinet in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province as a case study.
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Spocter, M. Using geospatial data analysis and qualitative economic intelligence to inform local economic development in small towns: a case study of Graaff-Reinet, South Africa. Small Town Geographies in Africa: Experiences from South Africa and Elsewhere. Nova Publishers, Hauppauge, NY, USA
Spocter, M. (2011). Using geospatial data analysis and qualitative economic intelligence to inform local economic development in small towns: A case study of Graaff-Reinet, South Africa., Workflow;8256 Nova Science Publishers. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5995
Spocter, M. "Using geospatial data analysis and qualitative economic intelligence to inform local economic development in small towns: a case study of Graaff-Reinet, South Africa" In WORKFLOW;8256, n.p.: Nova Science Publishers. 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5995.
Spocter M. Using geospatial data analysis and qualitative economic intelligence to inform local economic development in small towns: a case study of Graaff-Reinet, South Africa.. Workflow;8256. [place unknown]: Nova Science Publishers; 2011. [cited yyyy month dd]. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5995.