Coetzee, SCooper, Antony KKatumba, S2020-10-122020-10-122020-05Coetzee, S., Cooper, A.K. and Katumba, S. 2020. Strengthening Governance in the Gauteng City-Region through a Spatial Data Infrastructure: The Case of Address Data, 27pp978-0-6399873-5-4978-0-6399873-4-7https://www.gcro.ac.za/research/project/detail/governing-the-gcr/http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11622Copyright: 2020 GCRO, WITS and SALGA. This is the fulltext version of the work.Geospatial data, such as administrative boundaries, property information, addresses, streets and utility networks, provide the backbone for city governance. Availability, accessibility and usability of such data and related services are typically facilitated through a spatial data infrastructure (SDI), which requires careful stakeholder coordination and an information-driven approach that can unlock the value of geospatial data. This Provocation reviews the current state of affairs regarding address data in the Gauteng City-Region (GCR) and explores prospects for coordinating a GCR address dataset in an SDI context. The focus is on addresses because of their important role in service delivery, the socio-economic well-being of residents and the recognition of civic and human rights. For example, good quality addresses are vital in the current COVID-19 crisis, as government strives to map COVID-19 cases in order to identify emerging local clusters of infections and spatially target responses. Currently, address data in the GCR are maintained in silos at different provincial departments and municipalities, without any coordination and without adherence to international standards and good practices for addressing and information management. This results in duplication, inconsistencies and even fraud, which not only costs the municipalities, national and provincial governments billions but also damages their reputations. To rectify this, this Provocation identifies various entities for taking the responsibility to methodically coordinate GCR address data into a single reference dataset. Since many entities have a legal accountability related to address data, a decision and strong political leadership are required to lead multiple interventions and initiatives in parallel with the aim of reaping benefits for governance and society in the long run.enGauteng City-RegionSANS 1883-1South African Spatial Data InfrastructureSASDIAddress dataBookCoetzee, S., Cooper, A. K., & Katumba, S. (2020). <i>Strengthening Governance in the Gauteng City-Region through a Spatial Data Infrastructure: The Case of Address Data</i>. South Africa: GCRO, WITS and SALGA. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11622Coetzee, S, Antony K Cooper, and S Katumba. <i>Strengthening Governance in the Gauteng City-Region through a Spatial Data Infrastructure: The Case of Address Data</i>. n.p.: South Africa: GCRO, WITS and SALGA. 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11622.Coetzee S, Cooper AK, Katumba S. Strengthening Governance in the Gauteng City-Region through a Spatial Data Infrastructure: The Case of Address Data. [place unknown]: South Africa: GCRO, WITS and SALGA; 2020.http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11622TY - Book AU - Coetzee, S AU - Cooper, Antony K AU - Katumba, S AB - Geospatial data, such as administrative boundaries, property information, addresses, streets and utility networks, provide the backbone for city governance. Availability, accessibility and usability of such data and related services are typically facilitated through a spatial data infrastructure (SDI), which requires careful stakeholder coordination and an information-driven approach that can unlock the value of geospatial data. This Provocation reviews the current state of affairs regarding address data in the Gauteng City-Region (GCR) and explores prospects for coordinating a GCR address dataset in an SDI context. The focus is on addresses because of their important role in service delivery, the socio-economic well-being of residents and the recognition of civic and human rights. For example, good quality addresses are vital in the current COVID-19 crisis, as government strives to map COVID-19 cases in order to identify emerging local clusters of infections and spatially target responses. Currently, address data in the GCR are maintained in silos at different provincial departments and municipalities, without any coordination and without adherence to international standards and good practices for addressing and information management. This results in duplication, inconsistencies and even fraud, which not only costs the municipalities, national and provincial governments billions but also damages their reputations. To rectify this, this Provocation identifies various entities for taking the responsibility to methodically coordinate GCR address data into a single reference dataset. Since many entities have a legal accountability related to address data, a decision and strong political leadership are required to lead multiple interventions and initiatives in parallel with the aim of reaping benefits for governance and society in the long run. DA - 2020-05 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Gauteng City-Region KW - SANS 1883-1 KW - South African Spatial Data Infrastructure KW - SASDI KW - Address data LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2020 SM - 978-0-6399873-5-4 SM - 978-0-6399873-4-7 T1 - Strengthening Governance in the Gauteng City-Region through a Spatial Data Infrastructure: The Case of Address Data TI - Strengthening Governance in the Gauteng City-Region through a Spatial Data Infrastructure: The Case of Address Data UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11622 ER -