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Commercial
Industrial
Residential non-shanty

Informal
Residential shanty
Road
Vegetation
Barren
Water
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Industrial
Residential non-shanty

Informal
Residential shanty
Road
Vegetation
Barren
Water
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Commercial

Industrial

Residential non-shanty

Residential non-shanty

Residential shanty

Road

Vegetation

Barren

Water

Clouds
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𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑜𝑓"shanty"𝑝𝑖𝑥𝑒𝑙𝑠
Density

𝐼=
𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎(𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑦 + 𝑛𝑜𝑛 − 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑦𝑝𝑖𝑥𝑒𝑙𝑠) 5

I=0.5
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Share of shanty pixels out of total shanty + non-shanty pixels
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Industrial

Residential non-shanty

Residential non-shanty

Residential shanty

Road

Vegetation

Barren

Water

Clouds

2012 Census DESLSS 2015

Sample Margin of
Stratum No. of EAs No. of HHs Population No. of Eas
Size (HHs) Error
1 Central core, non-shanty 4,943 329,477 1,317,095 56 672 5.3%
2 Central core, Shanty 6,073 422,123 1,586,762 64 768 5.0%
3 Middle Ring 3,692 275,620 1,146,747 51 612 5.6%
4 Periphery 554 41,388 166,360 29 348 7.4%
Total 15,262 1,068,608 4,216,964 200 2,400 2.8%
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Stratum
Urban
Urban
Peri Urban Peripher
Rural Peripher Total
Urban Core y , No
y , Slum
Slum
0-200 15 20 21 30 4 90
201-250 4 6 12 15 7 44
251-400 5 5 9 10 12 41
401-500 1 0 2 0 8 11
501-1000 0 0 5 6 2 13
over 1000 0 0 1 0 0 1
Total 25 31 50 61 33 200
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PRELIMINARY RESULTS
100%

90%

80%

70%

60%

50%

40%
Improved water Piped water
30%

20%

10%

0%
0 10 20 30 40 50
Distance from CBD (km)

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 Distance travelled to work (in Km.) 100%
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 90%
80%

Center 70%
60%
50%
40%
Center-shanty
30%
20%
10%
Consolidated city 0%
Center Center-Shanty Consolidated Periphery

Periphery other means of transportation (ferry) staff vehicle

HH head by taxi by pikipiki/bajaj taxi

Random respondent
Mean hh head on bus / mini-bus on private vehicle
Mean random respondent
bicycling walking

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 Households with Improved sanitation
100%
45
90%
40
80%
35 70%
30 60%

25 50%
40%
20
30%
15
20%
10 10%
5 0%
In Durban To Durban
0
Before 1960-1970 1970-1980 1980-1990 1990-2000 2000-2010 2010-2015
1960 Stress Improve neighbourhood
Decade of migration
Improve house Life event
Before After Better opportunities Other

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