Spatial statistical analysis of dissatisfaction with the performance of local government in the Gauteng City-Region, South Africa

Spatio-temporal patterns and changes in environmental attitudes and place attachment in Gauteng, South Africa

“…Being less affluent may lead to residents caring less about their environment and sense of "place" and caring more about satisfying their own day-to-day economic needs. Cheruiyot, Wray, and Katumba (2015) and Katumba, Cheruiyot, and Mushongera (2019) found a similar socio-spatial pattern in their examination of levels of dissatisfaction with local government in Gauteng with residents in the periphery exhibiting greater levels of dissatisfaction with local government than residents located in the more central parts of the province. The researchers argued that a core and peripheral divide exists in the spatial distribution of these attributes.…”

“…The result was the creation of so-called "townships". It is the historical neglect of these township communities in terms of the provision of public services, resources and infrastructure which researchers have argued has given rise to an increase in dissatisfaction with government (Cheruiyot, Wray, and Katumba 2015;Katumba, Cheruiyot, and Mushongera 2019). In this context, socio-economic impoverishment, and concentrated disadvantage has colluded to create ecologically isolated and stereotyped communities.…”

“…In South Africa, Cheruiyot, Wray, and Katumba (2015) used spatial error modeling to investigate levels of dissatisfaction with the performance of local government in Gauteng province while Katumba, Cheruiyot, and Mushongera (2019) also used a number of geospatial techniques to examine poverty in the same province. Both studies found significant spatial clustering in the level of dissatisfaction with the performance of local government and poverty levels, respectively, with the former study also identifying a number of spatial predictors of the level of local dissatisfaction.…”

A Geographically Weighted Regression Analysis of Barriers to Youth’s Participation in Local Development Planning in Gauteng Province, South Africa

“…Others are the lack of special effort by municipalities to run a successful inclusive public participation campaign that ensures that the unemployed are included (Mchunu 2012); loss of confidence or dissatisfaction with local government performance (Cheruiyot, Wray, & Katumba, 2015;Cheruiyot, Katumba, & Wray, 2019); and lukewarm attention to the issue of public participation, especially in the sphere of not adherence to public participation regulations (Molepo et al 2015). Naidoo and Ramphal (2018) cite others as lack of accountability and transparency by local governments, lack of knowledge with respect to the appropriate culture, and lack of adequate capacity for effective communication and gender representation, as well as unhealthy power struggles among stakeholders.…”

A selective review of environmental perceptions, attitudes, place attachment, and their spatial characterisation: contrasting the South African and global perspectives

“…On the other hand, other studies have used a variety of statistical spatial data analysis techniques in mapping humannature relations. These studies include, for instance, examining techniques such as standard deviation ellipses to assess soil and sediment contamination (Baojun et al 2008) crime, using geodemographics (Breetzke and Horn 2009) spatial autocorrelation techniques to measure satisfaction levels with local government performance (Cheruiyot et al 2015), disease, using Bayesian spatio-temporal techniques (Kumarac et al 2017), poverty, also using spatial autocorrelation techniques (Katumba et al 2019). Andrade (2019), for example, used statistical measures of spatial analysis such as global Moran's I, global G (Getis and Ord 2010), and Geary's C (Geary 1954) to determine whether the response variable, attitudes towards the desert and found a link between socio-economic status and environmental attitudes.…”