Spatial Inequality Workshop 3 March 2015

Spatial measures of socio‐economic inequality in South Africa

On 3rd March 2015 SASPRI in collaboration with the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) at Rhodes University hosted a Department of Science and Technology Research Seminar entitled “Spatial measures of socio‐economic inequality in South Africa”.

Drawing upon recent and ongoing research in South Africa, this workshop seeks to share knowledge about the development of new measures of spatial inequality and their application as explanatory variables in order to better understand outcomes at both the individual level (e.g. people’s attitudes towards inequality and options for redress) and the area level (e.g. hotspots of social unrest and violent crime).

The concept note and programme can be downloaded here

The following presentations were made and are available for download:


Setting the Scene – the spatial patterning of poverty and multiple deprivation in South Africa Prof. Michael Noble, Executive Director of SASPRI, Honorary Research Fellow HSRC, Visiting Professor Rhodes University and Dr Wanga Zembe Director and Research Fellow SASPRI (click here to download)

Measuring Spatial Inequality – An international perspective Dr. Chis Lloyd, Department of Geography and Planning University of Liverpool UK (click here to download)

Developing a new spatial measure of exposure to socio‐economic inequality in South Africa Mr David McLennan, CASASP, University of Oxford (click here to download)

The Results: how does a person’s exposure to socio‐economic inequality vary spatially according to where they live? Mr David McLennan, CASASP, University of Oxford and associate member of SASPRI  (click here to download)

Are people’s attitudes towards inequality and options for redress influenced by their exposure to inequality? Mr Ben Roberts, HSRC & Mr David McLennan, CASASP and associate member of SASPRI . (click here to download)

Are neighbourhood crime rates influenced by residents’ exposure to inequality? Mr David McLennan, CASASP, University of Oxford and associate member of SASPRI (click here to download)