Abstract
The Environment Planning Act is a keystone of the legislation underpinning South Africa's programme of industrial decentralization. The impress of the Act upon the employment geography of clothing and textiles manufacture is examined. Spatial industrial change between 1968-1978 is analysed in terms of absolute employment shifts, relative employment shifts (using the shift technique) and a study of plant relocations. The most striking impact of this legislation has been to promote the growth of clothing and textiles manufacture in the Durban and Western Cape Metropolitan areas at the expense of declining production on the Witwatersrand. Government hopes of 'deflected' industry from the Witwatersrand moving into decentralized locations largely have not been fulfilled.-Authors
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 19-32 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | South African Geographer |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 1982 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Environmental Science
- General Earth and Planetary Sciences
