Exploring the potential of crowd sourced data to map commuter points of interest : a case study of Johannesburg
- Authors: Moyo, T. , Musakwa, W.
- Date: 2019
- Subjects: Commuter , Johannesburg , Mobility
- Language: English
- Type: Conference proceedings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/400878 , uj:33477 , Citation: Moyo, T. & Musakwa, W. 2019. Exploring the potential of crowd sourced data to map commuter points of interest : a case study of Johannesburg.
- Description: Abstract: Modern African cities are faced with various mobility and transportation challenges. In developing smart sustainable cities, city planners need to create a balance between supply and demand for public transportation. Development of multi-mobility mode models has contemporarily received a special interest in smart cities development. Globally, the use of bike sharing services to complete the first kilometre or last kilometre of the trip has been highly received, with commuters using either rail or road mobility modes for the middle section of their trip. Within the developing world context, the use of multi-mobility modes in daily commuting is still new, and little research has been done to guide this. Notwithstanding the influence of uncertainties and fragmentation over demand and supply in public transportation provision. In the South Africa context, various modes of public transportation have been developed which seek to be smart, sustainable and efficient such as the fast train (Gautrain), Bus rapid transport (Rea Vaya and Gaubus) and Bikes sharing platforms (Upcycles), however most of these modes are currently not spatially connected. Hence the researcher sought to develop a stepping stone in planning for future mobility demand. Using an explorative methodology, the authors collected quantitative and spatial data in the form of land-use data and crowd sourced data (from twitter) to map commuter points of interest in and around the city of Johannesburg. The results reveal hot and cold spots in the city. The hot spots reveal areas where commuters frequently travel to, and when overlaid with transportation data, we are able to identify potential locations to develop new transportation hubs as these will overtime become key points of interest.
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- Authors: Moyo, T. , Musakwa, W.
- Date: 2019
- Subjects: Commuter , Johannesburg , Mobility
- Language: English
- Type: Conference proceedings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/400878 , uj:33477 , Citation: Moyo, T. & Musakwa, W. 2019. Exploring the potential of crowd sourced data to map commuter points of interest : a case study of Johannesburg.
- Description: Abstract: Modern African cities are faced with various mobility and transportation challenges. In developing smart sustainable cities, city planners need to create a balance between supply and demand for public transportation. Development of multi-mobility mode models has contemporarily received a special interest in smart cities development. Globally, the use of bike sharing services to complete the first kilometre or last kilometre of the trip has been highly received, with commuters using either rail or road mobility modes for the middle section of their trip. Within the developing world context, the use of multi-mobility modes in daily commuting is still new, and little research has been done to guide this. Notwithstanding the influence of uncertainties and fragmentation over demand and supply in public transportation provision. In the South Africa context, various modes of public transportation have been developed which seek to be smart, sustainable and efficient such as the fast train (Gautrain), Bus rapid transport (Rea Vaya and Gaubus) and Bikes sharing platforms (Upcycles), however most of these modes are currently not spatially connected. Hence the researcher sought to develop a stepping stone in planning for future mobility demand. Using an explorative methodology, the authors collected quantitative and spatial data in the form of land-use data and crowd sourced data (from twitter) to map commuter points of interest in and around the city of Johannesburg. The results reveal hot and cold spots in the city. The hot spots reveal areas where commuters frequently travel to, and when overlaid with transportation data, we are able to identify potential locations to develop new transportation hubs as these will overtime become key points of interest.
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Financing the gender imperative for procurement in the City Of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality
- Authors: Kithatu-Kiwekete, A.K.
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Economic equity , Gender , Johannesburg
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/289612 , uj:31425 , Citation: Kithatu-Kiwekete, A.K. 2018. Financing the gender imperative for procurement in the City Of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
- Description: Abstract: An important role that municipalities can play in procurement is for the local sphere to offer opportunities to realise economic equity for enterprises owned by women and other previously disadvantaged groups. Municipal procurement can be used to address equity concerns by opening up economic prospects for particular categories of people. Gender mainstreaming may be achieved by the conspicuous inclusion of enterprises that are owned and operated by women, which often operate on the periphery of procurement. Integrating gender into municipal procurement enables women-owned businesses to participate, benefit, and in turn enhance gendered participation in Johannesburg’s local economic development (LED). This article expands the conclusions from an earlier study that was concerned with e-procurement. The article uses a qualitative analytic approach to assess how gendered procurement for the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality (CJMM) has not been conducted to benefit womenowned businesses. These are compared against the municipality’s procurement policies, procedures, and reports to highlight the gender gap in municipal procurement. The article deduces that a gender gap persists in the CJMM’s municipal procurement processes, which excludes women-headed businesses from benefiting from larger contracts. The article offers suggestions for improvement. The article recommends that future research is needed that will use gender-disaggregated data to analyse municipal sector procurement for LED. The article concludes with key recommendations to enhance gender equity in municipal procurement.
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- Authors: Kithatu-Kiwekete, A.K.
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Economic equity , Gender , Johannesburg
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/289612 , uj:31425 , Citation: Kithatu-Kiwekete, A.K. 2018. Financing the gender imperative for procurement in the City Of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
- Description: Abstract: An important role that municipalities can play in procurement is for the local sphere to offer opportunities to realise economic equity for enterprises owned by women and other previously disadvantaged groups. Municipal procurement can be used to address equity concerns by opening up economic prospects for particular categories of people. Gender mainstreaming may be achieved by the conspicuous inclusion of enterprises that are owned and operated by women, which often operate on the periphery of procurement. Integrating gender into municipal procurement enables women-owned businesses to participate, benefit, and in turn enhance gendered participation in Johannesburg’s local economic development (LED). This article expands the conclusions from an earlier study that was concerned with e-procurement. The article uses a qualitative analytic approach to assess how gendered procurement for the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality (CJMM) has not been conducted to benefit womenowned businesses. These are compared against the municipality’s procurement policies, procedures, and reports to highlight the gender gap in municipal procurement. The article deduces that a gender gap persists in the CJMM’s municipal procurement processes, which excludes women-headed businesses from benefiting from larger contracts. The article offers suggestions for improvement. The article recommends that future research is needed that will use gender-disaggregated data to analyse municipal sector procurement for LED. The article concludes with key recommendations to enhance gender equity in municipal procurement.
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Mapping cycling patterns and trends using strava metro data in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa
- Musakwa, Walter, Selala, Kadibetso M.
- Authors: Musakwa, Walter , Selala, Kadibetso M.
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: Strava , Cycling patterns , Johannesburg
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/215152 , uj:21370 , Citation: Musakwa, W & Selala, K.M. 2016. Mapping cycling patterns and trends using strava metro data in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa.
- Description: Abstract: Plans for smart mobility through cycling are often hampered by lack of information on cycling patterns and trends, particularly in cities of the developing world such as Johannesburg. Similarly, traditional methods of data collection such as bicycle counts are often expensive, cover a limited spatial extent and not up-to-date. Consequently, the dataset presented in this paper illustrates the spatial and temporal coverage of cycling patterns and trends in Johannesburg for the year 2014 derived from the geolocation based mobile application Strava. To the best knowledge of the authors, there is little or no comprehensive dataset that describe cycling patterns in Johannesburg. Perhaps this dataset is a tool that will support evidence based transportation planning and smart mobility.
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- Authors: Musakwa, Walter , Selala, Kadibetso M.
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: Strava , Cycling patterns , Johannesburg
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/215152 , uj:21370 , Citation: Musakwa, W & Selala, K.M. 2016. Mapping cycling patterns and trends using strava metro data in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa.
- Description: Abstract: Plans for smart mobility through cycling are often hampered by lack of information on cycling patterns and trends, particularly in cities of the developing world such as Johannesburg. Similarly, traditional methods of data collection such as bicycle counts are often expensive, cover a limited spatial extent and not up-to-date. Consequently, the dataset presented in this paper illustrates the spatial and temporal coverage of cycling patterns and trends in Johannesburg for the year 2014 derived from the geolocation based mobile application Strava. To the best knowledge of the authors, there is little or no comprehensive dataset that describe cycling patterns in Johannesburg. Perhaps this dataset is a tool that will support evidence based transportation planning and smart mobility.
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The early development of hotels in Johannesburg ca 1928-1963
- Authors: Rogerson, Jayne M.
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Hotels , Historical tourism , Johannesburg
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/279540 , uj:30021 , Citation: Rogerson, J.M. 2018. The early development of hotels in Johannesburg ca 1928-1963. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 7(4):1-16. , ISSN: 2223-814X
- Description: Abstract: Hotels attract a range of writings which are drawn from different disciplinary perspectives. The largest volume of literature is contributed by hospitality management scholars, is contemporary in focus and examines questions around the strategic management and day-to-day operations of hotels. The aim in this paper is to address the limited focus on historical aspects of hotels and tourism development. The analysis builds from a number of different historical documentary sources to review the establishment and character of hotels in Johannesburg from the late 1920s to 1963. The starting date for the analysis is the introduction of legislation which creates firm linkages of the South African hotel industry to liquor interests; the end date is the closure of Johannesburg’s most grand and iconic hotel. It is argued that historical research contributes a fresh dimension to hotel scholarship as well as providing a grounded understanding of the emergence and character of the local hotel industry.
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- Authors: Rogerson, Jayne M.
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Hotels , Historical tourism , Johannesburg
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/279540 , uj:30021 , Citation: Rogerson, J.M. 2018. The early development of hotels in Johannesburg ca 1928-1963. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 7(4):1-16. , ISSN: 2223-814X
- Description: Abstract: Hotels attract a range of writings which are drawn from different disciplinary perspectives. The largest volume of literature is contributed by hospitality management scholars, is contemporary in focus and examines questions around the strategic management and day-to-day operations of hotels. The aim in this paper is to address the limited focus on historical aspects of hotels and tourism development. The analysis builds from a number of different historical documentary sources to review the establishment and character of hotels in Johannesburg from the late 1920s to 1963. The starting date for the analysis is the introduction of legislation which creates firm linkages of the South African hotel industry to liquor interests; the end date is the closure of Johannesburg’s most grand and iconic hotel. It is argued that historical research contributes a fresh dimension to hotel scholarship as well as providing a grounded understanding of the emergence and character of the local hotel industry.
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