The various Sustainable Development categories are:

• Economy
• Human Settlements
• Energy and Climate Change
• Water and Waste
• Biodiversity and Natural Resource Management

These were defined in the Concept Paper on Sustainable Development: May 2005.

The Atlas is a visual display of statistics by geographical region, developed as an information tool to assist and guide stakeholders.

More background information can be read here.

Sample maps per broad categories:

• Locality map of the Western Cape
• Locality map with Land Use of the City of Cape Town
• Map1: Human Settlement of Saldanha Bay Municipality
• Map2: Socio-Economics of Mossel Bay Municipality
• Map3: Natural Environment and Tourism of Cape Agulhas Municipality
• Map4: Biodiversity and Agriculture of Stellenbosch Municipality
• Map5: Energy and Climate of Beaufort West Municipality

Developed by:
Information Services
Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning

The rest of the map images and shapefiles for all the Municipalities of the Western Cape can be received from our offices.

Disclaimer:

The Department is no longer providing hard-copy (paper) copies of the Sustainability Atlas. The Atlas was initially targeted to the municipalities and the provincial departments who have now received their copies. Map images and/or spatial data can be made available to the public at request.

Please note that spatial data can only be viewed if you have GIS viewing software such as ArcExplorer, or full GIS capacity (e.g. ArcView, ArcGIS).

To obtain map images (jpeg format) and/or spatial data (shapefile format), please contact:

André van der Merwe

Information Services
Department of Environmental Affairs & Development Planning
4th floor Leeusig Building
4 Leewen Street
Private Bag X9086
Cape Town
8000

Email: ajvdmerw@pgwc.gov.za
Tel: 021 483 3499
Fax: 021 483 4440