The development of a liveability index for Tshwane to inform insurance practices

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2024

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Understanding a city's liveability can be a valuable tool for individuals, businesses, and governments. Identification of locations with higher levels of liveability allows prospective homebuyers to make informed decisions on potential locations, simultaneously, businesses can identify locations with high potential for growth and be used as a tool to help demarcate locations for further or future investment. Finally, liveability can identify not only the more liveable locations but also the locations with poor liveability, granting governments insight into the regions that require upliftment. With an ever-increasing population and economic growth, there is a significant need to identify locations in South Africa with a high potential for growth. This research aimed to produce a liveability index for Tshwane, South Africa, to inform insurance practices. Proximity to points of interest, government institutions and open spaces were provided by RiskScape, while climatic data was provided by the South African Weather Service. After the construction of a liveability index and distribution of questionnaires, this research used a comparative analysis approach to determine the reliability of the index compared to public perception. Findings indicated that Tshwane's central and western regions have the greatest liveability when assessed against accessibility to facilities. However, crime is the most considerable influence on liveability and results in residents disregarding other liveability factors. Due to this factor, extending the index to other regions is not recommended prior to understanding what the population ranks as having the greatest effect on liveability

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A research report submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science to the Faculty of Science, School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2023

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Liveability index, Liveability

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