Positioning of the Vaal Triangle in a new South Africa
Keywords:
Vaal Triangle, South Africa, demarcation, constitutional affairs, National Physical Development Plan, new constitutional dispensation, regional governments, socio-economic communality, urban development index, Vaal Triangle positioning, Vaal Triangle regional contextAbstract
The underlying motivation for the subdivision of national states into smaller geographic areas, each consisting of its own government with specific responsibilities, lies in the wishes of the inhabitants to make their own decisions concerning certain matters which affect their daily living. This approach is based on the phenomenon that countries often consist of distinguishable units based on the following factors: climatic and physical aspects and in addition socio-economic communality.
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