Johannesburg, South Africa

42nd largest populated area in the worldLargest city not bordering a body of water

Settlement to +100,000 inhabitants in 10 years

Overview of Johannesburg, S.A., Population 4.5 (city) - 10 million (surrounds)

The Joy of Sport – panem et circenses

Impacts of industry – Mining and Rail

Settlements / Suburbs fill in space around mining industry tailings south of Johannesburg.

Highways interwoven between.

Massive railway infrastructure predates highway buildup (overpasses)

Railway lines in the industrial district to the south of Johannesburg – creating a buffer betweencommercial / residential estates. Note the large park area at upper left; valuable land left green.

Agricultural Areas outside of JoBurg

Rectangles and parallelograms, each with an inscribed circle characteristic of center-pivot irrigation systems, dot the landscape to the northwest of Johannesburg.

At left, note another tailings pile from a previous era.

A striated city; Suburbs to the north, Industry to the south

• This image (tilted 45 degrees northwest) shows continuum of industrial to upscale suburb, with western JoBurg in between.

Leafy green suburbs north of the city

Upscale districts to the north of Johannesburg. Note the golf courses and green space

The names of the subdivisions and districts belie their residential character

Apologies to Frederick Law Olmsted

Central Park scores many more points aesthetically than Park Central!

Mahalo!