GAUTENG PROVINCIAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK Note: (GPEMF) This document is formatted for A3 printing. Where information is adequately contained in existing documents it is referred to and attached in Section C (only on CD) Environmental Management Framework It is important to note that the main product is the interactive GIS Viewer. The focus of the GPEMF is to provide a product that makes information available in a systematic and useful manner to the Report benefit of all environmental management and development role players in Gauteng. August 2014 Produced by the Environomics Project Team, including: Environomics CC MetroGIS (Pty) Ltd. Enquiries should be addressed to: EnviroGIS (Pty) Ltd. Simon Mafu David Hoare Consulting CC e-mail: [email protected] N R M Consulting Tel: 011 2493395 © Gauteng Province, Agiculture and Rural Development, 2014. All rights in respect to this document and the GIS Viewer are reserved. Please note that the information used in the GPEMF belongs to various data custodians. Their rights must be respected and original information must be obtained from such custodians. 1 The report consists of two sections. The table of contents for Section B 4.1. The assessment of the landscape character ............................................................................................. 14 follows at the end of Section A. The sections can be used separately. 4.2. General information (topography, hydrology and protected areas) ........................................................ 14 4.3. Terrain morphology .................................................................................................................................. 14 Section A: Introduction and Status Quo (Abbreviated) 4.4. Land cover/broad land use patterns ......................................................................................................... 15 4.5. Visual assessment ..................................................................................................................................... 15 Table of Contents 4.6. Landscape value / scenic quality ............................................................................................................... 15 Section A: Introduction and Status Quo (Abbreviated) ............................................................................................. 2 4.7. Landscape / land use character ................................................................................................................ 15 List of figures ............................................................................................................................................................... 3 5. Climate precipitation ........................................................................................................................................ 17 List of tables ................................................................................................................................................................ 4 5.1. Temperature ............................................................................................................................................. 17 List of graphs ............................................................................................................................................................... 5 5.2. Sunshine .................................................................................................................................................... 17 List of diagrammes ...................................................................................................................................................... 5 5.3. Clouds........................................................................................................................................................ 18 Abbreviations .............................................................................................................................................................. 6 5.4. Precipitation .............................................................................................................................................. 18 1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................ 7 5.5. Humidity .................................................................................................................................................... 18 1.1. The purpose of the EMF .............................................................................................................................. 7 5.6. Dew point .................................................................................................................................................. 18 1.2. The EMF area .............................................................................................................................................. 7 5.7. Wind .......................................................................................................................................................... 19 1.3. Project structures ........................................................................................................................................ 7 6. Climate change ................................................................................................................................................. 20 1.3.1. The project team (PT) ......................................................................................................................... 7 6.1. Description ................................................................................................................................................ 20 1.3.2. The project management team (PMT) ................................................................................................ 7 6.2. Climate change and biodiversity ............................................................................................................... 20 1.3.3. The project steering committee (PSC) ................................................................................................ 7 6.3. Climate change and hydrology ................................................................................................................. 20 1.3.4. The project reference group (PRG) ..................................................................................................... 8 6.4. Climate change and agriculture ................................................................................................................ 21 1.4. The project schedule ................................................................................................................................... 9 7. Hydrology .......................................................................................................................................................... 22 2. Geology soils and landscape character ............................................................................................................. 11 7.1. Catchments ............................................................................................................................................... 22 2.1. Abbreviated description............................................................................................................................ 11 7.2. Rivers, wetlands and dams ....................................................................................................................... 22 3. Land capability potential including soils ........................................................................................................... 12 7.3. River health .............................................................................................................................................. 22 3.1. Abbreviated description............................................................................................................................ 12 8. Geohydrology .................................................................................................................................................... 22 3.1.1. High potential agricultural land – municipalities .............................................................................. 13 8.1. Fractured aquifers ..................................................................................................................................... 22 4. Landscape character ......................................................................................................................................... 14 8.2. Karst aquifers ............................................................................................................................................ 23 2 8.3. Intergranular and fractured aquifers ........................................................................................................ 24 14.3. Population density ................................................................................................................................ 34 9. Acid mine water ................................................................................................................................................ 24 14.4. Unemployment ....................................................................................................................................