Decision Support Tools
The data municipalities and other spheres of government need for planning is often scattered, out of date or hard to use. NSH's decision support tools bring it together and connect it directly to planning work.
They help planners understand how their areas are changing, prepare and update statutory plans, target services and investment where they are most needed, and account for risks such as climate hazards. They also give government a shared view of each place, a basis for tackling entrenched spatial inequality.
NSH supports their use through training and technical assistance.
Living DDM One Plan Portal
Supports coordinated planning across district and metropolitan areas. Provides narrative profiles for the plan's situational analysis - using the latest available district-level data. Access the portal to track, update and manage DDM One Plans developed jointly across government.
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Living IDP Portal
Supports integrated development planning for metropolitan, district and local municipalities. Provides narrative profiles for the plan's situational analysis - using the latest available municipal-level data. Access the portal to manage your municipality’s IDP and keep it aligned with development priorities.
Service Delivery Simulator
Helps municipalities assess areas of relative deprivation and need, and decide where new services should go. Use the simulator to test options, prioritise projects in the IDP, and share clear map-based evidence with communities. Municipal users can add their own spatial data to map existing services and relevant landmarks.
Children’s Climate Risk Index & Disaster Risk Model
Helps identify where children are most vulnerable to climate and disaster risks. The tool combines hazard data and child vulnerability indicators to highlight priority areas for planning, targeted action, and more resilient communities.
Coming Soon
Living Atlas of Places
An interactive national spatial atlas that gives all spheres of government a shared, frequently updated picture of places across South Africa. It combines core spatial and national datasets with analysis of conditions such as accessibility and market potential, showing how places are changing.
Use the Atlas to support place-based planning that addresses entrenched exclusion and underinvestment.
Use the Atlas to support place-based planning that addresses entrenched exclusion and underinvestment.
Pilots in Progress
