Analysing the Logistics Space near Cape Town International Airport in Comparison to the Seaport and Dry Port Environments

Mokhele, Masilonyane (2026) Analysing the Logistics Space near Cape Town International Airport in Comparison to the Seaport and Dry Port Environments. EVERYBODY PLANS ... SOMETIMES. Cherish Heritage, Plan Now, Create a Better Future! Proceedings of REAL CORP 2026, 31st International Conference on Urban Development, Regional Planning and Information Society. pp. 157-166. ISSN 2521-3938

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Abstract

One focal point on the interconnections between transport and land-use patterns is the concentration of economic activities near airports. However, the literature typically analyses the environs of airports without drawing comparisons with other transhipment zones, such as seaports and inland ports. To contribute towards filling this literature gap, the paper analyses the monthly rental values of warehousing, industrial, retail, and office properties in the vicinity of Cape Town International Airport, compared with those around the Port of Cape Town and Belcon inland/ dry port, South Africa. Property rental data were scraped on 10 December 2025 from the website of Property 24, a leading South African property listing company. Following the cleaning process, the dataset comprised 240 data points: 105 industrial listings, 106 warehouse listings, 25 office listings, and four retail listings across the three transhipment precincts. However, only 186 street addresses were successfully geocoded in Python, forming the foundation for spatial analysis. Using QGIS, RStudio and SPSS for spatial and statistical analysis, the results showed that the mean rental values for industrial, warehouse, and office properties were highest in areas near the airport, followed by those near the port, and lowest around the inland port. The findings provide evidence that, relative to other transhipment precincts analysed, the airport environs may constitute a distinct industrial, warehouse and office property sub-market.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Cape Town International Airport, Port of Cape Town, Belcon dry port, transhipment precincts, City of Cape Town
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HE Transportation and Communications
Depositing User:	REAL CORP Administrator
Date Deposited:	05 Apr 2026 16:27
Last Modified:	05 Apr 2026 16:27
URI:	http://repository.corp.at/id/eprint/1319

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