Introduction

The following is a demonstration and application of the various approaches and methods of local economic analysis as identified and discussed in chapters 2, 3, 4 and 5. The different methods will not be applied to each local economy but to one local economy only. This does not mean that each method cannot be applied to each local economy, however. The following table indicates which approaches or methods will be applied to which local economy. It must be noted that there is no particular reason why a particular approach or method are applied to a particular local economy. The  process is purely random starting with the Ethekwini local economy, then the Msunduzi local economy followed by the Umhlathuze local economy. The Hibiscus Coast and Newcastle local economies are not used simple because there is less data available for them and therefore for comprehensiveness and completeness they are excluded.

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