Geography And Economy In South Africa And Its Neighbours

Author : Christian M. Rogerson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351934121

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Geography and Economy in South Africa and its Neighbours by Christian M. Rogerson Pdf

The dismantling of the apartheid regime in South Africa caused massive transformation in both geographical and economic terms, not only in this country but also in the region as a whole. As the post-apartheid government enters its second term, this captivating volume assesses its progress in unravelling the geography of apartheid, both in South Africa itself and in its relationships with other countries in Southern Africa and Africa. It also considers the ways in which South Africa, now that it is no longer a pariah state, has begun to position itself within the current global economy. Examining South Africa’s land and agriculture, mining and minerals, manufacturing, tourism, corporate finance, the labour market and transport, the volume discusses the challenges of balancing growth and redistribution, the extent and nature of progress, change and relationships within the regional and global economy. A compelling investigation into the economics of South Africa's neighbouring states in relation to their natural resources, colonialism and inter-relationships with themselves and with South Africa leads to a focus on the region as a whole and its relations with the global economy.

Author : Gustav Visser,Ronnie Donaldson,Cecil Seethal
Publisher : AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781928357254

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The Origin and Growth of Geography as a discipline at South Africa Universities by Gustav Visser,Ronnie Donaldson,Cecil Seethal Pdf

Author : Sören Scholvin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317030461

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The Geopolitics of Regional Power by Sören Scholvin Pdf

In the last two decades, various states from the Global South have emerged as important players in international relations. Most popular among them is China. Brazil, India and South Africa have also taken essential roles in global and regional politics. Compared to traditional great powers, they can be labelled ’regional great powers’ or ’regional powers’ because their influence is - with the exception of China - concentrated on their neighbourhood. The impact of regions, meaning the impact of geography, on the economics and politics of regional powers is surprisingly understudied. This book analyses how geographical conditions influence the regional economics and politics of South Africa, allowing the author to delineate its region of influence.

Author : Prof Cândida Silva,Prof Mónica Oliveira ,Prof Susana Silva
Publisher : Academic Conferences International
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-20
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781912764921

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ICTR 2021 4th International Conference on Tourism Research by Prof Cândida Silva,Prof Mónica Oliveira ,Prof Susana Silva Pdf

Conference Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Tourism Research

Author : Christian Rogerson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351322584

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Local Economic Development in the Changing World by Christian Rogerson Pdf

Over the last two decades the concept and practice of Local Economic Development (LED) has gained widespread acceptance around the world as a locally-based response to the challenges posed by globalization, devolution, local-level opportunities, and economic crises. Support for local economic development is now firmly on the agenda of many national governments and key international agencies. This volume examines the debates about Local Economic Development and examines some of the unfolding experiences of LED in the developing world. The focus is upon the region of southern Africa, and more especially upon post-apartheid South Africa. LED emerged in South Africa as one of the more significant post-apartheid development options being pursued by empowered localities with the overt encouragement of national government. Elsewhere in the developing world, much interest surrounds the experience of LED in post-apartheid South Africa, which is seen as a laboratory for experimentation, innovation, and learning. The seventeen chapters in this book examine the range of LED interventions that have been the basis for experimentation in the last decade, including both pro-market as well as pro-poor interventions. Key themes include debates about the most appropriate policy directions for LED, its contribution towards sustainable development, the role of social capital, cluster support, public procurement, eco-development, good governance and tourism-led LED. The book also contains a series of detailed case studies on the implementation of LED in South Africa and the wider region of southern Africa, including analyses of LED undertaken at a variety of scales from the provincial, metropolitan, and small-town level. Until now, most research on local economic development has focused on the developed world. This volume breaks new ground in applying LED policy and practices to problems specific to the developing world. It will be of interest to scholars of development studies, urban and regional planning, human geography, and urban studies.

Author : Tom Baum,Ann Ndiuini
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030417352

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Sustainable Human Resource Management in Tourism by Tom Baum,Ann Ndiuini Pdf

This book addresses the application of sustainable HRM principles within tourism in the specific context of Africa, a neglected area of study. It draws on diverse aspects of HRM, from the micro- (individual) through the meso-level (organisational) to the macro-level (policy, governmental). It also reflects the diverse challenges facing a critical area within emerging African tourism, that of its workforce. The book is substantially research-based and provides a state-of-the-art picture of emergent studies in this area, drawing on case examples from a wide-range of African contexts. As such, it provides a comprehensive resource and starts discussion in an emergent research area.

Author : Jarkko Saarinen
Publisher : Channel View Publications
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781845411084

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Sustainable Tourism in Southern Africa by Jarkko Saarinen Pdf

The book represents the first accessible examination of the complex connections between tourism and sustainability in southern African context. The edited book introduces relationships between tourism, sustainability and development with a range of case studies from the region, focusing especially on natural resource dependent communities in processes of transition.

Author : Christopher Saunders,Peter Limb
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 567 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781538130261

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Historical Dictionary of South Africa by Christopher Saunders,Peter Limb Pdf

As the most influential and powerful country on the entire continent of Africa, an understanding of South Africa’s past and its present trends is crucial in appreciating where South Africans are going to, and from where they have come. South Africa changed dramatically in 1994 when apartheid was dismantled, and it became a democratic state. Since 2000, when the previous edition appeared, further big changes occurred, with the rise of new political leaders and of a new black middle class. There were also serious problems in governance, in public health, and the economy, but with a remarkable popular resilience too. This third edition of Historical Dictionary of South Africa contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 600 cross-referenced entries on important personalities as well as aspects of the country’s politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about South Africa.

Author : Rhodri Thomas
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136366161

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Small Firms in Tourism by Rhodri Thomas Pdf

This book provides a varied collection of recent research relating to small businesses in tourism. In doing so it reflects the eclecticism of interest and method associated with this under-researched and under-theorised area of investigation. Topics range from the potential contribution of small firms to achieving social or economic goals to understanding more about business performance and growth. As is common in tourism research, disciplinary boundaries are routinely transgressed in the interests of gaining greater illumination. Insights from a variety of countries are offered, sometimes as a result of trans-national collaboration initiated specifically for this book.

Author : Eike W. Schamp
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351153904

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Linking Industries Across the World by Eike W. Schamp Pdf

Originally published in 2005. This book examines how regional industries use different networks on various geographical scales in order to withstand increasing competition in a globalising world. It argues that new forms of global governance of networked industries are emerging, in particular in those areas that have only recently been incorporated into the global economy such as Eastern Europe, Asia and Southern Africa. The book addresses a number of issues, including the different forms of institutional arrangements that contribute to the formation of heterogeneous global industrial networks. It also raises the issue of national institutions that still matter in network formation. The focus of the book is on how to improve regional and sectoral competitiveness in a global context and it suggests this is best achieved by a close analysis of global linkages, an evolutionary perspective on processes taking place, and a more differentiated view on globalisation.

Author : Abraham R. Matamanda,James Chakwizira,Kudzai Chatiza,Verna Nel
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2024-01-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783031498572

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Secondary Cities and Local Governance in Southern Africa by Abraham R. Matamanda,James Chakwizira,Kudzai Chatiza,Verna Nel Pdf

This book is the first to consider the roles, challenges and governance responses of secondary cities in southern Africa to changing circumstances. Among the challenges are governance under conditions of resource scarcity, managing informality, the effects and responses to climate change and the changing roles of the cities within the national space economy. It fills the gap in the literature on secondary cities with original case studies drawn from South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. The authors are all African scholars, working and living in the region with intimate knowledge of the settings they describe. The book is critical as it includes such regional case studies of different secondary cities in Southern Africa but also because of it’s multidisciplinarity: it contains substantive and pertinent issues such as climate change, disaster management, local economic development, and basic services delivery. It considers diverse environments, yet with similar challenges that could provide useful policy and governance proposals for other cities.

Author : Fredrik Söderbaum,Ian Taylor
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351770231

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Regionalism and Uneven Development in Southern Africa by Fredrik Söderbaum,Ian Taylor Pdf

This title was first published in 2003. This volume advances our understanding of how Southern Africa is currently being reconfigured, critically examining what has been marketed as the "flagship" of the Spatial Development Initiative programme in Southern Africa: the Maputo Development Corridor (MDC). By examining a variety of cross-cutting levels of governance and development and by focusing on the nexus between the formal and informal processes that stake out the MDC, this volume contributes to a detailed understanding of what is perhaps the most important current experiment in regionalism in Africa. By engaging regional processes on the micro-level and "on the ground", there is a special emphasis on how local communities regard and respond to the Corridor initiative. All chapters in the volume are the result of extensive fieldwork in both Mozambique and South Africa, and the contributions are drawn from the region and beyond, including Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Sweden and the United States.

Author : John Ogony Odiyo,Peter Bitta Bikam,James Chakwizira
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-08
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030861780

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Green Economy in the Transport Sector by John Ogony Odiyo,Peter Bitta Bikam,James Chakwizira Pdf

This open access book is interdisciplinary and provides cross-sectoral and multi-dimensional exploration of sustainable development and transportation in South Africa. Drawing on work from different disciplines, the book contributes not only to academia but also seeks to inform urban and regional policy with the view of contributing to the national aspirations of South Africa as espoused in the National Development Plan (NDP), 2030, National Spatial Development Framework (NSDF) Draft (2019), National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy (NCASS) Draft (2019), Green Transport Strategy for South Africa (2018–2050), and National Transportation Plan (NATMAP), 2050. Adopting a multi-dimensional assessment, the book provides a background for co-production concerning climate change, sustainable development, and transportation in the Global South. The book contributes in its analysis of the institutional and legislative framework that relates to the climate change, skills and knowledge transfer, sustainable development, and transportation in South Africa, as these are responsible for the evolution of the green economy and transport sector in the country. The connections among different sectors and issues such as environment, transport modes, technology innovation, vehicle management and emission control, skills and knowledge transfer, legislative and policy framework, and the wider objectives of the sustainable development goals (SDGs), especially goals 11 to 13. The success stories relating to climate change, sustainable development, and transportation in South Africa are identified together with the best possible practices that may inform better environmental, urban and regional planning, policy, practice, and management.

Author : Sethulego Matebesi,Lochner Marais,Verna Nel
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2024-02-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781003854890

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Local Responses to Mine Closure in South Africa by Sethulego Matebesi,Lochner Marais,Verna Nel Pdf

This book investigates mine closure and local responses in South Africa, linking dependencies and social disruption. Mine closure presents a major challenge to the mining industry and government policymakers globally, but particularly in the Global South. South Africa is experiencing notable numbers of mine closures, and this book explores the notion of social disruption, a concept often applied to describe the effects of mine growth on communities but often neglecting the impact of mine closures. The book begins with three theoretical chapters that discuss theory, closure cost frameworks and policy development in South Africa. It uses evolutionary governance theory to show how mining creates dependencies and how mining growth often blinds communities and governments to the likelihood of closure. Too easily, mining goes ahead with no concern for the possibility, or indeed inevitability, of eventual closure and how mining communities will cope. These impacts are showcased through eight place-based case studies from across South Africa, one focusing on mine workers, to demonstrate that mine closure causes significant social disruption. This book will be of interest to students and scholars researching the social impacts of mining and the extractive industries, social geography and sustainable development, as well as policymakers and practitioners working with mine closure and social impact assessments.

Author : Simon Raiser
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351150989

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Public Problems - Private Solutions? by Simon Raiser Pdf

Cities and city regions are undergoing rapid transformation. They are prime locations of innovation, while at the same time facing growing problems of spatial fragmentation and social exclusion. By addressing these problems, cities become forerunners for new patterns of governance, which include increasingly private actors. While research on 'global' cities has focused primarily on the world's leading financial and economic centres, comparative research on the changing role of large, complex cities in the developing world is less advanced. But it is here, where public problems are most seriously threatening the cohesion of urban society and where the need for new answers is most urgent. Illustrated by in-depth examinations of four city regions: Shanghai, Mumbai, Johannesburg and São Paulo, this book readdresses this balance. The book revisits the same set of cities from different angles, thereby reflecting urban contradictions, juxtapositions, and disjunctures.