Small Town Geographies In Africa
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Small Town Geographies In Africa
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Author : Ronnie Donaldson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Small Town Geographies In Africa written by Ronnie Donaldson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Cameroon categories.
Urban geographic inquiry has for decades been biased towards a focus on larger cities and metropolitan areas, both in the developed and developing world contexts. Small towns are generally depicted as rural, and many people do not even consider the term urban to be applicable to small towns. The editors of this collection invited scholars from around the world to contribute chapters that explore the developmental challenges of small cities and towns empirically, theoretically and historically in specific urban contexts in Africa.
Small Town Geographies In Africa
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Author : Ronnie Donaldson
language : en
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Release Date : 2012-05-01
Small Town Geographies In Africa written by Ronnie Donaldson and has been published by Nova Science Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-01 with Business & Economics categories.
Urban geographic inquiry has for decades been biased towards a focus on larger cities and metropolitan areas, both in the developed and developing world contexts. Small towns are generally depicted as rural, and many people do not even consider the term urban to be applicable to small towns. The editors of this collection invited scholars from around the world to contribute chapters that explore the developmental challenges of small cities and towns empirically, theoretically and historically in specific urban contexts in Africa. (Imprint: Nova)
Small Town Tourism In South Africa
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Author : Ronnie Donaldson
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-10-14
Small Town Tourism In South Africa written by Ronnie Donaldson and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-14 with Science categories.
This book investigates small town tourism development in South Africa taking into account the most common strategies: branding, promotion, festivals and theming. The contents of the book resonate with the intersection of the power elite and their impacts on small town tourism. Because the book focuses on small town geographies in South Africa, the literature on small town tourism in the country is reviewed in Chapter 2 to provide a contextual background. Each subsequent chapter begins with an overview of international literature to give the conceptual context of the case studies each chapter explores. In Chapter 3 the concept of small town tourism branding is illustrated by an exploration of the Richmond book town. In Chapter 4 the branding theme is probed further in an investigation of two winners of the Kwêla Town of the Year competition namely Fouriesburg and De Rust. Chapter 5 documents the branding of Sedgefield through its proclamation as Africa’s first Cittaslow (slow town), a process driven by the local power elite to the exclusion of town’s poor who have no understanding of the intentions of the Cittaslow movement and its potential benefits for the town. Chapter 6 is a case study of Greyton’s tourism-led rural gentrification by which a small town has transformed in three decades to become a sought after place of residence for elite inmigrants so making the town a jewel tourism destination while reinforcing racial segregation. Because festivals and events - creations of the wealthy - have made significant financial contributions to small towns, Chapter 7 considers festivals and events as strategies to market and brand small towns in a particular way. Case studies of the economic impacts of festivals on small towns are assessed and the assessment methodologies used are critiqued. Chapter 8 provides a synthesis by drawing on the thesis of the urban growth machine by power elites.
Socio Spatial Small Town Dynamics In South Africa
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Author : Ronnie Donaldson
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2023-07-14
Socio Spatial Small Town Dynamics In South Africa written by Ronnie Donaldson and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-14 with Social Science categories.
This book explores small town geographical aspects by approaching them from a socio-spatial perspective. The contributions included in this book delve into a range of topics that have not been commonly studied before, such as white privilege, neglect of municipal infrastructure, collaborative governance, livelihoods in small-scale fisheries, housing provision, well-being in mining towns, studentification in rural contexts, election trends, and the historical development of small-town spas. The book adopts a socio-spatial point of view, providing a holistic understanding of the interplay between social and spatial factors within selected small town case studies. This approach sheds light on the socio-economic, political, and cultural dynamics that shape small towns. This localized perspective allows for a more targeted analysis of issues and potential solutions, taking into account the specific historical, cultural, and political contexts of small town South Africa. The edited volume serves as a valuable resource for academics, policymakers, practitioners, and anyone interested in understanding and improving small towns in South Africa.
The Rural Urban Interface In Africa
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Author : Jonathan Baker
language : en
Publisher: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
Release Date : 1992
The Rural Urban Interface In Africa written by Jonathan Baker and has been published by Nordiska Afrikainstitutet this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with History categories.
Discusses the role of small towns as agents for rural improvement and focuses on the links provided by small towns to both rural areas and larger towns. Reviews the role of selected indigenous nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in supporting the activities of small enterprises in small towns and rural areas. Covers trends from the 1960s.
The Geography Of South Africa
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Author : Jasper Knight
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2018-10-03
The Geography Of South Africa written by Jasper Knight and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-03 with Science categories.
This edited collection examines contemporary directions in geographical research on South Africa. It encompasses a cross section of selected themes of critical importance not only to the discipline of Geography in South Africa, but also of relevance to other areas of the Global South. All chapters are original contributions, providing a state of the art research baseline on key themes in physical, human and environmental geography, and in understanding the changing geographical landscapes of modern South Africa. These contributions set the scene for an understanding of the relationships between modern South Africa and the wider contemporary world, including issues of sustainable development and growth in the Global South.
The Routledge Handbook Of Small Towns
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Author : Jerzy Bański
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-08-16
The Routledge Handbook Of Small Towns written by Jerzy Bański and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-16 with Architecture categories.
The Routledge Handbook of Small Towns addresses the theoretical, methodical, and practical issues related to the development of small towns and neighbouring countryside. Small towns play a very important role in spatial structure by performing numerous significant developmental functions for rural areas. At the local scale, they act as engines for economic growth of rural regions and as a link in the system of connections between large urban centres and the countryside. The book addresses the role of small towns in the local development of regions in countries with different levels of development and economic systems, including those in Europe, Africa, South America, Asia, and Australia. Chapters address the functional structure of small towns, relations between small towns and rural areas, and the challenges of spatial planning in the context of shaping the development of small towns. Students and scholars of urban planning, urban geography, rural geography, political geography, historical geography, and population geography will learn about the role of small towns in the local development of countries representing different economic systems and developmental conditions.
Small Town Africa
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Author : Jonathan Baker
language : en
Publisher: Nordic Africa Institute
Release Date : 1990
Small Town Africa written by Jonathan Baker and has been published by Nordic Africa Institute this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Political Science categories.
A Century Of Geography At Stellenbosch University 1920 2020
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Author : Gustav Visser
language : en
Publisher: African Sun Media
Release Date : 2020-09-28
A Century Of Geography At Stellenbosch University 1920 2020 written by Gustav Visser and has been published by African Sun Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-28 with Science categories.
A Century of Geography at Stellenbosch University 1920-2020 focuses on the establishment and development of geography as an academic discipline at Stellenbosch, South Africa’s founding geography department. The ways in which the department currently operates are deemed fundamentally joined to its past and pave the way for the evolution of geography and its various subdisciplines going forward. The investigation seeks to highlight the development of the discipline and its institutionalisation as part of the academic offerings of the university, while providing details about the teaching and research conducted, as well as of the people who contributed to these endeavours. It also furnishes the academic geography community at Stellenbosch, and geography more broadly, with some insights into its past development and more recent changes, along with a complete bibliography of conducted research.
Small African Towns
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Author : Poul Ove Pedersen
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-07-23
Small African Towns written by Poul Ove Pedersen and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-23 with Social Science categories.
First published in 1997, this study sees the small enterprise as performing specific tasks within the larger societal system of production and distribution, and as being shaped and adapted to the specific social and economic, locally specific environment of which it is a part. Research was focused on fieldwork in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh, examining rural small towns serving rural hinterlands. Areas explored include the building sector in Zimbabwean district service centres, the building sector in small Tanzanian towns, small enterprises and the public sector in Kenya and Bangladesh and the structure of small-scale grain-marketing in a small Ugandan town.