Small Town Geographies in Africa:: Experiences from South Africa and Elsewhere

by Donaldson, Ronnie; Marais, Lochner

• ISBN13: 9781621000013
• ISBN10: 162100001X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-05-30
• Publisher: Nova Science Pub Inc

Summary

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)

Table of Contents

Preface: Small Town Geographies	p. ix
Conceptual, Methodological and Theoretical Applications	p. 1
Classification of South African Towns Revisited	p. 3
Exploring Small Town Development Dynamics in Rural South Africa's Post-Productivist Landscapes	p. 21
Identifying Economic Growth Drivers in Small Towns in South Africa	p. 35
Rethinking Sustainability of Small Towns: Towards a Socio-Technical Approach	p. 45
Using Geospatial Data Analysis and Qualitative Economic Intelligence to Inform Local Economic Development in Small Towns: A Case Study of Graaff-Reinet, South Africa	p. 65
Theorizing the Way Forward Regarding Transdisciplinary Research on Environmental Crises in Small Towns: Merafong in the Gauteng Province as a Case Study	p. 83
Commuting to and from Small Towns in the Hinterland of Cape Towns Metropolitan Area, Western Cape Province	p. 101
Small Town Racism: Place-Identity Politics and Discourses of Protest	p. 111
Small Town Development Challenges in South Africa	p. 125
Improving the Business Environment for Local Economic Development in Small Town South Africa	p. 127
Prince Albert: A Fourth Economic Bubble or Sustainable Development?	p. 143
Book Town Tourism as a Private Development Initiative for Small Town Revival: The Case of Richmond, South Africa	p. 163
Promoting Small Town Development: The Case of the Apollo Development Association	p. 181
Missing the Uranium Train: Local Economic Development and Civic Culture in Beaufort West	p. 195
Tarring the Road to Mecca: Dilemmas of Infrastructural Development in a Small Karoo Town	p. 209
Tourism Risks Associated with Small Town Development: The Case of Clarens	p. 223
Getting the Chemistry Right: The Impact of the FIFA 2010 World Cup on Karoo Towns	p. 233
Hartbeespoort Evolving From Small Town to Post-Productivist Second Home Development Node	p. 251
Coastal Spaces as 'Walls'; Gated Developments in Small Towns on the West Coast	p. 263
Calvinia: Exploratory Study of the Workings of a Karoo Town	p. 275
Local Implementation of National Policy: "Breaking New Ground" in the Coastal Towns of the Overberg Municipal Area?	p. 297
Size Matters: Land Restitution in Knysna	p. 311
A Developmental Planning Approach to the Plight of Small and Dying Towns in South Africa	p. 327
The Future of Struggling Small Towns in South Africa	p. 339
Re-Orienting Rural Development in the Eastern Cape: Small Town Regeneration as a Strategy for Rural Development: The Case Study of Keiskammahoek	p. 351
Non-South African Geographies	p. 363
Tourism Development and Community Response: The Case of the Inhambane Coastal Zone, Mozambique	p. 365
Tourism Growth and Societal Transformation in Cameroon's Coastal Resorts: Sex Tourism and its Implications for Sustainable Tourism Development in Kribi and Limbe	p. 383
Agriculture-Related Industry and Small Town Growth in Zambia: The Case of Mazabuka	p. 403
Small Town Sustainability: Problems and Potentials	p. 417
'Informal' Settlements: A Product of Deficient Formal Land Management Policies?	p. 433
Contributors List	p. 451
Index	p. 455
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