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  • Struggling in the shade of globalisation : economic trends and responses in the Free State since the 1990s
  • Afrique du Sud ; Economie régionale ; Free State ; Industrie ; Mondialisation ; Politique économique ; Stratégie de développement
  • Development strategy ; Economic policy ; Free State ; Globalization ; Industry ; Regional economy ; South Africa
  • An overview is provided of the Free State economy against the background of national and international trends ; to reflect on how the free State has reacted to national and global stimuli ; and to suggest reasons for the poor performance
  • of the province. The question is posed as to how well the Free State has responded to globalisation in respect of its mainstream economic policy and development approaches. - (AJC)
  • Post-apartheid development challenges in small towns of the Free State
  • Afrique du Sud ; Développement urbain ; Orange Free State ; Petite ville ; Ville
  • Orange Free State ; Small town ; South Africa ; Town ; Urban development
  • Current and future development challenges of small towns in South Africa in the post-apartheid era have been neglected. In an overview of small towns in the Free State current issues are identified and some development opportunities and ideas
  • Restructuring manufacturing in South Africa's lagging regions. The case of the Free State
  • Afrique du Sud ; Branche industrielle ; Désindustrialisation ; Economie régionale ; Free State ; Industrie ; Restructuration industrielle
  • Deindustrialization ; Free State ; Industrial branch ; Industrial restructuring ; Industry ; Regional economy ; South Africa
  • The manufacturing economy of the Free State reflects both historical dependence on locally available raw materials and high-levels of state intervention, in terms of support for import substitution and homeland development. In the contemporary era
  • deindustrialisation, the uncertain future of the clothing/textile industries and limited growth over the last ten years, suggests that in terms of manufacturing, the Free State is a lagging region, although key sector such as petro-chemicals and gold jewellery present
  • Nation-states in continental markets: the political geography of free trade
  • Economic impact ; Economic theory ; Free trade ; Geopolitics ; International trade ; Nation-state ; Political geography
  • History of the free-trade idea and what it means in economic and political terms. Case study of the consequences of the Canada-U.S. free trade agreement on Canada shows that it is not a compretely benign idea. - (DWG)
  • Geological and geomorphological controls on the physical landscape of the Free State
  • Afrique du Sud ; Cuvette ; Eolien ; Free State ; Géologie régionale ; Géomorphologie ; Modelé éolien ; Paléo-environnement ; Quaternaire
  • Aeolian features ; Aeolian landform ; Free State ; Geomorphology ; Palaeo-environment ; Quaternary ; Regional geology ; South Africa
  • The paper comprises two parts. The first provides a broad-brush review of the geology and geomorphology of the Free State Province. The second part examines the potential of the Quaternary geomorphology of the Western Free State to contribute
  • Soils : the Free State's agricultural base
  • Afrique du Sud ; Agropédologie ; Climat ; Erosion des sols ; Free State ; Propriétés du sol ; Rendement agricole ; Sol cultivé
  • Agropedology ; Climate ; Crop yield ; Cultivated land ; Free State ; Soil erosion ; Soil properties ; South Africa
  • At least, one third of South Africa's total grain crop, mainly maize and wheat, is produced in the Free State. Crop production potential and sensitivity to degradation depend largely on the interaction of climate and soil. In spite of detailed
  • understanding on the Free State's soils, degradation continues to occur, especially on cultivated land, where the most serious forms are erosion, acidification and organic matter decline. - (AJC)
  • Nivation evidence from a north-facing slope? Golden Gate, Eastern Orange Free State
  • Afrique du Sud ; Gel ; Géographie de l'Afrique ; Montagne ; Neige ; Niche de nivation ; Orange Free State
  • Nivation features have been identified on south-facing slopes above 1 800 m in Lesotho and the eastern Free State. A pair of nivation landforms are identified on north-facing slopes at 2 100-2 300 m. - (AJC)
  • Developing SMMEs in peripheral spaces : the experience of Free State Province, South Africa
  • Afrique du Sud ; Economie régionale ; Entreprise ; Free State ; Industrie ; Petite entreprise ; Politique économique ; Région périphérique
  • Economic policy ; Enterprise ; Free State ; Industry ; Peripheral region ; Regional economy ; Small firm ; South Africa
  • retained a commitment to the paradigm of state-led delivery. This article explores the challenges facing the development facing SMME development in the country's peripheral development spaces using the example of the Free State. - (AJC)
  • Policy and programme interventions for assisting the development of small, medium and micro-enterprises (SMME) are shifting away from state-led delivery of support services to locally based and driven initiatives. Nevertheless, South Africa has
  • Housing the elderly in South Africa : a Free State case study
  • Afrique du Sud ; Construction de logement ; Equipement ; Free State ; Institution ; Logement ; Marché du logement ; Personnes âgées
  • Elderly people ; Facilities ; Free State ; House building ; Housing ; Housing market ; Institution ; South Africa
  • state funded homes have been phased out. The paper examines housing and housing needs for the aged in the Free State, and the contribution of the non-state sector. - (AJC)531441.
  • Slope development on the Clarens formation in the northeastern Orange Free State
  • Afrique du Sud ; Dynamique de versant ; Grès ; Géographie de l'Afrique ; Météorisation ; Orange Free State ; Versant
  • Towards a policy framework for post-apartheid housing investment in former homeland areas : evidence from the Free State
  • Afrique du Sud ; Free State ; Investissement ; Logement ; Marché du logement ; Politique du logement ; Post-apartheid
  • Free State ; Housing ; Housing market ; Housing policy ; Investment ; South Africa
  • This article reflects on the role of former homeland areas in a possible spatial development framework in the Free State with regard to housing investment. Homeland and post-apartheid housing policies are assessed in the light of demographic trends
  • Institutional impediments to the implementation of the Maloti Drakensberg Transfrontier Conservation and Development Project : the case of the Free State government
  • Afrique du Sud ; Développement régional ; Free State ; Planification ; Projet ; Protection de la nature ; Stratégie de développement ; Tourisme
  • Development strategy ; Free State ; Nature conservation ; Planning ; Project ; Regional development ; South Africa ; Tourism
  • The paper focuses on tourism development in the Free State, and the role of the provincial government in hampering it. In particular the investigation examines the development of the Maloti Drakensberg Transfrontier Conservation and Development
  • Tuberculosis in the Free State Province : present trends, future prognosis
  • Afrique du Sud ; Distribution spatiale ; Epidémie ; Free State ; Maladie ; Risque ; Santé ; Services de santé ; Système d'information géographique ; Tuberculose
  • Disease ; Epidemic ; Free State ; Geographical information system ; Health ; Medical services ; Risk ; South Africa ; Spatial distribution
  • This research examines the epidemiology of tuberculosis (TB) in the Free State Province of South Africa by investigating the spatial distribution of TB as recorded in 2001. Using a geographic information system, the occurence and spatial
  • Voting with their feet : population trends and policy-making in the Free State Province
  • Afrique du Sud ; Croissance urbaine ; Evolution démographique ; Free State ; Peuplement ; Planification urbaine ; Post-apartheid ; Urbanisation
  • Demographic change ; Free State ; Post-apartheid ; Settlement ; South Africa ; Urban growth ; Urban planning ; Urbanization
  • in the Free State are examined, with regard to growth of small to medium sized towns, mainly due to farm worker urbanisation. The link with Lesotho and the HIV/AIDS impact and planning issues are also explored. - (AJC)
  • The Free State tourism economy : current dynamics, immediate challenges and future research prospects
  • Afrique du Sud ; Free State ; Planification ; Politique touristique ; Stratégie de développement ; Tourisme
  • Development strategy ; Free State ; Planning ; South Africa ; Tourism ; Tourism policy
  • In South Africa, tourism development has become a critical site for government intervention through a range of policy frameworks and supporting institutions. The aim of the paper is to address the paucity of regional data concerning the Free State
  • Quality aspects of environmental impact assessment reports in the Free State Province, South Africa
  • Afrique du Sud ; Développement durable ; Environnement ; Etude d'impact ; Free State ; Gestion des ressources ; Impact économique ; Réglementation
  • Economic impact ; Environment ; Free State ; Impact study ; Regulation ; Resource management ; South Africa ; Sustainable development
  • This paper examines the quality aspects of Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) in the Free State Province by utilising the disaggregate approach and applying it to a systematic sample of EAIs conducted from 1997 to 2002. Disparities in the value
  • Afrique du Sud ; Dépression fermée ; Faune fossile ; Orange Free State ; Palynologie ; Paléo-environnement ; Quaternaire
  • Closed depression ; Fossil fauna ; Orange Free State ; Palaeo-environment ; Palynology ; Quaternary ; South Africa
  • Various palaeontological remains have been found in springs, sandy lunettes and floor deposits at pans in South Africa. Analysis of two pans in the Orange Free State provides a more coherent Quaternary palaeoenvironmental reconstruction than before
  • The Free State roots of international tourism research : the case of Prof. AJ Norval
  • Afrique du Sud ; Free State ; Impact économique ; Potentiel économique ; Recherche ; Tourisme ; Tourisme international
  • Economic impact ; Economic potential ; Free State ; International tourism ; Research ; South Africa ; Tourism
  • The hegemonic cycle and free trade: the US and Mexico
  • Capitalism ; Domination ; Economic strategy ; Free trade ; International trade ; Investment ; Liberalisation ; Market ; Mexico ; Protectionism ; Trade agreement ; United States
  • The North American Free Trade Agreement is a function of the declining hegemony of the US in the world-system. The paper shows that two periods in US-Mexican relations portray the US hegemonic cycle in the world-system. The second one corresponds
  • to the downward slope of the US descent from hegemony in the world-system and is a manifestation of an increasing protectionism as the NAFTA represents an economic barrier to other core states.
  • An uncertain future : Canadian agriculture within the Canada-U.S. free trade agreement
  • Canada ; Farming;Agriculture ; International trade ; Livestock farming ; United States