Stadium upgrades as local economic development : the fallacy of the Ellis Park Sports Precinct upgrade as LED
This paper aims to explore the role of local economic development (LED) mechanisms as a tool for urban renewal and how the diversion of funds to the Ellis Park Sports Precinct, as part of the FIFA World Cup programme, neither enhanced the space
for the everyday users nor fulfilled the objectives of an LED project in the inner city of Johannesburg. - (AJC)
Understanding culture-led local development : a critique of alternative theoretical explanations
In this paper, the AA. carry out a meta-analytic review of the literature on culture-led local development models. They eidentify and discuss three typical fallacies characterising mono-causal culture-led development schemes: instrumentalism, over
and local viewpoints that is connatural to spatially situated cultural production, and focus upon a non-linear, multi-causal scheme as the only possible framework for the policy design of credible, socially accountable, culture-led development strategies.
In the paper, the AA. argue that, the scientific community should initiate a discourse about the theory of the Local Economic Development (LED) besides the practice of LED. - (AM)
How culture and economy meet in South Korea : the politics of cultural economy in culture-led urban regeneration
The article investigates the ways in which cultural economy is formed through negotiation and interaction between local actors in the case of culture-led regeneration in Gwangju, South Korea. It looks at the dynamics between the bureaucrat's pursuit
Dynamics and constraints of state-led global city formation in emerging economies : the case of Shanghai
interests of state actors and socioeconomic and institutional constraints that these actors are under. At an empirical level, it examines the progress of Shanghai in its state-led development as an emerging global city and the respective roles
use of veterinary medicine changed that nomadic pattern. But intensification led by those with capital and entrepreneurial skills also led to societal conflicts that did not exist before. - (DWG)
The drought has led to the development of small irrigated fields fed by pumps. The success of this system has in turn led to the setting up of large-scale irrigation schemes by both public and private sectors, to the extent that 35 000 ha are now
In Wadi Tharad the groundwater has been subjected to hydrochemical study to identify the process (s) that led to the formation of relatively highly saline water in shallow alluvial aquifer. The chemical analyses results show that the groundwater
salinity was highly variable and randomly distributed along the wadi course. This variation could be attributed to intensive evaporation on effluent prone surface irrigation water that led to precipitation of evaporates. The intensive irrigation practice
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
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)
The post-1950 rural to urban migration led to stagnation in food output. With the decline in oil revenue, and the policy of industrial development of import substitute goods the neglect of agriculture cannot continue and policy reform is essential
Consideration of the available equations for prediction of aeolian sand transport led to the development of a model which relies on optimization techniques for the production of improved performance. The model has been applied
Culture-led development and conflict over urban space : reimag(in)ing St Petersburg, Russia
This study argues that an attempt to reimage(in)e the city of St Petersburg through its culture-led flagship project, Mariinsky Theatre–2, has generated significant changes not only to its built fabric, but also to its social fabric. It examines
the urban space of the historical centre is being contested by its urban users, often on the basis of differences in perception, including the impacts of the culture-led project on those perceptions. Civic awareness about social exclusion and inclusion