Afrique du Sud ; Cape Province ; Cape Town ; Développement urbain ; Equipement portuaire ; Paysage urbain ; Postmodernisme ; Rénovation urbaine ; Ville
Cape Province ; Cape Town ; Harbour facilities ; Post-modernism ; South Africa ; Town ; Urban development ; Urban landscape ; Urban renewal
The decline of the old docklands in Cape Town and their subsequent rejuventation are traced. The developments are compared with a model and new insights are revealed. The postmodern character is emphasised. - (AJC)
Main street revisited: time, space, and image building in small-town America
Cultural studies ; Perception of the urban environment ; Regional disparities ; Small town ; Town ; United States of America ; Urban morphology
The small town is one of the key images of American culture. This work analyzes the origins and evolution of the image and why it has been such an important icon. Using examples from all over the USA, the A. places them in their spatial and temporal
Housing and the Scottish new towns: a case study of policy termination and quasi-markets
Housing ; New town ; Scotland ; United Kingdom ; Urban construction ; Urban development ; Urban planning ; Urban policy
The origins and development of the new towns are outlined, and the parts played by the main actors in the wind-up are considered. The transfer of a large proportion of the rented housing to local authorities was not government policy
Buscar Mejor Ambiente. Migration and a small town in Costa Rica
Costa Rica ; Internal migration ; Migration model ; Small town ; Town ; Urban immigration
The role of the small town of San Isidro in the migration processes in Costa Rica is examined, particularly the town's role vi-à-vis the surrounding rural expulsion area. The research findings are viewed in light of Skeldon's migration model
Farm ; Great Hungarian Plain ; Hungary ; Settlement ; Town ; Urban population ; Working population
Author analyses the recent development tendencies of towns and scattered farmsteads (tanyas) in the agricultural region of Great Hungarian Plain. Population dynamics, rural-urban migration and employment structures are investigated by settlement
types. Due to alterations in the occupational structure and in other characteristics of towns the internal structure of these settlements has also been modified. Most of them still retain morphological features typical of market towns, there has been
a trend of increasing segregation based on social groups. Similar change has taken place in the outskirts of towns, where tanyas are located. - (JS)
The influence of wildfire on soil properties and hydrological response at Devil's Peak, Cape Town, South Africa
Afrique du Sud ; Cape Town ; Couverture végétale ; Erodabilité ; Erosion des sols ; Erosion hydrique ; Feu ; Infiltration ; Propriétés du sol ; Simulation de pluie ; Versant
Cape Town ; Erodibility ; Fire ; Infiltration ; Plant cover ; Rainfall simulation ; Slope ; Soil erosion ; Soil properties ; South Africa ; Water erosion
On 10 March 1993 a wildfire burnt mountain slopes near Cape Town, South Africa. In order to study the effects of this fire on soil properties 2 formerly identical sites, one burnt and one non-burnt, were selected for comparison. The research
1996
[a1] University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Afrique du Sud
Audiovisual ; Communication ; Epistemology ; Image ; Landscape ; Perception ; Place ; Semiotics of space ; Small town ; United States of America
The paper addresses the relationships between representation and place as social processes by examining the blurring of Cicely, the Alaskan town in the television show Northern Exposure, and Roslyn, the town in Washington State where outdoors scenes
Geolinguistics of European minority groups in Cape Town
Afrique du Sud ; Cape Province ; Cape Town ; Culturel ; Espace social ; Espace urbain ; Groupe ethnique ; Langue ; Minorité ; Statut social ; Ségrégation
Cape Province ; Cape Town ; Cultural studies ; Ethnic group ; Language ; Minority ; Segregation ; Social space ; Social status ; South Africa ; Urban area
Comprehensive planning for water resources exploitation and water pollution control for Changli County - a case study for small towns in China
China ; Drainage network ; Environment ; Environmental conservation ; Pollution control ; Small town ; Tourism ; Water pollution ; Water resources
With rapid development of socio-economy and urbanization, many new small towns have occurred in China, and the concerned ecological problems such as water pollution and soil erosion have been gradually changed into local point source pollution
Claiming a space in a changing South Africa: the squatters of Marconi Beam, Cape Town
Afrique du Sud ; Apartheid ; Banlieue ; Cape Province ; Cape Town ; Collectivité locale ; Communauté ; Environnement résidentiel ; Habitat spontané ; Politique urbaine ; Squatter ; Structure urbaine ; Ségrégation
Apartheid ; Cape Province ; Cape Town ; Community ; Local government ; Residential environment ; Segregation ; South Africa ; Squatter ; Squatter settlement ; Suburbs ; Urban policy ; Urban structure
Paternalism, pollution and protest in a company town
Community ; Conflict ; Economic dependency ; Enterprise ; Environmental degradation ; Florida ; Pollution ; Small town ; United States of America ; Xenophobia
Beijing ; China ; Guangzhou ; Large town ; Perception of the urban environment ; Shanghai ; Town ; Town planning ; Urban area ; Urban economy ; Urban landscape ; Urban network ; Urban population ; Urban region ; Urban renewal ; Urbanism
Cities in the desert: the Egyptian new-town program
Decentralization ; Development axis ; Egypt ; Growth pole ; New town ; Population redistribution ; Regional development ; Urban construction ; Urban infrastructure ; Urban structure