Post-apartheid development challenges in small towns of the Free State
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
The planning and management information system for small town (TownMIS) - A case study at Xiaolan town, South China
Automated mapping ; China ; Geographical information system ; Guangdong ; Small town ; Town ; Urban administration ; Urban development ; Urban planning
Reworking the geography of the long boom : the small town experience of restructuring in Reefton, New Zealand
Economic base ; Economic restructuring ; Employment ; Government intervention ; Local economy ; New Zealand ; Small town ; South Island ; Town ; Urban economy ; Workplace
During the post war long boom, the regulatory arrangements of the social democratic policy found expression as a distinctive geography. This was typified in small towns by clusters of agencies associated with the state's intervention in production
and its provision of infrastructure. During the restructuring of the 1980s, the reworking is explored through a focus on the major state and private sector workplaces within the town's economic base and their employees.
Afrique du Sud ; Cape Province ; Cape Town ; Communauté ; Isolement ; Logement ; Logement social ; Ségrégation ; Vie quotidienne ; Zone péri-urbaine
Cape Province ; Cape Town ; Community ; Daily life ; Housing ; Isolation ; Outer conurbation area ; Segregation ; Social housing ; South Africa
An investigation in Khayelitsha, a large African township on the periphery of Cape Town, revealed the degree to which its residents were trapped, figuratively, within its confines during the course of their daily lives rather than taking advantage
Le territoire volé : une géographie culturelle des quartiers noirs de Cape Town
Afrique du Sud ; Apartheid ; Cape Province ; Cape Town ; Culturel ; Espace urbain ; Géographie culturelle ; Morphologie urbaine ; Métropole ; Religion ; Ségrégation ; Urbanisme ; Vie urbaine
Apartheid ; Cape Province ; Cape Town ; Cultural geography ; Cultural studies ; Large city ; Religion ; Segregation ; South Africa ; Urban area ; Urban life ; Urban morphology ; Urbanism
Cape Town porte l'empreinte des idéologies de la ségrégation et de l'apartheid, inscrites légalement dans l'espace urbain dès 1901. Les grands townships se développent à partir de 1948. Une étude détaillée de chaque quartier noir fait apparaître les
Andhra Pradesh ; Area of attraction ; Commuting ; Decentralization ; India ; Medium-sized town ; Polarization ; Small town ; Town ; Urban function ; Urbanization
Africa ; Black Africa ; Decentralization ; Development ; Environment ; Investment ; Living standard ; Local development ; Local government ; Marketing ; Medium-sized town ; Rural-urban relations ; Small town ; Town ; Urban administration ; Urban
Previously a small village, Komló was declared a town in 1951. The town centre was built on Miocene sequence of sands, clays and clay marls. Before the developments the most typical landforms were landslide tongues, gullies and small alluvial fans
on the flanks of the Kaszárnya valley, which cuts through the town. New housing areas were established in stages on interstream ridges of moderate landslide hazard and, to a lessser extent, on their slopes of strong landslide hazard. Urban development resulted
Action anthropique ; Afrique du Sud ; Cape Town ; Cartographie thématique ; Couverture végétale ; Ecosystème ; Erosion des sols ; Montagne ; Photo-interprétation ; Ravinement ; Système d'information géographique ; Végétation
Cape Town ; Ecosystem ; Geographical information system ; Gully erosion ; Human impact ; Mountain ; Photointerpretation ; Plant cover ; Soil erosion ; South Africa ; Thematic mapping ; Vegetation
Eight sets of sequential aerial photographs taken between 1944 and 1992 were used to assess vegetation and erosion changes on the northern slopes of Table Mountain, Cape Town. The results show that the vegetation class, shrubland without trees