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Changes in the quality of life of Durban’s people
Brian O’Leary - In: Social Indicators Research 81 (2007) 2, pp. 357-373
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Is There Such a Thing as a Post-Apartheid City?
Freund, Bill - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010
In an introductory section, this paper considers briefly the achievements and problems of urban governance in post-apartheid South Africa through an assessment of three categories: administrative reform, developmental issues and conflicts over service del
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LA VILLE SUD-AFRICAINE EST-ELLE ENCORE « POST-APARTHEID » ? ÉLÉMENT DE RÉFLEXION À PARTIR DU CAS DE DURBAN
FREUND, Bill - In: Revue Tiers-Monde n° 196 (2008) 4, pp. 741-758
This paper addresses continuity and change in South African cities, using the example of Durban. Continuity is the norm … in understanding urban history with change as a series of accretions and as layering. A series of changes is highlighted …
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Legacies, Change and Transformation in the Post‐Apartheid City: Towards an Urban Sociological Cartography
SCHENSUL, DANIEL; HELLER, PATRICK - In: International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 35 (2011) 1, pp. 78-109
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An assessment of the solar resource for Durban, South Africa
Zawilska, E.; Brooks, M.J. - In: Renewable Energy 36 (2011) 12, pp. 3433-3438
Renewable energy’s role as an alternative to fossil-based power is growing in the developing world. The city of Durban … technologies. This paper presents a year-long data record of the solar flux intensity for the city of Durban (29°58′N 30°55′E … that Durban has a considerable solar energy resource, which remains to be exploited. …
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“Festivalisation” of Urban Governance in South African Cities: Framing the Urban Social Sustainability of Mega-Event Driven Development from Below
Fleischer, Matthias; Fuhrmann, Maximilian; Haferburg, … - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 12, pp. 5225-5248
This article is based on field research in two South African host cities of the Men’s Football World Cup 2010 (eThekwini and Johannesburg). The discussed work is part of the research project <i>“Festivalisation” of Urban Governance: The Production of Socio-Spatial Control in the Context of...</i>
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Importing Chardonnay. A South African Political Farce
Williams, Garvin - American Association of Wine Economists - AAWE - 2013
In 1985, the Commission chaired by Judge Klopper reported on the illegal import into South Africa of chardonnay clones, which turned out not to be chardonnay but auxerrois, an inferior cultivar (variety). This paper examines the Evidence before and the Report of the Commission, and the political...
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The homeless in historical context
Morrow, Sean - In: Development Southern Africa 27 (2010) 1, pp. 51-62
This article puts homelessness in South Africa in a historical context. It relates contemporary homelessness to changing political, economic, agrarian, domestic and gender matters, and suggests that homelessness is more a manifestation of problems in these areas than an issue in its own right....
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Southern Engines of Global Growth: Very Long Cycles or Short Spurts?
Desai, Meghnad - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2008
history and the initial endowments of the two Northern hemisphere economies China and India which are land scarce and labour …
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China, India, Brazil and South Africa in the World Economy: Engines of Growth?
Nayyar, Deepak - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2008
This paper attempts to analyse the economic implications of the rise of China, India, Brazil and South Africa, for developing countries situated in the wider context of the world economy. It examines the possible impact of their rapid growth on industrialized countries and developing countries,...
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