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Sustainable Futures in Southern Africa?s Mountains

Multiple Perspectives on an Emerging City
 
Edition number: 1st ed. 2023
Publisher: Springer
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Number of Volumes: 1 pieces, Book
 
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ISBN13:9783031157721
ISBN10:3031157729
Binding:Hardback
No. of pages:192 pages
Size:254x178 mm
Weight:645 g
Language:English
Illustrations: 6 Illustrations, black & white; 33 Illustrations, color
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This open access book presents multiple disciplinary perspectives on the challenges and opportunities for sustainable development in the South African mountain city of Phuthaditjhaba. These challenges are embedded in the complex environmental, socio-cultural and political contexts of the region. Established as the capital of the QwaQwa ?homeland? under Grand Apartheid, this city is now home to between 400,000 ? 700,000 people but in many areas lacks formal infrastructure and services. Each chapter of this volume addresses a different aspect of the city?s development and all take the UN Sustainable Development Goals as a common framework to guide their reflections on potential sustainable futures for Phuthaditjhaba. While the circumstances in Phuthaditjhaba will be familiar to many researchers of informal and growing cities in developing regions, the mountain setting of the city brings its own set of challenges and opportunities linked to the rugged and steep terrain, remoteness and natural resources. This book serves to showcase the diverse research taking place in this emerging mountain city and provide reflections on how a sustainable future can be ensured for its environment and inhabitants. 

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This open access book presents multiple disciplinary perspectives on the challenges and opportunities for sustainable development in the South African mountain city of Phuthaditjhaba. These challenges are embedded in the complex environmental, socio-cultural and political contexts of the region. Established as the capital of the QwaQwa ?homeland? under Grand Apartheid, this city is now home to between 400,000 ? 700,000 people but in many areas lacks formal infrastructure and services. Each chapter of this volume addresses a different aspect of the city?s development and all take the UN Sustainable Development Goals as a common framework to guide their reflections on potential sustainable futures for Phuthaditjhaba. While the circumstances in Phuthaditjhaba will be familiar to many researchers of informal and growing cities in developing regions, the mountain setting of the city brings its own set of challenges and opportunities linked to the rugged and steep terrain, remoteness and natural resources. This book serves to showcase the diverse research taking place in this emerging mountain city and provide reflections on how a sustainable future can be ensured for its environment and inhabitants.  

Table of Contents:
Preface

Introduction: the ?invention? of an African mountain town



by the editors



1.           The rise and fall of a homeland capital



Lochner Marais



2.           Urban sustainable development in the Global South. A resilience
-based approach



Marco Morandotti



3.           Phuthaditjhaba communities
- the future sustainable city



Louw van Biljon



4.           Human settlement growth and socio
-economic development: a geographical analysis



Okello, TW., Adelabu, SA., Onaolapo TF.



5.           Internal and international migration in a mountain border town



Andrea Membretti



6.           Virtual disclosures and self
-emancipations:  the female body and self
-identity on online platforms



Loice S Nzombe, Rodwell Makombe & Oliver Nyambi



7.           Socio
-economic resilience in a mountain community: the role of cultural value orientations



Mudzingiri, C., Guvuriro, S. & Gomo, C.



8.           Education for sustainable development in local schools through preservice teacher preparation: a need for practice models



Maria Tsakeni



9.           Surviving on the margin of a collapsing social
-ecological system: mountain livelihood sustainability in rural communities



Mukwada, G., Mutana S., Zondo, SA., & Msimanga, L.



10.        Harnessing livelihood trade
-offs and synergies in informal settlements: Agricultural Development research in the era of Sustainable Development Goals



Neo Mathinya



11.        The feasibility of sustainably creating an urban tree canopy as a climate change adaptation measure



Susan Jean Taylor



12.        Sustainable Development Goals and small
-town tourism in the Drakensberg region. A discourse analysis of literature



Mutana S. & Mukwada G.



13.        The role of commons and of commoning practices with respect to access to the land and its administration



Ioanni Del Sante



 14.       Transforming Agro
-Social Development



Cias T. Tsotetsi & Bunmi I. Omodan



15.        Analysis of project initiatives aimed at achieving sustainable development



Nomcebo Dlamini & Jesse Lutabingwa



16.        Can insect pollination ameliorate soil fertility during soybean production under marginalized farming system?



Adelabu Dolapo Bola, Emile Bredenhand & Johan Van Niekerk



17.        Geophagia, mineral deficiency and popular education



Van Onselen



18.        Energy and transport (to be confirmed)



19.        The use and usefulness of spatial biodiversity plans for local application towards the Sustainable Development Goals



Falko Buschke, Aliza le Roux, Toka Mosikidi & Lefu Mofokeng



20.        Dependence on the highlands for water and climate change nexus



Ntebohiseng Sekhele



21.        Progress in water and sanitation access and management strategies



M. Mamera, J.J. van Tol & M.P. Aghoghovwia



22.        Stakeholders? perspectives on Tourism



Norman Mokoena



23. Conclusion



24. Bibliography