The Social Impacts of Mine Closure in South Africa

Housing Policy and Place Attachment

Lochner Marais (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

180 Seiten

2022
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-20057-6 (ISBN)

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This book investigates the relationship between mining, mine closure and housing policy in post-apartheid South Africa, using concepts from new institutional economics and evolutionary governance theory.

investigates the relationship between mining, mine closure and housing policy in post-apartheid South Africa
argues that the dependencies created by the mining industry and mine housing policies while a mine is operational causes serious societal problems when it closes
applies the concepts of place attachment, asset-based development and social disruption
will be of interest to students and scholars researching the social impacts of mining and the extractive industries, social geography and sustainable development, as well as policymakers and practitioners working with mine closure or social impact assessments.

Lochner Marais is Professor of Development Studies at the Centre for Development Support and Associate to the Chair on City-Region Economics at the University of the Free State, South Africa. He is also Adjunct Honorary Professor at the Minerals Institute at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. He is the co-editor of Coal and Energy in South Africa (2022), Mining and Community in the South African Platinum Belt (2021) and Community and Mining in South Africa (Routledge, 2018).

1. Setting the scene, 2. Place attachment, asset-based development and social disruption, 3. Mine closure and planning for decline, 4. Post-apartheid housing policy and mining towns, 5. Post-apartheid migrant labour patterns, 6. Mining, housing and wealth creation, 7. Mining and informal housing, 8. Findings, contributions and policy recommendations

Erscheint lt. Verlag	5.9.2022
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Studies of the Extractive Industries and Sustainable Development
Zusatzinfo	23 Tables, black and white; 13 Line drawings, black and white; 13 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
	Technik ► Bergbau
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
ISBN-10	1-032-20057-X / 103220057X
ISBN-13	978-1-032-20057-6 / 9781032200576
Zustand	Neuware