ResearchSpace
→
Browsing by Author

Browsing by Author "Van Huyssteen, Elsona"

Now showing items 1-20 of 27

Next Page

Advances in geospatial analysis platforms and tools: Creating space for differentiated policy and investment responses

Author: Maritz, Johan ; Le Roux, Alize ; Van Huyssteen, Elsona ; Coetzee, M ; Mans, Gerbrand G ; Goss, H Date: Sep 2010 Over the last 5 years a set of incremental advances within geospatial analysis platforms and tools developed by the CSIR's Planning Support Systems in collaboration with key stakeholders such as The Presidency, enabled a more nuanced regional ... Read more
Analysing risk and vulnerability of South African settlements: Attempts, explorations and reflections

Author: Faling, W ; Van Huyssteen, Elsona ; Le Roux, Alize Date: Oct 2012 This is a presentation paper on the development of multi-criteria indicators for integrated assessment of socio-economic vulnerability at a regional level. An indication is provided of some first steps in interpreting projections for environmental ... Read more
Analysing risk and vulnerability of South African settlements: Attempts, explorations and reflections

Author: Van Huyssteen, Elsona ; Le Roux, Alize ; Van Niekerk, Cornelia W Date: Feb 2013 With the world’s urban population now estimated to be at 52% (United Nations 2012:1), towns and cities are increasingly becoming the stage where disaster risk has to be managed and mitigated. Understanding the risks and vulnerabilities in ... Read more
The application of constructivist grounded theory methodology in an urban planning doctoral thesis

Author: Dunn, M ; Nel, V ; Van den Berg, S ; Van Huyssteen, Elsona Date: Sep 2023 The aim of this paper is to show the potential value of using the constructivist grounded theory (CGT) methodology in the Urban and Regional Planning discipline. This is done by reflecting on the application of the CGT fundamentals defined ... Read more
Are we achieving spatial transformation In South Africa? Can sub-city spatial indicators make a contribution?

Author: Maritz, Johan ; Van Huyssteen, Elsona ; Le Roux, Alize ; Pieterse, Amy ; Ndaba, Dumisani ; Mans, Gerbrand G ; Ngidi, Mawande Date: Jun 2016 With the advent of a democratic order in South Africa in 1994 a number of policy frameworks have seen the light. All of these have indicated the need to spatially transform cities and settlements – to break from the pre-1994 apartheid city. ... Read more
Assessment of spatial data infrastructures

Author: Cooper, Antony K ; Van Huyssteen, Elsona ; Das, S ; Coetzee, M ; Mans, Gerbrand G Date: Jul 2014 A Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) is an evolving concept, essentially consisting of policies, institutional arrangements, Geographical Information Systems (GISs), data bases, networks, Web services and portals to facilitate and coordinate ... Read more
Being, becoming and contributing in (and through) Planning

Author: Van Huyssteen, Elsona Date: Mar 2018 The thesis, Being, becoming and contributing in (and through) Planning, provides an overview and reflection on an innovative narrative-based enquiry into personal and professional work-life experiences of planning practitioners. It is aimed ... Read more
A brief history of platinum mining with a focus on the Rustenburg region

Author: Oranje, M ; Nel, V ; Van Huyssteen, Elsona Date: Jun 2021 A brief history of platinum mining traces the history of Rustenburg and its connection with platinum mining. Using secondary data from academic and media sources, it identifies the origin of many of the region’s conflicts and complexities. ... Read more
From promising preaching to piloting the promise and teaching what is promising in planning practice

Author: Van Huyssteen, Elsona ; Oranje, M Date: Aug 2008 This chapter describes the National Spatial Development Perspective of South Africa (NSDP) District Application Project, which was initiated by the national Presidency of South Africa. In this pilot an attempt was made to test both the prospects ... Read more
Geospatial Analysis Platform and tools: supporting planning and decision making across scales, borders, sectors and disciplines

Author: Naude, AH ; Van Huyssteen, Elsona ; Goss, H Date: Apr 2008 The paper will (1) build an argument for the importance and challenges of connecting across scales and borders and between sectors, (2) provide a brief overview of GAP2 in terms of its geo-spatial analysis platform, the way in which it ... Read more
Geospatial analysis platform: Supporting strategic spatial analysis and planning

Author: Naude, A ; Van Huyssteen, Elsona ; Maritz, Johan ; Badenhorst, W Date: Nov 2008 Whilst there have been rapid advances in satellite imagery and related fine resolution mapping and web-based interfaces (e.g. Google Earth), the development of capabilities for strategic spatial analysis and planning support has lagged behind, ... Read more
Impacts on integrated spatial and infrastructure planning (Chapter18)

Author: Van Huyssteen, Elsona ; Green, Chéri A ; Paige-Green, P ; Oranje, M ; Berrisford, S ; McKelly, Dave Date: 2016 In this chapter the implications of shale gas development (SGD) in the Karoo are explored in the context of 1) local development realities, 2) legal requirements and associated development pressures related to land development and land-use ... Read more
Integrated development planning in South Africa: lessons for international peacebuiling?

Author: Gueli, R ; Liebenberg, S ; Van Huyssteen, Elsona Date: 2007 South Africa is a post-conflict society unlike many others: its transition from conflict to peace during the 1990s was marked by unrivalled levels of political and social reconciliation; and, during this critical time, government institutions ... Read more
Mismatch between planning education and practice: contemporary educational challenges and conflicts confronting young planners

Author: Tasan-Kok, T ; Babalik-Sutcliffe, E ; Van Huyssteen, Elsona ; Oranje, M Date: Jan 2018 The long-neglected task of defining the discipline of planning, describing the multiplicity of influences impinging upon it and unravelling the complementary (and even contradictory) discourses constituting it probably means probing the core ... Read more
National Spatial Development Perspective (NSDP) and assumptions on small town economic investment by government

Author: Oranje, M ; Van Huyssteen, Elsona ; Meiklejohn, C Date: Jun 2009 What matters from the perspective of the NSDP is whether an area has the potential to grow economically in a sustainable way, create jobs and alleviate poverty. If small towns have such potential, there is nothing that precludes such investment. ... Read more
Nestling national ‘transformation’ imperatives in local ‘servicing’ space: critical reflections on an intergovernmental planning and implementation project

Author: Oranje, M ; Van Huyssteen, Elsona Date: Dec 2011 In this article, it is argued that South Africa’s post-1994 dream is marked by a tension between servicing and transformation – mutually supporting, but potentially also divergent set of intentions, processes and outcomes. Towards the end of ... Read more
Planning for a post-mining future in the Rustenburg region and the transition towards it?

Author: Maritz, Johan ; Oranje, Mark ; Van Huyssteen, Elsona ; Nel, Verna Date: Jun 2021 Over the past 150 years, mining has been one of the most influential shapers of economic activities, social relations, spatial development patterns, power tussles and structures, political questions and debates, institutional structures, and ... Read more
Profiling the vulnerabilities and risks of South African settlements

Author: Le Roux, Alize ; Mans, Gerbrand G ; Van Huyssteen, Elsona ; Van Niekerk, Cornelia W Date: Dec 2017 Cities, towns and settlements provide housing and livelihoods for a growing global population. Estimates indicate that in 2014, 54% of the world’s population and 40% of the population on the African continent were considered urban. African ... Read more
A regional model for equitable social service delivery: Settlement prioritisation and supporting infrastructure to foster rural well-being

Author: Green, Chéri A ; Maritz, Johan ; Van Huyssteen, Elsona ; Oranje, M ; Sogoni, Z Date: Jul 2019 Enabling equitable social service delivery and promoting sustainable rural development remain key challenges within South African rural areas. Fiscal constraints, the high cost of social service provision and growing rural settlements ... Read more
SADC’s settlement hierarchy and networks in support of cross-border regional development

Author: Maritz, Johan ; Le Roux, Alize ; Van Huyssteen, Elsona Date: Mar 2024 This chapter emphasises the merit of creating a SADC regional settlement profile. It unfolds in three segments: review of regional settlement development trends; spotlight on urban significance and the imperative of a shared settlement profile, ... Read more

Now showing items 1-20 of 27

Next Page

Browse

All of ResearchSpace

Quick Links

Legislation and compliance

General Enquiries

Tel: + 27 12 841 2911
Email: callcentre@csir.co.za

Physical Address
Meiring Naudé Road
Brummeria
Pretoria
South Africa

Postal Address
PO Box 395
Pretoria 0001
South Africa

Social Connect

Copyright © CSIR 2017. All Rights Reserved

Resources on this site are free to download and reuse according to associated licensing provision. Please read the terms and conditions of usage of each resource.