Author:Du Plessis, C; Waldeck, L; Willemse, EDate:Feb 2010Providing municipal services such as electricity and waste water treatment is a major challenge for small towns that often lack the institutional capacity to manage and maintain the necessary infrastructure. High levels of poverty in these ...Read more
Author:Oranje, M; Van Huyssteen, Elsona; Meiklejohn, CDate:Jun 2009What 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
Author:Pelser, A; Van der Merwe, A; Kotzé, PaulaDate:Oct 2012This chapter suggests that a socio-technical approach (STA) can support decision-making, enhance economic diversity and foster sustainable economic development within small, single-resource towns. The concept socio-technical describes a ...Read more
Author:Spocter, MDate:Apr 2011Gated developments have long been a subject of research the world over. Most international and South African studies have focused on gated developments within the metropolitan sphere, with very few studies done on non-metropolitan gated ...Read more