Urban Geography in South Africa - Perspectives and Theory

This book embraces South Africa and its place in the Global South, providing a succinct theoretical and empirical analysis and discussion of urban issues in the country. There have been sporadic calls from the Urban Geography community for the development of an overarching and comprehensive text that explores contemporary processes and practices taking place in urban South Africa and, more widely, the Global South. This is an edited collection of chapters by leading urban theorists and practitioners working on various themes within urban South Africa and serves as a base for scholars and students interested in urban perspectives from countries in the Global South. 

List of contents

Ch.1 Urban Geography in South Africa: An Introduction.- Ch.2 Urban-Political Geography - South African Perspectives.- Ch.3 The Apartheid City.- Ch.4 Gated communities in South Africa: an emerging paradox.- Ch.5 Enclaves and quartering in urban South Africa.- Ch.6 Infrastructure in South African Cities.- Ch.7 Cities - where people and ecology meet.- Ch.8 Secondary Cities in South Africa.- Ch.9 Vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in urban South Africa.- Ch.10 Crime and spatiality in South African cities.- Ch.11 Leisure tourism space and urban change: Lessons from Cape Town and Stellenbosch to contemplate in urban South Africa.- Ch.12 South Africa's urban transport challenge: Urban sprawl, traffic congestion, transport poverty and weak public transport.- Ch.13 Urban Housing in South Africa: the role of housing in Development and Transformation.- Ch.14 Studentification and urban change in South Africa- Ch.15 Gender inclusivity and development in South African public urban spaces.- Ch.16 Urban Food Security.- Ch.17 Urban Renewal in South African cities.- Ch.18 South Africa's Urban Future: Challenges and Opportunities.

About the author

Dr Ruth Massey a Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Huddersfield (UK) and a Research Associate at the University of the Free State (South Africa). As an Urban and Development Geographer her core research interests lie in understanding the governance and social dynamics within low-income communities in the Global South using the lens of housing and energy infrastructure. She has served as a council member of the South African Geographical Society (SSAG) and is currently a committee member of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG): Political Geography Research Group (PolGRG). Dr Massey has published in a number of international, peer-reviewed journals and has presented papers and seminars on urban development at universities and conferences around the world. 

Prof Ashley Gunter is an Associate Professor in Geography at the University of South Africa. He started his academic career at Monash South Africa, a branch campusof Monash University in Australia. His research interests lie in the neoliberal state of education in the post-apartheid South African system as well as infrastructure and development. He served as a council member of the South African Geographical Society, has been a Research Fellow at Oxford University and the University of Edinburgh, and is an Associate Member of the OpenSpace Research Centre. He is on the editorial board of InterEspaço: Revista de Geografia e Interdisciplinaridade, and Cogent: Social Science. He has published and presented on development issues in South Africa

Product details

Assisted by	Gunter (Editor), Gunter (Editor), Ashley Gunter (Editor), Rut Massey (Editor), Ruth Massey (Editor)
Publisher	Springer, Berlin
Languages	English
Product format	Paperback / Softback
Released	01.08.2020
EAN	9783030253714
ISBN	978-3-0-3025371-4
No. of pages	292
Dimensions	156 mm x 18 mm x 233 mm
Illustrations	XIV, 292 p. 29 illus., 24 illus. in color.
Series	GeoJournal Library; Urban Perspectives from the Global South
Subject	Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography

Product details

• Assisted by: Gunter (Editor), Gunter (Editor), Ashley Gunter (Editor), Rut Massey (Editor), Ruth Massey (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.2020
• EAN: 9783030253714
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3025371-4
• No. of pages: 292
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 18 mm x 233 mm
• Illustrations: XIV, 292 p. 29 illus., 24 illus. in color.
• Series: GeoJournal Library; Urban Perspectives from the Global South
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography