Social Impacts of Mine Closure in South Africa - Housing Policy and Place Attachment

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

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).

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Lochner Marais, Lochner (University of the Free State Marais, Marais Lochner
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032325743
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3232574-3
• No. of pages: 180
• Series: Routledge Studies of the Extractive Industries and Sustainable Development
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development, Sustainability, NATURE / Natural Resources, Sociology, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, LAW / Labor & Employment, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, LAW / Discrimination, Applied ecology, Environmental Management, Environmental policy & protocols, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, Agribusiness and primary industries, Environmental policy and protocols, Discrimination in employment and harassment law, Discrimination in employment law, Primary industries