Monitoring changes in land-use and land-cover to ascertain the nature, causes and extent of degradation in the savannahs of Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa

There is a general consensus that South Africa should be generating more power through harnessing renewable energy resources, such as wind power. However, there is no consensus with regard to the location of such generating projects. This paper describes a wind farm project proposed for development in the Kouga Local Municipality, reports low-income local residents’ preferences on its nature and applies choice modelling to analyse these preferences. A questionnaire was presented to each respondent, the discrete choice experiment component of the questionnaire included two different onshore wind energy development scenarios and a status quo option. The scenarios differed by the combination of four elements: the distance of the wind turbines from residential areas, job creation, the number of turbines and a subsidy allocated to each household.

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Influence of land cover, proximity to streams and household topographical location on flooding impact in informal settlements in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction ◽

10.1016/j.ijdrr.2017.12.009 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 28 ◽

pp. 481-490 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Mwazvita T.B. Dalu ◽

Charles M. Shackleton ◽

Tatenda Dalu

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Land Cover ◽

Informal Settlements ◽

Eastern Cape

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Use of Landsat series data to analyse the spatial and temporal variations of land degradation in a dispersive soil environment: A case of King Sabata Dalindyebo local municipality in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Parts A/B/C ◽

10.1016/j.pce.2017.01.023 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 100 ◽

pp. 112-120 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Timothy Dube ◽

Onisimo Mutanga ◽

Mbulisi Sibanda ◽

Khoboso Seutloali ◽

Cletah Shoko

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Land Degradation ◽

Temporal Variations ◽

Spatial And Temporal Variations ◽

Series Data ◽

Eastern Cape Province ◽

Eastern Cape ◽

Soil Environment ◽

Local Municipality ◽

Dispersive Soil

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‘In-Between’ Rural Tourism: Rethinking Rural Tourism Spaces for Policy Development in South Africa

African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure ◽

10.46222/ajhtl.19770720.169 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10(4) (10(4)) ◽

pp. 1394-1413

Author(s):

Christian M Rogerson ◽

Jayne M Rogerson

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Policy Development ◽

Best Practice ◽

Global South ◽

Rural Tourism ◽

Eastern Cape ◽

Rural Space ◽

Starting Point ◽

Local Municipality ◽

Tourism Policy

Rural tourism is the focus of major international scholarship. This paper contributes to policy debates about rural tourism in the Global South using the example of South Africa. Specifically, it points to a need for rethinking of rural tourism spaces for policy development in South Africa. Arguably, ‘rural spaces’ cannot be viewed homogeneously simply as places outside of cities; instead rural tourism spaces must be unpacked and differentiated. The South African case is of special interest in Global South scholarship because national government launched initiatives to prepare an appropriate rural tourism policy. It is argued that a spatially differentiated approach to rural tourism policy is useful and recommends as a starting point drawing upon best practice international research which identifies (at least) three different categories of rural space, namely fringe, exotic/remote and in-between rural spaces. Insight is provided of two examples of ‘in-between’ rural spaces in South Africa, namely Greater Giyani Local Municipality in Limpopo and Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality in Eastern Cape.

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