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Will a rising sea sink some estuarine wetland ecosystems?
(Elsevier, 2016)
Sea-level rise associatedwith climate change presents amajor challenge to plant diversity and ecosystemservice
provision in coastal wetlands. In this study,we investigate the effect of sea-level rise on benthos, vegetation, ...
Juxtaposing a cultural reading of landscape with institutional boundaries: the case of the Masebe Nature Reserve, South Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)
The article explores theoretically the juxtaposition of local stories about landscape with institutional arrangements and exclusionary practices around a conservation area in South Africa. The Masebe Nature Reserve is used ...
Mobility and the city improvement district: Frictions in the human-capital mobile assemblage
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)
In this paper, we interrogate the role of the city improvement district (CID) in the
intervention and management of mobility within the context of the South African city and the
case study of the Groote Schuur Community ...
Quartering the city in discourse and bricks: Articulating urban change in a South African enclave
(Springer, 2016)
Focusing on the urban enclave in Cape Town known as De Waterkant, this paper examines the product and process of ‘quartering’ urban space—shaping urban space as the locus for the symbolic framing of culture. This paper ...
“I Am Human Too!” ‘probeerruimte’ as liminal spaces in search of recognition
(Cogitatio, 2016)
This paper explores the Dutch concept ‘probeerruimte’ in relation to the statement ‘human as a contested concept’, a
highly relevant topic in disability studies. Probeerruimte encompasses the idea that people need space ...
Cape Town as Africa's gateway for tourism to Antarctica - development potential and need for regulation
(2014)
Cape Town is one of the five Antarctic gateway cities from which ships and aircraft travel to and from various parts of Antarctica and the sub-Antarctic islands. Gateway cities are used by government scientific expeditions, ...
Quartering the city in discourse and bricks: Articulating urban change in a South African enclave
(Springer, 2016)
Focusing on the urban enclave in Cape Town known as De Waterkant, this paper examines the product and process of ‘quartering’ urban space—shaping urban space as the locus for the symbolic framing of culture. This paper ...
Camp Lwandle: Rehabilitating a migrant labour hostel at the seaside
(Routledge Taylor Francis Group, 2013)
In southern African narratives of migrant labour, hostels and compounds are
represented as typical examples of colonial and apartheid planning. Visual and
spatial comparisons are consistently made between the regulatory ...
Starting the conversation: land issues and critical conservation studies in post-colonial Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)
This thematic issue brings together the scholarly fields of critical conservation studies and African land issues, a relationship largely unexplored to date. The alienation of land for conservation purposes, introduced to ...
From illness to wellness-has thermal spring health tourism reached a new turning point?
(University of the Western Cape, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, 2014)
Thermal spring health resorts around the world are repositioning themselves by moving away from medical treatments, and moving towards fitness and wellness, often accompanied by an increase in facilities for recreation. ...