John Bwalya, Cecil E. P. Seethal

Residential Desegregation in East London, South Africa

Socio-spatial Integration in East London (1993-2008)

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Dynamics of residential (de)segregation and social integration have captured the attention of urban scholars. In South Africa, the centrality of the city as a contested space during the apartheid era has left urban areas as key indicators of the extent of spatial and social integration. Current research on desegregation has shown significant spatial-temporal differences which confirm Johnston and Sidaway¿s (2004) observation that every ¿landscape is simultaneously composed of obsolete, current and emergent¿ (p.271). Cognisant of this multiplicity in dimensions of the urban landscape, this book highlights the multiple spatial and social realities of integration emerging in residential suburbs in a South African city. Considering the 16-year period covered in this book, it provides a concise reading on spatial and social integration in residential suburbs in East London, South Africa. The book proposes a model for exploring social integration and is essential reading for persons interested in contemporary desegregation-integration discourse in South African urban residential landscapes.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 530g
• ISBN-13: 9783659355820
• ISBN-10: 3659355828
• Artikelnr.: 37625371

Autorenporträt

Is a human geographer lecturing in Urban, Political and Social Geography at the University of Namibia.[Cecil Seethal is professor of Geography at the University of Fort Hare. An activist urban-political geographer, he contributed to the transformation of apartheid structures in South Africa].