Beschreibung:
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.
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