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Mining and Community in South Africa: From Small Town to Iron Town (Routledge Contemporary South Africa)
Philippe Burger
(Illustrated by)
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Lochner Marais
(Illustrated by)
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Deirdre Van Rooyen
(Illustrated by)
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Routledge
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Mining and Community in South Africa: From Small Town to Iron Town (Routledge Contemporary South Africa) - Burger, Philippe ; Marais, Lochner ; Van Rooyen, Deirdre
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Synopsis "Mining and Community in South Africa: From Small Town to Iron Town (Routledge Contemporary South Africa)"
Mining has played a key role in the growth of many towns in South Africa. This growth has been accompanied by a proliferation of informal settlements, by pressure to provide basic services and by institutional pressures in local government to support mining. Fragile municipal finance, changing social attributes, the pressures of shift-work on mineworkers, the impact on the physical environment and perceived new inequalities between mineworkers, contract workers and original inhabitants have further complicated matters. Mining growth has however also led to substantial local economic benefits to existing business and it has contributed to a mushrooming of new enterprises.While the relationship between mining and economic development at the country level has received adequate attention in existing literature, less is known about the consequences of mining at the local level. This book investigates the local impacts of mining in South Africa, focusing on employment, inequality, housing, business development, worker well-being, governance, municipal finance, planning and the environment.Taking an interdisciplinary approach, Mining and Community in South Africa will be of interest to scholars of South Africa, economic development, labour and industry, politics and planning.
