Rural gated developments as a contributor to post-productivism in the Western Cape

Spocter, Manfred

doi:10.1080/03736245.2013.847801

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“…a planning, policy, and design framework that focusses on integrating a wide range of sustainable food system elements into urban planning projects and neighbourhoods' (http://www.agriculturalurbanism.com). Allied to agricultural urbanism are signs that the rural Western Cape is undergoing a shift to a postproductivist rurality (Spocter 2012).…”

Section: Rethinking Agricultural Pursuits: Investing In Local Marketsmentioning

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Towards generic interventions to stimulate growth potential in small towns of the Western Cape Province, South Africa

Donaldson

2012

South African Geographical Journal

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There are numerous small towns and countryside areas that fail to develop in South Africa. A case in point in this paper is the province of the Western Cape. Two separate studies using different methodologies determined the growth potential of small towns in this relatively better-off province: in the studies of Van der Merwe et al. (2004) and Van Niekerk et al. (2010), data collection formed the basis for statistical analyses and spatial modelling to provide an objective overview of the growth potential of settlements in the Western Cape. Both the studies came to the same conclusion insofar as they identified specific towns in need of alternative interventions for growth and development. It is the main aim of this paper to provide theoretical and practical discussion on recommendations for potential development strategies, particularly for those towns with a low and very low development potential. As a backdrop to the changing nature of the countryside (and in essence, therefore, small towns) the paper suggests a number of generic intervention strategies for Western Cape small towns with low development and growth potential. These suggestions include cross-boundary collaboration, renewable energy, waste recycling, investing in the creative class, investing in rural markets and exploring tourism resources opportunities.

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Section: Rethinking Agricultural Pursuits: Investing In Local Marketsmentioning

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Towards generic interventions to stimulate growth potential in small towns of the Western Cape Province, South Africa

Donaldson

2012

South African Geographical Journal

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“…Security in South Africa is big business; it provides employment opportunities in a country experiencing post-apartheid growth in unemployment. The declining importance of agriculture in many areas of the Western Cape (Spocter, 2013a) has fed the booming security industry with many job seekers. With 40% of small-town gated developments having a guarding presence (compared to 15% in Durbanville), these developments provide local employment opportunities in the security sector.…”

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“…Secure, private, enclosed spaces have diffused to settlements of various sizes and locales in South Africa. It has been established that gated developments are not only located in the country’s major cities, but in smaller towns too, and even on farms (Spocter 2011, 2013a). The fortification practices employed in gated developments in the cities extend to non-metropolitan spaces.…”

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A Comparison of Security in City and Small-Town Gated Developments in the Western Cape province, South Africa

Spocter

2021

Journal of Asian and African Studies

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Gated developments are a defining feature of the post-apartheid residential landscape. The fortification practices witnessed in gated developments are part of a wider securitisation of the South African urban- and ruralscapes. This research resides in the ambit of the theory of crime and violence as a precursor to the growth in gated developments. Research on gated developments has tended to focus on their proliferation in larger urban settlements, with scant attention being paid to gated developments in smaller settlements and in rural areas. However, non-metropolitan gated developments are a reality, and they display similar security features as those found in metropolitan areas. This paper compares the security levels of gated developments in a suburb of Cape Town with those in small towns in the Western Cape province. Security features are quantified to determine whether differences in securitisation levels exist between the locales. The gated developments in the city display higher levels of security than those in small towns. However, a closer analysis of small-town gated developments reveals high security levels in towns where tourism is the mainstay of the local economy. As the technology of security migrates from military applications to residential applications, a securified small-town future is a real possibility.

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“…Importantly though, these other forms of income are not necessarily in conflict with other economic activities of an area (Rogerson, 2014). Indeed, according to Spocter (2013) many farmers feel forced to diversify their incomes by converting their farms into incorporated leisure activities. Hay's investigation (2014) supports the above view that primary agriculture is extended by other income-generating activities, whereby 15 of the 36 farmers in the Rosendal area supplement their income with other sources (e.g.…”

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Indicators of post-productivism in South Africa’s “platteland”: A second home case study of Rosendal, Eastern Free State

Hay

2017

Bulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series

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Rural gated developments as a contributor to post-productivism in the Western Cape

Cited by 26 publications

References 43 publications

Towards generic interventions to stimulate growth potential in small towns of the Western Cape Province, South Africa

Towards generic interventions to stimulate growth potential in small towns of the Western Cape Province, South Africa

A Comparison of Security in City and Small-Town Gated Developments in the Western Cape province, South Africa

Indicators of post-productivism in South Africa’s “platteland”: A second home case study of Rosendal, Eastern Free State

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