The Geography of South Africa

Chapter 1. The development and context of Geography in South Africa. - Part I. Physical and Environmental Geography. - Chapter 2. The making of the South African landscape. - Chapter 3. Mapping the environment, past and present. - Chapter 4. Minerals and mining in South Africa. - Chapter 5. Climate change during the late Quaternary in South Africa. - Chapter 6. The Holocene climates of South Africa. - Chapter 7. South African biomes and their changes over time. - Chapter 8. Ecosystem services in South Africa. - Chapter 9. Multi-scale drivers of the South African weather and climate. - Chapter 10. Water resources in South Africa. - Chapter 11. Contemporary surface processes and landscape change. - Chapter 12. Soils, agriculture and food. - PART II. Human Geography. - Chapter 13. Human evolution, archaeology and the South African Stone Age landscape during the last 100, 000 years. - Chapter 14. The geography of heritage in South Africa. - Chapter 15. Agriculture and agrarian change in South Africa. - Chapter 16. Small town change in South Africa. - Chapter 17. The geography of education: from race to class apartheid? . - Chapter 18. How food secure are South Africa s cities? . - Chapter 19. Housing and shelter in South Africa. - Chapter 20. The economic development of South Africa s townships. - Chapter 21. Gentrification in South African cities. - Chapter 22. Creative industries and neighbourhood change in South African cities. - Chapter 23. Tourism and accommodation services in South Africa: a spatial perspective. - PART III. South Africa and the Contemporary World. - Chapter 24. South Africa in the global political economy: the BRICS connection. - Chapter 25. Changing geographies of immigration to South Africa. - Chapter 26. Geographies and geographers of post-apartheid poverty. - Chapter 27. Revamping local economic development policy in South Africa. - Chapter 28. Connecting South Africa: ICTs, uneven development and poverty debates. - Chapter 29. Innovation in a changing South Africa: extantdebates and critical reflections. - Chapter 30. Towards a broader conceptualisation of environmental justice in South Africa. - Chapter 31. Geological and environmental hazards in South Africa. - Chapter 32. Disasters and disaster risk management in South Africa. - Chapter 33. South Africa s future climate: trends and projections. - Chapter 34. New perspectives on the discipline of Geography in South Africa.