Mining companies worldwide have been prime movers in the creation of mining towns.
Though these towns are of many kinds, all over the world they are going through a similar …

South Africa's mining towns were established by mining companies mostly after World War
II. The workforce lived in company-owned or privately-owned houses, or high-density …

Local resource curse problems epitomize the difficult interface dynamics confronting
resource developers and host communities. These problems centre on the opportunity costs …

This book investigates the relationship between mining, mine closure and housing policy in
post-apartheid South Africa, using concepts from new institutional economics and …

The formal mining industry has marginalised women and created masculine and patriarchal
societies. But research on the industry's effect on women is minimal and mostly atheoretical …

Long-term planning must anticipate not just growth but the likelihood of decline. The
international literature on shrinking cities is dubious about the wisdom of advocating …

The social aspects of mine closure remain a challenge to the mining industry. Its tendency to
deal with problems towards the end of a mine's life cycle, rather than planning for them from …

This paper investigates the socio-economic impacts and coping strategies adopted by the
local community of Pilgrim's Rest in Mpumalanga following the closure of the gold mine. A …

Mining has had much to do with the pattern of housing in South Africa today. Under
apartheid, the mines housed black mineworkers, classed as migrants, in high-density …

Mining has globally been a key catalyst in economic development. That said, as mines
inevitably move from boom to bust, there are significant local consequences for the mining …