Abstract Cities in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have so far failed to sustainably address urban
sprawl and its ramifications. Meanwhile, the projected increase in the urban population in …

Even though large-scale extractive industries contribute significantly to revenues in mineral-
rich African countries, little is known about their effectiveness, and better approaches could …

Abstract The feasibility of South Africa's just energy transition, as dictated by the speed of
phasing out coal and scaling up renewables, will rest on a range of techno-economic, socio …

Increased slope and soil instability due to rainfall infiltration and artificial exploitation is a
significant cause of multi-disaster in mining areas. Many kinds of research have been …

Despite various challenges in the platinum mining industry, management has to pursue
stringent performance outcomes on an ongoing basis. The achievement thereof requires a …

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

The international literature links mining booms with social disruption. The rapid economic
and population growth that mining brings increases urban crime and social problems. But …

The mining sector's share in South Africa's economy has declined over the past 30 years, as
has employment on the gold mines. Yet many new mining areas have developed. Mining …

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 global energy transition is very resource intense, and scholarship is rapidly increasing
to show its impacts in various resource extraction frontiers in the global South. These …