Posts Tagged ‘Namibia’
A Review of International Arid Areas Research Agencies
Atkinson, D (2009b), A Review of International Arid Areas Research Agencies: The Implications for investment in the Karoo, Kalahari and Namaqualand, Eastern Cape Socio-Economic Council (ECSECC), East London. Executive Summary South African arid areas have not received much attention for the purposes of socioeconomic development. The broader issues of regional development in arid areas, small town…
Read MoreTourism management and local community participation in the Nyae Nyae San Conservancy, Northern Namibia,
Mayinoti, S (2012), Tourism management and local community participation in the Nyae Nyae San Conservancy, Northern Namibia, Masters thesis in Development Studies, Centre for Development Support, University of the Free State. Abstract The study analysed tourism activities in the Nyae Nyae San Conservancy of Northern Namibia. The focus was on local community participation in tourism…
Read MoreThe Impact of Community – Based Conservancy on Community’s Livelihoods
Iipinge, A (2009), “The Impact of Community – Based Conservancy on Community’s Livelihoods: A case of the !Khob !Naub Conservancy, Southern Namibia“, Masters in Development Studies, Centre for Development Support, University of the Free State. Abstract The !Khob !Naub Conservancy, registered and gazetted in 2003 is the largest of the four conservancies in southern Namibia.…
Read MoreTaking stock of land reform in Namibia from 1990 to 2005
Ingle, M (2011), Taking stock of land reform in Namibia from 1990 to 2005, New Contree, 62 pp. 55 – 70. Abstract The land reform debate in Namibia has been predicated on a number of questionable assumptions and is atypical of the scenarios presented by other SADC countries. The one point of similarity is that the…
Read MoreTourism management and local community participation in the Nyae Nyae San Conservancy
Mayinoti, S (2012), Tourism management and local community participation in the Nyae Nyae San Conservancy, Northern Namibia, Masters thesis in Development Studies, Centre for Development Support, University of the Free State. Abstract The study analysed tourism activities in the Nyae Nyae San Conservancy of Northern Namibia. The focus was on local community participation in…
Read MoreThe presentation of Bushmen in cultural tourism
Huncke, A and Koot, S (2012), The presentation of Bushmen in cultural tourism: tourists’ images of Bushmen and the tourism provider’s presentation of (Hai//om) Bushmen at Treesleeper Camp, Namibia, Critical Arts: South-North Cultural and Media Studies, 26:5, 671-689. Abstract This article examines images of Bushmen in Namibian cultural tourism from two angles: that of…
Read MoreTree-sleeper camp
Koot, S (2012), Tree-sleeper camp: A case study of a community tourism project in Tsintsabis, Namibia, in In W. van Beek & A. Schmidt (Eds.), African Hosts & their Guests: Cultural dynamics of tourism (pp. 153-175). Woodbridge, Suffolk: James Currey. The book can be purchased here: http://www.jamescurrey.com or contact koot@iss.nl.
Read MoreEconomic diversification in a mining town
Helmuth, A (2009), Economic diversification in a mining town: A case study of Oranjemund, MBA mini-thesis, Rhodes University, Grahamstown. Abstract Can mining industries and mining based localities promote Local Economic Development (LED)? This case study, on the mining town of Oranjemund, seeks to examine the economic diversification prospects of the town. Stakeholder views are…
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