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Economic model for energisation and its integration into the ur / Nissing, Christian; Blottnitz, Harro von

Nissing, Christian	Journal Article
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2010.

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It is widely recognised that access to and supply of modern energy play a key role in poverty alleviation and sustainable development. The emerging concept of energisation seems to capture this idea, and if implemented in its full complexity it should have multiple beneficial effects. To demonstrate this, an economic model is developed for an urban developmental context, drawing on the theory of urban ecosystems and illustrating energy and waste production and consumption issues with current South African data sets. This new understanding of the concept of energisation is then integrated into a local government energy planning process, by means of a checklist for energy planners, covering 18 aspects that between them affect all 7 identifiable tiers of the energy service supply network. A 6-step structured approach is proposed for integrating sustainable energisation into the first four phases of the advanced local energy planning (ALEP) tool.

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Poverty alleviation ; Energisation ; Urban Energy Planning ; Local Economic Development

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Potential of community-based geotourism in rural development in South Africa: the case of witsie cave project / Mukwada, Geoffrey ; Sekhele, Ntebohiseng

Mukwada, Geoffrey	Journal Article
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This paper examines the challenges confronting community-based geotourism as a tool for Local Economic Development in a poor rural community based in the Free State province of South Africa. Data were collected through interviews that were held with participants of the Witsie Cave project, local community leaders and municipal officials, as well as through the content analysis of the project’s documents. The results indicate the need to address a conundrum of intertwined endogenous and exogenous conditions as a strategy for enhancing the viability of community-based geotourism projects.

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Cultural Heritage ; Environmental Degradation ; Local Economic Development ; Geoheritage ; Makgolokoe ; Mass Tourism

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