The Geography of South Africa: Contemporary Changes and New Directions

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: extant debates 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.