The Land Question in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya: a Geographical Perspective on Resource Endowment

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In sharp contrast to the debates concerning land policy, land tenure and sustainable resource management in South Africa is any input concerning the geographical distribution of land productivity. This paper attempts to redress this imbalance by providing an empirical investigation of land potential in South Africa. In this way we intend to provide the crucial context for policy and academic studies of the land issue in South Africa. Furthermore, we will undertake our study in such a way that comparison can be made to Zimbabwe and Kenya where the land issue has been such a critical component of the post-colonial development process. Theoretically our work is contextualised within the debates surrounding the importance of geographical endowments, institutions and policies in the development process.

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1. http://eprints.ru.ac.za/464/1/FoxRowntreeIGUpaper.pdf
2. Fox, R.C. and Rowntree, K.M. (2002) The Land Question in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya: a Geographical Perspective on Resource Endowment. In: Regional Conference of the International Geographical Union, 4-7 Aug 2002, Durban. (In Press)

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Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:Rhodes/oai:eprints.ru.ac.za:464
Date	06 August 2002
Creators	Fox, R.C., Rowntree, K.M.
Source Sets	Rhodes University SA
Detected Language	English
Type	Conference or Workshop Item, NonPeerReviewed
Format	application/pdf
Relation	http://eprints.ru.ac.za/464/