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Contested Heritage(s) – The Case(s) of the Battle of Blood River (December 16th, 1838), Dundee and Nquthu, South Africa 有争议的遗产--血河战役（1838 年 12 月 16 日）案例，南非邓迪和恩库特胡

Modern geográfia Pub Date : 2024-03-01 DOI: 10.15170/mg.2024.19.02.07

van der Merwe Clinton David

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引用次数: 2

Creative Destruction and Built Environment Heritage in Makhanda, South Africa 南非马坎达的创造性破坏与建筑环境遗产

Modern geográfia Pub Date : 2024-03-01 DOI: 10.15170/mg.2024.19.02.04

Dlongolo Zandile Nombulelo, Irvine Philippa Margaret, Memela Sinenhlanhla

{"title":"Creative Destruction and Built Environment Heritage in Makhanda, South Africa","authors":"Dlongolo Zandile Nombulelo, Irvine Philippa Margaret, Memela Sinenhlanhla","doi":"10.15170/mg.2024.19.02.04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15170/mg.2024.19.02.04","url":null,"abstract":"Heritage conservation is recognised as an important component of sustainable development but is often considered a lower priority compared to other development imperatives, and societal issues. The prioritization of economic and urban development threatens urban heritage through a process known as creative destruction. This research uses the concept of creative destruction to explore the interplay between market forces and urban planning and management practices on the heritage conservation of the city of Makhanda in South Africa. Makhanda has a rich and varied cultural heritage landscape, including many individual buildings and streetscapes. A qualitative approach, including semi-structured key informant interviews and secondary sources was employed. The study found that municipal dysfunction and other urban management challenges result in difficultly in enforcing legislation and policy, and thereby threatens heritage conservation. The fates of three buildings within the historic urban fabric of the city are explored in terms of the impacts of neoliberal urbanism occurring within this context. The research contends that for heritage management to be successful, there needs to be a balanced approach through improvements in stakeholder relationships, governance, institutional capacity, knowledge sharing and community involvement in decision-making processes.","PeriodicalId":489186,"journal":{"name":"Modern geográfia","volume":"79 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140274667","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Contested Heritage in South Africa: Perspectives from Mahikeng 南非有争议的遗产：来自马希坑的视角

Modern geográfia Pub Date : 2024-03-01 DOI: 10.15170/mg.2024.19.02.06

Drummond James

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Planning Urban Regeneration through Heritage Tourism: The Case of Kliptown, South Africa 通过遗产旅游规划城市复兴：南非克里普顿案例

Modern geográfia Pub Date : 2024-03-01 DOI: 10.15170/mg.2024.19.02.05

R. Christian M.

引用次数: 1

No Room for Modesty in Heritage Significance: The Case of Dennesig in Stellenbosch, South Africa 遗产意义不容谦虚：南非斯泰伦博斯邓尼希案例

Modern geográfia Pub Date : 2024-03-01 DOI: 10.15170/mg.2024.19.02.03

Donaldson Ronnie

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The Status of Urban Heritage Conservation: Competency of Local Government in the Western Cape Province 城市遗产保护的现状：西开普省地方政府的能力

Modern geográfia Pub Date : 2024-03-01 DOI: 10.15170/mg.2024.19.02.02

Buchanan Lauren

{"title":"The Status of Urban Heritage Conservation: Competency of Local Government in the Western Cape Province","authors":"Buchanan Lauren","doi":"10.15170/mg.2024.19.02.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15170/mg.2024.19.02.02","url":null,"abstract":"The National Heritage Resources Act was promulgated in the efforts of establishing effective conservation principles that would meet the needs of all South Africans. The Act makes provision for each level of government to have authority over its respective heritage resources. Donaldson (2005) anticipated that the acting authority in the Western Cape province, Heritage Western Cape, was likely to come under pressure soon. This was owing to the fact of increasing heritage resources (the phenomenon of aging) and that the Provincial Heritage Resources Authority oversaw both Grade II and III heritage resources since no local municipality was deemed fully competent. This research aimed to assess the capacity and competency of local government in the field of built heritage conservation of non-metropolitan municipalities in the Western Cape, South Africa. A qualitative research method was implemented in the form of a questionnaire with informal interviews to assist in the explorative nature of this paper. By mapping and recording the current state of heritage conservation practices in the province, it was found that two local municipalities were deemed competent, while several others had made strides towards conserving local heritage resources.","PeriodicalId":489186,"journal":{"name":"Modern geográfia","volume":"3 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140270363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Spatialities of Heritage Geographies in South Africa: Preface to the Thematic Issue of Modern Geográfia 南非遗产地理的空间性：现代地理杂志》专题序言

Modern geográfia Pub Date : 2024-03-01 DOI: 10.15170/mg.2024.19.02.01

Donaldson Ronnie, Róbert Tésits

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A behaviorista geográfia aktualitása, a kognitív térképezés változó fókuszai 行为主义地理学的时事性，认知绘图重点的变化

Modern geográfia Pub Date : 2024-02-01 DOI: 10.15170/mg.2024.19.01.06

Mariann Váncsa, Róbert Tésits

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A térinformatika rendőrségi alkalmazásának lehetőségei = Applications of Geographical Information Systems in Policing [Recenzió Pődör, A., & Mátyás, Sz. Rendészeti térinformatika című könyvéről] A geoinformatika poliségi Anwendungen = 地理信息系统在警务工作中的应用 [评 Pődör, A., & Mátyás, Sz. Rendészeti térinformatika 所著书籍]

Modern geográfia Pub Date : 2024-02-01 DOI: 10.15170/mg.2024.19.01.08

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