Small town regeneration as a strategy for rural development : case study of Keiskammahoek

• Main Author: Qayi, Sandiswa
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University 2010
• Subjects: Rural development > South Africa Case studies; Strategic planning > South Africa > Eastern Cape; Economic development projects > South Africa > Eastern Cape
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1361

The aim of this chapter is to provide an overview of the research topic, conceptualising and defining three critical concepts that the research will focus on. The first part deals with the South African understanding of local economic development, rural development, as well as the role of small towns to local economic development. In order to present the role of small towns in rural economic development it is important to define and contextualise the current meaning and understanding of rural development and local economic development. How small towns can promote the role of rural economic development particularly in relation to their surrounding rural villages. The chapter also briefly introduces the small town of Keiskammahoek as research study area.