Rural energy systems and the rural development process: a case study from Limpopo Province

• Main Author: Ntobeng, Ntwampe Albert
• Other Authors: Yirenkyi-Boateng, S. (Prof.)
• Format: Others
• Language: en
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Critical realist methodology; Rural electrification; Reification; Energy city; Environmental degradation; Integrated development planning; Rural energy system; Rural poverty; 307.14120968255; Power resources > South Africa > Limpopo; Energy policy > South Africa > Limpopo; Energy policy > Social aspects > South Africa > Limpopo; Rural development projects > South Africa > Limpopo; Rural electrification > South Africa > Limpopo; Rural development > South Africa Limpopo; Environmental degradation > South Africa > Limpopo; Rural poor > South Africa > Limpopo
• Online Access: Ntobeng, Ntwampe Albert (2009) Rural energy systems and the rural development process: a case study from Limpopo Province, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/777>; http://hdl.handle.net/10500/777

The rapid and sustained development of the rural regions of South Africa continues to pose an extraordinary challenge to the development community of the country. Policy makers continue to be overwhelmed by the lack of development in the rural areas in spite of the various efforts made to develop them. A review of the publications and development plans of the study region indicates that the planners have for long been pre-occupied with taking limited perspectives of the development planning problems. Development plans have been conceived and implemented in terms of individual sectors instead of looking at their relations with other sectors and regions. This study seeks to make a contribution to the solution of the development problems of the rural areas of the former homeland regions by demonstrating how an integrated approach to the research process and to development planning could make a difference to the lives of the rural communities. This theme is illustrated with reference to the rural energy sector and its relations with the broader regional development problems, challenges and plans of the Sekhukhune district municipality of the Limpopo Province. === GEOGRAPHY === MA (GEOGRAPHY)