Stuart Paul Denoon-Stevens

Stuart Paul Denoon-Stevens
Nottingham Trent University | NTU

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January 2015 - present
University of the Free State
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Publications (47)
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Covid-19 posed little danger to children. Nevertheless, the South African government imposed lockdown measures that impeded children's education, play and food. Schools were closed, feeding schemes were halted and organised sports were banned. In this study of South African children's experience during the 2020-22 pandemic, we use the capabilities...
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This book provides a theoretical and practical foundation needed to change the practice of land use management in South(ern) Africa. Land use management is a component of spatial governance that controls the nature and extent of development to prevent harmful impacts on people and the environment. Although there are several systems to manage develo...
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Photo credits: All photos were taken by members of the PANEX team in the UK, South Africa and Brazil.
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This paper discusses post-apartheid planning reform in South Africa and identifies the successes and failures thereof, as understood by South African planners. We noted a perception of success regarding the reform of planning legislation; however, the general feeling was that planning had failed to achieve spatial transformation in the post-aparthe...
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This chapter investigates the relationship between coal mining, coal-based energy production, and health in Emalahleni. We find in this chapter that this region has generally worse health metrics per capita compared to national averages despite its strong economic foundation and role. We also find that, excluding initiatives undertaken by the mines...
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The health and wellbeing of residents in South Africa’s towns and cities are currently threatened by the burden of disease, high incidences of crime/violence, and increasing economic, social, and environmental inequality. The impact of past and present spatial exclusion has exacerbated high levels of poverty and ill health, and the rapid rise in ur...
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Universities worldwide have seen an expansion of students. We surveyed 1,193 students at the University of the Free State and conducted interviews and focus groups to better understand the factors that contribute to housing satisfaction. Satisfaction depended on a range of environmental factors, particularly noise levels, rules, security, privacy,...
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The authors analysed the current situation and considered future scenarios. Achieving a just transition will be difficult. Several reasons contribute to this. First, neoliberalism is a specific phase of economic development and is socially embedded in society (see Chapter 1). Policymakers need to take both these arguments into account to counter th...
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Coal and Energy in South Africa: Considering a Just Transition investigates the consequences of shifting social responsibilities, new inequalities and the sustainability concerns created by the likely energy transition in Africa to end the fossil-fuel era. Focusing on the local realities in a growing coal and energy town of South Africa, Emalahleni...
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This book forms part of a larger research project at the University of the Free State (UFS) in South Africa that is investigating the consequences of mining for local communities and mining towns. The book analyses the current situation in Emalahleni and considers the likelihood of a just transition across a range of fields. The case study of the m...
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In August 2012, the South African police shot 34 mineworkers at Marikana outside Rustenburg. The mineworkers had been involved in a dispute with Lonmin about their wages, work environment and living conditions. It took this tragedy to focus the world’s attention on the intersection between the mines and the community in the South African platinum b...
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The Chapter investigates the quality of mining companies' reporting. The chapter discusses how the mining companies that operate in the Rustenburg area, use reporting for impression management and how the this reporting is not aligned to the impression of the local communities.
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The term ‘studentification’ is used to describe the socio-spatial implications of students occupying housing in the suburbs near the universities. Our paper looks at how studentification is managed in South Africa, where rising student numbers have caused conflict with other residents. We show that despite a history of segregation and low densities...
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For Kristeva (1982) the abject not only caused visceral disgust but posed a threat to the established order of society. The abject is a product of particular times and places but limited attention has been given to understanding the process of transitioning away from abject status. We address this gap here through an examination of the planning pro...
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The role of informality in African citizens’ everyday survival reflects the strategies and attitudes of citizens towards state plans and policies. This chapter dissociates the discussion of temporary urbanism from its typical Global North perspective to explore how this concept plays out in a Southern context, namely Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). We lo...
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Upzoning typically occurs as a passive process whereby landowners approach the municipality for a change of rights. Proactive upzoning, where a municipality takes the initiative to increase the rights assigned to land in its jurisdiction, can be a powerful tool to encourage development to occur in line with municipal policies. This paper firstly de...
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Drawing on interviews with selected UK planning academics and survey results from current planning practitioners, this article provides valuable and timely perspectives on how internationalisation is experienced by those within and beyond the immediate institutional context. Although internationally focused planning education helps planners tackle...
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This paper reflects on the ongoing debate between theory and practice in planning, using the example of South Africa. Based on survey responses, it discusses how planning education in South Africa is perceived to prepare students for practice. While we acknowledge that the majority of respondents view their planning education positively, the result...
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This paper examines the bus rapid transit (BRT) legacies of mega sporting events (MSEs) held in the Global South cities of Cape Town and Rio de Janeiro. It discusses the extent to which these transport systems have been operationally sustainable, post-MSE; in other words, their ability to be maintained at a certain rate or level and hence their abi...
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The Practice of Everyday Life (de Certeau M (1984) The Practice of Everyday Life. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press) has become a canonical text in urban studies, with de Certeau’s idea of tactics having been widely deployed to understand and theorise the everyday. Tactics of resistance were contrasted with the strategies of the powerful...
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South Africa’s mining towns were established by mining companies mostly after World War II. The workforce lived in company-owned or privately-owned houses, or high-density compounds. Since the demise of apartheid, South African government policy for these towns has promoted integrated mining communities and homeownership. The government’s urban pol...
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This article explores how universities can contribute to the economy of the area within which they are situated, focusing on the University of the Free State QwaQwa campus. This topic was investigated by analysing the local economy within which the QwaQwa campus is located, a spatial analysis of the campus itself, and interviews with local business...
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The term ‘social disruption’ is often used to describe the negative effects of mining on the original community’s place attachment. International experience has shown that much of what is experienced as social disruption fades away over time. Yet the notion of social disruption remains an important theoretical construct in mining town research. Thi...
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Historically, mining companies worldwide provided housing and developed towns to accommodate their employees. At the end of the 1980s this approach became less prevalent and attempts were made to mitigate the effects of mine development and mine closure on communities living near the mines. Permanent settlement in mining towns urgently needed to be...
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In South Africa, scholars and practitioners do not sufficiently appreciate the value of parks, libraries and sport and recreation facilities for uplifting lower-income areas, and are generally unaware of the subtle differences between providing these facilities in a northern country and providing them in a southern country. This paper addresses the...
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The use of Euclidean Zoning practices as a form of development control in South Africa has been criticised for being oppressive. This exclusion is evidently depicted in the town planning schemes. This paper indicates how land use regulations have affected the livelihoods of the urban poor and indicates the impact of governance in inclusive communit...
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South African scholars have increasingly recognized that the prevailing management system for land use is one not relevant to the current spatial needs of the country's settlements. These include, in particular, the need to create sustainable, spatially just and resilient settlements and to develop land in a manner that promotes efficient urban dev...
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On the 11 and 12 May at the Townhouse Hotel and Conference Centre delegates from the design, academic, business and public sector met to discuss the proposed East City Design Institute – a proposal to develop a research and innovation hub that would support the design community of Cape Town. The dialogue was structured along six main questions: 1....
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This paper argues that the minimum planning standards for recreation, sports and educational facilities advocated for in South African planning policy are too low, and do not prevent the creation of unviable public spaces. Specifically, while the planning standards for recreation, sports and educational facilities recommend that facilities be multi...
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Few would argue with the proposition that land-use management is one of the most powerful tools in the context of planning, both in South Africa and internationally, with the potential to transform the urban landscape. Yet despite its potential, it has been neglected both in terms of academic enquiry and legislative reform. This has resulted in lan...

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