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The DYSTURB database collates, harmonises and inter-relates over time the following different elements: a set of political, administrative and functional maps of the districts, provinces and urban areas; the demographic and administrative data for all South African localities from 1911. In all, the 20 000 geo-referenced localities of the 2001 census are put in perspective in terms of spatio-temporal parameters, demographic history and urban dynamics, through the post-colonial, apartheid and post-apartheid periods.

Geography --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Atlases & Maps --- South Africa --- Historical geography --- Africa, South --- public administration --- urbanism --- demography --- census --- town and country planning --- territory

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"At the time of his death in August 2012 Neville Alexander was undoubtedly one of South Africas foremost proponents of the philosophy of non-racialism. He had devoted his life to fighting against the evils of racism, sexism and economic injustice. He understood how these social realities not only divided but also ranked human beings in terms of human worth and value. He saw how these realities diminished the whole society, both the perpetrators and victims. And so he gave over his life as a scholar and a political activist to challenging these realities. This volume brings together the reflections of a group of activists and scholars on the significance of Neville Alexander to the cause of freedom and justice in South Africa. The reflections are essentially the keynote speeches and the responses to them that were made at a conference in Alexanders honour held at the Centre for Non-Racialism and Democracy at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in July 2013"--Back cover.

Political activists. --- Activists, Political --- Persons --- Political participation --- Alexander, Neville. --- South Africa --- Race relations --- Social conditions --- Language --- Political aspects --- Sizwe, No --- Africa, South

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As contribuições reunidas nesta coletânea focalizam as transformações territoriais produzidas pelas agriculturas empresariais e, ao mesmo tempo, visam analisar as mudanças que têm sido notadas em suas estratégias de produção e expansão na América do Sul. Delineiam modos de produzir que se baseiam na intensificação do uso dos recursos (naturais, técnicos e financeiros) e que são crescentemente influenciados pelas estratégias capitalistas dos seus principais atores e pela presença de grandes corporações ao longo das cadeias globais de valor. Essas modalidades traduzem-se pela concentração da terra e dos meios de produção, pela maior inserção da agricultura nos circuitos financeiros e por um maior adensamento da concorrência que acirra a pressão sobre os recursos produtivos em diversas escalas. A expansão de tais agriculturas promove uma nova divisão espacial da produção e do trabalho e introduz novas questões acerca da inserção dos espaços rurais na globalização. Os seguintes aspectos ensejam tais questionamentos: as inovações organizacionais que são adaptadas às especificidades da produção agrícola, a atuação multilocal e o processo de territorialização das empresas agrícolas, a dinâmica concorrencial e colaborativa entre elas. e as relações com os outros atores, tanto situados no local quanto inseridos em outros níveis das cadeias produtivas. O livro é, nesse sentido, um esforço coletivo de reflexão acerca dessas mudanças, e o faz a partir de diversas pesquisas orientadas por diferentes perspectivas teóricas. Os autores que contribuíram com essa coletânea são especialistas no tema e estão inseridos em instituições de ensino e pesquisa na Argentina, no Brasil, na Bolívia e no Uruguai.

Politics and government. --- Business. --- Agricultural productivity. --- Agriculture --- Economic aspects. --- South Africa. --- Agrarian question --- Agribusiness --- Agricultural economics --- Agricultural production economics --- Production economics, Agricultural --- Land use, Rural --- Productivity, Agricultural --- Farm management --- Trade --- Economics --- Management --- Commerce --- Industrial management --- Economic aspects --- Africa, South

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Introduire et faire adopter des nouveautés est une préoccupation permanente des organismes de recherche et de développement agricole dans les pays du Sud. Pour exprimer cet objectif, le terme d’innovation s’est tardivement substitué à celui de vulgarisation et, dès lors, son usage s’est généralisé dans la recherche ruraliste francophone. Simple question de vocabulaire, ou conception vraiment nouvelle du développement ? Cet ouvrage restitue les réflexions d’un groupe de chercheurs en agronomie et en sciences humaines qui confrontent leurs analyses des dynamiques agraires au paradigme de l’innovation. Les auteurs posent ce concept comme une « entrée » pour mieux comprendre les transformations des agricultures et des sociétés rurales. Le recours à la notion d’innovation permet de préciser des hypothèses dans le domaine des dynamiques agraires. Inversement, ce champ de recherches participe à une clarification du concept d’innovation. Dès lors, des échanges deviennent possibles entre spécialistes de l’innovation et spécialistes des études agraires dans les pays en voie de développement, par exemple autour du constat du caractère “ procédural ” de la mise en oeuvre des innovations par les différents acteurs concernés. Les auteurs soulignent l’importance d’une démarche historique et qualitative dans l’analyse des dynamiques agraires, de façon à dépasser une interprétation linéaire et déterministe du changement. Les réflexions théoriques s’appuient sur des études de cas qui concernent des domaines ruraux divers et qui relèvent de contextes géographiques variés. The introduction and adoption of new ideas is a permanent concern for the research and agricultural development institutes in Southern countries. For this, the term 'innovation' has recently replaced 'extension' and its use has become widespread in francophone rural research. Is this a mere question of vocabulary or a truly new development concept? The reflections of a group of researchers in agronomy,…

fallow --- Soil biology --- ecological succession --- Grazing --- pasture improvement --- reclamation --- agrosilvopastoral systems --- Hedges --- Africa South of Sahara --- West Africa --- Agricultural innovations --- Social aspects --- Tropical zones --- bush fallowing --- Crop rotation --- Burning --- Controlled burning --- Production increase --- Sustainable development --- Soil conservation --- soil fertility --- organic matter --- Water resources --- Soil resources --- resource management --- forage --- Forestry production --- Africa --- Agriculture --- Innovations, Agricultural --- Technological change in agriculture --- Technological innovations --- Innovations --- Technology transfer --- innovation --- système agraire --- pêche artisanale --- industrie agroalimentaire --- consommation alimentaire --- rapports sociaux --- développement rural --- pays du Sud --- concept --- agroforesterie --- démographie --- étude de cas --- impact sur l’environnement --- exploitation des ressources naturelles --- agronomie --- tiers monde --- Africa south of the sahara

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« La colonisation a balkanisé l’Afrique ! », accusent les dirigeants d’un continent qui se fixent pour projet officiel de (re)trouver une unité perdue. Le Sahara est-il un obstacle objectif, définitif, à cette unité ? Non, si l’on en croit les synthèses ici présentées sur les stratégies des pays du Maghreb en direction de leur Sud et sur les relations de toutes natures entre le Maghreb et l’Afrique sub-saharienne. Politiques africaines de l’Algérie et du Maroc, politique de l’Afrique du Sud vis-à-vis du Maghreb, mutations de la géopolitique saharienne après l’effondrement du régime libyen, conséquences pour la région de la sécession d’un Nord-Mali contrôlé par les islamistes radicaux, importance des échanges économiques (formels et informels) et des échanges humains de part et d’autre du Sahara : tous ces thèmes, ici traités par des spécialistes reconnus, éclairent sous différents jours les relations entre le Maghreb et l’Afrique subsaharienne. Ils révèlent que les migrants subsahariens qui s’installent désormais dans les pays du Maghreb ne font qu’exprimer l’unité croissante d’un espace jusqu’ici renvoyé à des logiques géopolitiques divergentes, et renouvellent aussi la vision que nous, Européens, pouvons avoir de notre Sud.

Africa, North --- Africa, Sub-Saharan --- Relations --- Politics and government. --- Barbary States --- Maghreb --- Maghrib --- North Africa --- Africa, Black --- Africa, Subsaharan --- Africa, Tropical --- Africa South of the Sahara --- Black Africa --- Sub-Sahara Africa --- Sub-Saharan Africa --- Subsahara Africa --- Subsaharan Africa --- Tropical Africa --- Political Science --- politique --- géopolitique --- colonisation --- science politique --- Afrique