Gideon Van Riet
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 337980 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Gideon Van Riet |
| NOMBRES | Gideon |
| APELLIDO | Van Riet |
| FIRMA | VAN RIET G |
| AFILIACIONES | North-West University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1482-7717 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 9 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 11 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 9 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2009 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2023 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Topology, scene and asymmetries in security provision in a small South African city
This paper builds on the notions of topology, scene and relationality in this special edition by highlighting asymmetries following from overdependence on private security companies (PSCs) in a settler colonial context. The locus is the JB Marks Municipality in South Africa. This municipality includes the historically white and middleclass town of Potchefstroom and the historically black township of Ikageng. These two scenes differentially addres…
Security Infrastructures
Intermediating Between Conflict and Security
South Africa is often viewed as a post-conflict society. It can, however, also be viewed as a terrain of enduring conflict characterised by numerous divisions. Some of these divisions are new, but others are inextricable iterations of historical fault-lines. As an infrastructure of security, the role of the South African police has always been contentious. It has gone from the enforcer of a racist government to a service perceived by many citizen…
Biofuel Investments in Africa
The South African biofuel sector has developed slowly compared to other African contexts, despite the existence of biofuel production policy frameworks. In this article, the authors review the literature on agricultural reform and rural livelihoods in South Africa and analyse case studies from elsewhere in Africa in an attempt to draw lessons for South Africa. They argue that biofuel production does potentially threaten certain rural livelihood s…
The Institutionalisation of Disaster Risk Reduction
The past three decades have seen a global shift in disaster management from an event driven response to a ‘could-be’ risk management approach. Disaster risk reduction (DRR) has become entrenched as a dominant paradigm within the field of disaster management. More than a decade after adopting DRR legislation in South Africa there remains a dearth of evidence that this has translated into substantive action. This book examines the institutionalisat…
The limits of political development and constitutionalism in South Africa
The article investigates political development and constitutionalism in post- apartheid South Africa by focusing on two general features of this society. These are firstly the enduring prevalence of violence defined broadly. The second feature is the particular democratic deficit manifested in the politics of professionalism associated with the New Public Management (NPM) informed developmental state. The article interprets these two trends as ch…
Capacity development for participatory disaster risk assessment
In this paper a large-scale community-based disaster risk-assessment project, undertaken in the Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality in the North-West Province of South Africa, is evaluated. In contrast to other disaster risk management consultancy projects in South Africa, this project included a significant skills transfer component to the at-risk communities and local government officials. In this evaluation, the authors draw on their own e…
Disaster risk assessment in South Africa
Especially since the 1990s Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) as a field of practice has developed at a significant pace. DRR. as it relates to 'sustainable development', has increasingly been promoted by international organisations and today the United Nations has an organ specifically dedicated to this field. As with other 'risk' related fields, DRR in South Africa, driven by legislative obligations, has increasingly become subject to 'risk assessme…
Slow-onset disaster and sustainable livelihoods
This article is based on data gathered during a research project commissioned by the Fezile Dabi District Municipality in the northern part of South Africa's Free State Province. The research team (which included the authors) was asked to investigate allegations of pollution of tap water, as well as sewage from the local wastewater treatment plant flowing into the Vaal River in the town of Parys on the banks of the Vaal River. The authors adopt a…
Intermediating Between Conflict and Security
South Africa is often viewed as a post-conflict society. It can, however, also be viewed as a terrain of enduring conflict characterised by numerous divisions. Some of these divisions are new, but others are inextricable iterations of historical fault-lines. As an infrastructure of security, the role of the South African police has always been contentious. It has gone from the enforcer of a racist government to a service perceived by many citizen…
Security Infrastructures
Topology, scene and asymmetries in security provision in a small South African city
This paper builds on the notions of topology, scene and relationality in this special edition by highlighting asymmetries following from overdependence on private security companies (PSCs) in a settler colonial context. The locus is the JB Marks Municipality in South Africa. This municipality includes the historically white and middleclass town of Potchefstroom and the historically black township of Ikageng. These two scenes differentially addres…
Capacity development for participatory disaster risk assessment
In this paper a large-scale community-based disaster risk-assessment project, undertaken in the Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality in the North-West Province of South Africa, is evaluated. In contrast to other disaster risk management consultancy projects in South Africa, this project included a significant skills transfer component to the at-risk communities and local government officials. In this evaluation, the authors draw on their own e…
Disaster risk assessment in South Africa
Especially since the 1990s Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) as a field of practice has developed at a significant pace. DRR. as it relates to 'sustainable development', has increasingly been promoted by international organisations and today the United Nations has an organ specifically dedicated to this field. As with other 'risk' related fields, DRR in South Africa, driven by legislative obligations, has increasingly become subject to 'risk assessme…
Slow-onset disaster and sustainable livelihoods
This article is based on data gathered during a research project commissioned by the Fezile Dabi District Municipality in the northern part of South Africa's Free State Province. The research team (which included the authors) was asked to investigate allegations of pollution of tap water, as well as sewage from the local wastewater treatment plant flowing into the Vaal River in the town of Parys on the banks of the Vaal River. The authors adopt a…
Capacity development for participatory disaster risk assessment
In this paper a large-scale community-based disaster risk-assessment project, undertaken in the Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality in the North-West Province of South Africa, is evaluated. In contrast to other disaster risk management consultancy projects in South Africa, this project included a significant skills transfer component to the at-risk communities and local government officials. In this evaluation, the authors draw on their own e…
The Institutionalisation of Disaster Risk Reduction
The past three decades have seen a global shift in disaster management from an event driven response to a ‘could-be’ risk management approach. Disaster risk reduction (DRR) has become entrenched as a dominant paradigm within the field of disaster management. More than a decade after adopting DRR legislation in South Africa there remains a dearth of evidence that this has translated into substantive action. This book examines the institutionalisat…
The limits of political development and constitutionalism in South Africa
The article investigates political development and constitutionalism in post- apartheid South Africa by focusing on two general features of this society. These are firstly the enduring prevalence of violence defined broadly. The second feature is the particular democratic deficit manifested in the politics of professionalism associated with the New Public Management (NPM) informed developmental state. The article interprets these two trends as ch…
Biofuel Investments in Africa
The South African biofuel sector has developed slowly compared to other African contexts, despite the existence of biofuel production policy frameworks. In this article, the authors review the literature on agricultural reform and rural livelihoods in South Africa and analyse case studies from elsewhere in Africa in an attempt to draw lessons for South Africa. They argue that biofuel production does potentially threaten certain rural livelihood s…
Security Infrastructures
Intermediating Between Conflict and Security
South Africa is often viewed as a post-conflict society. It can, however, also be viewed as a terrain of enduring conflict characterised by numerous divisions. Some of these divisions are new, but others are inextricable iterations of historical fault-lines. As an infrastructure of security, the role of the South African police has always been contentious. It has gone from the enforcer of a racist government to a service perceived by many citizen…
Topology, scene and asymmetries in security provision in a small South African city
This paper builds on the notions of topology, scene and relationality in this special edition by highlighting asymmetries following from overdependence on private security companies (PSCs) in a settler colonial context. The locus is the JB Marks Municipality in South Africa. This municipality includes the historically white and middleclass town of Potchefstroom and the historically black township of Ikageng. These two scenes differentially addres…
Geography (7 obras) · Political science (7 obras) · Business (4 obras) · Environmental planning (4 obras) · Law (4 obras) · Legal Issues in South Africa (4 obras) · Computer Science (3 obras) · Disaster Management and Resilience (3 obras) · Political economy (3 obras) · Sociology (3 obras)