Lindsay Blair Howe
Biographic Data
| ID | 6010498 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lindsay Blair Howe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lindsay Blair |
| FAMILY NAME | Howe |
| SIGNATURE | HOWE L B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Liechtenstein |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6206-5625 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
“She’s Here and I’m Not”
Prevailing societal beliefs about gender constructs and fathering practices perpetuate a hidden geography of infrastructural violence and oppression in the Gauteng City-region of South Africa. Using the frames of hegemonic, failed, and respectable masculinity, we demonstrate how the notion of breadwinning, coalescing with material deficits, often pushes fathers into situations we term parenthetical parenting, in which their relationships with the…
From Hidden Geographies to “Lived, Possible, and Imaginative Geographies”
Continuing from a well-received The Professional Geographer Focus section on hidden geographies published in 2023, this sequel invites authors to contribute further to the theme, focusing on hidden geographies in cities. This opening article begins by laying out the context, including recent theoretical turns, a call to shift attention to what makes a just city, contestations of the concept of (social) justice, and calls for inclusive theorizatio…
Densification by commodification
Comparing the politics and governance of densification in South Africa and Austria provides new insight into capitalist housing production. In this paper, we present the results of extensive empirical research into housing densification as an urban development strategy in Gauteng, the region surrounding Johannesburg in South Africa, and in the Austrian part of Alpine Rhine Valley, which is the economic center of the province of Vorarlberg. Though…
From lively spatial combinations to lively theorizations
The Indifference of Transport
States in the Global South have consistently invested in large-scale, vanity infrastructure projects, which are often not used by the majority of their residents. Using a mixed-method and comparative approach with findings from Greater Maputo, Mozambique, and the Gauteng City-Region exposes how internationally-supported and expensive transport projects do not meet the needs of lower-income urban residents, and meanwhile, widespread, everyday mode…
The Gender–Poverty–Mobility Nexus and the Post-Pandemic Era in South Africa
As part of long-term comparative research into the Gauteng City-Region, this article presents mixed-methods studies in the informal settlement of Denver, located in the industrial belt southeast of Johannesburg’s city center. It unpacks the results of focus groups, ethnographic and expert interviews, as well as mapping with an innovative smartphone tracking application, comparing everyday life for several households in this area before the pandem…
Towards a cooperative urbanism? An alternative conceptualization of urban development for Johannesburg’s mining belt
This paper explores the multidimensional aspects of inequality that shape urban areas and imagines an alternative future for one such space in Johannesburg, South Africa. It builds on literature from urban studies and planning theory to explore planning practices that politicize inequality, valorize difference and promote the shared management of collective resources. Then, drawing on a decade of qualitative research, the paper imagines how coope…
Processes of Peripheralisation
This article interrogates the term “periphery” by examining the forms of urbanisation unfolding in the Gauteng City‐Region (GCR) of South Africa. Among the urbanisation processes identified, it focuses on two, situating them among debates on informality and defining new vocabularies of urbanisation. Aligned with discussions of peripherality as a social phenomenon, the article first depicts how some marginalised groups of people using transversal …
The spatiality of poverty and popular agency in the GCR
The Gauteng City-Region (GCR) in South Africa is a paradigmatic example of extended urbanization, in which the legacy of mining and apartheid continue to impact spatial practices and the experience of everyday life. The dynamics between urban centralities such as Johannesburg and regional-scale peripheries established by this legacy characterize the “spatiality of poverty” that exists in the GCR today. Yet the relational urbanization processes oc…
Thinking through people
Despite the ‘mobility turn’ in urban studies, there is surprisingly little research into the role people’s everyday movements play in driving urbanisation processes. As this paper discusses, one reason this has not occurred is because understanding this relationship requires both quantitative and qualitative knowledge, including geospatial locations and patterns as well as why people choose to move the way they do. Few studies employ mixed method…
Paradigm Johannesburg
Urban development in contemporary South Africa generates opportunities for the reproduction of inequality, as well as chances to increase the social justice of the urban landscape. This article juxtaposes two current developments in greater Johannesburg to illustrate the contrast between ‘insurgent’ bottom-up planning approaches and top-down ‘control’ policies characteristic of development in Africa today. While top-down megaprojects often promot…
Thinking through people
Despite the ‘mobility turn’ in urban studies, there is surprisingly little research into the role people’s everyday movements play in driving urbanisation processes. As this paper discusses, one reason this has not occurred is because understanding this relationship requires both quantitative and qualitative knowledge, including geospatial locations and patterns as well as why people choose to move the way they do. Few studies employ mixed method…
The spatiality of poverty and popular agency in the GCR
The Gauteng City-Region (GCR) in South Africa is a paradigmatic example of extended urbanization, in which the legacy of mining and apartheid continue to impact spatial practices and the experience of everyday life. The dynamics between urban centralities such as Johannesburg and regional-scale peripheries established by this legacy characterize the “spatiality of poverty” that exists in the GCR today. Yet the relational urbanization processes oc…
Towards a cooperative urbanism? An alternative conceptualization of urban development for Johannesburg’s mining belt
This paper explores the multidimensional aspects of inequality that shape urban areas and imagines an alternative future for one such space in Johannesburg, South Africa. It builds on literature from urban studies and planning theory to explore planning practices that politicize inequality, valorize difference and promote the shared management of collective resources. Then, drawing on a decade of qualitative research, the paper imagines how coope…
Processes of Peripheralisation
This article interrogates the term “periphery” by examining the forms of urbanisation unfolding in the Gauteng City‐Region (GCR) of South Africa. Among the urbanisation processes identified, it focuses on two, situating them among debates on informality and defining new vocabularies of urbanisation. Aligned with discussions of peripherality as a social phenomenon, the article first depicts how some marginalised groups of people using transversal …
Paradigm Johannesburg
Urban development in contemporary South Africa generates opportunities for the reproduction of inequality, as well as chances to increase the social justice of the urban landscape. This article juxtaposes two current developments in greater Johannesburg to illustrate the contrast between ‘insurgent’ bottom-up planning approaches and top-down ‘control’ policies characteristic of development in Africa today. While top-down megaprojects often promot…
The spatiality of poverty and popular agency in the GCR
The Gauteng City-Region (GCR) in South Africa is a paradigmatic example of extended urbanization, in which the legacy of mining and apartheid continue to impact spatial practices and the experience of everyday life. The dynamics between urban centralities such as Johannesburg and regional-scale peripheries established by this legacy characterize the “spatiality of poverty” that exists in the GCR today. Yet the relational urbanization processes oc…
Thinking through people
Despite the ‘mobility turn’ in urban studies, there is surprisingly little research into the role people’s everyday movements play in driving urbanisation processes. As this paper discusses, one reason this has not occurred is because understanding this relationship requires both quantitative and qualitative knowledge, including geospatial locations and patterns as well as why people choose to move the way they do. Few studies employ mixed method…
The Gender–Poverty–Mobility Nexus and the Post-Pandemic Era in South Africa
As part of long-term comparative research into the Gauteng City-Region, this article presents mixed-methods studies in the informal settlement of Denver, located in the industrial belt southeast of Johannesburg’s city center. It unpacks the results of focus groups, ethnographic and expert interviews, as well as mapping with an innovative smartphone tracking application, comparing everyday life for several households in this area before the pandem…
Towards a cooperative urbanism? An alternative conceptualization of urban development for Johannesburg’s mining belt
This paper explores the multidimensional aspects of inequality that shape urban areas and imagines an alternative future for one such space in Johannesburg, South Africa. It builds on literature from urban studies and planning theory to explore planning practices that politicize inequality, valorize difference and promote the shared management of collective resources. Then, drawing on a decade of qualitative research, the paper imagines how coope…
Processes of Peripheralisation
This article interrogates the term “periphery” by examining the forms of urbanisation unfolding in the Gauteng City‐Region (GCR) of South Africa. Among the urbanisation processes identified, it focuses on two, situating them among debates on informality and defining new vocabularies of urbanisation. Aligned with discussions of peripherality as a social phenomenon, the article first depicts how some marginalised groups of people using transversal …
The Indifference of Transport
States in the Global South have consistently invested in large-scale, vanity infrastructure projects, which are often not used by the majority of their residents. Using a mixed-method and comparative approach with findings from Greater Maputo, Mozambique, and the Gauteng City-Region exposes how internationally-supported and expensive transport projects do not meet the needs of lower-income urban residents, and meanwhile, widespread, everyday mode…
From lively spatial combinations to lively theorizations
“She’s Here and I’m Not”
Prevailing societal beliefs about gender constructs and fathering practices perpetuate a hidden geography of infrastructural violence and oppression in the Gauteng City-region of South Africa. Using the frames of hegemonic, failed, and respectable masculinity, we demonstrate how the notion of breadwinning, coalescing with material deficits, often pushes fathers into situations we term parenthetical parenting, in which their relationships with the…
From Hidden Geographies to “Lived, Possible, and Imaginative Geographies”
Continuing from a well-received The Professional Geographer Focus section on hidden geographies published in 2023, this sequel invites authors to contribute further to the theme, focusing on hidden geographies in cities. This opening article begins by laying out the context, including recent theoretical turns, a call to shift attention to what makes a just city, contestations of the concept of (social) justice, and calls for inclusive theorizatio…
Densification by commodification
Comparing the politics and governance of densification in South Africa and Austria provides new insight into capitalist housing production. In this paper, we present the results of extensive empirical research into housing densification as an urban development strategy in Gauteng, the region surrounding Johannesburg in South Africa, and in the Austrian part of Alpine Rhine Valley, which is the economic center of the province of Vorarlberg. Though…
Geography (10 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Economic growth (6 works) · Economic geography (5 works) · Urban and Rural Development Challenges (5 works) · Urban Planning and Governance (5 works) · Legal Issues in South Africa (4 works) · Regional science (4 works)