Izak Johannes Van der Merwe
Biographic Data
| ID | 6789115 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Izak Johannes Van der Merwe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Izak Johannes |
| FAMILY NAME | Van der Merwe |
| SIGNATURE | VAN DER MERWE I J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stellenbosch University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Public Theological Remarks on Time Discounting and Intergenerational Justice
This article inhabits an interdisciplinary space between ecological economics and public theology. After the publication of the 2007 Stern report a debate ensued about the way the economic tool of time discounting is applied as a means to assess the cost of climate change. In this article, the debate is reviewed and the notions of intergenerational justice, sacrifice, stewardship and servant leadership in the Christian tradition are subsequently …
Geolinguistics of European Minority Groups in Cape Town
The metropolitan area of Cape Town is the focus for an urban‐geolinguistic study of the European immigrant language groups. The aim of this article is to address the following issues: the spatial distribution of German and Portuguese minority languages in the city; their language change patterns; a social profile of each subgroup in the city; the institutional and policy framework associated with these languages. Although Cape Town is linguistica…
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Geolinguistics of European Minority Groups in Cape Town
The metropolitan area of Cape Town is the focus for an urban‐geolinguistic study of the European immigrant language groups. The aim of this article is to address the following issues: the spatial distribution of German and Portuguese minority languages in the city; their language change patterns; a social profile of each subgroup in the city; the institutional and policy framework associated with these languages. Although Cape Town is linguistica…
Public Theological Remarks on Time Discounting and Intergenerational Justice
This article inhabits an interdisciplinary space between ecological economics and public theology. After the publication of the 2007 Stern report a debate ensued about the way the economic tool of time discounting is applied as a means to assess the cost of climate change. In this article, the debate is reviewed and the notions of intergenerational justice, sacrifice, stewardship and servant leadership in the Christian tradition are subsequently …
Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Anthropology (1 work) · Cape (1 work) · Climate change (1 work) · Climate Change and Geoengineering (1 work) · Conversation (1 work) · Discounting (1 work) · Ecology (1 work) · Economic Justice (1 work)