Steering Committee
Chair
Borna Fuerst-Bjeliš
UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB
Faculty of Science
Department of Geography
Marulićev trg 19/II,10000 Zagreb
Croatia
E-mail: bornafb@geog.pmf.unizg.hr
Borna Fuerst Bjeliš, senior researcher and full professor at the University of Zagreb. In 2012, she was awarded the “Federico Grisogono” prize for scientific achievement and outstanding contribution to the development of geography in Croatia, in 2021 she was awarded the Croatian Geographical Society Science Prize, while in 2015 she was awarded the plaque and medal of the University of Zadar (Croatia) and in 2020 the plaque of the University of Mostar (Bosnia & Herzegovina) in recognition of outstanding contribution to cooperation.
In the period 2017-19 she was Vice President of the European Society for Environmental History. Since 2016, she has been a member of the Steering Committee of the IGU Commission on Marginalisation, Globalisation and Regional and Local Responses, while in 2020 she was appointed Chair of the Commission.
She graduated in geography from the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Zagreb in 1983, obtained her MSc in 1990 and her PhD in 1996. Since then, she has visited several foreign research and educational institutions (St. Gallen, Bern, Madrid and Boston) with the aim of specialising in the field of environmental history, landscape change and regional and local community development. She speaks English (C) and French (B).
Since 1989 she has been working at the University of Zagreb (Faculty of Sciences, Department of Geography). For many years she was involved in the management of the University of Zagreb, the Faculty of Science and the Department of Geography (among numerous other positions, she was Vice Dean for International Cooperation and Chair of the Doctoral Programme in Geography for 8 years).
Her area of specialisation is environmental history and landscape change, with a spatial focus mainly on the Mediterranean karst area, including the development of research methods (historical cartography, GIS), border areas, spatial perceptions and spatial (regional) identities. Since 2007, she has been head of a project on environmental changes, cultural landscapes and regional identities funded by the Ministry of Science and the University of Zagreb, project coordinator of two international projects (Swiss Science Foundation) and collaborator in a number of other scientific projects (6). In addition to conference presentations, she has given 11 invited or plenary lectures at conferences and international summer schools in Europe, Canada and the USA. She is the author /co-author and editor of 6 scientific books and more than a hundred papers, while the results of her research have been published in more than 70 peer-reviewed scientific journal articles and book chapters to date.
Since the beginning of her academic career, she has taught 20 courses from bachelor to doctoral level at the University of Zagreb in the Geography and Environmental Science programmes, as well as in the PhD programmes at the Universities of Zadar (Croatia) and Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
She currently teaches Environmental history, Mediterranean studies, Regional concepts and Work in Science and Research methodology in environmental and cultural landscape studies/modules in the PhD programme. She has supervised more than 80 Bachelor and Master theses and 10 PhD theses.
She is co-author of the university textbook „Historical Geography of Croatia“ (University of Split), editor of the open access book "Mediterranean Identities - Environment, Society, Culture" (InTechOpen) and editor of Croatian editions and author of chapters in two books on environmental history: “What is Environmental History” by D. Hughes and “The Global Environmental History” by I.G.Simmons (Disput). She is also author and co-editor of the Springer book series "The perspectives on geographical marginality" and "Environmental History" (volume "Environmental Histories of the Dinaric Karst" ). She is co-author of the scientific monograph "The Historical Geography of Croatia - Territorial Change and Cultural Landscapes" in the Springer series "Historical Geography and Geosciences".
She is a member of a number of international and national scientific organisations, in most of which she was/is a member of the board (International Geographic Union; European Society for Environmental History; Association for Croatian Studies; Association of American Geographers/ Specialty group Environment and Perception; Croatian Geographical Society; Croatian Cartographical Association; Croatian Geomorphological Society). She is a member of the editorial boards of the leading Croatian geographical and environmental history journals and a number of other European journals.
She has been the member of scientific committees of many national and international conferences. She was the initiator and chair of the local organizing and scientific commitee of the first IGU conference held in Croatia, in Dubrovnik (2012) as well as the chair of the local organizing committee of the 9. biennial conference of the European Society for Environmental History (ESEH) in Zagreb (2017).
She has been the representative and coordinator of the Regional Action Center – Croatia of the International Year of Global Understanding (2016), the initiative of the International Geographic Union - IGU.
She is also engaged in popular science (journal editorial, popular science TV shows and interviews, public lectures).
Humanitarian and environmental engagement
Friend and donor to UNICEF Childhood Guardians Programme, SOS Children's Village Lekenik Croatia and independent, non-profit and non-governmental organizations Greenpeace Croatia and Animal Friends Croatia.
Vice chair
Krystian Heffner
University of Economics
Faculty of Spatial Economy and Regions in Transition
Department of Spatial and Environmental Economics
Poland
krystian.heffner@ue.katowice.pl
e-mail: heffner@ue.katowice.pl
phone: +48 501420193 (Intended for the Steering Committee only)
Faculty of Spatial Economy and Regions in Transition
Department of Spatial and Environmental Economy
University of Economics in Katowice [Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Katowicach]
ul. 1 Maja 50, 40-287 Katowice, Poland
e-mail: uek@ue.katowice.pl
As Professor of Economics (2001), has specialised in regional, rural and urban policy. He is involved on research in the field of spatial economics, including the impact of metropolises on outer zones. He is an expert on migration issues from an international, regional and urban perspective as well as in peripherisation and marginalisation processes in rural areas. He has been involved in small towns development questions for many years.
A few recent publications:
Heffner, K., Solga, B. (2024). The Emigration-Region Concept, Emergence Mechanism and Characteristics: A Case Study of the Opolskie Voivodeship. Central and Eastern European Migration Review, 8 May, doi: 10.54667/ceemr.2024.07.
Heffner K., Twardzik M. (2022). Rural Areas in Poland – Changes Since Joining the European Union. European Countryside, Vol. 14 (Issue 2), pp. 420-438. https://doi.org/10.2478/euco-2022-0021
Twardzik M., Heffner K. (2019). Small Towns and Rural Areas – as A Prospective Place of Modern Retail Trade Formats in Poland, European Countryside, vol. 11(1), p. 74-84. doi: https://doi.org/10.2478/euco-2019-0005
Steering Committee Members
Jamalunlaili Abdullah
Universiti Teknologi MARA, Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Surveying
Malaysia
Dolores Sánchez Aguilera
University of Barcelona, Department of Geography
Spain
Mohana Basu
Kishore Bharati Bhagini Nivedita College, Department of Geography
India
Dr. Mohana Basu, Assistant Professor, Geography, Email Id: mohana15basu@gmail.com, Contact No: 9051514821, 9674929285, 9433349913
Permanent Address 65 A Middle Road, Entally, Philips More, CIT Road, Kolkata: 700014
Personal Details, Date of Birth: 28.01.1992, Father’s Name: Jayanta Basu, Mother’s Name: Dr Snehamanju Basu
Educational Degrees
Year of Passing University / Boards Exams Passed Percentage of Marks
Degrees
2019 Jadavpur University Ph.D
2015 UGC Net 61.71%
2013-15 Calcutta University M.Sc. Geography 68.9%
2010-13 Calcutta University B.Sc. Geography 61.5%
Presidency College (Former)
2010 West Bengal Board of Higher
Secondary Education (From
South Point High School) HIGHER SECONDARY(10+2) 88%
2008 West Bengal Board of Secondary
Education (South Point School) SECONDARY 86.125%
Teaching Experience
· Currently, working as Assistant Professor in Kishore Bharati Bhagini Nivedita College (co-ed) under University of Calcutta since May 11th , 2022.
· Worked as an Assistant Professor in Polba Mahavidyalaya under Burdwan University since September, 2020 till 10th May 2022.
· Guest Lecturer in PG department of East Calcutta Girls’ College
· Internal Paper Setter of Semester 1 of ECGC in 2021.
· Internal Paper Setter of Semester IV of ECGC in 2022.
· Paper setter of Paper : I (M-2), GEOG, B.A/B.Sc. Part-I Gen. (1+1+1-09) Examination,2022.
· Appointed as examiner of BA/B.Sc Semester VI Hons (Under CBCS), 2022, GEOA, DSEA 4 (Th.) Resource Geography.
· External examiner of Practical Examination of UG Sem IV Hons. CC 8, CC 9, CC 10, 2022.
· Worked as a Guest Lecturer in Surendranath College for Women since 11th February 2016 till 31st December 2019.
· Worked as a college part time Lecturer in Prafulla Chandra College since 1st August 2016 till 18th September 2020. (SACT I since January 2020).
· Worked as a Guest Teacher in Govt. Girls’ General Degree College
Publications:
· Basu, M. (2015). Evolution of the Smart City Concept: The Indian Context. The Observer, 52. pp 69-79 ISSN NO 2230-9535
· Basu, M. & Datta, D (2016). Changing Land-use Patterns, Urban Sprawl and Socio-economic Changes: A Study of Kolkata’s Eastward Expansion. Land use and Planning Management, pp218-228 ISBN NO 978-81-928047-6-7
· Basu, M & Basu, S (2016). The Role of Hawkers in Creating Encroachment: A Case Study of Kolkata. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Studies A Peer Reviewed Indexed Bi-monthly Bi-Lingual Research Journal ,3(1). pp 70-80 ISSN NO 2349-6711
· Basu, M & Basu, S (2016).Socio-economic Condition of Slums in Kolkata: A case study of Ward no 82. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Studies A Peer Reviewed Indexed Bi-monthly Bi-Lingual Research Journal ,3(2). pp 141-151. ISSN NO 2349-6711
· Basu, M. (2016). Juvenile Trafficking: Glimpses of Kolkata. International Research Journal of Interdisciplinary & Multidisciplinary Studies- A Peer Reviewed International Monthly Research Journal, 2(9). pp 103-110 ISSN NO: 2394-7950
· Basu, M (2018). A Geographical Analysis of Urbanization, Demographic Structure and Problems in Asansol Durgapur Planning Area (ADPA). Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research, 5(8). pp 280-289. ISSN NO 2349-5162
· Basu, M. & Datta, D (2018). Urbanization and Social Change : Analyzing Demographic and Socio-economic Transformations of Asansol Durgapur Planning Area of West Bengal, India. Contemporary Social Sciences, 27(3). pp 123-138. ISSN NO 0302-9298
· Basu, M (2020). An Analysis of the Perception of Community Members on Women’s Mobility in the Rural Areas of Asansol-Durgapur Planning Area (ADPA). Journal of National Development, 33(2). Pp 92-106. ISSN NO 0972-8309
· Basu, M (2021). A Geographical Study of Women Status in an Emerging Urban Industrial Economy: Experiences from the Asansol Durgapur Development Area of West Bengal, India. Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 12(1). Pp 1-10. ISSN 0975-6795 (Print) 2321-5828 (Online) DOI: 10.5958/2321-5828.2021.00001.2
· Basu, M (2022). An Analysis Of Perception Of Community Members On Women’s Free Mobility Over Space In Asansol Durgapur Planning Area (ADPA), West Bengal, International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 6, page no. ppf677-f683, June-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2206585.pdf
Book Chapter
· Basu, M (2017). International Water Dispute: India and Bangladesh. India and Indian Politics, (1). Pp 130-138 ISBN NO:978-81-934353-4-2.
· Basu, M (2018). A Socio-economic comparative analysis between the Slums of two Metro Cities: Kolkata and Mumbai. ‘Perspectives on Inclusive Urbanism: Exploring Marginality in Kolkata’ ISBN No 978-81-925563-7-6 year of publication 2018
Editor
· Worked as an Editor in the journal The Observer ISSN No:2230-9525 Vol 52 Year of publication 2015
· Worked as a co-editor in the edited book titled ‘Perspectives on Inclusive Urbanism: Exploring Marginality in Kolkata’ ISBN No 978-81-925563-7-6 year of publication 2018
· A member of the editorial board of the Annals of the American Association of Geographers.
Book
· Co-author of Bharatiya Bhugol published by Paschim Banga Pustok Parshad
Presentations
· ‘The Many Facets of Encroachment in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation Area’- UGC Sponsored Two Days National Seminar in Rabindra Bharati University on 10th & 11th March 2017
· ‘Assessment of Government Schemes for Enhancing Status of Women with special reference to West Bengal’- UGC Sponsored National Seminar in Department of Geography, Kabi Sukanta Mahavidyalaya on 13th January 2017
· ‘Urbanisation, demography and Socio-Economic Characteristics of Asansol-Durgapur Development Authority Area’- 3rd International Seminar at University of Burdwan, Department of Geography on 18th November, 2017
· ‘The Impact of Urbanization on the Demographic Structure of Asansol Durgapur Development Authority Area (ADDA): A Geographical Analysis’- 4th International Seminar at University of Gour Banga on 21st and 22nd March 2018.
· Rapporteur at 4th International Seminar at University of Gour Banga on 21st and 22nd March 2018.
· ‘Understanding the Gendered Dimensions of Development in an Urban-Industrial Economy: Experiences from Asansol Durgapur Planning Area of West Bengal, India’- The 4th Asian Conference on Geography (ACG 2018) hosted by Sun Yat-Sen University, China
· “Women on Water and Health Issues: A Case Study of Water Scarcity Area in Rural
West Bengal”- International Conference on “Sustainable Water Resources Management under Changed Climate” organised by School of Water Resources Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal (India) in Collaboration with Department of Geography, Women’s’ College Calcutta and NIT Durgapur from 13th March-15th March, 2020.
· “Uncovering the Role of Globalization in Transforming the Status of Women in Asansol Durgapur Planning Area, India” - 34th International Geographical Congress 16th to 20th August 2021 at Istanbul, Turkey.
· Delivered lecture as an invited speaker at the three-day national level online colloquium, ‘Livelihood and Impact of Industrialisation: Perspectives in Paschim Bardhhaman’ sponsored by UGC-STRIDE of Kazi Nazrul University, Asansol on 19th November 2022 on ‘Changing Status of Women with Urbanisation in Asansol Municipal Corporation’
· Expert Talk titled "Uncovering the role of Urbanisation on the status of women: A case study of Asansol Durgapur Area" on 7th November, 2022 at NIT, Silchar.
· “Impact of Urbanization and Industrialization on the Environment in Asansol Durgapur Planning Area, West Bengal” - 19th International Conference for History and Heritage 24th February 2024, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
· “A Geographical Analysis of the Socio-economic Conditions of the Marginalized and Encroachment of Space in Kolkata, India” – 35th International Geographical Congress 24th to 30th August 2024 at Dublin, Ireland.
Workshop
· SPSS Workshop at IDSK on Jan 30th to Feb 3rd 2017
· Participated and successfully completed A two days workshop cum hands on training programme in Q-GIS organised by Applied Geospatial Solution on 31st March and 1st April 2018.
· Attended the workshop for Under graduate teachers on Proposed Geography Syllabus (Hons and Genl.) under CBCS system and introduction of open source software held at Lady Brabourne College.
· Participated in One Day Workshop on CBCS in Undergraduate Geography Honours Course: Semester 5 and 6 organised by Department of Geography, Shri Shikshayatan College in collaboration with Faculty Council for Undergraduate Studies, University of Calcutta and Board of Studies in Geography, University of Calcutta
Extra-Curricular
Trained Odissi Dancer Completed Sangeet Visharad Final with Distinction
Achievements
· Achieved college topper certificates in Presidency College for obtaining highest marks in aggregate and practical in Part 1,2 and 3.
Kimberly Neil Irvine
Thammasat University, Faculty of Architecture and Planning
Thailand
Sara Medeiros
Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Institute of Public Policies
Brasil
Shoba Shrestha
Central Department of Geography, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu
Nepal
Havatzelet Yahel
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, The Ben-Gurion Research Institute for the Study of Israel & Zionism
Israel
Prof. Adv. Havatzelet Yahel is a Senior Faculty Member at the Ben-Gurion Research Institute for the Study of Israel & Zionism and the head of the Israel Studies Program at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. She received her PhD from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in historical geography, MPA in public administration from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government after receiving the Israel Wexner fellowship for excellence in the public sector, and BA in Economy and in LLB in Law from Tel-Aviv University. Before joining the academy, Yahel was the Deputy to the Southern District Attorney at the Ministry of Justice in Israel. Her research interests include historical geography, the study of indigenous and minority populations, land and settlements policies, and more. Yahel has published numerous academic papers and several books. Her last book The Tribal Challenge: Alliances and Confrontations in the Israeli Negev, was published in 2024 by Indiana University Press.
Sarah J. Halvorson
University of Montana, W.A. FRANKE COLLEGE OF FORESTRY AND CONSERVATION
USA
Commission Secretary
Walter Leimgruber, Université de Fribourg, Département de Géosciences, Unité de Géographie, Perolles, CH-1700 Fribourg, Suisse
E-mail: walter.leimgruber@unifr.ch
Honorary members
1. Personal Information
Name: Professor Etienne Nel
2. Qualifications
Qualification name: Institution: Date of Graduation:
BA Degree Rhodes University 1984
BA Honours Degree Rhodes University 1985
Higher Diploma in Education Rhodes University 1986
MA Degree University of the Witwatersrand 1991
PhD Degree Rhodes University 1997
3. Professional Affiliations/Memberships
International Geographical Union
New Zealand Geographical Society
Fellow – Royal Geographical Society
Fellow - Regional Studies Association
South African Geographical Society – awarded life Fellowship
4. Employment History
(a) Present Position
Professor, Geography, University of Otago, 2008-present
Head of School, Geography, University of Otago, 2020-
(b) Employment History
Teacher Estcourt High School 1986-87
Lecturer University of Transkei 1988-89
Senior Lecturer Giyani College of Education 1989
Professor Rhodes University 1990-2007
5. Other Relevant Experience
Director of Studies Washington College Programme based at Rhodes University 2000-2007
Project Leader World Bank / DBSA Research Team Evaluating Local Economic Development in South Africa 2004 -2006
Chairperson International Geographic Union Commission C0-47 2004-present
Research Associate School of Tourism & Hospitality, Faculty of Management, University of Johannesburg, 2010 –
Visiting Research Fellow School of Tourism and Hospitality, University of Johannesburg, 2011-present.
Visiting Professor Rhodes University South Africa, 2014-present
Visiting Professor School of Business, University of Northumbria, 2013 – present.
Visiting Professor Centre for Development and Enterprise, University of the Free State, 2014-present.
6. Research Activities
(a) Research Expertise
a. Local Economic Development
b. Urban, Rural and Regional Economic Development
c. Local Government
(b) Experience in contract research and consultancies
1992 Market survey for a proposed Retail/Leisure Centre in Grahamstown, undertaken of behalf or Q and R Realty, Johannesburg.
1992 Survey of Industrial Development Alternatives for the Border Region, undertaken on behalf of Corplan, East London and the African National Congress (Border region, South Africa).
1992 Assisted in the formulation of the Border Kei Development Forum's (East London) submission of a proposed Economic Development Package to the Minister of Finance.
1993 Drew up proposals for the establishment of Export Processing Zones in the Border-Kei Region on behalf of the Border-Kei Development Forum.
1993-4 Survey and Analysis of the Development Potential of Small Towns in the Eastern Cape on behalf of the Urban Foundation.
1993-4 Investigation into the structure of the civil service in the Eastern Cape - Border-Kei region on behalf of the Macro-Economic Research Group (University of Fort Hare) and the African National Congress (Border Region).
1994 Investigation into the determination of the borders of the East London metropolitan
area on behalf of Corplan and the East London local government negotiating forum.
1994 The planning of local development in East London - advice rendered to the East London municipality.
1994 Technical advice rendered to the Ministry of Economic Affairs of the Eastern Cape
Province.
1994- Investigation to the potential role of local authorities in the promotion of local economic development and the promotion of small and medium enterprises; and the drafting of appropriate policy guidelines on behalf of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and the South African National Civic Organization (SANCO).
1994 - United Nations Centre for Regional Development grant to investigate small town
features and constraints in Africa (Phase II) (project leader).
1994 - Friedrich Ebert Stiftung grant to research and draft the South African National
Civics Organizations policy paper on `Local Economic Development' (principal author).
1994-5- Evaluation and Assessment of the Border Rural Development Forum on behalf of
the I.D.T. (Independent Development Trust).
1994-5- Evaluation of joint-South African government and Independent Development Trust
funded community development projects in the Border Corridor of South Africa on
behalf of the Independent Development Trust
1995-6- Member of the Ministry in the Office of the President's Task team on Local
Economic Development.
1995-6 Editing of the Centre for Development and Enterprise policy document on Small
Towns.
1995 - United Nations Centre for Regional Development grant to investigate small town
features and constraints in Africa (Phase III) (project leader).
1995 - British Overseas Development Agency / Ministry in the Office of the President of South Africa, grant to investigate Local Economic Development in South Africa (participant).
1995Human Sciences Research Council Grant to investigate the current use of GIS in
tertiary institutions (project leader).
1996-8 Human Sciences Research Council Grant to investigate Sustainable Livelihoods
Projects in the Kat River Valley, South Africa (Project Leader)
1996- Friedrich Ebert Stiftung grant to research and draft the South African Government's
draft green paper on `Local Economic Development' (principal author).
1996Participant in the World Bank / United Nations Development Programme /Overseas
Development Agency national `Poverty Survey' of South Africa.
1997Electoral Institute of South Africa study of Local Government capacity in South
Africa.
1999 - Centre for Development and Enterprise: Drafting of report on Local Economic
Development
1999 - South African Government (Department of Constitutional Development) and the
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung: investigation of Local Economic Development Instruments
to address Economic Transformation in South Africa.
1999 - Project leader in a survey of the status of Local Economic Development in ten
countries in Southern Africa, undertaken on behalf of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and the Small Enterprise Promotion Advisory Council of SADC (the Southern African Development Community).
1999 Project report writing for the Centre for Development and Enterprise.
1999- Research undertaken for the Freidrich Ebert Stiftung and Department of
Constitutional Development (South African government) into Local Economic Development policy instruments.
1999 Evaluation of the Seymour development project on behalf of Corplan, East London.
2002 Evaluation of EU funded LED intervention in the Cato Manor urban renewal area
2002 Drafting of an Annotated Bibliography on research undertaken in Small Towns in
South Africa for BEES.
2002 - Project leader – GTZ grant to research and assist with LED in pilot rural areas in the
Eastern Cape, South Africa.
2003 Project leader – Premier’s Economic Advisory Council of the Free State Province:
Study of LED in the Free State.
2004 Project leader – City of Cape Town: Evaluation of the Noordhoek Valley Training
Centre Initiative.
2004 Centre for Development and Enterprise – study on Growth Coalitions.
2004-06 - Project leader – World Bank / Development Bank of Southern Africa Study of Local
Economic Development in South Africa.
2005 Co-researcher international overview of Regional Development for Department of
Trade and Industry, South Africa.
2005 S.A. Government / German Development Bank: finalization of the draft national
LED document.
2005-06 Drafting of Regional Industrial Development Strategy for the South African
Department of Trade and industry
2006 European Union LED Support Programme to the Eastern Cape province– Technical
Advisory Support.
2006 GTZ investigation of the Status Quo of Local Economic Development in the
Eastern Cape, South Africa
2007 Research into retail patterns and transport connectivity in Bethelsdorp on behalf of
the Bethelsdorp Development Trust, South Africa
2007 Development of the Local Economic Development strategic plan for the Makana Municipality, South Africa
(c) Research Grants
(1) Research grants as first named principal or joint principal investigator.
1994 - United Nations Centre for Regional Development grant to investigate small town
features and constraints in Africa (Phase II) (project leader).
1995 - United Nations Centre for Regional Development grant to investigate small town
features and constraints in Africa (Phase III) (project leader).
1996-8 Human Sciences Research Council Grant to investigate Sustainable Livelihoods
Projects in the Kat River Valley, South Africa (Project Leader)
1999 - Survey of the status of Local Economic Development in ten
countries in Southern Africa, undertaken on behalf of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and the Small Enterprise Promotion Advisory Council of SADC (the Southern African Development Community) (project leader)
2001-03 – Project Leader, National Research Foundation (South Africa) grant to investigate
Local Economic Development in South Africa in terms of the Sustainable
Livelihoods Programme
2003-07 – Project Leader, National Research Foundation (South Africa) grant to investigate
Local Economic Development in South Africa in terms of the Sustainable
Livelihoods Programme
2004-06 - Project leader – World Bank / Development Bank of Southern Africa Study of Local
Economic Development in South Africa.
2008-10 - Oceania Development Network – Research Grant to examine urban livelihoods in
Samoa.
2008-09 – Global Development Network / UNDP grant to investigate Urban Agriculture in
Southern Africa.
2009-10 Royal Society of New Zealand grant to initiate economic development research in
New Zealand
2010 - 13 NZ Aid grant to undertake development support in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
2011- 13 NZAid grant to undertake research into Urban Agriculture in Zambia,
2013- 15 Resource Towns and Peripheries (Canada Research Chair in Rural and Small Town Studies) Value: $6000 (with Sean Conelly)
2016 - 17 Regional Studies Association grant to investigate aspects of regional and local development in Australasia.
2017 – 19 New Zealand National Science Challenge Research Grant (PI) – Harnessing the
Hinterland. Value: $ 322,000
2022-4 Comparative Perspectives on Immigration to Small and Mid-Sized Cities was awarded a Partnership Development Grant from the SSHRC. Co-PI with Ash Alam.
Value: $ 46,000
(2) Participant on Major Research Grants.
1995- British Overseas Development Agency / Ministry in the Office of the President of South Africa, grant to investigate Local Economic Development in South Africa (participant).
1996- Participant in the World Bank / United Nations Development Programme /Overseas
Development Agency national `Poverty Survey' of South Africa.
1999 - South African Government (Department of Constitutional Development) and the
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung: investigation of Local Economic Development Instruments
to address Economic Transformation in South Africa (participant).
2008/9- Urban Agriculture Study of Southern Africa for Global Development Network / UNDP
2014 ILO SME Observatory / National Treasury – Study of SME development in South Africa
2015 - OECD grant to look at case-studies of youth employment programmes in New Zealand.
2018- South African Cities Network – Planning, economics and local development in Intermediate Cities, Literature Review.
2020-2 Rural amenities and thriving regional economies (National Science Challenge 11:
Building Better Communities) Value $180,000 Co-PI for project to explore rural amenities for thriving regional economies. (with Sean Connelly Geography; Alyssa Ryan PhD candidate).
(d) Supervision of Postgraduate Students
Student Degree / University Supervisors % Nel Enrolment Dates
Zituta, M MA Rhodes Nel 100 1995-1996
Hale, M MA Rhodes Nel 100 1998-1999
Motteux, N PhD Rhodes Rowntree, Nel 40 1999-2003
Mkize, N MSc Rhodes Villet, Nel 40 2001-2002
White, R MA Rhodes Nel 100 2002-2003
Buthelezi, S MA Rhodes Nel 100 2002-2003
Gibb, M MSocSc Rhodes Nel 100 2002-2003
Trotter, D MA Natal Hill, Nel 40 2001-2003
Gooedenough, C. MA Natal Hill, Nel 40 2001-2003
Lefutso, D. MBA Rhodes Nel 100 2005-2005
Gibb, M. PhD Rhodes Nel 100 2004-2006
Alebiosu, O. MA Rhodes McGregor, Nel 40 2004-2006
Thornton, A. PhD Sussex Funnell, Nel 40 2003-2006
Meyer, S. MA Rhodes Nel 100 2005-2007
Pio, E MA Rhodes Fox, Nel 40 2005-2007
Williams, R. MPlan Otago Nel 100 2008-2008
Stevenson, T. MPlan Otago Nel 100 2008-2008
Fitchatt, R. MPlan Otago Nel 100 2009-2009
Qwashire-Harry, R PhD Otago Nel, Freeman 50 2008-current
Tamimi, M PhD Otago Freeman, Nel 40 2008-2013
Ironside, J PhD Otago Nel, Malam 60 2009-2013
Price, S. MPlan Otago Nel 100 2009-2009
Baird, S. MPlan Otago Nel 100 2010-2010
Ross, J. PhD Otago Nel, Crowe 60 2010-2016
Vista, B. PhD Otago Binns, Nel 40 2010-2013
Smart, J. PhD Otago Binns, Nel 40 2010-2015
Farminer, A. PhD Otago Duncan, Nel 30 2010-2013
Goodwin, R. MA Otago Nel 100 2009-2011
McNaughton, Catriona MPlan Otago Nel 100 2011-2011
Topp, F. MA Otago Rosin, Nel 40 2011-2013
Douma, A. MA Otago Nel 100 2012
Taine, K. MA Otago Nel 100 2012-2015
Gilroy, J. MPlan Otago Nel 100 2012-2012
Anderson, C. MPlan Otago Nel 100 2013- 2018
Liddle, E. MSc Otago Mager, Nel 30 2013-2014
Bateman, J. PhD Otago Binns, Nel 40 2013-2016
Latai, Anita PhD Otago Binns, Nel 40 2013-2016
Elizabeth Soal PhD Otago Bond, Nel 30 2015-present
Matthew Keyse MPlan Otago Nel 100 2016
Jessica Rose MPlan Otago Nel, Connelly 50 2016
Matthew Husband MPlan Otago Nel 100 2017
Daniel Babsubis PhD Otago Binns, Nel 40 2017-2023
David Wither PhD Otago Orchiston, Nel 30 2017-2021
Charles Forsyth PhD Otago Nel, Berg 60 2017-2022
Rosina Watson MA Otago Nel 100 2017-2019
Rachael Fleener MA Otago Binns, Nel 50 2017-2024
Ema Uko PhD Otago Binns, Nel 40 2017-2021
Leigh Clutterbuck-Young MPlan Otago Nel 100 2018
Esther Neill MPlan Otago Nel 100 2018
Sian Stirling MPlan Otago Nel 100 2019
Lyndon Dearlove MA Otago Nel 100 2019-2020
Alison Floyd PhD Otago Connelly, Nel 40 2019-2022
Sammy Bergen MA Otago Nel 100 2019-2021
Rudi Kresna PhD Otago Campbell, Nel 30 2019-2021
Alyssa Ryan PhD Otago Connelly, Nel 30 2020-current
Shirley Achieng PhD Otago Jackson, Dawson, Nel 20 2021-23
Courtney Simpson PhD Otago Nel, Stephenson, Kahui 34 2021-current
Della Clark MPlan Otago Nel 100 2021-2022
Khaylm Mitchell MPlan Otago Nel 100 2022
Keegan Wells MPlan Otago Nel 60 2023
Kim Kessler PhD Otago Nel, Stephenson 60 2023-present
Alexis Patell MA Otago Nel 100 2023
Mia Tangeny MPlan Otago Nel 100 2024
Ella Walker Smith MPlan Otago Nel 100 2024
Laura Hamilton MPlan Otago Nel 100 2024
Niloofar Dini PhD Otago Orchiston, Nel 20 2024-present
7. Distinctions
1985 – Lord Milner Memorial Prize, Rhodes University.
1985 – Academic Colours, Rhodes University
1985 – Academic Medal, Founder Hall, Rhodes University
1998 – Vice Chancellor’s Distinguished Research Award, Rhodes University
2016 - Awarded with a Fellowship of the South African Geographical Society
2017 - Awarded with a Fellowship of the Regional Studies Association
2018 – Distinguished New Zealand Geographer Award
2020 – Distinguished New Zealand Geographer Medal
8. Teaching Activities
(a) Range and level of teaching (Last three years only)
2008- present: University of Otago:
Geography 102 –Demography and Urban Geography (Course Co-ordinator)
Geography 214/374 – Economic Geography (Course Co-ordinator)
Geography 215/384 – Urban Geography
Geography 280/380 – Research Methods
Geography 457 – Advanced Urban Geography (Course Co-ordinator)
(b) Publications in curriculum development, student assessment, teaching procedures and teaching
materials
1998 – Guest Editorial in the Journal of Geography in Higher Education
1999 – Paper in the Journal of Geography in Higher Education
2007 – Nominated for the Rhodes University Teaching Award by student evaluators
2009 – Nominated for a University of Otago Teaching Award
(c) Teaching administration and leadership, quality assurance, evaluation
Course Coordinator of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes at Rhodes University and
the University of Otago
Resident Director Africa Studies Programme at Rhodes University
Editorial Board Member – Journal of Geography in Higher Education
Commissioning Editor for Australasia for the Journal of Geography in Higher Education
Managing Editor, New Zealand Geographer.
Executive Committee, New Zealand Geographical Society
(d) Professional development achievements
1986 – Awarded a Higher Diploma in Education
9. Publications
(a) Books – Authored / Edited
1999- Regional and Local Economic Development in South Africa, authored book, Nel, E.L.,
Ashgate Publishing, Aldershot. ISBN 1 84014 941 8, 359pp.
2000- South Africa: Past, Present and Future, authored book, Lester, A., Nel, E. and Binns, T.,
Pearson Education / Longmans, Harlow. ISBN 0 58235626 1, 374pp.
2000- An Evaluation of Community Driven Economic Development, Land Tenure and Sustainable
Environmental Development in the Kat River Valley, edited by Nel, E.L. and Hill, T.R.., HSRC Publishers, Pretoria. ISBN 0-7969-1948-8, 233 pp.
2005: Local Economic Development in the Developing World: The Experience of Southern Africa,
edited by Nel, E.L. and Rogerson, C.M., Transactions Press, New Brunswick. ISBN 0-7658-0249-X, 358 pp.
2008 The Global Challenge and Marginality, edited by Valenca, M., Nel, E. and Leimgruber, W,
Nova Science, New York. ISBN 1-60021-838-3.
2010 Livelihoods and Vulnerability in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands of Southern Africa, authored book by: Shackelton, C.M., Shackelton, S., Gambiza, J., Nel, E. and Rowntree, K., Transactions Press, New Brunswick . ISBN 978-1-60876-940-7.
2011 Binns, J.A., Dickson, A. and Nel, E.L., Africa: Diversity and Development, Routledge, London. ISBN978-0-415-41368-8.
2016 Marais, L., Nel, E.L. and Donaldson, R., Secondary Cities and Development in South Africa, Routledge: London ISBN 9781315667683.
2017 Chand, R., Nel., E. and Pelc, S., Societies, Social Inequalities and Marginalization: Marginal Regions in the 21st Century, Springer: Cham ISBN 9783319509976
2017 Potter, R., Binns, T., Elliot, J., Nel, E. and Smith, D., Geographies of Development (4th ed.),
Routledge, London. ISBN 978-1-138-79430-6
2018 Binns, T., Lynch, K. and Nel, E. Handbook of African Development, Routledge, London. ISBN 978-1-138-89029-9
2020 Nel, E. and Pelc, S., Responses to Geographical Marginality and Marginalization: From
Social Innovation to Regional Development. Springer Nature: Cham. ISBN 978-3-030-51341-
2.
2020 Regional and Local Economic Development in South Africa, authored book, Nel, E.L.
Routledge Revivals, Routledge., London. ISBN 9781138334670.
2022 Fuerst-Bjeliš, B., Nel, E. and Pelc, S. (eds.) COVID-19 and Marginalization of People and Places, Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-3-031-11138-9
2023 Binns, J.A., Dickson, A. and Nel, E.L., Africa: Diversity and Development, Routledge, London. (2nd edition)
2024 Freeman, C. and Nel E. The Caring City, Routledge, London.
(b) Books - Edited Conference Proceedings
1995 - Nel, E.L.,Local Economic Development in South Africa: A Review of Current Policy and Applied Case-Studies, Proceeding of a Workshop on Local Economic Development, held at Midrand, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Johannesburg. ISBN: 0-86810-304-7.
1996- Nel, E.L. and Lindie, M., Local Economic Development in South Africa: Recent Developments ans Strategies, Proceedings of the Second Workshop on Local Economic Development held at Midrand in December 1995, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Johannesburg. ISBN: 0-86810-306-3.
2007 Jones, G., Leimgruber, W. And Nel, E. (eds), Issues in Geographical marginality: Papers
presented during the Meetings of the Commission on Evolving Issues of geographical Marginality in the Early 21st Century World, 2001-2004, Rhodes University, Grahamstown. ISBN: 9780868104416.
2010 Geographical Marginality as a global issue: Papers presented during the Meetings of the Commission on Marginalization, Globalization And Local And Regional Response, 2004 – 2007, Leimgruber, W., Nel, E., Matsuo, Y., Binns, T., Chand, R., Cullen, B., Lynch, D., Pradhan, P.K. (Eds), 2010:, International Geographical Union, Commission C08-47, Department of Geography, University of Otago, Dunedin. ISBN 978-0-473-17042-4, 527 pages.
2012 Mountain regions in transformation: Global processes, Regional and Local Impacts and
Responses, Leimgruber, W., Zsilincsar, W. and Nel, E. (Eds), Shaker, Aachen . ISBN 978-3-8440-0930-9, 239 pages
(c) Book Chapters
1989 ‑ Weaver, A., Berry, B.B. and Nel, E.L.,`A review of the temporal and spatial heterogeneity in water supply and demand patterns in South Africa', in Fox, R.L. and McI Daniel, J.D. (eds.): Fifty Years of Geography at Rhodes University; Essays in Honour of J.V.L. Rennie, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 421‑432.
1991 - Fox, R.C., Reintges, C. and Nel, E.L., `East London', in Lemon, T. (ed.): Homes Apart:
South Africa's Segregated Cities, Paul Chapman, London, 58-70.
1992 - Nel, E.L. and Temple, J., Industrial Development and Decentralization in East London
and its Hinterland, in van Pletsen, L. and Hurter, J.J. (eds.), Industrial Policy and Development in South Africa, Industrial Development Corporation, Sandton, 199-232.
1997 - Nel, E. and Hill, T., The Role of Small Urban Centres in Economic Recovery and
Regional Development, in United Nations Centre for Regional Development Research project on Small Urban Centres, The Role of Small Urban centres in Economic Recovery and Regional Development, UNCRD, Nairobi, 138-162.
1997 - Fox, R.F. and Nel, E.L., Pension payouts, periodic marketing and the continuance of
urban dependence in rural South Africa; problems and prospects for post-apartheid rural development planning, in United Nations Centre for Human Settlement (Habitat)(eds), Regional Development Planning and the Management of Urbanization: A Global Review, United Nations Centre for Human Settlement (Habitat), Nairobi.
1999 - Nel, E.L., Local Government and Local Economic Development, in Atkinson, D. and
Retiz, M.(eds.), From a Tier to a Sphere: Local Government in the New Constitutional
Order in South Africa, Electoral Institute of South Africa's, Heinemann, Johannesburg, p.152-170.
1999 - Fox, R.C. and Nel, E.L., 1999: De-industrialization in South Africa’s Rural
Periphery: The Interplay of Institutional and Economic Trends in the Eastern Cape Province, in van Dijk, J. and Pellenberg, P. (eds.), Demography of Firms: Spatial Dynamics of Firm Behaviour, Dutch Royal Geographical Society, University of Gronigen, Uitrecht/Gronignen, Netherlands, Chapter 12, p.245-254.
2000 - Nel, E.L., Economic Restructuring and Local Economic Development in South Africa, in
Khosa, M. (ed.), Infrastructure Mandate for Change, 1994-1999, HSRC publishers, Pretoria, 197-211.
2000 - Nel, E.L., Economic and Development, in Fox, R. And Rowntree, K., The Geography of South Africa in a Changing World, Oxford University Press, Oxford, p.114-137.
2002 - Nel, E.L., Manufacturing, in Lemon, A. and Rogerson, C.M. (eds.), Geography and Economy in South Africa and its Neighbours, Ashgate, Aldershot, 81-94.
2004 - Nel, E.L., Evolving participatory governance and development local government in post-apartheid South Africa, in Lovan, P., Murray, M. and Shaffer, R. (eds.), Participatory Governance: Planning, Conflict Mediation and Public Decision-Making with Civil Society, Ashgate, Aldershot, 23-38.
2004 - Nel, E.L., Hill, T. and Eising, W., Local Economic Development in Cato Manor, in Robinson,
P.,McCarthy, J. and Forster, C., Urban Reconstruction in the Developing World, Heinemann,
Sandown, pp. 347-372.
2004 - Nel, E.L. and Illgner, P.M., The contribution of bees to livelihoods in southern Africa, in Fabricus, C., Kock, E., Magome, H. and Turner, S. (eds.), Rights, Resources and Rural Development: Community Based Natural Resource Management in Southern Africa, Earthscan, London, 127-134.
2004- Hill, TR. & Nel, E., 2004: Thoughts of Rural Development Researchers in South Africa, in:
Fincham, R, Georg, S., & Nielsen, EH. Beyond the Earth Summit: The role of universities in the search for sustainable futures. Chapter 7, pages 139-169. Publishers: Brevitas, Howick, ISBN 1 87497647-3
2005 – Nel, E.L., Local Economic Development in Small Towns in South Africa, in Nel, E.L. and Rogerson, C.M. (eds.), Local Economic Development in the Developing World: The Experience of Southern Africa, Transactions Press, New Brunswick, 253-266.
2005 – Nel, E.L. and Rogerson, C.M, Introduction, in Nel, E.L. and Rogerson, C.M. (eds.), Local
Economic Development in the Developing World: The Experience of Southern Africa,
Transactions Press, New Brunswick, 1-16.
2005 – Nel, E.L. and Binns, T., Putting “Developmental Local Government” in practise: the
experience of South Africa’s towns and cities, in Nel, E.L. and Rogerson, C.M. (eds.), Local Economic Development in the Developing World: The Experience of Southern Africa, Transactions Press, New Brunswick, 37-56.
2005 – Nel, E.L., Hill, T. and Maharaj, B., Durban’s pursuit of economic development in the post-apartheid era, in Nel, E.L. and Rogerson, C.M. (eds.), Local Economic Development in the Developing World: The Experience of Southern Africa, Transactions Press, New Brunswick, 253-266.
2006 - Nel, E.L. and John., L. The evolution of Local Economic Development policy in South
Africa, in Pillay, J., du Toit, J. and Tomlinson, R., State of the Cities Project, Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria, 218-229
2007 – Nel, E. and Binns, T., Evolving economic marginality and local economic development
responses in selected South African Gold and Coal Mining Areas, in, Jones, G., Leimgruber, W. And Nel, E. (eds), Issues in Geographical marginality: Papers presented during the Meetings of the Commission on Evolving Issues of geographical Marginality in the Early 21st Century World, 2001-2004, Rhodes University, Grahamstown. ISBN: 9780868104416, 38-45.
2007 – Nel, E. and Binns, T., Evaluating ‘developmental local government’ in South Africa’s cities, in
Jones, G., Leimgruber, W. And Nel, E. (eds), Issues in Geographical marginality: Papers presented during the Meetings of the Commission on Evolving Issues of geographical Marginality in the Early 21st Century World, 2001-2004, Rhodes University, Grahamstown. ISBN: 9780868104416, 2-13.
2007 – Nel, E.L., Davidson, J. and Thornton, A., Pandemic and panacea: urban agriculture as a
community-based response to HIV/AIDS ?, in Jones, G., Leimgruber, W. And Nel, E. (eds), Issues in Geographical marginality: Papers presented during the Meetings of the Commission on Evolving Issues of geographical Marginality in the Early 21st Century World, 2001-2004, Rhodes University, Grahamstown. ISBN: 9780868104416, 14-23.
2007- Binns, T., Bek, D., Nel, E., & Ellison, B. Sidestepping the mainstream: Fairtrade Rooibos tea
production in Wupperthal, South Africa. In D. Maye, L. Holloway, & M. Kneafsey (Eds.), Alternative food geographies: Representation and practice. Oxford, UK: Elsevier, 331-350.
2008- Nel, E., Valenca, M. and Leimgruber, W., Introduction, The Global Challenge and Marginality,
edited by Valenca, M., Nel, E. and Leimgruber, W, Nova Science, New York. ISBN 1-60021-838-3, 1-12
2008 –Nel, E. and Binns, J., Evolving economic marginality and local econimc development responses
in selected South African gold and coal mining areas, The Global Challenge and Marginality, edited by Valenca, M., Nel, E. and Leimgruber, W, Nova Science, New York. ISBN 1-60021-838-3, 197-208.
2010 – Nel, E., Reflections on the Experience of Local Economic Development in the Eastern Cape, in Ruiters, G., Provinces in Contention: The Politics of Scale and the Fate of the Eastern Cape, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg.
2010 – Nel, E., The Experience of Local and Regional Development in Africa, in Pike, A., Rodriguez-Pose, A. and Tomaney, J., Handbook of Local and Regional Development, Routledge, London.
2010 - Nel, E. and Binns, T. 2010: Evaluating local economic development initiatives in South Africa:
evidence from the cities, Leimgruber, W., Nel, E., Matsuo, Y., Binns, T., Chand, R., Cullen, B., Lynch, D., Pradhan, P.K. (Eds), 2010: Geographical Marginality as a global issue: Papers presented during the Meetings of the Commission on Marginalization, Globalization And Local And Regional Response, 2004 – 2007, International Geographical Union, Commission C08-47, Department of Geography, University of Otago, Dunedin. ISBN 978-0-473-17042-4, Vol 5, 53-71.
2012 – Nel, E. and Stevenson, T., Small Town New Zealand: Reflections on local responses to geographical marginalization, in Leimgruber, W., Zsilincsar, W. and Nel, E., Mountain Regions in Transformation, Shaker, Acahen, 85-99.
2012 – Nel, E. and Hoogensdoorn, G., Exploring Small Town Development Dynamics in Rural South
Africa’s Post-Productivist Landscapes, in Donaldson, R. and Marais, L. (Eds), Small Town Geographies in Africa, Nova Science, New York, 21-34.
2013 – Nel, E., Binns, T. and Bek, D., Fair Trade and Alternative Food Networks in the
Internationalization of Small-Scale Rural Entrepreneurs in South Africa, In Etemad, H. (ed.), The Process of Internationalization of Internationalization in Emerging SMEs and Emerging Economies , Elgar, Northampton, 234-259.
2013 - Nel, E., & Illgner, P. (2013). The contribution of bees to livelihoods in southern Africa. In Rights
Resources and Rural Development (pp. 142-149). Routledge.
2014 - Thornton, A. and Nel, E. (2014) Cyclones, cash crops and capitalism: the potential for niche
market agriculture in a period of deepening systemic change in Samoa. In Sakai M., Jurriens E., Zhang, J. and Thornton A. (eds) Disaster Relief in the Asia Pacific: Agency and Resilience Routledge: London, 171-188.
2014: Nel, E., South African Urban Growth, 1911-2001, in Michalos, A.C. (Ed), Encyclopedia of
Quality of Life Research, Springer: Berlin, 6228-6233.
2014: Nel, E., Marginality, geographic space and demographic and flux, in Cepparo, M.E., Prieto, E.B.
and Gabrielidis, G. (Eds), Rasgos de Marginalidad. Diferentes Enfoques Y Aportes Para Abordar Problematica.: Malargues, Un Ejemplo Motivador, Facultad de Filospiay Letras, Universidad Nacionel de Cuyo; Mendoza, 273-289.
2014: Nel, E., Marginalidad, espacio geografico y flujos demograficaos, in Cepparo, M.E., Prieto, E.B.
and Gabrielidis, G. (Eds), Rasgos de Marginalidad. Diferentes Enfoques Y Aportes Para Abordar Problematica.: Malargues, Un Ejemplo Motivador, Facultad de Filospiay Letras, Universidad Nacionel de Cuyo; Mendoza, 291-314.
2014 Nel, E., responding changing fortunes: The experience of small town New
Zealand, Roche, M., Mansevlet, J., Price, R. and Gallagher, A., (ed.), Engaging Geographies:
Landscapes, Lifecourses and Mobilities, Cambridge Scholar Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne,
63-86.
2016: Marais, L., Nel, E.L. and Donaldson, R., Secondary Cities in South Africa, national settlement patterns and urban research, in Marais, L., Nel, E.L. and Donaldson, R., Secondary Cities and Development in South Africa, Routledge: London, 1-26.
2016: Marais, L., Nel, E.L. and Donaldson, R., The role of secondary cities in South Africa’s development, in Marais, L., Nel, E.L. and Donaldson, R., Secondary Cities and Development in South Africa, Routledge: London, 27-48.
2016: Marais, L., Nel, E.L. and Donaldson, R., The role of secondary cities in South Africa’s development, in Marais, L., Nel, E.L. and Donaldson, R., Secondary Cities and Development in South Africa, Routledge: London, 159-178.
2017: Connelly, S. and Nel, E., Restructuring the New Zealand Economy: Global-local links and
evidence from the West Coast and Southland regions, in Halseth, G. (Ed), Economic Restructuring, Routledge, London, 112-136.
2017: Nel, E. and Connelly, S.. Employment and Labour in New Zealand: Recent trends and reflections on developments in the West Coast and Southland regions, in Halseth, G. (Ed), Economic Restructuring, Routledge, London 221-242.
2017: Connelly, S. and Nel, E., Community responses to restructuring, in Halseth, G. (Ed), Economic Restructuring, Routledge, London, 317-335.
2017 Bateman, J. Binns, T. and Nel, E. Flirting with Food Security: Resilience in the Face of Conflict, Climate Change and Communicable Diseases in Rural Sierra Leone, in Thomas-Hope, E. (Ed.) Climate Change and Food Security: Africa and the Caribbean, Routledge, London, 128-142.
2017 Jackson, T., Nel, E., & Connelly, S., Subnational rural governance and development: Case studies of England, Scotland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. In E. Schoburgh & R. Ryan (Eds.), Handbook of research on sub-national governance and development. (pp. 117-149). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. doi: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1645-3.ch006
2018 Marais, M., Haslam Mackenzie, F., Nel, E., van Rooyen, D. and Burger, P., 2018: The way forward for Postmasburg, in Burger, P., Marais, L. and van Rooyen, D. (eds.), Mining and Community in South Africa: from Small Town to Iron Town, Taylor and Francis, London. (pp. 229-243).
2019 Nel, E. and Stevenson, T., Demographic and Economic change in small towns in New Zealand
and the responses to marginalization, in Leimgruber, L. and Chang, C.D. (Eds.) Rural Areas
between regional needs and global challenges, Springer: Berlin (pp. 177-189).
2019 Binns, J. and Nel, E., Urban Agriculture in Zambia, in Leimgruber, L. and Chang, C.D. (Eds.)
Rural Areas between regional needs and global challenges, Springer: Berlin (pp. 227-242).
2019 Marais, L. and Nel, E. Coal, energy and local development: cure or curse? (in preparation).
2019 Binns, J. and Nel, E, Reconceptualizing urban agriculture in Africa: Issues of scale, class and
institutional support: evidence from the Zambian Copperbelt, in Thornton, A. (ed) Urban
Food Transitions in the Global North & South, International Political Economy Series (IPE)
Palgrave: Cham (pp 213-229).
2019 Nel, E. and Connelly, S., Rural Health Service Delivery Challenges in an era of neo-liberalism in New Zealand in Greg Halseth, Sean Markey and Laura Ryser Markey (Eds.) Service Provision and Rural Sustainability: Infrastructure and Innovation, Routledge, London (pp. 65-79).
2019 Hoogendoorn, G. and Nel, E., Small town change in South Africa, in Knight, J. and Rogerson
C. (Eds) The Geography of South Africa, Springer, Cham (pp. 153-158).
2020 Marais, L., Donaldson, R. and Nel, E., Secondary Cities in South Africa, in Massey, R. and
Gunter, A. (eds.), Urban Geography in South Africa, Routledge, London. (pp121-138).
2020 Jackson, T., Nel, E., Connelly, S. (2020) “A Comparison of Resource Equalisation Processes for Subnational Rural Governance and Development: Case Studies of England, Scotland,
Canada, Australia and New Zealand”, reprinted as Ch. 98, Open Government: Concepts,
Methodologies, Tools and Applications, Information Resources Management Association
(USA), ICI Global, Hershey PA, USA, 2020, pp. 2140-2172 (ISBN13:9781522598602)
DOI:104018/978-1-5225-9860-2.
2020 Stevenson, T., & Nel, E. (2020). Responding to Marginalization: A Case Study of Small Towns in Western Australia, in Nel, E. and Plec, S. (Eds), Responses to Geographical Marginality and Marginalization, Springer, Cham, 103-120
2020 Pelc, S. and Nel, E., Social Innovation and Geographical Marginality. In Nel, E. and Pelc, S. (Eds) Responses to Geographical Marginality and Marginalization. Springer, Cham, 11-21.
2020 Nel, E. and Pelc, C., Introduction, in Nel, E. and Pelc, S. (Eds) Responses to Geographical Marginality and Marginalization. Springer, Cham, 1-8.
2021 Seethal, C., Nel, E., and Balywa, J., From East London to Buffalo City Metropole, in Lemon, T., Donaldson, R. and Visser, G. (Eds) Homes Still Apart, Springer, Cham, 103-116.
2021 Nel, E. and Stevenson, T., The Role of Farmers in Small-Town Community Development in an Age of Austerity: Reflections from Australasia, in Bansk1, J. (ed) The Routledge Handbook of Small Town, Routledge, London.
2021 Marais, L., Burton, J., Campbell, M. and Nel, E., Mine closure and the coal industry: global and national peprectives, in Marais, L. (ed.) Coal and Energy in South Africa: Considering a Just Transition, Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, 34-43.
2022 Nel, E., Development as a Northern Priority: Evolving Regional Development Theory and Practise, in Engel, S., Routledge Handbook of Global Development, Routledge: London (47-58).
2022 Nel, E., Shrinking Towns and Cities, Brears, R.C. (ed.) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Futures, Chapter 162-1, DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-51812-7_162-1.
2022 Connelly, S. and Nel, E., New Localism: new Regionalism, Brears, R.C. (ed.) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Futures, Chapter 164-1 DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-51812-7_144-1.
2022 Fuerst-Bjeliš, B., Nel, E. and Plec, S., Introduction, Fuerst-Bjeliš, B., Nel, E. and Pelc, S. (eds.) COVID-19 and Marginalization of People and Places, Springer, Cham. 1-6. ISBN: 978-3-031-11138-9.
2022 Fuerst-Bjeliš, B., Nel, E. and Plec, S., COVID-19s Economic and Social Impact Globally, Fuerst-Bjeliš, B., Nel, E. and Pelc, S. (eds.) COVID-19 and Marginalization of People and Places, Springer, Cham. 9-26. ISBN: 978-3-031-11138-9.
2022 Fuerst-Bjeliš, B., Nel, E. and Plec, S., Some conclusions about COVID-19s impact on marginality and marginalisation, Fuerst-Bjeliš, B., Nel, E. and Pelc, S. (eds.) COVID-19 and Marginalization of People and Places, Springer, Cham. 233-238. ISBN: 978-3-031-11138-9.
2022 Nel, E., Exacerbating marginalisation: COVID-19s impact on peripheral, tourism-dependent regions in New Zealand and local response, Fuerst-Bjeliš, B., Nel, E. and Pelc, S. (eds.) COVID-19 and Marginalization of People and Places, Springer, Cham. 131-142. ISBN: 978-3-031-11138-9
2024 Alam, A., Nel, E. and Bergen, S., New Zealand’s Small-Town Disruptions and the Role of Immigrant Mobilities, in Triandafyllidou, A. et al. (Eds)(2024) Migration, Diversity and the City, Springer, Cham, pp 121-141. ISBN 978-3-031-55679-1
2023 Regional Development Reflections: Steve Dery, Walter Leimgruber,
Borna Fuerst- Bjelis, Etienne Nel, Marginality issues in a time of world reorganization: the
work of the IGU Commission on Marginalization, Globalization and Local and Regional
Response In Banski, J. and Meadows, M. (eds) Research Directions, Challenges and Achievements of Modern Geography, Springer, Cham.
2023 Nel, E., South African Urban Growth, 1911-2011, in Maggino, A.C. (Ed), Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research, Springer: Berlin, 6749-6755.
2024 – Nel, E. and Marais, L., South Africa’s sustainability transition: the case of the Mpumalanga
province and its coal-dependent community in Halonen, M., Albrecht, M. and Kuhmonen, I
Rescaling Sustainability Transitions: Unfolding Power Relations, Governance Arrangements,
and the Spatialities of Socio-Economic Systems, Springer, Cham (in Press)
2024 – Connelly, S., Nel, E. and Lomas, D., Exploring ‘Just’ Transitions in Regional Aotearoa New
Zealand: Cases of Taranaki and Southland in Halonen, M., Albrecht, M. and Kuhmonen, I
Rescaling Sustainability Transitions: Unfolding Power Relations, Governance Arrangements,
and the Spatialities of Socio-Economic Systems, Springer, Cham (in Press)
2024 – Nel, E., Regional Development in an era of neoliberalism: reflections on international thinking
and implications for policy and practise in South Africa, in…
(d) Refereed Journal Articles
1986 ‑ Weaver, A., Berry, B.B. and Nel, E.L., `A review of the temporal and spatial heterogeneity in water supply and demand patterns in South Africa', South African Geographical Journal, vol.68, 154‑163.
1990 - Nel, E.L.,`Mdantsane: The Evolution of an Ethno‑City', GeoJournal, vol.6., 2, 305-313.
1991 - Nel, E.L.,`Racial Segregation in East London, 1836-1948', South African Geographical Journal, 7, 2, 60-68.
1992 - Nel, E.L. and Berry, B.B.,`The Problems of Supplying Water to Third World Cities: Bulawayo's Water Crisis', Development Southern Africa, 9, 4, 411-422.
1993 - Nel, E.L. and Temple, J.,`Industrial Development and Decentralization: Transkei and the Eastern Cape, Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 11,2, 154-178.
1993 - Berry, B.B. and Nel, E.L., `Operation Pipeline' -Bulawayo's Search for Water, Geography, 73, 2, 312-5.
1993 - Ownhouse, S. and Nel, E.L., The `Greying' of Central: A Case Study of Racial Residential Desegregation in Port Elizabeth, Urban Forum, 4, 1, 81-92.
1993 - Nel, E.L. and Berry, B.B., Bulawayo's Water Shortage: An Update, Development Southern Africa, 10, 1, 79-83.
1993 - Nel, E.L., The Border Kei Development Forum: A Description and Assessment, Urban Forum, 4, 1, 82-88.
1994 - Nel, E.L., Export Processing Zones: An International Overview and an Assessment of their Applicability in South Africa, Development Southern Africa, 11, 1, 99-111.
1994 - Nel, E.L., Local Development Initiatives, a new development paradigm for urban areas an assessment with reference to Stutterheim, Development Southern Africa, 11,3, 363-378.
1994 - Nel, E.L., Regional Development in South Africa: from apartheid planning to the reform era, Geography Research Forum, 14, 13-29.
1994 - Nel, E.L., The African National Congress's Reconstruction and Development Programme: An Agenda for Social and Economic Restructuring in South Africa, Regional Studies, 28, 7, 754-758.
1995 - Nel, E.L. and Rogerson, C.M., Incipient local economic development in the Eastern Cape, 1909-1947, Contree: Journal of South African Urban and Regional History, 37, 1-9.
1995 - Nel, E.L., A Comment on: Kariba, Zimbabwe, Whose Town?, Regional Development Dialogue, 16, 2, 144-145.
1996 - Hill, T.R. and Nel, E.L., The State of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Training and Research in South African Universities, Development Southern Africa, 13, 1 149-154.
1996 - Nel, E.L. and Meston, A., Local Economic Development in Atlantis, South Africa, GeoJournal, 39, 89-96.
1996 - Nel, E.L. and Hill, T.R., Community-Based Rural Development in Hertzog, South Africa, Geography, 81, 3, 273-275.
1996 - Nel, E.L. and Smakhtin, V., A New Rural Dispensation?: An Examination of Community Development, Public Works Programmes and Land Resettlement in RA 60, in the Whittlesea District, Development Southern Africa, 13, 3, 441-452.
1996 - Nel, E.L. and Rogerson, C.M., The application of Local Economic Development in East London, South Africa, 1927-1955, Urban Forum, 7, 1, 69-89.
1996 - Nel, E.L. and Hill, T.R., Rural Development in Hertzog, Eastern Cape: Successful Local Economic Development, Development Southern Africa, 13, 6, 861-870.
1996 - Nel, E.L., Export Processing Zones in Zimbabwe: Establishment Considerations, Geographical Journal of Zimbabwe, 27, 1-10.
1996/7- Nel, E.L., An Examination of the Implementation, Effects and Implications of Regional Planning in the Border-Ciskei- Transkei Region of South Africa, Regional Development Studies, 3, 1-25.
1997 - Binns, T., Hill, T.R. and Nel, E.L., Learning from the people: participatory rural appraisal and geography in rural development in the `New' South Africa, Applied Geography, 17, 1, 1-9.
1997 - Nel, E.L., Evolving Local Economic Development Policy in South Africa, Regional Studies, 31,1, 67-72.
1997 - Nel, E. L., & Mini, S. Racial and economic subjugation on South Africa's Eastern Cape frontier. Progress in Planning, 47, 261-274.
1997 - Nel, E.L., Binns, T. and Hill, T.R., Development From Below in the `New' South Africa: The Case of Hertzog, Eastern Cape, The Geographical Journal, 163, 1, 57-64.
1997 - Nel, E.L., NGO Facilitated Local Economic Development: The Case of Seymour, Urban Forum, 8, 2.
1997 - Nel, E.L., Recent Economic and Employment Trends, South African Labour Bulletin, 21, 4,
10-12.
1998 - Nel, E.L., Guest Editorial - The State of Geography in Higher Education in South Africa, Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 22, 1, 7-9.
1998 - Fox, R.F. and Nel, E.L., Pension payouts, periodic marketing and the continuance of urban dependence in rural South Africa, South African Geographical Journal, 80, 2, 108-110.
1998 - Hill, T. R. and Nel, E.L., Small Towns in the Eastern Cape, Urban Forum, 9, 1, 131-142.
1999 - Motteux, N., Binns, T., Nel, E. and Rowntree, K.,Empowerment for Development: Taking Participatory Appraisal Further in Rural South Africa, Development in Practice, 9,3, 261-173.
1999 - Nel, E.L. and Binns, T., Changing the Geography of Apartheid Education in South Africa, Geography, 84, 2, 119-128.
1999 - Nel, E.L. and Humphrys, G., The Role of Government in Development: An Examination of Evolving Local Economic Development Policy and Practice in South Africa, Development Southern Africa, 16, 2, 277-189..
1999 - Nel, E.L. and Davies, J., Farming Against the Odds: An Examination of the Challenges Facing Farming and Rural Development in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, Applied Geography, 19, 253-274.
1999 - Nel, E.L., The Geography Discipline Guides to good Teaching, Learning and Assessment Practice; a Southern African Perspective, Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 23, 2, 252-257.
1999 - Motteux, N., Nel, E., Rowntree, K. and Binns, J.A., Participatory Rural Appraisal in the Kat River valley, South Africa, Community Development Journal, 34, 3, 227-231. .
1999 - Illgner, P., Nel, E.L. and Robertson, M.P., Local Self-reliance in Rural Southern Africa: The Role and Potential of Beekeeping, The Geographical Review, 88, 3, 349-362.
1999 - Binns, T. And Nel, E.L., Beyond the Development Impasse: Local Economic Development and Community Self-reliance in South Africa, Journal of Modern African Studies 37, 2, 389-408.
1999 - Hill, T.R. and Nel, E.L., The Kat River Study: The People-Environment Interface, In Focus Forum, 6, 4, 25-29.
1999 - Holness, S., Nel, E. and Binns, T., the Changing Nature of Informal Street Trading in Post-apartheid South Africa: the Case of East London’s Central Business District, Urban Forum, 2, 284-302.
2000 - Lester, A., Nel, E. and Binns, T., South Africa’s Current Transition in Temporal and Spatial
Context, Antipode, 32, 2, 135-151.
2000- Nel, E., Illgner, P.M., Wilkins, K. and Robertson, M.P., Rural Self-Reliance in Bondolfi, Zimbabwe: The Role of Beekeeping, The Geographical Journal, 166, 1, p. 26-34.
2000- Nel, E.L. and Binns, J.A., Rural Self-reliance Strategies in South Africa: Community Initiatives in the Former Homelands, Journal of Rural Studies, 16, 367-377.
2000 - Hill, T.R., Nel, E.L. and Boddington, A.M., Integrating Geographical Information Systems and Geography in Tertiary Education, South Africa, The South African Geographical Journal, 82, 2, 86-91.
2000 - Illgner, P.M. and Nel, E.L., The Geography of Edible Insects in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Study of the Mopane Caterpillar, The Geographical Journal, 166, 4, 336-351.
2001 - Hill, T.R., Motteux, N., Nel, E.L. and Papalouzia, G., Integrating Rural Community and Expert Knowledge through applied Participatory Rural Appraisal in the Kat River Valley, South Africa, South African Geographical Journal, 83, 1, 1-7.
2001 - Nel, E.L. and Illgner, P.M., Tapping Lesotho's `White Gold' - Inter-basin Water Transfer in Southern Africa, Geography, 86, 163-167.
2001 - Nel, E.L. and Binns, J.A., Initiating ‘Developmental Local Government’ in South Africa: Evolving Local Economic Development Policy, Regional Studies, 35, 4, 355-362.
2001 - Binns, J.A. and Nel, E.L., Gold Loses Its Shine - Decline and Response in The South African Goldfields, Geography, 86, 2, 255-260.