Johannesburg from the Riverbanks : Navigating the Jukskei
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0796926883
ISBN-13
9780796926883
Publisher
HSRC Press
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HSRC Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 25th, 2025
Print length
244 Pages
Product Classification:
Cultural studies
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Though long neglected by urban planners, Johannesburg''s Jukskei River has had an important role in shaping the city''s development and the lives of its inhabitants. In this book, a multidisciplinary group of social and natural scientists, community activists, journalists, and artists explore that role with an eye toward improving the human-environment interface.
CONTENTS:
CONTENTS:
- Riparian Urbanism: Thinking Johannesburg with the Jukskeithe Editors.
- SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVES.
- The Historical Jukskei River Valley: A Botanical BenchmarkA. Boostma.
- Macroplastic Pollution Within the Jukskei River: How Much, What Kind, and Why Does It Matter?K. Van Heyde.
- Bacterial Contamination in the Jukskei RiverK. Banu Hoorzook and A. Singh.
- The Upper Jukskei Catchment Management PlanS. Dunsmore and E. van Wyk.
- ART AND THE RIVER.
- For the One that Dances with Jiggling Brass: Compositions for the JukskeiD. Herzog.
- Where Water Once Stood, It Shall Stand Again: Stances on Fluvial Art PracticeN. Barnett, R. Namise, and A. de Swardt.
- Radiation and Rapture: Images of Healing and Pollution in the Jukskei RiverL. Raubenheimer.
- Community Engagement at the Jukskei Source: A Photo EssayL. Hlatswayo.
- RIVER POLITICS.
- Joburg and the Sea: A Squalid RomanceS. Christie.
- Dirty River: Whiteness, Pollution, and the JukskeiN. Falkof.
- Reporting on the Jukskei: Behind Three HeadlinesJ. Krige.
- The Creaturely Life of the Jukskei, and Anxious Bewilderment of Faecal DiscourseJ. Webster.
- RIVER LIVING.
- On the Edge: Riverbank Living Along a Jukskei TributaryS. Charlton.
- Mamlambo in Waterfall CityU. Ponniah.
- The River TalksS. Sangweni.
- What Elites Think with the Jukskei: Property, Race, and Blame in Totemic ThoughtR. Raidoo.
- URBAN RIVER MANAGEMENT.
- The River Is Our Resource: Alex Water WarriorsP. Maluleke.
- Temporary or Permanent? The Built Environment and Living Conditions in Stjwetla Informal SettlementS. Chikomwe.
- Converging Currents: Urban Ecological Design Strategies Towards a Resilient River SystemD. Brandt.
- The River Deserves Love: Water for the FutureR. Stander.
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