Use and users of municipal commonage around three small towns in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
Use and users of municipal commonage around three small towns in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.11.003
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发表时间：
2011-06-01
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8.7
通讯作者：
Shackleton, C. M.
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作者：
Davenport, N. A.;Gambiza, J.;Shackleton, C. M.
南非各地的许多小城镇周围都有市政公用地，市政公用地是国家土地改革方案的一个组成部分。但对它们的范围、用途或价值知之甚少。大多数似乎只有有限的管理或投资，或者根本没有管理或投资。本文报告随机选择的家庭在三个小城镇的调查，在东开普省，以确定市政公用地的使用程度和目的。27%至70%的城市家庭使用公用地，视地点而定。使用的主要资源是薪材、药用植物和放牧牲畜。通常情况下，使用公用地的家庭比其他城市居民更贫穷，受教育程度更低，尽管每个城镇的使用者情况都是独特的。鉴于公用地资源的广泛使用及其对穷人生计的贡献，地方市政当局需要制定和实施合理的管理战略，考虑到公用地的所有使用者，而不是经常遇到的将重点放在牲畜所有者和生产上的问题。(C)2010爱思唯尔有限公司保留所有权利。
Municipal commonages surround many small towns throughout South Africa, and are an integral component of the national land reform programme. But little is known about their extent, use or value. and most appear to have limited or no management or investment. This paper reports on a survey of randomly selected households in three small towns in the Eastern Cape to ascertain the extent and purpose of use of municipal commonages. Between 27% and 70% of urban households used commonage depending on site. Key resources used were fuelwood, medicinal plants, and grazing of livestock. Typically, commonage using households were poorer and less educated than other urban residents, although the profile of users is unique for each town. Given the extensive use of commonage resources, and their contribution to the livelihoods of the poor, local municipalities need to develop and implement sound management strategies that account for all users of commonages, rather than the oft encountered focus on livestock owners and production. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.