Publications and Research Outputs

Although the full list of research outputs is available from my extended CV, below are as many pdfs of these research outputs that can be made available. Alternatively, a detailed listing with some full text attachments is available on Research Gate.

‘My soul I can see’: the limits of governing Africa’s cities in a context of complexity and globalisation

Oct 17, 2015 | | 0 Comments

Author(s): Mark Swilling, Maliq Simone, Firoz Khan

Type of publication: book chapter

Reference details: Swilling, M., Simon, M. & Khan, F. 2003. ’My Soul I Can See’: The Limits of Governing Africa’s Cities in a Context of Complexity and Globalisation. In McCarney, P. and Stren, R. (eds.), Governance on the Ground: Innovations and Discontinuities in Cities in the Developing World. Washington DC and Baltimore: Woodrow Wilson Centre Press and Johns Hopkins University Press: pp.220-250.

Keywords: cities, Africa, complexity, urban dynamics, globalization, culture, change

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Rethinking incremental urbanism: co-production of incremental informal settlement upgrading strategies

Oct 7, 2015 | | 0 Comments

Author(s): Swilling, M., Tavener-Smith, L., Keller, A., von der Heyde, V. & Wessels, B.

Type of publication: book chapter

Reference details: The paper that can be downloaded below is the very first draft of a paper that integrates several pieces of research – the reference details for the final post-peer reviewed version that will only be available on publication are: Swilling, M., Tavener-Smith, L., Keller, A., Von der Heyde, V., Wessels, B. 2012. Rethinking Incremental Urbanism: co-production of incremental informal settlement upgrading strategies. In: van Donk, M., Gorgens, T. & Cirolia, L. (eds.) Pursuing partnership-based approaches to incremental upgrading in South Africa. Johannesburg: Jacana, forthcoming.

Keywords: incrementalism, urbanism, informal settlements, upgrading, urban development, housing policy

Download: Swilling et al 2013 – Isandla paper – first draft

Contested Futures: Conceptions of the Next Long-Term Development Cycle

Oct 6, 2015 | | 0 Comments

Author(s): Swilling, M.

Type of publication: book chapter

Reference details: Swilling, M. 2013. Contested Futures: Conceptions of the Next Long-term Development Cycle. In McIntosh, M. (ed.) The Necessary Transition: The Journey Towards the Sustainable Enterprise Economy. Sheffield, UK: Greenleaf Publishing, pp. 13-40.

Keywords: industrial cycles, metabolic cycles, green economy, natural resources, transition

Download: MarkSwillingTNT

Economic Crisis, Long Waves and the Sustainability Transition: An African Perspective.

Oct 6, 2015 | | 0 Comments

Author(s): Swilling, M.

Type of publication: Journal article

Reference details: Swilling, M. 2013. Economic Crisis, Long Waves and the Sustainability Transition: An African Perspective. Environmental Innovations and Societal Transitions, 6:96:115.

Keywords: Africa, green economy, natural resources, resource curse, industrial cycles, metabolic cycles, transition

Download: Swilling eist_59

City-Level Decoupling: Urban Resource Flows and the Governance of Infrastructure Transitions

Oct 6, 2015 | | 0 Comments

Author(s): Swilling, M., Robinson, B., Marvin, S. & Hodson, M. 2013.

Type of publication: Report

Reference details: Swilling, M.; Robinson, B.; Marvin, S.; Hodson, M. 2013. City-Level Decoupling: Urban Resource Flows and the Governance of Infrastructure Transitions. Paris: International Resource Panel, United Nations Environment Programme.

Keywords: urban transition, infrastructure governance, urban metabolism, urban governance

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Peak oil as a stimulus for a green economy transition in South Africa: alternative liquid fuel and transport options

Oct 6, 2015 | | 0 Comments

Author(s): Jeremy Wakeford and Mark Swilling

Type of publication: Journal article

Reference details: Wakeford, J. & Swilling, M. 2014. Peak oil as a stimulus for a green economy transition in South Africa: alternative liquid fuel and transport options. International Journal of African Renaissance Studies, 9(2):133-153.

Keywords: oil peak, green economy, transition, South Africa, economic development, transport

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Contesting inclusive urbanism in a divided city: the limits to the neoliberalisation of Cape Town’s energy systems

Oct 6, 2015 | | 0 Comments

Author(s): Mark Swilling

Type of publication: Journal article

Reference details: Swilling, M. 2013. Contesting inclusive urbanism in a divided city: the limits to the neoliberalisation of Cape Town’s energy system. Urban Studies, 51(15):3180-3197.

Keywords: urban theory, urban change, neoliberalism, inequality, energy

Download: UrbanStudiesFINAL