Neoliberalisation of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park as a tourist region

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dc.contributor.advisorRamutsindela, Maanoen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorRattle, Jessica Maryen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-15T05:29:10Z
dc.date.available2015-08-15T05:29:10Z
dc.date.issued2015en_ZA
dc.description.abstractProponents of transfrontier conservation areas (TFCAs) make a number of claims in favour of this relatively new conservation strategy, one of which is that it leads to an increase in tourism. Despite the growing body of literature on the subject of TFCAs, very little research has been conducted on whether or not this assumption is true. This study therefore draws on and situates itself within this literature on TFCAs and the neoliberalisation of nature and seeks to test this claim through the use of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (KTP) as a case study. This is achieved firstly by assessing the changes in tourism development that have taken place both within the Park and in the area surrounding it as a result of the KTP's formation, and secondly by comparing the KTP's tourist levels prior to becoming a TFCA with those from after the TFCA was established, in order to determine what trends and changes have taken place as a result of this development. In doing so, this paper challenges the claim that TFCAs automatically lead to an increase in tourism and tourist development by showing that the link between the two is tenuous at best. It also broadens the scope of enquiry on the subject of TFCAs by analysing the relationship between TFCAs and the small scale, nature-based economic activities that take place around them, a matter which is largely ignored in the literature and, in doing so, critiques the assumption that all nature-based economic activities are part of a wider neoliberal agenda.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationRattle, J. M. (2015). <i>Neoliberalisation of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park as a tourist region</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Environmental and Geographical Science. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13745en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationRattle, Jessica Mary. <i>"Neoliberalisation of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park as a tourist region."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13745en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationRattle, J. 2015. Neoliberalisation of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park as a tourist region. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Rattle, Jessica Mary AB - Proponents of transfrontier conservation areas (TFCAs) make a number of claims in favour of this relatively new conservation strategy, one of which is that it leads to an increase in tourism. Despite the growing body of literature on the subject of TFCAs, very little research has been conducted on whether or not this assumption is true. This study therefore draws on and situates itself within this literature on TFCAs and the neoliberalisation of nature and seeks to test this claim through the use of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (KTP) as a case study. This is achieved firstly by assessing the changes in tourism development that have taken place both within the Park and in the area surrounding it as a result of the KTP's formation, and secondly by comparing the KTP's tourist levels prior to becoming a TFCA with those from after the TFCA was established, in order to determine what trends and changes have taken place as a result of this development. In doing so, this paper challenges the claim that TFCAs automatically lead to an increase in tourism and tourist development by showing that the link between the two is tenuous at best. It also broadens the scope of enquiry on the subject of TFCAs by analysing the relationship between TFCAs and the small scale, nature-based economic activities that take place around them, a matter which is largely ignored in the literature and, in doing so, critiques the assumption that all nature-based economic activities are part of a wider neoliberal agenda. DA - 2015 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - Neoliberalisation of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park as a tourist region TI - Neoliberalisation of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park as a tourist region UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13745 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/13745
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationRattle JM. Neoliberalisation of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park as a tourist region. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, 2015 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13745en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Environmental and Geographical Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEnvironmental and Geographical Studiesen_ZA
dc.titleNeoliberalisation of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park as a tourist regionen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameMSocScen_ZA
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