Socio-cultural and socio-economic features of second homes in Rosendal, South Africa

Hay Anette () and Visser Gustav ()
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Hay Anette: University of the Free State, Department of Geography, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Bloemfontein, South Africa; phone: +27 514 012 255;
Visser Gustav: University of the Free State, Department of Geography, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Bloemfontein, South Africa; phone: +27 514 013 762;

Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series, 2014, vol. 26, issue 26, 10

Abstract: Second homes have seen increased research interest over the last decade. On the whole, these investigations have mainly been understood in the spatial context of the developed North. Second homes have only recently been seen as a role player in the changing economic spatialities of small town geographies in South Africa. This growing scholarship on second homes has, however, been less concerned with the social impacts of the phenomenon. The investigation is set against the argument that second homes have social impacts on the immediate and surrounding areas in which they are situated. This investigation also demonstrates that second homes are phenomena with which not only the elite engage but a range of different socio-economic cohorts, including the poor. The social impacts of second homes in this investigation are shown to vary along race and class lines. Against the backdrop that second homes are relevant to very large parts of South African society, the social impacts associated with second homes need to be taken into account in future development planning in South Africa.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.2478/bog-2014-0051

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