- Title
- An exploratory study of an environmental conflict : the case of Thyspunt, Oyster Bay in the Eastern Cape
- Creator
- Potts, Glynn Shirley
- Subject
- Nuclear power plants -- Environmental aspects -- South Africa -- Oyster Bay
- Subject
- Human beings -- Effect of environment on -- South Africa -- Oyster Bay
- Subject
- Environmental economics -- South Africa -- Oyster Bay
- Date Issued
- 2008
- Date
- 2008
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MPhil
- Identifier
- vital:8228
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/861
- Identifier
- Nuclear power plants -- Environmental aspects -- South Africa -- Oyster Bay
- Identifier
- Human beings -- Effect of environment on -- South Africa -- Oyster Bay
- Identifier
- Environmental economics -- South Africa -- Oyster Bay
- Description
- As the global energy crisis continues to have an impact on developing countries such as South Africa, stakeholders form an increasingly significant role especially around the concerns of development and the impact on the environment. Environmental conflicts have risen to the forefront in many areas in South Africa. Environmental conflicts fall under public disputes, which often occur as a result of human needs. This study is an attempt to explore the environmental conflict surrounding the proposed Nuclear Power station at Thyspunt, Oyster Bay in the Eastern Cape. Stakeholders are an integral part of environmental conflicts, and analyzing interests of stakeholders is vital in understanding environmental conflicts. This explorative study, seeks explore and to describe the interests of homeowners who are one of the key stakeholders involved the environmental conflict at Thyspunt, Oyster Bay in the Eastern Cape. The homeowners are represented by the St Francis Residents/ Ratepayers Association. The researcher conducted extensive face-face interviews with these homeowners. The organizations official documents, minutes of their meetings, letters to the media and various publications in which homeowners expressed their feelings were also made use of by the researcher in order to triangulate findings, as well as for data collection methods. The major themes were constructed from the study include: Security, Trust, Power and the various sources thereof, as well as a need for self-actualization based on values, and a final theme of the positive functions of conflict. The challenges facing the homeowners in terms of human security and environmental impact of the nuclear development are highlighted. Further recommendations for a more in-depth study are also made.
- Format
- 134 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Arts
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
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