Herman Geyer – Researcher

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Contact info:

T: 021 808 3104
F: 021 808 3109

hsgeyerjr@sun.ac.za

Research interests:

Economic geography, particularly the morphological development of urban regions over time, the economic and spatial effects of policy in terms of its effect on population settlement patterns and firm location in a dual-sector economy.

Biography

Herman Geyer graduated in 2007 and has worked in diverse planning disciplines in South Africa and the UK including environmental planning, development economics, regional statistics and town planning. As a consultant he has been involved in various capacities including private sector rezonings and subdivisions, the formulation of district and municipal plans, feasibility studies and audits and public participation facilitation. He completed a Masters degree in Regional and Urban Planning Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2011. Since 2011 he has been involved in research and lecturing at CRUISE.

Qualifications

  • MSc (Regional and Urban Planning) – London School of Economics and Political Science, 2011
  • BA (Town and Regional Planning) – University of Pretoria (Cum Laude), 2007

Publications

  • Geyer H. S. Jr., Geyer H. S & du Plessis, D. J. 2014. Primary cities in Sub-Saharan Africa: Quasars, Loose Connections, and Black Holes. International Planning Studies. Forthcoming.
  • Geyer, H. S. & Geyer, H. S. Jr., (2014) Residential and business transformation in South Africa – Reopening the ‘dead’ capital debate, Urban Forum. Forthcominghttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12132-013-9200-6#page-1
  • Geyer, H. S. Jr., Geyer, H. S. & du Plessis, D. 2014. Primary cities in Sub-Saharan Africa: Quasars, Loose Connections, and Black Holes. International Planning Studies. Forthcoming.
  • Geyer, H. S., Geyer, H. S. Jr., du Plessis, D. J, van Eeden, A. 2014. Recent morphological trends in metropolitan South Africa, in D. O’Donoghue, Daniel (ed) Urban Transformations: Cities, Peripheries and Systems, Ashgate Publishers, UK. Forthcoming.
  • Geyer, H. S. J & Geyer, H. S. 2013. Disaggregated Population Migration Trends in South Africa between 1996 and 2011: a Differential Urbanisation approach. Urban Forum Submitted.
  • Geyer, H. S. Jr. 2013. The Poverty Trap in South African Agriculture.Development Southern Africa. Submitted.
  • Geyer, H. S. Jr. 2013. Institutionalist Approaches to Pro-Poor Economic Development at the Regional Level. Working paper.
  • Geyer, H. S. Jr. 2013. Transitions from the Apartheid city to a post-apartheid city order, 1981-2011. Working paper.
  • Geyer, H. S. Jr. 2013. Visions of the post-apartheid city and its spatial structure. Working paper.
  • Laldaparsad S., H. S. Geyer Jr. & du D. J. Plessis 2013. The reshaping of urban structure in South Africa through municipal capital investment: Evidence from three municipalities. Town and Regional Planning. Forthcoming.
  • Mahlape M., H.S. Geyer Jr. & H. S. Geyer 2013. Dead capital and poverty levels in Johannesburg, South Africa. Working Document.
  • Mohammed F. & H. S. Geyer Jr. 2013. Analysis of neighbourhood change using harmonised census data in Cape Town Municipality, 2001-2011. Working document.
  • Mosidi S. N. & H. S. Geyer Jr. 2013. Mobility and demographic transition in Gauteng urban system. Working document.
  • Geyer H. S., H. S. Geyer J & D. J.du Plessis 2012. Migration, geographies of marginality and informality – impacts on upper and lower ends of urban systems in the North and South. European Planning Studies 20(4) : 1–21.
  • Geyer H. S. Jr., H. S. Geyer, D. J. du Plessis & A. van Eeden 2012. Differential urbanisation trends in South Africa – national, regional and local equivalents, Environment and Planning A 44(12) : 2940–2956.
  • Geyer, H. S., D. J. du Plessis, H. S. Geyer Jr. & A. van Eeden 2012. Urbanisation and migration trends in South Africa: Theory and policy implications. In M. Brezzi, M. Piacentini, K. Rosina, D. Sanchez-Serra (eds.),Redefining “urban”: a new way to measure metropolitan areas, OECD Pp.58-89. DOI :10.1787/9789264174108-en http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/urban-rural-and-regional-development/redefining-urban_9789264174108-en;jsessionid=1q63e513hl213.x-oecd-live-02
  • Geyer H. S. Jr., H. S. Geyer & D. J. du Plessis 2012. Differential urbanisation: Population redistribution trends in South Africa between 2001 and 2007, CRUISE Working Document.
  • Geyer H. S. Jr. 2012. Externalised urban economies in the global periphery: Future trends and challenges in African cities. Working Document.
  • Geyer H. S. Jr. 2012. Reorientating pro-poor local economic development: an institutionalist approach. Working Document.
  • Geyer H. S. Jr., H. S. Geyer & du Plessis, D. J. 2012. Future trends in the form of African Cities in 2050. Working Document.
  • Geyer H. S. Jr., H. S. Geyer, D. J. du Plessis & A. van Eeden 2012. Land quality, urban development and urban agriculture along the Western Cape garden route. SANPAD Working document.
  • Geyer H. S. Jr., B. H. A. Schloms, D. J. du Plessis & A. van Eeden 2012. Land quality, urban development and urban agriculture within the Cape Town urban edge. Town and Regional Planning 59, pp. 41–52.
  • Geyer H. S. Jr., H. S. Geyer, D. J. du Plessis & A. van Eeden 2011. Recent morphological trends in metropolitan South Africa. Working Document.
  • Geyer H. S., D. J. du Plessis, H. S. Geyer Jr. and A. van Eeden 2011 Differential urbanisation: recent population redistribution trends in South Africa. Working Document.
  • Geyer H. S. Jr. 2011 The poverty trap: Bridging the diseconomies of subsistence agriculture in South Africa. Working Document.
  • Geyer H. S. Jr. 2011 Competing inner city and out-of town retail-led regeneration schemes in the West Midlands. Working Document.
  • Geyer H. S. Jr. 2011 Birmingham retail-led development schemes. Working Document.
  • Geyer, H. S. Jr. 2010. A case study of the efficacy of retail-led mega-schemes in the regeneration of city-centres with reference to Birmingham. Dissertation for Masters Degree in Regional and Urban Planning Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Geyer, H. S. Jr. 2007. New Institutionalism within Local Economic Development initiatives in the Royal Bafokeng Nation. Dissertation for Bachelors Degree in Town and Regional Planning at the University of Pretoria.

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