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Contact info:
T: 021 808 9103
F: 021 808 3109
E: lodene@sun.ac.za
Research interests:
Urban form and function, sustainable urban development, urban liveability and quality of life, open space systems in urban areas and the application of statistics in the field of Urban and Regional Science.
Biography
As a post-graduate, Lodene Willemse researched the extent and impact of land cover changes in Franschhoek and taking a class-differentiated approach to community/neighbourhood park use in Cape Town. The recommendations made in her Master’s degree have been utilised by the City Parks Department to improve their service delivery. She worked as a student assistant for the Geography and African Languages (IsiXhosa) Departments, which involved teaching students, assisting students with GIS practical demonstrations and marking assignments of various Geography subjects. She worked as a GIS and urban/human geography (research) intern at the CSIR in 2009. She joined CRUISE in 2010.
Qualifications
- MA in Geography and Environmental Studies – University of Stellenbosch, 2010
BA Honours in Geographic Information Systems (Human Geography) (Cum Laude) – University of Stellenbosch, 2008 - BA in Humanities (Cum Laude) – University of Stellenbosch, 2007
Publications
- Willemse L. 2011. Opportunities and constraints facing informal street traders: Evidence from four South African cities. Town and Regional Planning 59: 7–15.
- Willemse L. & R. Donaldson 2012. Community neighbourhood park (CNP) use in Cape Town’s townships. Urban Forum 23: 221–231.
- Khosa, C. & L. Willemse 2013. Socio-economic performance of municipalities along the Maputo Development Corridor (MDC): Implications for the National Development Plan (NDP) of 2011. Town and Regional Planning Journal. Forthcoming.
- Willemse, L. 2013 A Flowmap–geographic information systems approach to determine community neighbourhood park proximity in Cape Town. South African Geographical Journal95(2) 135–148.
- Willemse, L. 2013 The Vicious Cycle of Constraints: Foreign Informal Street Traders in Johannesburg and Tshwane, South Africa. IGU conference proceedings. Forthcoming.
- Willemse, L. 2014 The Role of Economic Factors and Guanxi Networks in the Success of Chinese Shops in Johannesburg, South Africa. Urban Forum. Forthcoming.
- Willemse, L. 2014 Trading Hope: Working Conditions of Sub-Saharan Immigrant Street Traders in Johannesburg and Tshwane. Africa Insight. Forthcoming.
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