Development in the Anthropocene: The tough task of working towards planetary well-being with low-income households

Montagu Murray; J C Pauw; Sytse Strijbos; Attie van Niekerk; Kasebwe Timothee Luc Kabongo; Valerie Møller; Roberto Rocco; Juliana Gonçalves; Caroline Newton; Jurie Moolman; Claudine Roos; Phathutshedzo Mukwevhu; Jako Viviers; Selna Cornelius; Niké S. Wesch; Catherine Senyolo; Nicolette V Roman; Betsie le Roux; Pierre Reyneke; Antoinette van der Merwe; Catherina Schenck; Liam Swanepoel; Mbally Mdluli; Tertius Murray; Kristy Langerman; Hendrik. J. Smith; Rirhandzu Novela; Bianca Wernecke; Christiaan J. Pauw

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Development in the Anthropocene: The tough task of working towards planetary well-being with low-income households

The pith of this book is interventions to collaboratively better the lives of low-income households with their development on a local scale. These interventions are co-created with communities. Successful interventions to provide more efficient and less polluting energy, treatment of waste, and sanitation are discussed here. Access to water is also discussed. They all contribute to planetary well-being in their small way. These are not the only developmental topics: early childhood development, artificial intelligence, policy-making, urban planning, intervention models, and research tools are also on the table.

Authors: Montagu Murray, University of Pretoria, Nova Institute NPC; J C Pauw, University of the Free State; Sytse Strijbos, Nova Institute NPC; Attie van Niekerk, Nova Institute NPC; Kasebwe Timothee Luc Kabongo, University of Pretoria; Valerie Møller, Rhodes University; Roberto Rocco, Delft University of Technology; Juliana Gonçalves, Delft University of Technology; Caroline Newton, Delft University of Technology; Jurie Moolman, North-West University; Claudine Roos, North-West University; Phathutshedzo Mukwevhu, North-West University; Jako Viviers, North-West University; Selna Cornelius, North-West University; Niké S. Wesch, North-West University; Catherine Senyolo, Nova Institute NPC; Nicolette V Roman, University of the Western Cape; Betsie le Roux, Nova Institute NPC; Pierre Reyneke, Nova Institute NPC; Antoinette van der Merwe, University of Pretoria; Catherina Schenck, University of the Western Cape; Liam Swanepoel, Nova Institute NPC; Mbally Mdluli, Nova Institute NPC; Tertius Murray, Nova Institute NPC; Kristy Langerman, University of Johannesburg; Hendrik. J. Smith, Nova Institute NPC; Rirhandzu Novela, Nova Institute NPC; Bianca Wernecke; Christiaan J. Pauw, Nova Institute NPC

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Overview

Montagu Murray, J C Pauw

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Chapter 1
Planetary well-being as development goal in the Anthropocene

Montagu Murray

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Chapter 2
The battle of faith and technology in the Anthropocene: climate alarmism versus eco-modernism - between rupture and next step

Sytse Strijbos

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An approach to identifying reasonable health-oriented air quality interventions in a data-constrained context

Hendrik. J. Smith, Rirhandzu Novela, Bianca Wernecke, Christiaan J. Pauw

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Sustainable energy interventions in low-income households in the Anthropocene: Case studies of the uptake of cleaner energy

Liam Swanepoel, Mbally Mdluli, Tertius Murray, Kristy Langerman, Christiaan J. Pauw

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No time to waste: Lessons learned from waste management in the absence of public services

Pierre Reyneke, Antoinette van der Merwe, Catherina Schenck

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Chapter 6
Knowledge is power: the danger of knowledge in the search for sanitation solutions with African communities

Attie van Niekerk, Betsie le Roux, Antoinette van der Merwe

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Flourishing Early Childhood Development through empowering families: The contribution of the CHICS Programme to parental agency and family-ECD dynamics

Catherine Senyolo, Nicolette V Roman, Antoinette van der Merwe

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The tough task of enhancing the capabilities of low-income households to benefit from the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Christiaan J. Pauw

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Chapter 9
From consultation to collaboration: a comparative analysis of public participation in low-income communities

Jako Viviers, Selna Cornelius, Niké S. Wesch

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The role of scientific evidence in public policymaking for the bio-physical environment where South Africans live

Jurie Moolman, Claudine Roos, Phathutshedzo Mukwevhu, J C Pauw

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A case study of deteriorating services in two South African townships and possible implications for spatial justice for cities in the Anthropocene

Roberto Rocco, Juliana Gonçalves, Caroline Newton, Montagu Murray

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Case studies in the quality-oflife assessment of cleaner energy interventions through ‘narratives of impact’

Valerie Møller, Montagu Murray

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Involvement with a Not-For- Profit Company: An Insight from a Mission Worker

Kasebwe Timothee Luc Kabongo

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Sceptical environmentalism

Christiaan J. Pauw

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Chapter 15
Drawing the strings together

Montagu Murray, J C Pauw

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Copyright (c) 2025 Attie van Niekerk, Kasebwe Timothee Luc Kabongo, Valerie Møller, Roberto Rocco, Juliana Gonçalves, Caroline Newton, Jurie Moolman, Claudine Roos, Phathutshedzo Mukwevhu, Jako Viviers, Selna Cornelius, Niké S. Wesch, Catherine Senyolo, Nicolette V Roman, Betsie le Roux; J C Pauw; Pierre Reyneke, Antoinette van der Merwe, Catherina Schenck, Liam Swanepoel, Mbally Mdluli, Tertius Murray, Kristy Langerman, Hendrik. J. Smith, Rirhandzu Novela, Bianca Wernecke, Christiaan J. Pauw, Sytse Strijbos; Montagu Murray

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Murray, M., & Pauw, J. C. (Eds.). (2025). Development in the Anthropocene: The tough task of working towards planetary well-being with low-income households. UJ Press. https://doi.org/10.64449/9781997468554

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