This dissertation presents Swakopmund, Namibia, as a case study and asks how changes in the landscape brought about by urban development and modernisation influence the sense of place experienced by the resident population.
A mixed-method investigation was carried out for the study through semi-structured in-depth interviews and an anonymous online questionnaire. The questionnaire consisted of questions relating to the identified components that contribute to a sense of place, namely, image, form, activity, place attachment and place meaning, which the respondents had to rate according to a novel five-point Likert scale.
The global theme that emerged from the data was that the modernised facilities selected for the study had a positive influence on the sense-of-place components. Moreover, the data suggested that there was a significant relationship between the facilities and the sense-of-place components.
These results highlight that the influence of the modernised facilities on the resident population’s sense of place is determined by how they perceive and experience the facilities and the value they attach to the facilities. Several recommendations are made regarding areas of further study and for Swakopmund’s municipality.
Hierdie verhandeling ondersoek hoe veranderinge in die landskap as gevolg van stedelike ontwikkeling en modernisering die gevestigde pleksin van inwoners van Swakopmund, Namibië, beïnvloed.
Gemengde metodes in die vorm van indringende semigestruktureerde onderhoude en ’n anonieme aanlyn vraelys is vir hierdie gevallestudie gebruik. Die vraelys het vrae oor die geïdentifiseerde komponente van pleksin, naamlik beeld, vorm, aktiwiteit, konneksie en betekenis van die plek, bevat wat die respondente deur middel van ’n nuutgeskepte Likert-skaal van vyf punte moes beoordeel.
Die oorhoofse tema wat uit die data na vore gekom het, was dat die moderne fasiliteite wat vir die studie gekies is ’n positiewe uitwerking op die verskillende pleksin-komponente gehad het. Die data het daarbenewens op ’n statisties beduidende verband tussen die fasiliteite en die pleksin-komponente gedui.
Die uitslae beklemtoon dat die invloed van die moderne fasiliteite op die inwoners se pleksin deur hulle persepsie en belewenis van die fasiliteite en die waarde wat hulle aan die fasiliteite heg, bepaal word. Verskeie voorstelle rakende verdere studies in hierdie verband, sowel as voorstelle aan die plaaslike munisipaliteit van Swakopmund, word op grond van die uitslag van die studie gemaak.
Lolu cwaningo luveza i-Swakopmund, e-Namibia, njengesibonelo socwaningo futhi lubuza ukuthi izinguquko esimweni esilethwa ukuthuthukiswa kwamadolobha kanye nokuthuthukiswa kwesimanje ziwuthinta kanjani umuzwa wendawo izakhamuzi ezibhekana nazo.
Uphenyo lwezindlela ezixubile lwenziwe ocwaningweni ngezingxoxiswano ezijulile ezisakhiwe ezingaphelele kanye nohlu lwemibuzo lwe-inthanethi olungaziwa. Uhla lwemibuzo belunemibuzo ephathelene nezingxenye ezihlonziwe ezinomthelela emqondweni wendawo, okungukuthi, isithombe, isimo, umsebenzi, okunamathiselwe kuyindawo kanye nencazelo yendawo, okuyinto abaphendulile okufanele bayilinganise ngokwenoveli yesikali se-Likert samaphuzu amahlanu.
Indikimba yomhlaba wonke eyavela kudatha yayiwukuthi izikhungo zesimanje ezikhethelwe ucwaningo zibe nomthelela omuhle ezingxenyeni zomqondo wendawo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, idatha iphakamise ukuthi kunobudlelwano obubalulekile phakathi kwezinsiza kanye nezingxenye zomqondo wendawo.
Le miphumela igqamisa ukuthi umthelela wezikhungo ezithuthukisiwe kumqondo wendawo wezakhamuzi unqunywa indlela abazibona ngayo futhi nabazizwa ngayo izinsiza kanye nenani abalinamathisela ezikhungweni. Izincomo eziningi zenziwe mayelana nezindawo okusazoqhutshekwa nazo kufundwe kanye nomasipala waseSwakopmund.
