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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Climate Change and Sustainable Development"”.
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How has environmental violence been experienced during the Cape Town water crisis using the Newlands Spring as a case-study
… modern city faced the very likely existential and physical threat of running out of water. The water crisis continues to be an extremely complex threat with many complicated aspects to the drought, which resulted in residents of Cape Town reacting with intensity to this danger. The crisis is an …
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Attribution-based parametric insurance: towards affordable premiums
To deal with the adverse impacts of climate change, index-based or parametric insurance has been recognized as an adaptation technique to compensate farmers for economic losses from extreme weather events. The insurance can be either private or sovereign. African Risk Capacity Insurance (ARC Ltd) …
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The Impacts of Drought on Wheat Yield and Farmers' Livelihood in the Swartland Region of the Western Cape South Africa
… of South Africa. This is because the frequency and intensity of drought have increased in recent years, which have led to declines in crop yields and have negative implications on the production of non-irrigated crops such as wheat. This study examined the sensitivity of winter wheat to drought …
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An historical political economy analysis of high-emissions low-employment development in South Africa
… persistently high levels of poverty, inequality and unemployment, while at the same time being one of the top twenty greenhouse gas emitters in the world. While calls have been made for South Africa to embark on a just transition to a lowcarbon society, a better understanding is needed of the …
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Building the Western Cape farmers resilience to climate change: assessing the usefulness of credibility salience and legitimacy framework in linking climate change adaptation information into action
… of scientific information to support climate change decisionmaking for farmers' resilience to the global challenge, a persistent gap exists between knowledge development and its application in decision-making. This is exerting pressure on science to develop more actionable or …
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Climate change risk to southern African native wild food plants
Climate change is a threat to food security. A substantial body of research supports this conclusion for climate change threats to plants with agricultural value, as well as wild-harvested food from animals, such as fish. However, much less is known about climate change threats to wild-harvested …
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Barriers and Enablers of Water Conservation in Formal Residential Households in Cape Town, South Africa
In recent years, climate change has caused great changes in weather patterns such as extreme changes in rainfall leading to prolonged drought. Rapid urbanization has led to more than half of the world's population living in urban centres, and the growing urban population must share increasing …
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Social equity and sustainability considerations in the planning of Nature-based solutions in Southern African Water Towers
… (NbS) – ecosystem protection, restoration, sustainable management, and creation – are increasingly being promoted to support human well-being and ecosystem health, particularly in the context of a changing climate. As such, NbS are gaining popularity globally in international policy and …
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The effectiveness of government policy and planning controls relating to wind energy
… dissertation is to examine Government renewable and wind energy policy, and then to analyse the planning controls which guide development.The specific objective of chapter 1 is to demonstrate that the Government's target for renewable and wind generated electricity output is unsatisfactory, in …