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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Environmental and Geographical Sciences"”.
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Shell EIA rectification process: Gauteng Province sites
… of Philosophy students in the Department of Environmental and Geographical Sciences at the University of Cape Town were invited to participate in the completion of Rectification Reports for fuel storage installations in Gauteng. The Masters group consisted of four members who travelled to …
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Integrating conservation and development : community participation in ecotourism projects : an investigation into community participation in ecotourism development projects in order to ensure the integration of protected area conservation and rural development, with particular reference to a case study at Cathedral Peak in the Natal Drakensberg Park
… commitment to the principles of Integrated Environmental Management (IEM), a multidisciplinary group, comprising five students from the Masters programme of the Department of Environmental and Geographical Sciences of the University of Cape Town, was commissioned to conduct a Preliminary …
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A proposed approach to the formulation of an integrated coastal zone management policy for the Erongo zone in Namibia
… to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) which was held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, the Danish Co-operation for Environment and Development (DANCED) was established in 1993. DANCED was established with the overall objective of contributing to the restoration of the …
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The estimation of precipitable water vapour from GPS measurements in South Africa
… factors, the atmosphere through which it passes and, whereas the affects of the ionosphere can be eliminated by the differencing of two transmitted frequencies, the affects of the troposphere remain one of the major sources of noise in traditional geodetic and positioning applications of GPS. …
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Late Holocene environmental and climate dynamics along the southern Cape coast of South Africa: high resolution multi-proxy records from the wilderness embayment
… is well documented that the South African palaeoenvironmental record is relatively limited in terms of both quantity and quality. This is mainly due to the region's highly seasonal rainfall regimes and generally arid to semi-arid environments which are not conducive to the preservation of …
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Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction in South Africa's year-round rainfall zone using multiproxy geochemical analyses on lake sediments from Swartvlei
… contain sediments with good records of palaeoenvironmental changes. Swartvlei is the largest of the lakes in the Wilderness Embayment and is connected to the Indian Ocean via an estuary. The lake is believed to have been formed during sea-level regressions in the quaternary, and separated from …
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Are all wetland models the same? Comparing wetland models and streamflow regulation of catchment-scale hydrological modelling tools under a changing climate
Comparing how wetlands are simulated in different hydrological modelling tools is needed to identify their suitability in different contexts. A simulated wetland will result in predictions of streamflow regulation, e.g., storing flood water and reducing high flows and releasing water in drier …
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The contribution of small-scale fisheries to the community food security of one South African coastal community
… the global population through direct consumption and indirectly as a vital source of income. Approximately, 50 million individuals involved in capture fisheries are small-scale fishers and they contribute to 80 percent of the global catch that is used for domestic consumption. Smallscale fishers …
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Reimagining Cape Town Walls: The Culture and Image of the City
… creates an image of the city for both local and international publics to engage and encounter. The needs of the city to be globally recognised and create opportunities for economic growth can reveal discrepancies in development agendas and raises questions about fulfilling the needs of the …
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The functional ecology of Eastern Rûens Shale Renosterveld
… rate due to drivers such as habitat destruction and climate change. The systematic degradation of natural habitats witnessed today is often accompanied by a loss of ecosystem functioning and services which not only endangers the future of humankind but has consequences for all life on earth. To …
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Participative water demand management as an adaptive response within complex socio-institutional systems: a case study of Cape Town, South Africa
… which requires the investigation of improved and adapted strategies. However, adaptation theory is proving difficult to implement. A range of serious practical issues are emerging as adaptation moves from theory to implementation. One of these is that the implementation of water demand …
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Exploring the potential contribution of Environmental Impact Assessments for water resilience: a case study of in-situ upgrading of the Monwabisi Park informal settlement, Cape Town, South Africa
… to erratic weather patterns, including extreme and prolonged drought. However, there also exist other factors such as rapid urbanisation, migration and inadequate infrastructure which have contributed towards water resource management being complicated. Water resource management therefore spans …
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Analysing the relationship between seed security and food security: the case of Chimanimani district, Zimbabwe
… such as community seed production, seed aid, and input subsidies are used to address these concerns. However, the relationship between seed security and food security has been understudied. This study thus aimed to explore the factors that have an impact on the relationship between seed …
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Understanding the resilience of local seed systems: a case study of Uzumba-Maramba Pfungwe and Chimanimani Districts, Zimbabwe
… crop production practices are of significant environmental concern, with some studies suggesting that smallholder farming systems could provide a more sustainable alternative. Local seed systems are at the core of smallholder agriculture and, although typically characterised as inefficient, …
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Environmental change and soil organic carbon storage in a dust emission hotspot, Free State, South Africa
Drylands farming areas are subject to land cover or land use change, climate change, and a variety of land management practices which may contribute to dust emissions and soil loss, a common symptom of land degradation. The goal of this study was to establish how the shift in land cover or land use …
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An analysis of nature-based treatment processes for cleaning contaminated surface water runoff from an informal settlement: a case study of the Stiebeuel River catchment, Franschhoek, South Africa
… surface water runoff from inadequate drainage and sanitation systems in informal settlements threaten the quality of available freshwater and can negatively impact both human and environmental health. Biofiltration systems (biofilters) provide water pollution controls without inputs of …
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An analysis of the perceptions surrounding the re-zoning of the Tsitsikamma Marine Protected Area
… if designed to consider how people value and interact with coasts and marine resources designated for protection. This research critically examines the different perceptions of stakeholders towards the rezoning of Africa’s oldest MPA, the Tsitsikamma National Park (TNP) MPA. In South …
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Healing the crippled hand: tourism and community-based tourism as sustainable forms of land use and development in Eastern Tsumkwe, Namibia
… by the 1996/7 Masters (Mphil) students from the Environmental and Geographical Sciences Department at the University of Cape Town, on behalf of the Namibian Programme to Combat Desertification (NAPCOD), involving the environmental impacts of emergency borehole relief in Namibia (UCT, 1997). The …