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Showing 1 to 20 of 47 for “"Hout Bay"”.
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Hout Bay: a developmental strategy
The Hout Bay Valley, surrounded by mountains and the Atlantic Ocean, is a unique ecological entity operating within the wider Metropolitan context of Cape Town. Sited as it is on the fringe of the expanding urban periphery of Cape Town, it is a beautiful legacy, a serious responsibility, an area of …
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Anchoring : Imizamo Yethu, Hout Bay
… the informal settlement of lmizamo Yethu in Hout Bay which is-located on a steep slope of an old forestry site. Despite its great location, new houses built to replace the informal shack are not 'ground' to site and few communal facilities exist to give people a sense of belonging. Anchoring …
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Hidden Hout Bay mainstream, myths and margins
… a different picture which I have made of Hout Bay; a picture that lies behind the glossy postcard and calendar photographs of this global tourist attraction; one that lies hidden from foreign tourists as well as from local visitors to the harbour, who are attracted by sunset trips into the …
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Health and health care of the preschool child in Hout Bay
… children in one such community: that of the Hout Bay harbour township. A clinic and community-based surveillance programme was devised to make this assessment. Data were obtained by monitoring the records at the Community Health Centre in the township. A study sample of 214 children from the …
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The geological evolution and sedimentary dynamics of Hout Bay, South Africa
Hout Bay is situated on the Atlantic seaboard of the Cape Peninsula, in the Western Cape Province of South Africa approximately 17 km southwest of Cape Town. Hout Bay is a southward opening bay that hosts a fishing harbour and coastal residential town. This study was initiated to map the marine …
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Assessing the sustainability of seal tourism at Duiker Island, Hout Bay
… The study was conducted at Duiker Island, near Hout Bay in the city of Cape Town between November 2019 and January 2020. This period coincides with the breeding season of Cape fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) and the peak tourist season. Questionnaires were distributed to both seal …
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Community Based Fire Risk Reduction - Case Study of Imizamo Yethu, Hout Bay
… study research was conducted in Imizamo Yethu, Hout Bay; a dense settlement that has been plagued by numerous fires recently. Focus groups were run with community members and fire-fighters, using a physical 3D model of their community for interaction and analysis. To supplement these …
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Fluidity and time-based architecture : a community centre in Hout Bay harbour
The focus of this dissertation study is Hout Bay harbour and the fluidity thereof - dealing with how the space changes over time. There is an apparent disconnection between space within the harbour, the land and sea, the people frequenting the space, as well as between the harbour and the broader …
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Groundwater hydrogen, oxygen, and strontium isotope variation of Hout Bay Valley, Cape Town
… (groundwater, rainwater, and stream water) from Hout Bay, a coastal valley 20 km south-west of Cape Town are considered in this study. Groundwater samples from 65 boreholes/wellpoints is presented over two distinct phases (February/March 2020, and November 2020) with groundwater electrical …
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Water - Gravity - Gradient: A gathering in the floodplain of the Hout Bay valley
… with which I am most familiar, my home, the Hout Bay valley. This dissertation seeks to create an intervention which should encourage a new relationship with water in Hout Bay. It is through a gathering of found program; wood cutters, Zionist Christians, horse riders, joggers, walkers, bird …
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The role of Hout Bay craft markets in sustaining the livelihoods of Zimbabwean traders
… and poverty by trading through craft markets in Hout Bay as a means of survival and livelihood. The Sustainable Livelihoods Framework (SLF) was used as a theoretical lens through which to examine the livelihood strategies of Zimbabwean refugees as a means of survival. With regard to the selection …
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Use of geographic information systems for planning semi-informal settlements. A case study : Hout Bay
This thesis investigates how GIS can be used in the planning process of informal settlements. Tables, maps and models were created to demonstrate how these data sources could be used to assist in the planning process. Three environmental factors namely, slope, soil and drainage were analysed, …
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Morphogenesis and ecology as a process of architecture : sea sand management strategies at Hout Bay
This dissertation seeks to understand the boundary between nature and architecture and proposes that architecture has the potential to become a correlation point between man and nature. I would argue that the barriers between man and nature arise from a metaphorical and visual separation of the two …
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The construction of group ecological identity : a case study of communities in Hout Bay, South Africa
… of being in the world. A case study of Hout Bay, Cape Town (South Africa) - particularly three key residential communities: the Cape Coloured Harbour, Valley and Imizamo Yethu communities - was undertaken. A qualitative methodology was adopted throughout the research design. A pilot …
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A sea of contested evidence: Disputes over coastal pollution in Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa
… deep-water marine outfalls in Green Point, Camps Bay and Hout Bay. At total capacity, these three outfalls discharge 55.3 megalitres (Ml) into marine receiving environments daily. With minimal pre-treatment that amounts to screening and sieving, this results in microbial and chemical pollution of …
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A 12-month retrospective, descriptive study of Hout Bay Volunteer Emergency Medical Service, Cape Town, South Africa
… and quantifies the operational activities of Hout Bay Volunteer Emergency Medical Service (Hout Bay EMS) a volunteer ambulance service in Cape Town, South Africa for a one year period from 1 January to 31 December 2016. Methods This retrospective study describes call-outs, shifts and service …
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A glade in the kelp forest: socio-spatial opportunities for multi-trophic aquaculture Hout Bay, South Africa
… for subsistence and small-scale fisheries. Hout Bay harbour was selected as the case study area because a large proportion of the Hout Bay harbour and surrounds is abandoned and has fallen into disrepair, causing an economic decline in the area. This has greatly impacted the marginalised …
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An exploration of the challenges facing youth owned small enterprises in Imizamu Yethu and Hangberg, Hout Bay
… challenges facing youth owned enterprises in the Hout Bay communities of Imizamo Yethu and Hangberg. A purposive sample of seventeen young enterprise owners and three key informants that offer support to the youth, were interviewed. Interviews were conducted with the aid of a semi structured …
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The response of the Christian churches to HIV/AIDS prevention - a developmental challenge: The example of Hout Bay
Although the churches are engaged in efforts of relief, care and welfare their intervention attempts, do not deal with the fundamental causes. According to Korten their interventions are classified as first generation interventions. They help alleviate the symptoms of a problem; however, they do …
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No meaningful participation without effective representation: the case of the Niall Mellon Housing Project in Imizamo Yethu, Hout Bay
… Process housing project in Imizamo Yethu, Hout Bay. It aims to understand the significance of the representative role played by local leaders who are not part of the formal democratic system of representation in development participatory processes. In exploring the Niall Mellon Housing …
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