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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"integrated environmental management"”.
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Is small really beautiful? The impact of scale on political institutional capacity for integrated environmental management in Malta
… hold true. However, the country's development of integrated environmental management (IEM) capacity has encountered major challenges. Specific environmental problems have remained unchecked for decades, with the island remaining a late-comer in the implementation of environmental policy, when …
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An evaluation of the development of environmental legislation governing environmental impact assessments and integrated environmental management in South Africa
… study provides an overview of the development of environmental assessment legislation in South Africa since the advent of democracy and critically assesses whether an effective regulatory system is in place. Where necessary and appropriate, the study may include aspects of foreign and …
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An evaluation of the development of environmental legislation governing environmental impact assessments and integrated environmental management in South Africa
… study provides an overview of the development of environmental assessment legislation in South Africa since the advent of democracy and critically assesses whether an effective regulatory system is in place. Where necessary and appropriate, the study may include aspects of foreign and …
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Integrated environmental management : where is South Africa headed given recent developments relating to NEMA and the Infrastructure Development Act?
Integrated Environmental Management (IEM) was formulated during the 1980s by the Council for the Environment in response to a dual need in South Africa to effectively manage the country's natural resource base whilst stimulating economic growth and development. The IEM principles were translated …
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The practical application of theoretical concepts of integrated environmental management (IEM) : a case study of a proposed rock quarry in a peri-urban area
… of the requirements for the degree of MSc in Environmental Science and was supervised by Professor R Fuggle, Head of Department of the Department of Environmental and Geographical Science. The dissertation describes and examines the practical application of integrated environmental management …
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A procedure for the environmental evaluation of roads in South Africa
… of this report is to develop a procedure for the environmental evaluation of roads in South Africa, because in the past the environmental evaluation of road projects have been on an ad hoc basis, often using different formats. The procedure is therefore to be replicable from scheme to scheme, …
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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
… the NPB's stated 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 …
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An assessment of the potential socio-economic impact of the future closure of DBNM's diamond mines in Namaqualand
… in closure of the mine. DBNM commissioned the Environmental Evaluation Unit (EEU) of the University of Cape Town to assess the social and economic impacts of future mine closure and to recommend measures to mitigate the negative impacts. The aim is to assist DBNM management in future planning. …
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An environmental evaluation procedure for coastal township and resort development proposals in South Africa
Most coastal nations recognise the environmental, economic and educational value of their coastal zones. Consequently, they have developed integrated management programmes and employ a variety of strategies, in particular, Environmental Impact Assessment, to promote the sustainable use and …
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Public participation in planning for the Cathedral Peak hutted camp
… political transition in 1994/95. A Preliminary Environmental Assessment was conducted for the Natal Parks Board (NPB) as a group project by five students¹ from the Masters Class in the Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, University of Cape Town. The scoping stage of the …
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An environmental impact assessment for the access road to the Mohale dam, Lesotho : a comparative analysis of the Western access road and the least cost alternative route
… this document is to set out a comparison of the environmental impacts of the two alternative access roads to the Mohale Dam, Lesotho: the Least Cost Alternative Route (LCAR) and the Western Access Route (WAR), and to recommend a preferred alternative for construction. The analysis and comparison …
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Investigating regional climate drivers, wildfire mitigation, and air quality responses.
… and urban air quality responses to better inform integrated environmental management. Using observations from the Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite (GOSAT), we first analyze carbon dioxide (CO2) trends across the three highest-emitting U.S. states (Texas, California, and Florida) and relate …
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The Constitutionality of Ex Post Facto Authorisation for Environmentally Harmful Activities in South Africa
Environmental activities that have been listed as harmful under the National Environmental Management Act (NEMA) must be authorised prior to commencement in South Africa. The process of authorisation (EA) requires an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) to be commissioned before a listed activity …
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Regionals or unitaries? Building an evaluative framework to compare regional and unitary authority environmental management performance
… potential to have far reaching consequences for environmental management in New Zealand. Much debate about the current local government structure in New Zealand is centred on whether it enables councils to provide integrated environmental management and deliver the best possible environmental …
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GIS-based decision support approach for selecting a new landfill site for the city of Cape Town
… a new regional landfill. According to CCA Draft Environmental Impact Report (2006),the former Cape Metropolitan Council (CMC) appointed technical consultants in 2000 to identifyand assess the potential sites for a landfill to service Cape Metropolitan Area (CMA), presentlyreferred to as the City …
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Environmental impact assessment in South Africa - what difference can a sustainability assessment make?
… sustainability related aspects into the task of environmental assessment. A comprehensive study of the literature yielded a developing attitude of making use of the applied scientific principles in the assessment process. There is a notion that the assessment of the environment should form part …
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An impact assessment of alternative access roads to the Mohale Dam, Lesotho
… conventional lA , procedures, including the 1992 Integrated Environmental Management procedure, pay inadequate attention to the formulation of problems. There is a danger that lAs may focus on the wrong problem, or may misconstrue the right problem. Weak problem conception may then give birth to …
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Riparian management: an exploration into connecting the biophysical and social sciences
Over the last fifty years, environmental management thinking has been moving from the traditional 'balance of nature' and 'command and control' perspectives towards an evolving paradigm that explicitly recognises the environment as a complex adaptive system. Implicit in this new conception are the …