Browsing Masters Degrees (Environmental Science) by Title
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Cadastral lease diagrams for resettlement farms in Namibia: 'digital orthophotos as an alternative to the current field surveying technique'.
(2004)The Ministry of Lands, Resettlement and Rehabilitation of Namibia is responsible for all land issues. The resettlement of landless farmers, of the previous disadvantaged groups, is one of the issues. The Agricultural ... -
A case study approach to the assessment of urban agriculture in the greater Edendale area, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(2000)Migration from rural to urban areas has characterized the South African population in the last quarter of the 20th century. More recently, internal urban growth itself has contributed to the rapid growth of cities. This ... -
A case study of inland fisheries management in the Lucheringo-Rovuma- Messinge river systems, northern Niassa, Mozambique : from open access to common property?
(2000)There is growing realisation world wide that the attainment of environmental sustainability is contingent upon reinstatement of community authority over management of natural resources. In acknowledgement of this imperative ... -
Challenges in resolving and protecting biodiversity in a developing city : the case of the Cato Ridge grasslands, Durban.
(2017)The area of Cato Ridge has been identified as a key node for future industrial and commercial development within the eThekwini Municipal Area, with a Local Area Plan approved to guide it. However, it also includes large ... -
Challenges of delivering low-income housing : a case study of the Build Together Programme of Namibia.
(2005)A common strategy in dealing with housing shortages is the provision of loans to low-income groups. Tried in many countries for a very long time, this approach has produced a common phenomenon - poor servicing of loans. ... -
Climate change projections and public behaviour towards adopting integrated mitigation and adaptation approaches at a household level in urban areas, the eThekwini Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal.
(2018)Globally since the 1970s, the temperature has increased rapidly and remains unpredictable because of its accelerating pace (Thompson, 2010). This has increased the frequency and intensity of daily temperature, together ... -
Climatic variable selection using random forests regression for malaria transmission modelling in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa.
(2015)Malaria is one of the wold’s most prevalent vector borne diseases with sub-Saharan Africa bearing the highest burden of reported cases. Climate is one of the major determinant factors of malaria transmission as it influences ... -
Climatology of air mass transport to Cape Point.
(2008)Air transport climatology to Cape Point (South Africa; 34.21ºS, 18.29ºE) was examined by analyzing 5-day kinematic back trajectories at both 300 and 5000 m above ground level for the period 2001-2003. Trajectories were ... -
Co-management as an option for private protected areas : a case study of the Shongweni Resource Reserve.
(2006)Since the establishment of the first protected area in 1872, the Yellowstone National Park, the concept of protected areas and their management have witnessed several controversies and conflicts. Generally, ownership and ... -
Co-management of mussel resources : the case studies of Sokhulu and Coffee Bay projects in South Africa.
(2002)In this thesis, the researcher has attempted to analyze the full complexities of employing the co-management system in conservation of brown mussels (Perna perna) through the use of the case study areas, namely: Sokhulu ... -
Collusion, cadres and corruption : a critical study of the procurement sector and corruption in local government : the case of eThekwini Municipality.
(2016)Corruption is a complex and multifaceted phenomenon that takes various forms and functions in different settings. With the transition to a democratic dispensation in South Africa, there has been an escalation in corruption ... -
Commercial forest species discrimination and mapping using cost effective multispectral remote sensing in midlands region of KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa.
(2018)Discriminating forest species is critical for generating accurate and reliable information necessary for sustainable management and monitoring of forests. Remote sensing has recently become a valuable source of information ... -
Community participation in integrated conservation and development projects : a case study in the Hlatikulu Valley, KwaZulu-Natal.
(1999)Successful and convincing examples where local peoples' development needs have been effectively reconciled with biodiversity conservation remain difficult to find. One important reason for this is that little progress ... -
Community participation in urban tourism development : a case study - Georgetown and the freedom experience.
(2000)Since the reintroduction of South Africa into the international community, tourism has been emphasised, through policy and public speech, as a means to achieve socio-economic upliftment and job creation. Although tourism ... -
Community-based forest husbandry : a case study from Mozambique.
(2003)Natural resource harvesting still plays an important role in the economy of southern Africa. In Mozambique, the continuous exploitation of the most valuable components of the indigenous woodlands in locations such as the ... -
Community-based natural resource management, livelihood diversification & poverty alleviation : a case study of NG 22/23 and associated communities, Okavango Delta, northern Botswana.
(2006)This paper presents a case study from Ngamiland, northern Botswana where community~ based natural resource management (CBNRM), through a joint venture agreement (NA) between a Community~based Organisation (CBO) and the ... -
A comparative study of responsible care and ISO 14001 as an effective environmental management system in the chemical and allied industry in South Africa.
(2015)With the ever increasing promulgation of environmental legislation in recent years in South Africa, enforcement of these laws is a threat to the chemical and allied industries. In order for these industries to secure ... -
A comparative study of land cover/use changes between Mkhuze, and three neighbouring private game reserves.
(2010)In recent years several regions in South Africa including KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) have experienced a significant shift in their farming practice, moving away from conventional commercial farming to the apparently more lucrative ...