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Land, labour and livelihoods : the production of nature and poverty in northern KwaZulu-Natal.
(2011)
In many parts of South Africa, a growing trend to convert traditional commercial agricultural farms to wildlife-based forms of land use is having significant but largely unexplored impacts on farm dwellers and neighbouring ...
Landscapes of dispossession : farm dwellers' experiences of relocation in the context of private game farming.
(2011)
This thesis explores the material and non-material impacts of private game farming for a group of farm dwellers in KwaZulu-Natal. The thesis is located within the context of an increasing trend whereby farm dwellers are ...
An assessment of the viability and sustainability of the use of humanure for household agricultural purposes : a case study in Cottonlands, eThekwini Municipality.
(2014)
Many South Africans face problems relating to poor sanitation and inadequate nutrition. This is especially prevalent in the peri-urban and rural areas of the country. Whilst urban areas are provided with water borne sewage, ...
Land cover classification in a heterogeneous environment : testing the perfomance of multispectral remote sensing data and the random forest ensemble algorithm.
(2013)
Land use/land cover (LULC) information is essential for a plethora of applications including environmental monitoring and natural resource management. Traditionally, field surveying techniques were the sole source of ...
Evaluating the potential of WorldView-2's strategically located bands in mapping the Bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn)
(2014)
An understanding of the distribution of the Bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn) is critical for providing an appropriate management strategy. In this regard, remote sensing can play a critical role in mapping and ...
A 40,000-year record of vegetation and fire history from the Tate Vondo region, Northeastern Southpansberg, South Africa.
(2014)
Records from the Quaternary period are used to confirm possible inferred climatic changes,
reveal the responses of species to these changes, and serve as an archive against which
modern environmental dynamics can be ...
Delegate perceptions and responsible environmental behaviour at the COP 17 event.
(2013)
The attitudes, perceptions and environmentally responsible behaviour of delegates (tourists) at the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP 17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is an area ...
Intergrating environmental variables with worldview-2 data to model the probability of occurence of invasive chromolena odata in forest canopy gaps : Dukuduku forest in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(2013)
Several alien plants are invading subtropical forest ecosystems through canopy gaps,
resulting in the loss of native species biodiversity. The loss of native species in such habitats
may result in reduced ecosystem ...
Multi-temporal mapping and projection of urban land-use-land-cover change : implication on urban green spaces.
(2013)
This study determines and predicts multi-temporal Land-Use-Land-Cover Change (LULC) in a peripheral urban landscape over a 22 year period in relation to the study area‘s greenery. A change detection analysis using post ...