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A waste management and sanitation audit of the South African National Defence Force in rural deployments in Maputoland : a case study.
(2004)ant national legislation on the disposal of waste and waste disposal sites has been promulgated to regulate the dumping of unwanted materials. This development poses major legal compliance problems for the South African ... -
Waste management through recycling and composting : a case study of some schools in greater Edendale, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal.
(1999)The study investigated the involvement of primary and secondary schools in waste management through recycling and composting, and the perceptions of teachers and pupils with regard to waste management. It also investigated ... -
Waste minimisation clubs in South Africa : towards a sustainable model.
(2005)Every time a good is produced, waste occurs as an unwanted by-product. Waste has become a real environmental issue across the world, contributing to the degradation of the environment and human health. As part of a local ... -
Waste sector small and medium-sized enterprises and their role in the extended producer responsibility; a case study of environmental responsibility in SMEs in eThekwini, KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa).
(2014)Both the waste sector and corporate enterprises, under the banner of corporate social and environmental responsibility (CSER), have a role to play in sustainable development, particularly in the South African context ... -
Water issues in land redistribution projects : a case study of the Platt Estate redistribution project in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2002)Land and water are critical resources for rural livelihoods and lie at the heart of rural development. Granting rural people land under the land reform without sufficient water resources is indeed problematic. This ... -
Water productivity of selected sorghum varieties.
(2014)The majority of people living in rural communities rely on rain-fed farming for their agricultural production. Under these conditions, water stress through drought or uneven rainfall distribution is a major limitation to ... -
Water quality assessment using Landsat 8 and Sentinel-2 : a case study of the Umdloti estuary, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(2018)Estuaries are amongst the most productive and important ecosystems on the planet but are vulnerable to physico-chemical alterations within their waters. Water quality and health monitoring therefore requires the timely ... -
Water resource mangement in Ethiopia : the case of Addis Ababa.
(2009)The provision of an improved water supply service to the poor urban areas of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia is essential, given that large numbers of people living in the city have problems of access to a reliable and adequate ... -
Water temperature and fish distribution in the Sabie River system : towards the development of an adaptive management tool.
(2003)Water temperatures are a fundamental water quality component, and a key abiotic determinant of fish distribution patterns in rivers. A river 's thermal regime is the product of a multitude of thermal drivers and buffers ... -
Water use and nutritional water productivity of selected major and underutilised grain legumes.
(2018)Grain legumes have potential to alleviate the prevalence of food and nutrition security in water scarce areas. There is need to promote underutilised grain legumes to diversify crop production and build resilience. This ... -
Water use characteristics of selected South African maize (Zea mays L.) landraces compared with commercial hybrids.
(2014)In South Africa, maize is the staple food, especially in rural areas. The majority of people in these areas rely on rain-fed farming for their agricultural production. Traditional maize landraces are still a feature of the ... -
Water use of selected sorghum (Sorghum Bicolor L. Moench) genotypes.
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Water-use dynamics of alien plant invaded riparian forests in South Africa.
(2018)In South Africa the invasion of riparian forests by alien trees has the potential to affect the country’s limited water resources. It is difficult for government initiatives, such as the Working for Water (WfW) alien ... -
Wealth creation through green economy in urban areas : a case study of poor urban women's use of environmental services to generate income in Msunduzi Municipality, South Africa.
(2013)Urbanisation is an inevitable process that creates opportunities for economic growth and development, however, it can come at the cost of urban poverty and environmental degradation - two of the greatest challenges facing ... -
A web-based GIS as a management tool for rock art sites in the Ukhahlamba-Drakensberg Park.
(2005)The importance of managing and conserving cultural heritage can not be overemphasised. It is this realisation that has prompted the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) to declare ... -
Web-based teaching, learning and research using real-time data from field-based agrometeorological measurement systems.
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Weeds : reservoirs of vector-borne viral pathogens in South Africa.
(2016)Weeds have the potential to alter the function of ecosystems either as pests themselves or by harbouring vectors and vector-borne diseases. Their role as reservoirs of viral pathogens has had a significant bearing on viral ... -
Wetland geomorphology and floodplain dynamics on the hydrologically variable Mfolozi River, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(2008)Wetlands in southern Africa can be considered a rarity, forming despite a regional negative water balance and a continental background of wide scale incision. These particular characteristics lead to southern African ... -
The whole is greater than the sum of its parts : cumulative risk of indoor air pollution and urban vulnerability in Cato Manor.
(2003)Low-income communities are potentially more vulnerable to physical, social and environmental hazards than wealthier communities. The lack of services associated with these communities (such as water supply, sanitation ...