Browsing Doctoral Degrees (Environmental Hydrology) by Issue Date
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Refinement of modelling tools to assess potential agrohydrological impacts of climate change in southern Africa.
(2001)Changes in climate due to anthropogenic influences are expected to affect both hydrological and agricultural systems in southern Africa. Studies on the potential impacts of climate change on agrohydrological systems had ... -
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 ... -
Performance of irrigation and water management systems in the lowveld of Zimbabwe.
(2004)In order to assess the performance of water management approaches and irrigation systems used by the sugar industry in the Lowveld of Zimbabwe, a sugarcane yield and irrigation systems simulation model was developed. The ... -
Development and evaluation of model-based operational yield forecasts in the South African sugar industry.
(2005)South Africa is the largest producer of sugar in Africa and one of the ten largest sugarcane producers in the world. Sugarcane in South Africa is grown under a wide range of agro-climatic conditions. Climate has been ... -
Assessment of agro-ecosystem sustainability across varying scales in South Africa.
(2005)Maize production plays an important socio-economic role in rural communities of the Highveld region of South Africa, yet it is becoming increasingly difficult to produce maize economically with current agricultural policy ... -
Assessment of the water poverty index at meso-catchment scale in the Thukela Basin.
(2006)The connection between water and human wellbeing is increasingly causing concern about the implications of water scarcity on poverty. The primary fear is that water scarcity may not only worsen poverty, but may also ... -
The hydrological basis for the protection of water resources to meet environmental and societal requirements.
(2006)In common with other natural systems, aquatic ecosystems provide a wealth of economically valuable services and long-term benefits to society. However, growing human populations, coupled with increased aspirations for ... -
Impact of irrigation with gypsiferous mine water on the water resources of parts of the upper Olifants basin.
(2007)The generation of large quantities of mine wastewater in South African coal mines and the needs for a cost effective, as well as an environmentally sustainable manner of mine water disposal, have fostered interests in the ... -
Development of a framework for an integrated time-varying agrohydrological forecast system for southern Africa.
(2007)Policy makers, water managers, farmers and many other sectors of the society in southern Africa are confronting increasingly complex decisions as a result of the marked day-to-day, intra-seasonal and inter-annual variability ... -
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 ... -
Balancing water for food and environment : hydrological determinants across scales in the Thukela River Basin.
(2008)In this study, geophysical measurements (Electrical Resistivity Tomography-ERT) and remote sensing techniques were applied in the Thukela river basin at various scales to complement the classical hydrometeorological ... -
Rainwater harvesting systems and their influences on field scale soil hydraulic properties, water fluxes and crop production.
(2009)South Africa, in common with many parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, is facing increasing water shortages. Limited available water arising from a low and poorly distributed rainfall, must supply domestic, agricultural, industrial ... -
An assessment of canopy and litter interception in commercial and indigenous forests in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, South Africa.
(2011)Understanding of the hydrological cycle and processes such as interception span as far back as the times of the Renaissance, when Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) first described it. However, there remains a gap in the knowledge ... -
Characterisation of the hydrological processes and responses to rehabilitation of a headwater wetland of the Sand River, South Africa.
(2011)The erosion of headwater wetlands in the Sand River catchment, in the lowveld of north-eastern South Africa has led to a focus on their rehabilitation, both for livelihood security for those that use them for subsistence ... -
Integrating hydro-climatic hazards and climate changes as a tool for adaptive water resources management in the Orange River Catchment.
(2012)The world’s freshwater resources are being placed under increasing pressure owing to growth in population, economic development, improved standards of living, agricultural intensification (linked mainly to irrigation), ... -
Challenges in modelling hydrological responses to impacts and interactions of land use and climate change.
(2012)To meet society’s needs for water, food, fuel and fibre the natural land cover throughout the world has been extensively altered. These alterations have impacted on hydrological responses and thus on available water ... -
Transient pressure waves in hillslopes.
(2013)Previous studies found that during a rainfall event, pre-event water, which exists in the catchment before the event, may appear in significant amounts in the stream stormflow hydrograph. Pre-event water is predominantly ... -
Ground and satellite-based assessment of hydrological responses to land cover change in the Kilombero River Basin, Tanzania.
(2013)Changes in land use and land cover are a global issue of concern, especially with regard to possible impacts on biophysical processes which affect the hydrological functioning of a system. Tanzania is no exception to ... -
Mainstreaming adaptation to climate change into decision making in the water sector : concepts and case studies from South Africa.
(2015)Abstract available in Pdf file. -
Development of a small-scale in-field integrated postharvest citrus treatment unit.
(2016)Abstract available in PDF file.