Doctoral Degrees (Environmental Science)
Recent Submissions
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The ecology of ungulates in the Waterberg Plateau National Park, Namibia.
(2019)Although ungulate species form an important component of Namibia’s economy through tourism, their population sizes vary substantially in relation to irregular rainfall, poaching, predation and competition, amongst other ... -
Climate, environmental and socio-economic factors for Malaria transmission modelling in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
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Restoration of a degraded subtropical forest for climate change mitigation and adaptation in the city of Durban, South Africa.
(2017)With unprecedented changes in climate and land-use patterns, a decrease in global biodiversity and ecosystem services has been occurring at an alarming rate. This has resulted in a widespread damage to the life-support ... -
Climate change responses in urban low-income groups, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(2017)South Africa is urbanising at an unsustainable rate such that the levels of urban poverty and inequality are rising, taking the country further from its attainment of the sustainable development goals, mainly, the elimination ... -
Linking thermal variability and change to urban growth in Harare Metropolitan City using remotely sensed data.
(2017)Urban growth, which involves Land Use and Land Cover Changes (LULCC), alters land surface thermal properties. Within the framework of rapid urban growth and global warming, land surface temperature (LST) and its elevation ... -
Modelling spatial variability of coffee (Coffea Arabica L.) crop condition with multispectral remote sensing data.
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Remote sensing of endangered tree species in the fragmented Dukuduku Indigenous Forest of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
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Climate change learning in an electricity utility: distribution division case study, Eskom, South Africa.
(2018)One of the most significant ways in which humans have damaged the environment is the contribution to rapid global warming which causes major changes to the climate on earth, resulting in many negative impacts to humans ... -
Assessing the invasiveness of alien aroids using modelling techniques and ecological assessments.
(2016)Biological invasions represent one of the main drivers of the present decline in biodiversity worldwide and are difficult and costly to control. Consequently, identifying which factors allow a small proportion of species ... -
A comparative assessment of the socio-economic and spatial factors impacting the implementation of renewable energy in marginalised communities: the case of Inanda and Bergville.
(2016)Access to modern, safe and cost effective energy is undisputed in its ability to facilitate development among poor countries, however, achieving energy security is plagued by challenges. Renewable energies and technologies ... -
Remote sensing grass quantity under different grassland management treatments practised in the Southern African rangelands.
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Development of census output areas in South Africa.
(2015)The use of the same geographical unit for both census data collection and dissemination is common in many countries across the world, especially in developing countries. This poses some serious concerns. Firstly, this ... -
The biogeography and ecology of the secondary marine arthropods of Southern Africa.
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Population genetics of the prawn penaeus indicus (crustacea: decapoda) in the Western Indian Ocean.
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Optical remote sensing of aboveground forest biomass and carbon stocks in resource-constrained African environments.
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Risk, resilience and social-ecological systems in natural resource-based development in South Africa.
(2015)Ecosystem services, which are dependent on ecological and socio-economic variables, can be viewed as having the potential to help alleviate poverty in rural South Africa. These variables do not act in isolation, but ... -
Triple bottom line accounting for the chemical manufacturing sector in South Africa.
(2015)The chemical manufacturing sector of South Africa and particularly the Durban Chemicals Cluster members are accountable for numerous environmental and social impacts in its pursuit of financial gain. Increasing legislative ... -
An assessment of the Giba Gorge special rating area as a biodiversity stewardship practice.
(2015-09-04)Traditional conservation practices restricted resources to formally Protected Areas leaving biodiversity lying outside Protected Areas with minimal or no formal management. Increasing evidence of significant biodiversity ... -
Assessing soil erosion associated with main roads in south-eastern South Africa.
(2015-07-13)Construction of linear infrastructure such as roads is increasing worldwide for the provision of efficient transportation of both humans and commodities. However, roads have been widely recognised as significant causes of ... -
Stakeholder meanings and robustness in social-ecological systems : implications for managing change.
(2015)Alignment of stakeholder behaviour with policies and rules is a key concern where natural resources are managed in the public interest. This thesis is based on the premise that behaviours are founded upon meanings as ...
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