Browsing Doctoral Degrees (Environmental Science) by Title
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Geohelminth transmission among slum-dwelling children in Durban, South Africa.
(2001)Geohelminthiasis is a serious problem in city slums and despite being easily treatable in the short term, its elimination enjoys a low priority by parents, teachers and public health authorities. This is partly due to ... -
Impacts of elevated CO2 on the growth, production and water use of a South African C4-dominated grassland community.
(2004)Abstract available in PDF file. -
Improving end to end delivery of land administration business processes through performance measurement and comparison.
(2010)The delivery of land administration (LA) systems particularly in urban areas underpins housing, industry and infrastructure development as well as the smooth operation of land and credit markets. However, fragmentation of ... -
An integrated modelling approach to the management of freshwater inflow to South African estuaries.
(1998)Estuaries are recognised for their biological diversity and productivity, as well as the vital role they play in providing habitat for organisms which utilise them as nurseries and feeding grounds. In many parts of the ... -
The integration of climate change considerations into local air quality management plans in South Africa.
(2011)In recent years there has been considerable advancement in our scientific understanding of the linkages and interactions between climate change and air quality. A warmer, evolving climate is likely to have severe ... -
Isotopic ecosystem studies in the KwaZulu-Natal Bight.
(2012)The study area, the KwaZulu-Natal Bight, is an oceanographically important area, which, regardless of having two of the most important fisheries off the east coast of South Africa, has received little research attention ... -
Keeping cattle in a changing rural landscape : communal rangeland management in Okhombe, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(2011)A research journey involving people, cattle, and the landscape in rural Okhombe in the western part of the province of KwaZulu-Natal and lying at the foot of the uKhahlamba Drakensberg Mountain Range, South Africa, is ... -
Land restitution and conservation : social capital in the Mkambati community.
(2013)This study highlights the role social capital plays in promoting relationships within and between organizations so that they are able to act with common cause. For years relationships between parks and local communities ... -
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 ... -
Lipid peroxidation and the antioxidant systems in soybean seed maturation and germination.
(2003)The biochemical changes taking place during soybean seed development and gennination, and some aspects of desiccation tolerance were assessed with reference to lipid peroxidation and antioxidant systems. During nonnal seed ... -
Managing relationships, learning and demands in protected areas : a social systems analysis.
(2007)This thesis seeks to contribute to the improved understanding of social systems analysis in management effectiveness research on protected areas. It develops and applies propositions for incorporating the analysis of social ... -
Modelling spatial variability of coffee (Coffea Arabica L.) crop condition with multispectral remote sensing data.
(2017)Abstract available in PDF file. -
Optical remote sensing of aboveground forest biomass and carbon stocks in resource-constrained African environments.
(2015)No abstract available. -
Optimisation of an innovative system of sustainable production in Rwanda : the integrated rabbit-fish-rice system.
(2011)Population escalation in the developing world has been associated with increased poverty, food insecurity and environmental degradation. The situation in Rwanda, with 2.82% annual population increase is no exception. The ... -
Organizational culture and its underlying basic assumptions as a determinant of response to change : a case study of KwaZulu-Natal's conservation sector, South Africa.
(2005)This study was concerned with elaborating theory and informing practice about the process of managing change in organizations. It was premised on the implications of organizational culture and its underlying basic assumptions ... -
Perceptions of the conservancy concept, common pool resources and the challenge of collective action across private property boundaries : a case study of the Dargle Conservancy, South Africa.
(2013)Conservancies are viewed as playing an important role in enabling the landscape-scale management of biodiversity and ecosystem services by extending conservation areas beyond the boundaries of formally protected areas ... -
Population genetics of the prawn penaeus indicus (crustacea: decapoda) in the Western Indian Ocean.
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Protected Area Outreach programmes : a case study and critical evaluation.
(1998)Sub-Saharan African conservation authorities are progressively shifting their emphasis away from law enforcement based management strategies, towards management strategies aimed at facilitating local community participation ... -
Rangeland degradation assessment using remote sensing and vegetation species.
(2011)The degradation of rangeland grass is currently one of the most serious environmental problems in South Africa. Increaser and decreaser grass species have been used as indicators to evaluate rangeland condition. Therefore, ...