Browsing Doctoral Degrees (Environmental Science) by Title
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The social, economic and environmental impacts of ecotourism : case studies of the St. Lucia area and the uKhahlamba-Drakensberg region in South Africa.
(2005)The study focuses on two World Heritage sites in KwaZulu-Natal (uKhahlambaDrakensberg Park and the Greater St Lucia Wetlands Park). It sets out to critically examine the social, economic and political aspects of natural ... -
Socio-economic and environmental perceptions and impacts of violence and crime in residential areas in Durban, South Africa.
(2006)Violence and crime are amongst the most difficult of the many challenges facing South Africa. There is widespread concern in all segments of society about persistent and widespread violence and crime. The central aim of ... -
Soil conservation policy in South Africa, 1910-1992 : the human dimension.
(1996)The overwhelming focus of documentary sources indicate that traditional approaches to land degradation and soil erosion in South Africa have focussed on the physical dimension of the problem and the development of practical ... -
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 ... -
Stakeholder perceptions of ecotourism impacts and management issues in relation to private game parks : case studies of the Ezulwini Private Park and Tala Private Park in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(2010)Ecotourism has generated great interest from governments, tourism enterprises, tourists, conservation groups, the private sector and other stakeholders in the industry. A reason for this interest is the availability of ... -
A strategy to improve agricultural production in a rural community through on-farm research and technology transfer.
(2005)Agriculture is a potentially important activity to address poverty, hunger and unemployment in rural communal areas. To cater for the needs of the many small-scale farmers in KwaZuluNatal, the Farming Systems Research ... -
Towards improved corporate social and environmental reporting in South Africa.
(2007)This thesis contributes towards improving corporate social and environmental reporting (CSR) in South Africa, by determining what about CSR would need to be and could be improved. The sources of information for this were ... -
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 ... -
Understanding the relationship between neoliberalism and the negotiation of urban development imperatives within public private partnerships in Durban.
(2010)As neoliberalism has risen into ascendancy, cities have shifted their development approach, often in ways that produce problematic and heavily critiqued outcomes (Bond, 2005a; Leitner et al, 2007). In many instances, ... -
Use of constructivism in the development and evaluation of an educational game environment.
(2004)Formal learning contexts often present information to learners in an inert and highly abstract form, making it unlikely that learners would ever use this information in their every-da y lives. Learners do, however, show ... -
Use of constructivism in the development and evaluation of an educational game environment.
(2004)Formal learning contexts often present information to learners in an inert and highly abstract form, making it unlikely that learners would ever use this information in their every-day lives. Learners do, however, show a ... -
A viable strategy to sugar cane lignocellulosic bio-ethanol development in Southern Africa.
(2004)In the current era, oil deficit countries around the world seriously consider shifting dependence from conventional gasoline to renewable bio-ethanol fuel in the transport industry. Arguably, blending l0vol% dry ethanol ... -
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 ...