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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 ... -
Incorporation of biodiversity conservation into the environmental impact assessments and compliance processes in KwaZulu-Natal.
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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 ... -
Assessment of the functional health status of the Melville wetland system, KwaDukuza, South Africa.
(2016)Internationally, wetlands are recognised as being valuable, natural ecosystems that provide a spectrum of functions, goods and services. Wetlands are also known to be extensively prone to pollutants. KwaDukuza, which forms ... -
An investigation into the climate change mitigation potential of road transport emissions in eThekwini Municipality.
(2016)The South African transport sector as a whole is the second largest source of green house gas (GHG) emissions, with South Africa’s road transport sector contributing 80-90% of the total transport emissions. As such there ... -
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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Few climate change adaptation strategies of rural women : a case study of Ndwedwe-Cibane, KwaZulu-Natal.
(2017)Climate change is documented to impact food, energy and water (FEW) resources. Rural women are vulnerable to climate change impacts due to their high dependence on natural resources. Despite numerous studies on climate ... -
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 ... -
Collusion, cadres and corruption : a critical study of the procurement sector and corruption in local government : the case of eThekwini Municipality.
(2016)Corruption is a complex and multifaceted phenomenon that takes various forms and functions in different settings. With the transition to a democratic dispensation in South Africa, there has been an escalation in corruption ... -
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 ... -
An investigation into the co-benefits of climate change mitigation and adaptation for the waste sector in the eThekwini Municipality.
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Assessment of the impact of agriculture and industry on the changing geochemical regimes, macro invertebrate communities and wetland areas : a case study of Sezela estuary and wetland areas, KwaZulu-Natal.
(2017)The Sezela estuary and wetlands make up a vast area of the Sezela in which these environments impacted by anthropogenic activities. The Sezela area is located along the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa ... -
Challenges in resolving and protecting biodiversity in a developing city : the case of the Cato Ridge grasslands, Durban.
(2017)The area of Cato Ridge has been identified as a key node for future industrial and commercial development within the eThekwini Municipal Area, with a Local Area Plan approved to guide it. However, it also includes large ... -
Investigating the process of erosion and sediment yield at different scales in commercial forestry : a case study at Two Streams, KwaZulu-Natal.
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The role of remote sensing in invasive alien plant species detection and the assessment of removal programs in two selected reserves in the eThekwini Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal Province.
(2016)One of the major current concerns by conservationists is alien invasive plants due to their rapid spread and threat to biodiversity. The detection of Invasive Alien Plant Species (IAPs) can aid in monitoring and managing ... -
Experimental optimization of nanostructured nickel oxide deposited by spray pyrolysis for solar cells application.
(Research India Publications., 2018)This study focused on the experimental optimization of nanostructured nickel oxide (NiO) for solar cell applications. The optimization procedure involved the variation of the precursor concentrations of nickel acetate with ... -
Solar cells and global warming reduction.
(Research India Publications., 2018)This study proposes one way of addressing the issue of climate change and pollution using solar cells. The quality of life in developing and low-income countries is on the decline because of air pollution. Energy has a ...
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