Browsing Faculty of Arts by Author "Carolissen, Mandy"
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Coping with Weather in Cape Town: use, adaptation & challenges in an informal settlement
Tabi, Kris Agbor (2013)The concern that weather variability and climate change has raised nowadays puts every society or community on the alert. This is arguably the most persistent environmental threat to global stability in vulnerable communities ... -
Perceptions of wetland ecosystem services in a region of climatic variability
Williams, Samantha (University of the Western Cape, 2018)Wetlands provide various ecosystem services such as provisioning, regulating, supporting, and cultural services which may be directly or indirectly beneficial to humans. The manner in which such wetlands are managed is ... -
Reptiles of the Soutpansberg: Biogeography, distribution and communities
van Huyssteen, Ryan (University of the Western Cape, 2022)Globally, reptiles, like all terrestrial vertebrates, are currently facing human induced population declines at an unprecedented level. However, from a South African perspective, it is unclear how human pressures are ... -
Response of wetlands to impacts from agricultural land-use practices: Implications for conservation, management, and rehabilitation in the Nuwejaars Catchment, Western Cape.
Sampson, Shae-Lynn (University of the Western Cape, 2021)Wetlands occupy about 6% of the world’s surface and are fragile ecosystems that support a diversity of plants and animals. Wetlands are increasingly recognised for their role in the provision of ecosystem services and ...