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The National Environmental Management Act and Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations: The Principle of "consideration of the alternative" in the case of development in the Tygerberg District, Cape Town, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
South Africa is a developing country whose past administration has led to the current high levels
of inequality and poverty the country faces today. Development is a key aspect to growing the
country's economy and improving ...
The knowledge-power nexus: towards a political ecology of South Africa’s Integrated Coastal Management policy
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
Integrated coastal management (ICM) has been unequivocally established in policy and
legislation as the preferred framework within which environmental management in South
Africa’s coastal environment should be undertaken. ...
The knowledge-power nexus: towards a political ecology of South Africa’s Integrated Coastal Management policy
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
Integrated coastal management (ICM) has been unequivocally established in policy and legislation as the preferred framework within which environmental management in South Africa’s coastal environment should be undertaken. ...
The breadbasket of Cape Town: Exploring the links between urban agriculture, land use and food security in the Philippi Horticultural Area (PHA)
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
Hunger is more than just a feeling, it is the lack of access to safe nutritious food, which in turn may result in anger towards government, low performance, sadness and a limited will to survive. Urban agriculture has been ...
Mapping Urban Food Security in Delft: A Bottom Up Perspective
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
Food security is a complicated phenomenon that consists of the intersections of food and people, and
the cultures that people create around food. In general, food security research is concerned with how
people access ...
The Bakkie Brigade in Cape Town’s urban waste economy: exploring waste mobilities and the precariat
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
Solid waste management in South Africa is in a phase of transitioning. This transition entails
the valorisation and diversion of recyclable waste away from landfills for the creation of a new
secondary recycling economy. ...
Biting the hand that feeds you: Visitor perceptions of visitor-baboon interaction in the Cape Peninsula
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
The rapid increase in urbanisation and tourism in the Cape Peninsula has increased the rate of human-wildlife interaction. The Cape Peninsula is unique in terms of placing urban areas next to protected natural areas with ...
The impact of climate change and climate variability on coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
This thesis investigates the influence of climate change and climatic variability on wetland ecosystems (coastal and inland wetlands) on the Agulhas coastal plain. Firstly, this research examines coastal wetland ecosystem ...
Unusual waterscapes and precarious rural livelihoods: Occurrence, utilisation and conservation of springs in the Save Catchment, Zimbabwe
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Springs are an important natural resource in many rural spaces which, if utilised sustainably,
can be an important source of livelihoods for rural communities. In Zimbabwe, the social
aspects of springs and their waterscapes ...
Organization of urban agriculture in Mitchells Plain, Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Cape Town has arguably the most diversified urban agriculture sector across the country. Nevertheless, the desired gains of urban agriculture are barely realized. The organization of urban agriculture, specifically the ...