Browsing Faculty of Natural Science by Subject "Water resources development"
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The challenge of implementing integrated water resources management (IWRM) in the Lower Okavango River Basin, Ngamiland district, Botswana
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)Water resources management practice has undergone changes in management approaches and principles over time. It was previously characterised by what scholars refer to as the hydraulic mission where ‘extreme engineering’ ... -
The dynamics of stakeholder participation in water resources management in Zimbabwe: a case study of the agricultural sector
(University of the Western Cape, 2004)The major aim of this study was to analyse the dynamics of stakeholder participation in the agricultural sector during the first five years of the water reform process in Zimbabwe. Specific reference is made to water ... -
Institutional overlaps in water management in the Eerste River catchment
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)In this minithesis I have investigated overlapping mandates as a source of management failure in water management in South Africa in general and Eerste River Catchment in particular. I analysed major legislation which deals ... -
Stakeholder participation in the establishment of the Berg Catchment Management Agency, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)Enacted in 1998, the New South African Water Act has introduced a new approach to water resource management, founded on the principle of decentralization of the management of water resources to regional and local levels ...