Browsing by Author "Dodson, Belinda"

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    An assessment of the land-use capability of the Liesbeeck-Black River confluence area
    (1994) Church, Julie Elisabeth; Dodson, Belinda
    As a consequence of increasing development pressure and demands on the Liesbeeck Black River Confluence Area (hereafter referred to as the Confluence Area), the Cape Town City Council (CCC), which has the responsibility for land-use planning in the Confluence Area (CA), recognised the need for a focused land-use study to be undertaken. Preliminary baseline information therefore, was collected by the Environmental and Geographical Science Masters class and is presented in the environmental baseline study (MPhil class, 1994).This is an individual study that serves to review and assess the baseline information. It aims to provide general recommendations for future land-use planning in the CA, which optimise the inherent environmental capabilities of the area. It attempts to present to the decision-makers and land-use planners a holistic environmental information base for more··informed land-use planning.
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    Landscape evaluation of the Liesbeeck and Black River confluence area : a strategic planning framework
    (1994) Dalgliesh, Christopher; Dodson, Belinda
    This dissertation aims to evaluate the environmental factors within the Liesbeeck and Black River Confluence Area (CA) and on that basis present conclusions which will inform a land-use decision for the area. It has been undertaken in partial fulfilment of the academic requirements of the M. Phil (Environmental Science) course offered by the Department of Environmental and Geographical Science of the University of Cape Town (UCT). It also serves as a working document informing the Cape Town City Council's (CCC) land-use planning for the CA, and for that reason aims for a balance between academic rigour and the concise, pragmatic style of a report. It should also be noted that this study is almost wholly contingent on a baseline document prepared between January and March 1994 by the 1993/94 M. Phil class. That document identified the totality of environmental factors which might influence land-use planning in the CA and is the point of departure of this dissertation.
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    The potential of agroforestry for utilisation as a significant development force in rural Kwazulu/Natal : the case of Kwabiyela
    (1994) Langford, Michael Joseph; Dodson, Belinda
    Agroforestry (the incorporation of woody perennials into crop production and animal husbandry systems) is placed within the rural development context at the local and national scales, and its potential role in attaining sustainable rural development evaluated. It is suggested as an appropriate response to social economic and ecological problems in the study area (located in KwaBiyela, a northern part of the former 'homeland' of KwaZulu), with potential applications for South Africa in general. A diagnostic survey of 90 households applying a questionnaire of open-ended design, and conducted within the Diagnosis and Design framework of the International Council for Research in Agroforestry, has established that problems exist in all farm production subsystems (cash, savings/investment, food production, energy, shelter, and raw materials) in the study area. The findings include an overwhelmingly positive response towards agroforestry. Recommendations for agroforestry implementation are formulated based on the results of the diagnostic survey, taking into consideration information relating to the functioning of the local society and economy. Importantly, these recommendations consist of agroforestry components which are flexible, can be combined in a number of ways as extensions of current farming practices, and pay particular attention to the utilisation of locally available resource, familiar to the people of the study area, to solve local problems. In this way, the adaptability and survivability of recommended practices is enhanced. In conclusion the requirements for the development of agroforestry in South Africa are discussed in the light of the structural transition currently under way in the country.