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A pluralistic, socio-ecological approach to understand the long-term impact of mountain conservation: a counterfactual and place-based assessment of social, ecological and hydrological change in the Groot Winterhoek Mountains of the Cape Floristic Region

Author: Holden, Petra Brigitte Date: 2018 The problem: For protected areas to remain relevant, we need to understand their impact on a wide set of conservation objectives and environmental outcomes. We also need to evaluate how this influence relates to the socio-ecological environment ... Read more
An outline and critical assessment of the role of planning laws in the regulatory framework of climate change adaptation in South Africa and Nigeria

Author: Afinowi, Olubunmi Ayodele Date: 2018 Climate change affects the natural and built environment, including all forms of development. The risks of climate change include severe alterations to the normal functioning of communities, including adverse effects on humans, infrastructure, ... Read more
Barriers and enablers to water access and community wellbeing in the Onesi constituency of Namibia: the case of Okalonga B and Onandjandja villages

Author: Shooya, Omagano Ndapewa Date: 2017 The scarcity of water and especially the lack of safe drinking water have been accepted as amongst the most serious challenges facing the twenty-first century. The lack of access to water is a global problem that faces between 460 million to ... Read more
Barriers to flood risk adaptation a case study of cross-scale collaboration in the informal settlement of Graveyard Pond, Philipi

Author: Orangio, Christina Date: 2012 This study provides insight into the barriers of adapting to urban flooding as well as how flooding is responded to in informal settlements in order to increase adaptive capacity to future climate change. There is a growing concern over the ... Read more
Barriers to selling livestock in the face of drought in the Omusati Region of North Central Namibia

Author: Joshi, Nivedita Date: 2021 Marginal communities living in semi-arid Namibia face significant challenges in sustaining rural livelihoods due to environmental degradation and poverty. Research has shown that livestock farming depends on rain-fed agriculture among other ... Read more
Climate change vulnerability and risk analysis in the Bobirwa sub-district, Botswana: towards Improving livelihood adaptation to climate

Author: Chandapiwa, Molefe ; Hillary, Masundire Date: 01 Apr 2016 In November 2015, ASSAR ’s southern Africa researchers– from the University of Botswana, The University of Cape Town, University of Namibia and Oxfam GB– conducted a two-day Vulnerability Risk Assessment (VRA) workshop in Bobirwa, Botswana. ... Read more c b
Conceptualizing horizontal cooperation in regional socio-ecological systems through actor networks and collective action: the case of Berg River catchment

Author: Methner, Nadine Date: 2014 This research investigates the role of horizontal cooperation in the adaptive management of regional socio-ecological systems (SESs). Horizontal cooperation refers to the collaborative, non-hierarchical interactions of actors across sectors, ... Read more
Developing a Municipal Adaptation Plan (MAP) for climate change: the city of Cape Town

Author: Mukheibir, Pierre ; Ziervogel, Gina Date: 2007 Climate change increases the likelihood of extreme weather events such as droughts, floods and heat waves, as well as more gradual changes in temperature and precipitation. The city of Cape Town (South Africa) is at risk from projected ... Read more
Disability, Climate Change and Sustainable Development

Author: Judith, McKenzie ; Ziervogel, Gina ; Mdlulwa, Ncediwe Date: 03 Nov 2016 The aim of this project is to develop an open education resource that explores the relationship between disability and development within the framework of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Climate Change. The Millennium Development ... Read more c b
Exploring impacts and effectiveness of the City of Cape Town’s interventions on household water use practices during the drought

Author: Matikinca, Phikolomzi Date: 2019 The occurrence of water crises in many parts of the world raises the need to consider more efficient and sustainable consumption of water resources. As such, many cities have prioritised water demand management strategies, which are based on ... Read more
Exploring the contributions of cross-sector collaborations to Disaster Risk Reduction in the city of Harare: an investigation through a drought response lens

Author: Nyamakura, Balbina Kudzai Date: 2021 The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction calls for collaboration across sectors in society as an effective way to reduce disaster risk in order to safeguard lives, human wellbeing, and development gains from potential disasters. ... Read more
Exploring the effects of climate change communication and training efforts: lessons from training-courses aimed at mid-career professionals

Author: Van Wyk, Claire Date: 2017 Research on the different ways in which climate change and adaptation (CCA) is communicated and taught has been growing in popularity over the last few decades. Researchers in communication science have found that the way in which information ... Read more
Exploring the factors and actors that contribute to the co-production of climate adaptation plans: a comparison of three municipalities in the Western Cape Province, South Africa

Author: Davies, Julia Date: 2016 Local governments are increasingly responding to climate change by developing formal institutions for adaptation. However, given the relative novelty of the adaptation planning field, there is insufficient practice-related research to inform ... Read more
Extensive green roof design in the City of Cape Town : barriers and opportunities for developing a green industry

Author: Armstrong, James Taylor Date: 2010 In today's world of increasing energy costs and rapid ecosystem service decay, a result of direct human disturbance from development, habitat loss and fragmentation and the increasing frequencies of extreme weather events, it is critical that ... Read more
Farming bees in a dynamic social-ecology: An ethnographic exploration of knowledge practices among commercial bee farmers in the Western Cape, South Africa

Author: Visser, Zoë Date: 2013 In recent years theorists have challenged the certainty that there is one universally 'right' system of knowledge, arguing that there exists a diversity or plurality of ways of knowing the world (Turnbull 1997; Green 2008). Western scientific ... Read more
The food-energy-water-land-biodiversity (FEWLB) nexus through the lens of the local level : an agricultural case study

Author: Hulley, Sarah May Date: 2015 There is a recognised need to turn the abstract concept of resilience thinking into practical action for resource management. This is often difficult as resource management is complex and multifaceted. Nexus thinking attempts to address this ... Read more
Framework for adaptation to climate change for the City of Cape Town - FAC4T (City of Cape Town)

Author: Mukheibir, Pierre ; Ziervogel, Gina Date: Aug 2006 The 20th century has seen the greatest warning in the past thousand years due to anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 2001b). Climate models now predict that the atmosphere's temperature ... Read more
International Environmental Justice and the Climate Change Challenge

Author: Lawhon, Mary ; Ziervogel, Gina Date: Dec 2012 This course module is one section of a larger course called Geography, Development and Environment that runs as a first year course in the Department of Environmental and Geographical Science at the University of Cape Town. The course work ... Read more c b n a
Loss and damage from droughts: material and non-material impacts of water scarcity on women farmers in Gugulethu, Cape Town

Author: Lavirotte, Lucy Date: 2019 Climate change is causing loss and damage (L&D) to those who are unable to adapt to its impacts. Coming from a growing recognition that adaptation to climate change has limits, the concept of L&D is a relative new-comer to the international ... Read more
Marrying water and soil: adaptation to climate by a smallholder farmer in Zvishavane, rural Zimbabwe

Author: Mabeza, Christopher Munyaradzi Date: 2016 This thesis is a qualitative ethnographic study of innovations implemented by Mr Zephaniah Phiri Maseko, a smallholder farmer from Zvishavane, rural Zimbabwe. Ethnographic data provides insight and lessons of his practices for rethinking ... Read more

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