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A climate of trust : exploring adaptation policy

Author: Cousins, Thomas Daniel Date: 2003 This paper aims to tease out and unpack the different value positions that inhere in the range of discourses and methods that currently permeate the field of climate change. In doing so, I will examine the underlying concepts, methods and ... Read more
Continuity and change in the cultural landscape of Table Mountain

Author: Fuller, Sam Date: 1999 Table Mountain is an inherently physical and natural landscape that also holds deep cultural meaning, symbolism and value for generations of Capetonians, past and present. The first detailed accounts and artistic representations of Table ... Read more
Continuity and change in the cultural landscape of Table Mountain

Author: Fuller, Sam Date: 1999 Table Mountain is an inherently physical and natural landscape that also holds deep cultural meaning, symbolism and value for generations of Capetonians, past and present. The first detailed accounts and artistic representations of Table ... Read more
(D)urban identity : stories of an African city

Author: Bass, Orli Date: 2006 Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-309). Read more
Energy policies for sustainable development in South Africa's residential and electricity sectors

Author: Winkler, Harald Date: 2006 Harald Winkler's thesis examines "Energy policies for sustainable development in South Africa's residential and electricity sectors: Implications for mitigating climate change". The research question asks whether there are energy policies ... Read more
Food deserts and household food insecurity in the informal settlements of Windhoek, Namibia

Author: Nickanor, Ndeyapo Martha Date: 2014 Rapid urbanization and rising urban poverty characterize much of Sub-Saharan Africa in the 21st Century. Africa's urban transition provides the context within which this thesis examines the causes and consequences of poverty and food insecurity ... Read more
Legitimacy and decision making in developmental local government : participative MCDA in Stellenbosch

Author: Scott, Leanne Date: 2003 This thesis is concerned with the problem of how to effectively address the complex issue of poverty in the context of limited resources. Poverty is a multi-dimensional problem that affects different communities in different ways. In order ... Read more
A matter of timing: migration and housing access in Metropolitan Johannesburg

Author: Beall, Jo ; Crankshaw, Owen ; Parnell, Sue Date: 2005 Read more
Municipal bonds in sub-Saharan Africa: the checkered past of debt instruments in an era of incomplete decentralization

Author: Gorelick, Jeremy Date: 2019 Cities across sub-Saharan Africa are faced with challenges in urban planning and service delivery due to insufficient capital for long-term investment projects. Despite the success of municipal bonds as a tool to assist in closing this financing ... Read more
Negotiating boundaries : (co)-managing natural and urban areas on the Cape Peninsula

Author: Stephens, Anthea Clare Date: 1998 The opportunities and constraints experienced in managing abutting urban and natural areas represent a microcosm of the issues facing future conservation practices. The focal areas for this study are Kommetjie and Ocean View -- two adjacent ... Read more
Small-scale mining : the situation in Namibia

Author: Speiser, Alexandra Date: 2000 Small-scale mining provides income generation possibilities to a number of people and can thus help to alleviate poverty in Namibia, a country richly blessed with appropriate geological resources. A legal framework coordinating mining activities ... Read more
The strategic assessment of a curbside recycling initiative in Cape Town as a tool for integrated waste management

Author: Engledow, Sally-Anne Date: 2005 Includes bibliographical references (leaves 158-165). Read more
Urbanisation and the environment in Namibia : policy implications of the rural-urban relationship

Author: Liber, Briony Frances Date: 1998 Central to a policy for sustainable urbanisation in Namibia, is the recognition of rural-urban relationships. The cross cutting spatial and sectoral issues, of circular migration need to be incorporated in an urbanisation policy. Government ... Read more
The use and disaggregation of survey data to study the cross-sectional and spatial distribution of multimorbidity and its association with socioeconomic disadvantage in South Africa

Author: Weimann, Amy Date: 2016 This study identified the need to provide a proof of concept of the use and disaggregation of existing health data in order to study the cross-sectional and spatial distribution of HIV, tuberculosis and noncommunicable disease multimorbidity ... Read more
Water, climate change and small towns

Author: Mukheibir, Pierre Date: 2007 This thesis examines the interrelationship between “water, climate change and small towns”. The research question is framed in three parts: 1) can climate change be integrated into existing planning frameworks? 2) can small towns build resilient ... Read more