Land degradation in the Cathedral Peak area of the Natal Drakensburg : 1945 to 1992

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dc.contributor.advisorMeadows, Michael Een_ZA
dc.contributor.authorAsmal, Osman Ebrahimen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-14T06:52:02Z
dc.date.available2015-09-14T06:52:02Z
dc.date.issued1995en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 99-105.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis report describes a study of land degradation in adjacent portions of land comprising a section of the Cathedral Peak State Forest (park and private land) and segments of three wards of the former Kwazulu homeland district of Okhahlamba. The study region is known as the Cathedral Peak Area. The report aims to describe and account for the historical development of land degradation in the Okhahlamba District using the Cathedral Peak Area as a case study. Sequential aerial photographs from 1945, 1964 and 1992 were employed to conduct a temporal comparison of area effected by changes in number of homesteads, area of cultivation, forests, eroded areas or surfaces and gullies and drainage density. The results show that for number of homesteads and cultivated area in the Cathedral Peak Area, there has been an exponential (geometric) and constant (arithmetic) increase respectively during the period under investigation. These increases in anthropogenic activities in the Cathedral Peak Area have resulted in a consequent increase in pressure on environmental resources of the area.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationAsmal, O. E. (1995). <i>Land degradation in the Cathedral Peak area of the Natal Drakensburg : 1945 to 1992</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Environmental and Geographical Science. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13828en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationAsmal, Osman Ebrahim. <i>"Land degradation in the Cathedral Peak area of the Natal Drakensburg : 1945 to 1992."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13828en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationAsmal, O. 1995. Land degradation in the Cathedral Peak area of the Natal Drakensburg : 1945 to 1992. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Asmal, Osman Ebrahim AB - This report describes a study of land degradation in adjacent portions of land comprising a section of the Cathedral Peak State Forest (park and private land) and segments of three wards of the former Kwazulu homeland district of Okhahlamba. The study region is known as the Cathedral Peak Area. The report aims to describe and account for the historical development of land degradation in the Okhahlamba District using the Cathedral Peak Area as a case study. Sequential aerial photographs from 1945, 1964 and 1992 were employed to conduct a temporal comparison of area effected by changes in number of homesteads, area of cultivation, forests, eroded areas or surfaces and gullies and drainage density. The results show that for number of homesteads and cultivated area in the Cathedral Peak Area, there has been an exponential (geometric) and constant (arithmetic) increase respectively during the period under investigation. These increases in anthropogenic activities in the Cathedral Peak Area have resulted in a consequent increase in pressure on environmental resources of the area. DA - 1995 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1995 T1 - Land degradation in the Cathedral Peak area of the Natal Drakensburg : 1945 to 1992 TI - Land degradation in the Cathedral Peak area of the Natal Drakensburg : 1945 to 1992 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13828 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/13828
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationAsmal OE. Land degradation in the Cathedral Peak area of the Natal Drakensburg : 1945 to 1992. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, 1995 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13828en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Environmental and Geographical Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEnvironmental Scienceen_ZA
dc.titleLand degradation in the Cathedral Peak area of the Natal Drakensburg : 1945 to 1992en_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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