A Natural Resource and Landscape Management Framework for the Bergrivier Municipality

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dc.contributor.authorPetersen, Aa-ishah Ashaakierahen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-17T12:15:57Z
dc.date.available2014-09-17T12:15:57Z
dc.date.issued2013en_ZA
dc.description.abstractNatural resource management formed out of a century long process within regional planning. Early authors such as Mumford, Geddes and Leopold have contributed to this evolution. These early proponents of sustainable natural resource management promoted the relationship between the natural world and human beings. They believed that people were on a negative development path; one that would cause great difficulties in future. Today we see the great negative impacts on the natural environment. Human beings have caused large scale destruction of ecological infrastructure and degradation of land, soils, water and the relationship between people and the natural world. Drawing on past regional theory, this Natural Resource and Landscape Management Framework investigates ways in which to improve the relationship between people and the environment. It does this by employing a Bioregional Framework to investigate the Bergrivier Municipality in the Western Cape, South Africa. This framework investigates the region within its natural context and finds several negative anthropogenic impacts such as low water quality, institutional problems such as low municipal capacity and several positive points to arise, such as the various culturally significant sites and artefacts. The outcomes informed the framework development, a set of spatialised strategies that aim to improve the natural setting of the Bergrivier Municipality and its functioning within the region. The Bioregional Approach provided a holistic framework from which to analyse the study region and sets the stage for well-rounded, considerate policy production.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationPetersen, A. A. (2013). <i>A Natural Resource and Landscape Management Framework for the Bergrivier Municipality</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7519en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationPetersen, Aa-ishah Ashaakierah. <i>"A Natural Resource and Landscape Management Framework for the Bergrivier Municipality."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7519en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationPetersen, A. 2013. A Natural Resource and Landscape Management Framework for the Bergrivier Municipality. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Petersen, Aa-ishah Ashaakierah AB - Natural resource management formed out of a century long process within regional planning. Early authors such as Mumford, Geddes and Leopold have contributed to this evolution. These early proponents of sustainable natural resource management promoted the relationship between the natural world and human beings. They believed that people were on a negative development path; one that would cause great difficulties in future. Today we see the great negative impacts on the natural environment. Human beings have caused large scale destruction of ecological infrastructure and degradation of land, soils, water and the relationship between people and the natural world. Drawing on past regional theory, this Natural Resource and Landscape Management Framework investigates ways in which to improve the relationship between people and the environment. It does this by employing a Bioregional Framework to investigate the Bergrivier Municipality in the Western Cape, South Africa. This framework investigates the region within its natural context and finds several negative anthropogenic impacts such as low water quality, institutional problems such as low municipal capacity and several positive points to arise, such as the various culturally significant sites and artefacts. The outcomes informed the framework development, a set of spatialised strategies that aim to improve the natural setting of the Bergrivier Municipality and its functioning within the region. The Bioregional Approach provided a holistic framework from which to analyse the study region and sets the stage for well-rounded, considerate policy production. DA - 2013 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2013 T1 - A Natural Resource and Landscape Management Framework for the Bergrivier Municipality TI - A Natural Resource and Landscape Management Framework for the Bergrivier Municipality UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7519 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/7519
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationPetersen AA. A Natural Resource and Landscape Management Framework for the Bergrivier Municipality. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, 2013 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7519en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Architecture, Planning and Geomaticsen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.titleA Natural Resource and Landscape Management Framework for the Bergrivier Municipalityen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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