The nature, extent and causes of land degradation in South Africa: legacy of the past, lessons for the future?

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dc.contributor.authorMeadows, M E
dc.contributor.authorHoffman, M T
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-24T14:11:57Z
dc.date.available2017-04-24T14:11:57Z
dc.date.issued2002
dc.date.updated2016-01-06T14:42:24Z
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this paper is to reassess the land degradation and desertification problem in South Africa. The country has a wide range of interrelated environmental and development challenges existing in a socio-political context recently subject to substantial change. The paper outlines the fundamental environmental constraints and opportunities that underlie degradation phenomena and illustrates the nature, extent and geographical distribution of the major forms of soil and vegetation degradation in the country. The principal causes of degradation are identified and some important land use and land tenure questions that need to be addressed in the near future are posited.
dc.identifierhttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1475-4762.00100/full
dc.identifier.apacitationMeadows, M. E., & Hoffman, M. T. (2002). The nature, extent and causes of land degradation in South Africa: legacy of the past, lessons for the future?. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24210en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMeadows, M E, and M T Hoffman "The nature, extent and causes of land degradation in South Africa: legacy of the past, lessons for the future?." (2002) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24210en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMeadows, M. E., & Hoffman, M. T. (2002). The nature, extent and causes of land degradation in South Africa: legacy of the past, lessons for the future?. Area, 428-437.
dc.identifier.ris TY - AU - Meadows, M E AU - Hoffman, M T AB - The aim of this paper is to reassess the land degradation and desertification problem in South Africa. The country has a wide range of interrelated environmental and development challenges existing in a socio-political context recently subject to substantial change. The paper outlines the fundamental environmental constraints and opportunities that underlie degradation phenomena and illustrates the nature, extent and geographical distribution of the major forms of soil and vegetation degradation in the country. The principal causes of degradation are identified and some important land use and land tenure questions that need to be addressed in the near future are posited. DA - 2002 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2002 T1 - The nature, extent and causes of land degradation in South Africa: legacy of the past, lessons for the future? TI - The nature, extent and causes of land degradation in South Africa: legacy of the past, lessons for the future? UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24210 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/24210
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMeadows ME, Hoffman MT. The nature, extent and causes of land degradation in South Africa: legacy of the past, lessons for the future?. 2002; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24210.en_ZA
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Biological Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherSouth Africa
dc.subject.otherland degradation
dc.subject.otherland tenure
dc.subject.otherhistorical legacy
dc.subject.othersoil erosion
dc.subject.othervegetation degradation
dc.titleThe nature, extent and causes of land degradation in South Africa: legacy of the past, lessons for the future?
dc.typeJournal Article
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