ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of the study was to determine the application of green building practices in
Stellenbosch. In order to achieve this aim certain objectives had to be met. The first objective
was to retrieve ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Current efforts to address Zimbabwe‘s decade long veld fire crisis has partly been hindered by a lack of financial resources and fire data. This study illustrates the potential of using the MODIS burned ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Gated developments, also known as gated communities, have become a feature of urban living
throughout the world and have been the subject of intensive research. Gated developments in South
African cities ...
Onyebueke, Victor Udemezue(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The 21st Century is witnessing the concurrence of neoliberal globalisation and widespread informalisation. To this extent, the informal sector or economy is perceived as a permanent ‘feature of modern ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The West Coast Region (WCR) of the Western Cape Province in South Africa is earmarked
for at least 13 windfarm developments. These proposed developments represent an
investment in and a movement towards ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Zimbabwean cities have been experiencing wide-ranging economic restructuring since
independence in 1980. The relationships between the declining formal economy and the
growing informal economy concomitant ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research considered the automated remote sensing-based classification of wetland extent within the Nuwejaars and Heuningnes River systems on the Agulhas Plain. The classification process was based ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Supervised classifiers are commonly used in remote sensing to extract land cover information.
They are, however, limited in their ability to cost-effectively produce sufficiently accurate
land cover ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Biodiversity refers to the variety of life on earth at all scales of observation. Its persistence underlies ecological and evolutionary processes and is pivotal for the sustenance and future development ...
De Waal, Jan Hofmeyr(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)
Severe floods in the Western Cape have caused significant damage to hydraulic structures, roads and other infrastructure over the past decade. The current design criteria for these structures and flood return level ...
Leon Rousseau se Die groot avontuur is ’n populêre wetenskap oor die geskiedenis van lewe op
aarde. Populêr-wetenskaplike tekste stel hoë eise aan die skrywer: aktualiteit, toeganklikheid van
aanbieding, ’n getroue ...
Van Der Mescht, Deon(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Despite recorded mountain wave related aircraft accidents in South Africa, very
little literature exists on South African mountain waves. This study discusses the
results of a mountain wave study in the ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: One of the main objectives of the South African Wine of Origin Scheme (SAWOS) is to guarantee the quality of wine products emerging from South Africa’s viticultural production areas by preventing the ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A land cover classification showing the landscape structure of a given area is necessary to make appropriate measures for environmental planning. The environmental impacts from insensitive human activities ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Floods have been identified as one of the major natural hazards occurring in South Africa. A disaster risk assessment forms the first phase in planning for effective disaster risk management through ...