Recent increases in the availability of earth observation (EO) data and the advances made in its processing have opened up new opportunities for earth monitoring studies. This article reviews recent advances in EO, ...

Gating the elderly appears to be a common and inevitable part of international urban life. In our study we have used the structure-agency relationship to identify and analyse the salient elements of the process of gating. ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Rural tourism and agritourism are in their infant stages in South Africa. It benefits the farmer, the local community, the rural area, the tourist and the country. It is therefore a viable option but ...

The use of average energy aircraft noise contours as the sole means for guiding aircraft noise-based planning around airports is being questioned increasingly. A growing proportion of residents who live in neighbourhoods ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The South African government started the restructuring process of the state’s forest assets in 1998. The privatisation process includes all the assets of the South African Forestry Company (SAFCOL) and ...

Botswana, a developing country in southern Africa, has not been spared the proliferating scourge of traffic accidents that is sweeping across the world. After HIV/AIDS, traffic accidents are the second largest cause of ...

Aim: Climate-modelling exercises have demonstrated that the Cape Floristic Region is highly sensitive to climate change and will apparently lose much of its northern limits over the next few decades. Because there is ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: We report on the use of modern spatial computing technology in the development of spatial tourism policy and planning in the context of a bounded resource base. We refer briefly to provincial tourism ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Recently there has been growing interest in evaluating the performance and outcomes of spatial planning policies worldwide. In response to this a research was carried out to evaluate and monitor the ...

As with any form of intensive agriculture, there are potential environmental impacts associated with the management and housing of livestock on dairy farms. Within the field of dairy farming, particular focus falls to ...

Scenic beauty, or landscape aesthetics, should be regarded as a valuable resource, to be protected and enhanced in order to generate income. Current environmental impact assessment (EIA) studies do not include the evaluation ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The quality of life (QOL) concept is important because it influences people's behaviour. Consequently, knowing what people perceive as a good or poor QOL will allow planners to predict their behaviour. ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The racial and development imbalances created by apartheid have left a profound impact on the urban and social landscape in South Africa. Despite it being 20 years into the dawn of a new South Africa, ...

AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie tesis is n studie van landelike nedersettings in die westelike Overberg in die laat agtiende eeu en in die neentiende eeu. Historiese bronne en argeologiese opnames dra by tot die data ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study is an analysis of the actual appearance of the visible landscape of the magisterial districts Clanwilliam, Vanrhynsdorp and Vredendal in the Cape Province, R S A. The study area coincides ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Cape Town metropolitan area has limited water supply due to rapid population and urban growth. In many instances, surface water is the only source in water supply schemes. There is a need for ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The coastal zone, the interface between land and sea, faces much pressure from human activities. These coastal pressures make it difficult for the coastal zones to fulfil their natural functions, so ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: There is a general consensus that EIA is limited in its scope. The main concern in this regard is that EIA generally fails to handle cumulative impacts effectively, due to its focus on individual projects. ...

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: There is increasing pressure on factories and government to practise cleaner technology. The public is becoming more and more environmentally aware and external pressure from international competitors ...