Browsing Research Articles (Geography and Environmental Studies) by Title
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Reflections on student tourism research in South Africa
(AfricaJournals, 2017)In South Africa, the tourism system has seen considerable policy attention over the past twenty years. As a consequence, there has been a large body of scholarship tracing its development. Much of this work draws heavily ... -
Regional development of Saldanha Bay region, South Africa : the role of Saldanha Steel
(De Gryuter Open, 2014-12-11)Since 1970 the Saldanha Bay region on the West Coast of the Western Cape Province has been high on South Africa’s national development agenda. The region has been struggling for years to meet the preconditions for ... -
Remote sensing training in African conservation
(Wiley, 2017-01)The potential of remote sensing (RS) to assist with conservation planning, implementation and monitoring is well described, and particularly relevant in African areas that are inaccessible due to terrain, finances or ... -
Revealing unexpected uses of space by wintering Aquila pomarina : how does satellite telemetry identify behaviour at different scales?
(Wiley Online, 2015)Little is understood about the dispersion and movements of Palaearctic migrant raptors while wintering in southern Africa. The high temporal and spatial resolution of GPS telemetry data provided the opportunity to describe ... -
A revision of the 2004 growth potential of towns in the Western Cape study
(Stellenbosch University, 2010-03)One of the objectives of the Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning (DEA&DP) is to undertake spatial planning that promotes and guides the sustainable future development of the Western Cape province ... -
Semi-automated segment generation for geographic novelty detection using edge and area metrics
(CONSAS Conference, 2012)An approach to generating accurate image segments for land-cover mapping applications is to model the process as an optimisation problem. Area-based empirical discrepancy metrics are used to evaluate instances of generated ... -
Short-term relationships between winter temperatures and cardiac disease mortality in Cape Town
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 1995)The short-term relationship between winter temperatures and cardiac disease mortality in Cape Town was investigated for the period 1978-1985. The mortality data were stratified according to age (0-4 years, 5-59 years, 60 ... -
A simple normalized difference approach to burnt area mapping using multi-polarisation C-band SAR
(MDPI, 2017)In fire-prone ecosystems, periodic fires are vital for ecosystem functioning. Fire managers seek to promote the optimal fire regime by managing fire season and frequency requiring detailed information on the extent and ... -
Spatial accessibility in urban regeneration areas : a population-weighted method assessing the social amenity provision
(Cogitatio, 2021)Principles of social sustainability serve to guide urban regeneration programmes around the world. Increasingly, the upholding of these principles is subject to qualified evaluation and monitoring. One of the cornerstones ... -
Spatial and temporal variations of satellite-derived multi-year particulate data of Saudi Arabia : an exploratory analysis
(MDPI, 2014-10)The effects of concentrations of fine particulate matter on urban populations have been gaining attention because fine particulate matter exposes the urban populace to health risks such as respiratory and cardiovascular ... -
Spatial variation in school performance, a local analysis of socio-economic factors in Cape Town
(CONSAS Conference, 2014)Poor pass rates of matric learners at secondary schools in South Africa has been a concern for quite some time. Despite large government spending on education, research has shown that the South African schooling system ... -
Special trends and factors affecting tuberculosis in South Africa (2004-2014) : Evidence from the vital registration systems
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY: Background: Worldwide, South Africa is one of the countries which has consistently witnessed no significant reduction in the number of TB deaths. TB in South Africa remains the leading cause of death ... -
A spectral unmixing method with ensemble estimation of endmembers : application to flood mapping in the Caprivi floodplain
(MDPI, 2017)The Caprivi basin in Namibia has been affected by severe flooding in recent years resulting in deaths, displacements and destruction of infrastructure. The negative consequences of these floods have emphasized the need for ... -
Stakeholder engagement and biodiversity conservation challenges in social-ecological systems : some insights from biosphere reserves in western Africa and France
(Resilience Alliance, 2016)Biosphere reserves are an example of social-ecological systems that combine biodiversity conservation and socioeconomic development with knowledge generation and dissemination (both scientific and local). We review lessons ... -
Stellenbosch coffee society : societal and locational preferences
(Urbanistični inštitut RS, 2019)Stellenbosch is a university town boasting knowledge-intensive economic sectors with a variety of ‘new economy’ occupations and activities. The presence of a professional and creative class, as well as university students ... -
The stratigraphy and sedimentation of the Bokkeveld group
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1972-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A detailed stratigraphic investigation of the Bokkeveld Group along seven regularly spaced profiles, supported by heavy mineral studies, permits definition of the upper boundary of the sequence. There ... -
Studentification in Bloemfontein, South Africa
(Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu, 2016)Studentification is a global phenomenon that has been prominent in urban geographical discourse since the large-scale expansion of higher education in the early 1990s. In many developed and developing world countries, ... -
Studentification in Stellenbosch, South Africa
(Urbanistični inštitut RS, 2019)Globally, studentification has emerged as a prominent urban process, fast becoming entrenched in geographical discourse. Since the early 1990s, in both developed and developing world countries, an expansion in student ... -
Surface temperature measurement from space : a case study in the South Western Cape of South Africa
(South African Society for Enology and Viticulture, 1997-03)This paper reports on the use of Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) thermal infrared (TIR) and Transformed Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (TNDVI) data to map summer surface temperature distribution in a portion of the ... -
A synthesizing land-cover classification method based on Google Earth Engine : a case study in Nzhelele and Levhuvu catchments, South Africa
(Springer, 2020-07-07)This study designed an approach to derive land-cover in the South Africa with insufficient ground samples, and made a case demonstration in Nzhelele and Levhuvu catchments, South Africa. The method was developed based on ...
