Browsing Research Articles (Geography and Environmental Studies) by Title
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Temporal patterns of animal-related traffic accidents in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
(South African Wildlife Management Association, 2008-10)This study analysed road accident data for a five-year period on a route between Uitenhage and Graaff-Reinet in the Eastern Cape (South Africa) to investigate the temporal patterns of animal-related accidents (ARAs). ... -
Thesium nautimontanum, a new species of Thesiaceae (Santalales) from South Africa
(Pensoft Publishers, 2018)Thesium nautimontanum, a new species of Thesiaceae (Santalales) from South Africa -
Transferability of decision trees for land cover classification in a heterogeneous area
(CONSAS, 2017-04)As the value of accurate land cover becomes more apparent, methods to decrease the costs associated with supervised land cover mapping are investigated. One such method is to use training data captured in one scene and ... -
Urban land restitution in Cape Town : demanding the return of land rights in Constantia and Kensington/Ndabeni
(De Gruyter Open, 2014-12-11)One of the hallmark policies implemented post-apartheid, the Restitution of Land Rights Act 22 of 1994, is a rights-based program aimed at addressing the loss of land resulting from past racially discriminatory laws or ... -
Urban leisure and tourism-led redevelopment frontiers in central Cape Town since the 1990s
(Hrcak, 2016-12)In the Global North, urban redevelopment through leisure and tourism interventions has been a keenly investigated research interface. These types of interventions, whether public, private, or in various combinations, have ... -
The urban water metabolism of Cape Town : towards becoming a water sensitive city
(ASSAf, 2021-05-28)To improve its resilience to increasing climatic uncertainty, the City of Cape Town (the City) aims to become a water sensitive city by 2040. To undertake this challenge, a means to measure progress is needed that ... -
The use of Landsat and aerial photography for the assessment of coastal erosion and erosion susceptibility in False Bay, South Africa
(CONSAS Conference, 2015-06)Coastal erosion is a worldwide hazard, the consequences of which can only be mitigated via thorough and efficient monitoring of erosion. This study aimed to employ remote sensing techniques on aerial photographs and ... -
Using remote sensing in support of environmental management : a framework for selecting products, algorithms and methods
(Elsevier, 2016-08)Traditionally, to map environmental features using remote sensing, practitioners will use training data to develop models on various satellite data sets using a number of classification approaches and use test data to ... -
Vegetation mapping in the St Lucia estuary using very high-resolution multispectral imagery and LiDAR
(Elsevier, 2016-05)This paper examines the value of very high-resolution multispectral satellite imagery and LiDAR-derived digital elevation information for classifying estuarine vegetation types. Satellite images used are fromtheWorldVie ... -
Vineyard yield estimation using 2-D proximal sensing : a multitemporal approach
(International Viticulture and Enology Society, 2020-10-23)Vineyard yield estimation is a fundamental aspect in precision viticulture that enables a better understanding of the inherent variability within a vineyard. Yield estimation conducted early in the growing season provides ... -
Were environmental or demographic factors the driving force behind Middle Stone Age innovations in southern Africa?
(Academy of Science for South Africa, 2009)Past human responses to environmental changes have long interested archaeologists. During the last glacial cycle, southern Africa experienced marked climatic fluctuations, as recorded in ice-core records from West and East ... -
Where are the major gaps in the reserve network for Africa's mammals?
(Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2004-01)The establishment of protected areas for wildlife conservation in Africa was motivated by a number of different reasons (including hunting, recreation and wildlife conservation). The current reserve network provides good ... -
Why cordylid lizards are black at the south-western tip of Africa
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2009-03)There is a high incidence of melanism among the cordylid lizards of Africa and it was suggested that melanism has a thermoregulatory function in these species. One prediction of the thermal melanism hypothesis would be ...
