Browsing Research Publications (Geography & Environmental Studies) by Title
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Groundwater–surface water interactions in an ephemeral savanna catchment, Kruger National Park
(OpenJournals Publishing AOSIS (Pty) Ltd, 2020)The semi-arid conditions in savanna landscapes ensure that ephemeral drainage dominates the hydrological network in these dryland systems. Quantification of their hydrological processes is important to inform ecosystem ... -
How do we get the community gardening? Grassroots perspectives from urban gardeners in Cape Town, South Africa
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2023)Urban agriculture offers numerous environmental, economic, and socialbenefits. However, it is often hampered by limited engagement in cities of theglobal South. This article offers bottom-up perspectives on how to increasethe ... -
“I Am Human Too!” ‘probeerruimte’ as liminal spaces in search of recognition
(Cogitatio, 2016)This paper explores the Dutch concept ‘probeerruimte’ in relation to the statement ‘human as a contested concept’, a highly relevant topic in disability studies. Probeerruimte encompasses the idea that people need space ... -
Informal food deserts and household food insecurity in Windhoek, Namibia
(MDPI, 2019)nformal settlements in rapidly-growing African cities are urban and peri-urban spaces with high rates of formal unemployment, poverty, poor health outcomes, limited service provision, and chronic food insecurity. Traditional ... -
International trends in health tourism: Implications for thermal spring tourism in the Western Cape Province of South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, 2013)Travel to thermal springs for the sake of health and healing can be traced at least as far back as the ancient Greeks and Romans, with the earliest forms of tourism being based on apparent curative powers of mineral-rich ... -
Juxtaposing a cultural reading of landscape with institutional boundaries: the case of the Masebe Nature Reserve, South Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)The article explores theoretically the juxtaposition of local stories about landscape with institutional arrangements and exclusionary practices around a conservation area in South Africa. The Masebe Nature Reserve is used ... -
Language learners as cultural tourists: Development potential of the English language learning tourism market in South Africa
(AFAHPER-SD, 2017)Travel in order to learn English has become an enormous global industry, and in recent years South Africa has started to feature more prominently in the plans of English language learning tourists from all over the world. ... -
Mapping rangeland ecosystems vulnerability to lantana camara invasion in semi-arid savannahs in South Africa
(African journal of ecology Wiley, 2022)We mapped and modelled the potential areas vulnerable to Lantana camara (L. camara) invasion in semi-arid savannah ecosystems in the communal lands of Bushbuckridge and Kruger National Park, South Africa. Specifically, ... -
Mapping the spatial distribution of underutilised crop species under climate change using the MaxEnt model: A case of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
(Elsevier, 2022)Knowing the spatial and temporal suitability of neglected and underutilised crop species (NUS) is important for fitting them into marginal production areas and cropping systems under climate change. The current study ... -
Migration, rural–urban connectivity, and food remittances in Kenya
(MPDI, 2021)This paper draws on data from a representative city-wide household food security survey of Nairobi conducted in 2017 to examine the importance of food remitting to households in contemporary Nairobi. The first section of ... -
Mobile heterotopia: movement, circulation and the function of the university
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)This paper explores the function of the university through the lens of mobility as seen from a South African perspective. Understanding the role of the university as one that requires the movement and circulation of academic ... -
Mobility and the city improvement district: Frictions in the human-capital mobile assemblage
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)In this paper, we interrogate the role of the city improvement district (CID) in the intervention and management of mobility within the context of the South African city and the case study of the Groote Schuur Community ... -
The nanjing model: comprehensive food system governance, localization and urban food security in China
(Elsevier B.V., 2023)Food supply localization has been extensively studied and advocated in North America and Europe, focusing on its oppositional stance to food system globalization, long food supply chains, the disconnect between producers ... -
Neoliberalism, regime rurvival, and the environment: economic reform and agricultural transformation in Zimbabwe in the 1990s
(Taylor & Francis, 2001)Economic reform in Zimbabwe under the auspices of the Bank World Bank and IMF began in 1991. The first phase of program, called structural economic adjustment program (ESAP ) lasted from 1991 to 1996. The second phase, ... -
The organisation of urban agriculture in Cape Town, South Africa: A social capital perspective
(Routledge, 2019)This article explores urban agriculture in Cape Town and its organisational forms. Based on a literature review of peerreviewed articles and grey literature, it examines the state of linkages among urban farmers and ... -
The past in present African urban mobility systems: Towards a mobilities longue durée
(Springer Nature, 2023)Building on the notion that mobility plays a critical role in everyday urban life in Africa as elsewhere, this editorial provides an introduction to the special collection ‘The Past in Present African Urban Mobility Systems’. ... -
Pathways to food insecurity: Migration, hukou and Covid‐19 in Nanjing, China
(Wiley, 2022-12-08)The COVID‐19 pandemic has issued significant challenges to food systems and the food security of migrants in cities. In China, there have been no studies to date focusing on the food security of migrants during the pandemic. ... -
Performing cities: Engaging the high-tech flâneur
(The Forum on Education Abroad, 2011)The city as place forms the backdrop to many study abroad experiences. Our sense of place, however, is often fractured by modern mobilities. As Sack (1988) notes, we move from place to place so much that places often begin ... -
Preparing for COVID-19: Household food insecurity and vulnerability to shocks in Nairobi, Kenya
(Public Library of Science, 2021)An understanding of the types of shocks that disrupt and negatively impact urban household food security is of critical importance to develop relevant and targeted food security emergency preparedness policies and responses, ... -
Prospects of improving agricultural and water productivity through unmanned aerial vehicles
(MDPI, 2020)Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are an alternative to costly and time-consuming traditional methods to improve agricultural water management and crop productivity through the acquisition, processing, and analyses of ...