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External economic arrangements and South African cities as agents of local development: Illustrations from the City of Cape Town
(GBATA, 2021)
The paper examines the role of South African metropolitan cities (metros) in advancing local economic development (LED) through engagements with external actors. Globalization is increasingly changing the roles and players ...
Young people – citizens in times of climate change? A childist approach to human responsibility
(AOSIS, 2021)
The matters of climate change are presently of concern existentially and ethically to the children
and the youth. Worldwide school strikes in 2018–2019 and the Fridays for Future movement
demonstrate how the young citizens ...
Effect of landscape pattern and spatial configuration of vegetation patches on urban warming and cooling in Harare metropolitan city, Zimbabwe
(Bellweather Publishing, 2021)
The spatial configuration of vegetation patches in the landscape has implications for the provision of ecosystem services, human adaptation to climate change, enhancement, or mitigation of urban heat island. Until recently, ...
Too hot to nest? In a hot summer the tortoise Chersina Angulata can switch from nesting to facultative viviparity
(Frontiers Media, 2022)
In a captive colony of Chersina angulata in Cape Town, South Africa, we observed
in 2015/16 retention of the last egg clutch inside the female until the hatching stage
was reached, conforming to the generally accepted ...
Addressing climate change through international human rights law: From (extra) territoriality to common concern of humankind
(Cambridge University Press, 2022)
International human rights law (IHRL) offers potential responses to the consequences of climate
change. However, the focus of IHRL on territorial jurisdiction and the causation-based
allocation of obligations does not ...
Pansharpened landsat 8 thermal-infrared data for improved land surface temperature characterization in a heterogeneous urban landscape
(Elsevier, 2022)
Challenges associated with adolescents are prevalent in South African societies. During the adolescence stage, children may become involved in deviant behaviour. Although a significant number of studies have focused on the ...
Climate adaptation planning for resilient and sustainable cities: Perspectives from the City of Rotterdam (Netherlands) and the City of Antwerp (Belgium)
(Cambridge University Press, 2022)
Climate adaptation planning in pursuit of resilient and sustainable societies has become a focal point
in urban policy. Climate adaptation planning is generally regarded as separate from traditional urban
planning ...
Giants and titans: First records of the invasive acorn barnacles Megabalanus tintinnabulum (Linnaeus, 1758) and Megabalanus coccopoma (Darwin, 1854) on intertidal rocky shores of South Africa
(Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre (REABIC), 2022)
During intertidal rocky shore surveys on the east coast of South Africa in 2018, the
non-indigenous giant purple barnacle Megabalanus tintinnabulum (Linnaeus, 1758),
a well-known fouling and globally-invasive species, ...
Marine seismic surveys for hydrocarbon exploration: What’s at stake?
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2022)
With a coastline extending approximately 3900 km, South Africa exercises jurisdiction over a vast Exclusive
Economic Zone (EEZ) that exceeds 1.5 million km2
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South Africa is located at an ecologically important ...
Estimation of maize foliar temperature and stomatal conductance as indicators of water stress based on optical and thermal imagery acquired using an unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) platform
(MDPI, 2022)
Climatic variability and extreme weather events impact agricultural production, especially
in sub-Saharan smallholder cropping systems, which are commonly rainfed. Hence, the development
of early warning systems regarding ...