Author:Slinger, J; Taljaard, Susan; D'Hont, FDate:Jan 2020This book captures the learning from a cross-comparison of seven international inlet or estuary mouth management situations. The conceptual framing is provided by a focus on systems knowledge and its development and use within coastal management. ...Read more
Author:Taljaard, Susan; Adams, JDate:Sep 2021The UN declared 2021-2030 as the Decade of Ocean Science and identified research and technology priority areas to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. We reviewed the current status of scientific support for coastal management in ...Read more
Author:Taljaard, Susan; Slinger, SH; Van Der Merwe, JHDate:Sep 2011Despite the emphasis placed on the contextual nature of integrated coastal management (ICM) implementation in the literature, many uniformities are encountered in ICM implementation worldwide. In this article the tangled threads of ICM practice ...Read more
Author:de Wet, p; Mather, A; Theron, ADate:Oct 2010This presentation provides a short background and history of the Durban Bay monitoring area, and then progresses to providing maps of the areas monitored. Beach survey data is discussed, and the effects of sandmining touched on.Read more
Author:Taljaard, Susan; Slinger, JH; Morant, PD; Theron, AK; Van Niekerk, Lara; Van der Merwe, JDate:Oct 2012Over the last four decades the development of frameworks for integrated coastal management (ICM) and models for ICM implementation have received much attention from researchers and practitioners alike. This has resulted in a proliferation of ...Read more
Author:Harris, LR; Skowno, AL; Sink, KJ; Van Niekerk, Lara; Holness, SD; Monyeki, M; Majiedt, PDate:Oct 2022Ecosystem status assessments are generally separated into realm-specific analyses (terrestrial, freshwater, estuarine or marine), but without integrating these into a coherent assessment of coastal biodiversity across the land-sea interface. ...Read more
Author:Monteiro, Pedro MS; Celliers, LouisDate:Oct 2012The coast of South Africa is a highly dynamic environment. Tidal influences, seasonal variations and the effects of storm events can rapidly and dramatically change the face of the shoreline. This is particularly true for sandy beaches. Besides ...Read more
Author:Celliers, Louis; Scott, D; Taljaard, Susan; Ngcoya, M; Audouin, Michelle ADate:Sep 2012In May 2011, the CSIR (Natural Resources and the Environment), in partnership with University of KwaZulu-Natal’s (UKZN) School of Development Studies (SDS, now School of Built Environment and Development Studies – SBEDS) submitted a proposal ...Read more
Author:Taljaard, Susan; Slinger, JH; Van Niekerk, LaraDate:Sep 2017Despite mounting evidence of the harm associated with excessive nutrient loading to estuaries, tools to translate this body of knowledge into sound environmental management and planning practices in datapoor environments are lacking. In this ...Read more
Author:Slinger, J; Taljaard, SusanDate:Jan 2020Seven international case studies in coastal management are examined in this book. Each of the case studies dealt with an inlet or mouth management issue, but they were not selected based on similarity in their ecological (biophysical) or ...Read more