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Analysis of spatio-temporal rainfall trends across southern African biomes between 1981 and 2016

Author: Marumbwa, FM ; Cho, Moses A ; Chirwa, PW Date: Dec 2019 Southern African biomes experience significant changes in the distribution of rainfall that are linked to El Niño–Southern Oscillation. As such, an understanding of the spatio-temporal rainfall trends is key in predicting rainfall patterns ... Read more
An assessment of remote sensing-based drought index over different land cover types in southern Africa

Author: Marumbwa, FM ; Cho, Moses A ; Chirwa, PW Date: Jul 2020 An understanding of drought and land cover interaction plays a crucial role in vegetation vulnerability studies and land use planning. However, there is paucity of information on drought, land cover and land use interaction in southern Africa. ... Read more
Impact of temporary desiccation on the mobility of nutrients and metals from sediments of Loskop Reservoir, Olifants River

Author: Dabrowski, J ; Baldwin, DS ; Dabrowski, James M ; Hill, Liesl ; Shadung, Justinus Date: Jan 2017 South Africa is prone to droughts and is heavily dependent on stored water resources. Few studies in South Africa have investigated the impact of drought on water quality when rainfall resumes and reservoir sediments are rewet. Other research ... Read more
Investigation on the 1970s and 1980s droughts in four tributaries of the Niger River Basin (West Africa).

Author: Badou, DF ; Afouda, A ; Diekkruger, B ; Kapangaziwiri, Evison Date: Jul 2015 West Africa has experienced severe droughts during 1970s and 1980s. On the other hand, the region is characterized by high inter-annual rainfall variability and there seems to be a recent recovery. But has the drought stopped? To answer this ... Read more
Kukimbia: the impact of environmental refugees in Southern Africa. A regional perspective on climate-induced migration

Author: Jacobs-Mata, Inga M Date: Jun 2017 Presentation on the Kukimbia: the impact of environmental refugees in Southern Africa. A regional perspective on climate-induced migration. Read more
Kukimbia: the impact of environmental refugees in Southern Africa: A regional perspective on climate-induced migration

Author: Jacobs-Mata, Inga M Date: Aug 2017 This project focuses on the regional, national and sub-national policy landscape and the preparedness of Southern African countries to respond to future internal and cross-border displacements as a result of environmental disasters. The goal ... Read more
Minutes of the inaugaral meeting of the reference group in connection with the project titled: Kukimbia: The impact of environmental refugees in Southern Africa (K5/2768/2), held on 21 June 2017 at 10:00am

Author: Jacobs-Mata, Inga M Date: Jun 2017 Minutes of the inaugaral meeting of the reference group in connection with the project titled: Kukimbia: The impact of environmental refugees in Southern Africa (K5/2768/2), held on 21 June 2017 at 10:00am Read more
Monitoring land degradation with long-term satellite data

Author: Wessels, Konrad J Date: 2011 In South Africa, land degradation in rangelands has been regarded as a major environmental problem for many years. During the last ten years, attention focussed on the land degradation in the former homelands, now communal lands. There is an ... Read more
Monitoring surface deformation associated with groundwater abstraction in the Western Cape using SAR Interferometry

Author: Theron, Andre ; Engelbrecht, Jeanine Date: Oct 2018 Aquifers are able to contain significant amounts of water, which is typically stored in the pore spaces between sand particles or in the fissures and matrix of rocks. This groundwater is an increasingly important source of water in many parts ... Read more
Pathways for mainstreaming resilience thinking into climate change adaptation and planning in the city of Cape Town

Author: Snyman-Van der Walt, Luanita ; Schreiner, Gregory O ; Laurie, Suriana ; Audouin, Michelle A ; Lochner, Paul A ; Marivate, Vukosi N ; Pasquini, L ; Davidson, A ; Hadingham, T ; Cameron, R Date: Oct 2020 Between 2015 and 2017, the City of Cape Town in the Western Cape Province of South Africa experienced three lower than average rainfall years. A changing climate has altered the rainfall patterns in the Western Cape, shifting most of Cape ... Read more
A regional perspective on the environment-climate change-migration nexus: Governance and policy responses to environmental refugees

Author: Jacobs-Mata, Inga M Date: Oct 2017 This project focuses on the regional, national and sub-national policy landscape and the preparedness of Southern African countries to respond to future internal and cross-border displacements as a result of environmental disasters. The goal ... Read more

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