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Agriculture and livestock

Author: Lötter, Johanna M Date: Oct 2017 The agricultural sector in southern Africa needs to produce enough food to feed its current population of 277 million and future predicted population of over 300 million by 2025 (United Nations ESA, 2015). All of this must happen within the ... Read more
Building on the links between climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction

Author: Vincent, K ; Mambo, Julia Date: Sep 2017 Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction are closely related. Both address the same risks as well as the same objectives when dealing with climate change impacts. This chapter discusses the linkages between these two - especially ... Read more
Building on the links between climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction

Author: Vincent, K ; Mambo, Julia Date: Sep 2017 Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction are closely related. Both address the same risks as well as the same objectives when dealing with climate change impacts. This chapter discusses the linkages between these two - especially ... Read more
Building resilience into business strategy, management and reporting: Principles and maturity tool to facilitate resilience in business, 2016

Author: Haywood, Lorren K ; Van der Watt, C Date: Sep 2016 This is a conference presentation on Building resilience into business strategy. Resilience within business is very appealing in that, it enables organisations to put sustainability into context: business is not a self-contained system but ... Read more
Climate risk and vulnerability: A handbook for Southern Africa

Author: Davis, Claire L ; Vincent, K Date: Oct 2017 The handbook (Climate Risk and Vulnerability: A Handbook for Southern Africa) was conceived and designed with the intent to provide decision-makers with up-to-date information, appropriate for country planning, on the impacts and risks of ... Read more
Corporate sustainability: a social-ecological research agenda for South African business

Author: Haywood, Lorren K ; Brent, AC ; Trotter, DH ; Wise, R Date: 2010 In this paper authors consider the increasingly prominent expectations that business can and will significantly contribute to sustainable development. They use the framework of social-ecological systems, and the principles thereof, as a lens ... Read more
Impacts of severe weather events on implementing the waste hierarchy - the case of Ethekwini metropolitan municipality

Author: Muswema, Aubrey P ; Chetty, P ; Okem, P ; Oelofse, Suzanna HH Date: Oct 2018 This case study is an overview investigating the interaction between severe weather incidents and solid waste management. The study seeks to understand how extreme weather events affect the implementation of the waste hierarchy (an approach ... Read more
Implementing a GIS based methodology for determining highly vulnerable rural access roads to a changing climate in Ethiopia

Author: Arnold, Kathryn A ; Le Roux, Alize ; Makhanya, Sibusisiwe A Date: Sep 2018 Climate-related natural disasters have been steadily increasing in both incidence and intensity across the globe over the last century. This is especially true for Ethiopia given the country’s high and recurrent exposure to extreme droughts ... Read more
Introduction

Author: Mambo, Julia Date: Dec 2017 This chapter introduces the second edition of the Atlas by outlining the context under which the book is written and the importance of the content. Read more
Probability and risk criteria for channel depth design and channel operation

Author: Moes, H Date: May 2008 The paper reviews the various levels of probability of bottom touching and risk criteria which are being used. This leads to a relationship between the statistically expected number of vertical ship motions in the channel during a single ... Read more
Risk and scenario based communication system-of-systems design

Author: Venter, Jacobus P Date: Aug 2023 Designing a communication system that can provide persistent communication in a variety of scenarios cannot be achieved through the implementation of a single technology. This paper discusses the process used to design a system-of-systems ... Read more
Risk and vulnerability to global and climate change in South Africa

Author: Mambo, Julia Date: Dec 2017 The concept of risk and vulnerability is widely used in relation to climate and global change. Understanding the meaning of these terns as well as how they are interpretation will have an impact on how vulnerability assessment are conducted ... Read more
Risk modelling of shale gas development scenarios in the Central Karoo

Author: Schreiner, GO ; Snyman-Van Der Walt, Luanita Date: Jun 2018 The scientific assessment of shale gas development was compiled by over 200 authors and peer reviewers from around the world. Novel assessment methods were used based on the concepts of risk, scenarios and predictive landscape modelling. Three ... Read more
Risk-based approach to assessing climate impacts

Author: Das, Sonali ; Khuluse, S ; Elphinstone, C Date: Nov 2008 In recent years, the frequency of catastrophic natural disasters worldwide has brought to the fore the possibility that these could be the result of changes in the global climate conditions. It is further anticipated that by the end of this ... Read more
Spatial Change as Drivers of Risk and Vulnerability in South Africa: Spatial trends in the 3 metropolitan cities of Gauteng

Author: Pieterse, Amy ; Van Niekerk, Cornelia W ; Le Roux, Alize ; Van Huyssteen, Elsona ; Mans, Gerbrand G ; Maritz, Johan Date: Jul 2016 Urban spatial change trends manifest most noticeably in Gauteng. This not only confirms perceptions about metros as increasingly being the spaces where the future of South Africa's youth will be determined, but also once again rings the alarm ... Read more
Spatial change as drivers of risk and vulnerability in South African cities: Spatial trends in the three metropolitan cities of Gauteng

Author: Pieterse, Amy ; Van Niekerk, Cornelia W ; Van Huyssteen, Elsona ; Maritz, Johan ; Le Roux, Alize ; Mans, Gerbrand G Date: Jul 2016 Since 1994 the South African urban landscape has been changing as a result of fundamental social, economic and political transformations. Metropolitan cities, especially, face unique challenges because of the dynamism of urban populations. ... Read more

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