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Challenges for catchment management agencies: lessons from bureaucracies, business and resource management

Author: Rogers, K ; Roux, D ; Biggs, H Date: 04 Oct 2000 Catchment management agencies (CMA's) have no tested precedent in South Africa and will have to evolve in complex and changing business, social and natural environments as they strive to ensure that equity and social justice are achieved ... Read more
Comparison of remote sensing data sources and techniques for identifying and classifying alien invasive vegetation in riparian zones

Author: Rowlinson, LC ; Summerton, M ; Ahmed, F Date: Oct 1999 It has been estimated that South Africa will reach the limits of its usable freshwater resources during the first half of the next century if current trends in water use are not reversed. Removing alien vegetation, responsible for the uptake ... Read more
Forest evaporation models: Relationships between stand growth and evaporation

Author: Le Maitre, David C ; Versfeld, DB Date: Jun 1997 The relationships between forest stand structure, growth and evaporation were analysed to determine whether forest evaporation can be estimated from stand growth data. This approach permits rapid assessment of the potential impacts of ... Read more
Hydrological characterisation of wetlands: Understanding wetlands-catchment linkages

Author: Mandlazi, Nompumelelo P ; Kapangaziwiri, Evison ; Mwenge Kahinda, Jean-Marc ; Mazvimavi, D Date: Oct 2015 This paper aims to assess the performance of two hydrological models routinely used in South Africa with the wetlands processes included. Read more
Integrated catchment modelling in a Semi-arid area

Author: Bugan, Richard DH ; Jovanovic, Nebojsa Date: 01 Sep 2010 Water management in South Africa is increasingly being shifted towards the public domain as was intended by the National Water Act (1998). This means that water managers, managing Catchment Management Agencies (CMAs) or similar bodies, will ... Read more
Preliminary empirical models to predict reductions in total and low flows resulting from afforestation

Author: Scott, DF ; Smith, RE Date: Apr 1997 Mathematical models to predict runoff reductions due to afforestation are presented. The models are intended to aid decision-makers and planners who need to evaluate the water requirements of competing land uses at a district or regional ... Read more
Vaal River catchment: problems and research needs

Author: Braune, E ; Rogers, KH Date: 1987 A Symposium Proceedings containing the views of many specialists has already been published as an occasional Report by the Foundation for Research Development. This document contains an overview of the deliberations which occurred during a ... Read more

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