Browsing by Subject "environment"
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A comparative analysis of the right to access to environmental information in South Africa and Uganda
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)Even though the Ugandan legal framework on the right to access to environmental information has been described as one of the best in East Africa, it raises some legal concerns that could conceivably result in the limitation ... -
Addressing the conflict between property development and the environment when such conflict occurs within the urban edge: legal considerations
(North-West University (South Africa), 2021)The main aim of this study was to analyse how South Africa should address the conflict between property development and the environment when the conflict occurs within the urban edge, taking into consideration existing ... -
Coal cleaning residues and Fe-minerals implications
(Springer, 2011)In the present investigation, a study was undertaken to understand the origin of Fe-minerals presents in Brazilian coal mining and to understand the environmental implication and the chemical heterogeneity in the study ... -
Cultural heritage protection : the authority and functions of municipalities
(North-West University, 2018)Historically, the heritage sector in South Africa was primarily focused on the preservation of architecture, monuments and buildings. The threat to tangible manifestations of heritage was also globally acknowledged. The ... -
An exploration of flexibility/rigidity as relational quality of African migrants in South Africa as new cultural and social environment
(SAGE Publications, 2012)This article attempts to draw attention to the interpersonal interactions of African migrants and to how the relational quality, namely, flexibility/rigidity, could potentially facilitate or limit their acculturation ... -
Hydraulic fracturing and procedural environmental rights in South Africa
(North-West University, 2019)Hydraulic fracturing, the process which facilitates the extraction of shale gas from rock formation from depths of up to two miles below the earth's surface, has the potential to adversely impact environmental and the other ... -
Mining in Chrissiesmeer wetland and state custodianship
(North-West University, 2019)A mining right was granted in 2006 to Black Gold Coal Estates (Pty) Ltd by the then Department of Minerals and Energy to conduct open cast coal mining activities in the middle of the ecologically sensitive Chrissiesmeer ... -
Perceptions of college students towards climate change, environmental, and tourism issues: a comparative study in Botswana and the US
(Look Academic, 2017)This exploratory study used a comparative cross-sectional research design and survey data to describe and compare attitudes of undergraduate students about climate change and environmental issues at the University of ... -
A proposed water sector plan for the Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality
(North-West University, 2013)The recent reform of potable water service provisioning by means of the promulgation of the Water Services Act 108 of 1997 and the National Water Act 36 of 1998 in South Africa has started a process of addressing the ... -
The feasibility of a nuclear renaissance: a cost-benefit analysis of nuclear energy as a source of electricity
(AOSIS, 2016)Purpose: This article evaluates a possible global nuclear renaissance in the provision of electrical energy. Problem investigated: Several countries, such as South Africa, are experiencing problems in the provision of ...