Browsing by Author "Cilliers, D.P."
Now showing items 1-20 of 20
-
Biodiversity offsets : investigating the perceived benefits for conservation in South Africa
Tsoku, Lucas Makolloane (North-West University (South Africa), 2022)Biodiversity offsets can be defined as conservation actions that compensate for residual significant, adverse, and unavoidable impacts of proposed developments on biodiversity and have been widely applied in South Africa. ... -
Environmental management frameworks: results and inferences of report quality performance in South Africa
Marais, M.; Retief, F.P.; Sandham, L.A.; Cilliers, D.P. (Taylor & Francis, 2015)Environmental management frameworks (EMFs) were developed in South Africa as strategic environmental management instruments to map environmental sensitivity in order to aid the screening out of undesired developments and ... -
Exploring thermal insulation and energy use in low-income households on the South African Highveld
Matandirotya, Runyararo Newton (North-West University (South Africa), 2020)A significant proportion of households in South Africa are classified as low-income households and often reside in dwellings that are inadequately insulated which threaten indoor thermal environments for occupants. This ... -
GIS as a tool for strategic risk reduction and decision making in Fire Services in the Mopani District Municipality
Altenroxel, Bernardine Alice (North-West University (South Africa), 2022)There are many people who have encouraged and assisted me over the years. To each and every one who has supported me on this journey, especially my family, I am most grateful. My father, Bernard Altenroxel, sadly did not ... -
Greening the electricity sector : barriers to the successful implementation of energy efficiency initiatives in South African Municipalities
Matlhare, Monnapule William (North-West University (South Africa), 2022)Introduction: Greening of the electricity sector is one of the key critical responses to the pressing climate change, economic development, and electricity security challenges facing South African municipalities. The ... -
The impact of rainfall variability on subsistence farmers in the North West Province, South Africa
Serumaga-Zake, Edward (North-West University (South Africa), 2020)Rainfall variability has a direct influence on agriculture and food security. Subsistence farmers are reliant on their produce for survival and are considered to be particularly vulnerable to its effects. The impacts of ... -
The implications of recent planning and environmental reform for the South African planning profession
Keyser, David Johannes Nicolaas (North-West University (South Africa), Potchefstroom Campus, 2018)Recent literature suggests that the environment is crucial to achieve urban sustainability (Anderson & Elmqvist, 2012:269). Environmental considerations have in this sense become an integral part of developmental thinking ... -
The influence of location on environmental impact assessment : examples from South Africa
De Swardt, L. (North-West University, 2018)Ideally, environmental impact assessments (EIAs) should be completed at low costs and within acceptable time frames; this is known as efficiency which is an important aspect of effectiveness. In this study, one aspect of ... -
Investigating the alignment between EMF and the strategic planning context
Blignaut, Charné (North-West University (South Africa), 2021)An Environmental Management Framework (EMF) can be a useful tool for determining the desirability of specific activities when considered against environmental priorities and sensitivities at both the local and regional ... -
Mapping and analysing cancer incidence in South Africa
Van Rensburg, Samuel Jacobus Jansen (2014)The primary aim of this dissertation was to develop and validate a methodology for identifying spatial clusters (hotspots) of various paediatric cancers within South Africa by using GIS software. The Hotspot Analysis ... -
Optimizing visibility analysis for visual impact assessment
Cloete, Michael (North-West University (South Africa), 2021)Visibility analysis is a standard procedure used within visual impact assessment (VIA) studies to determine visibility significance. VIA is defined as the procedure to identify the visual effects that a specific development ... -
The perceived benefits of EIA for government: a regulator perspective
Cilliers, D.P.; Van Staden, I.; Roos, C.; Alberts, R.C.; Retief, F.P. (Taylor & Francis, 2020)With increased political polarisation and the emergence of populist governments around the world – many of which erode regulatory requirements such as EIA – there is an urgent need to be able to identify and explain the ... -
The perceived value of Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Government of South Africa
Van Staden, I. (North-West University (South Africa), 2019)Environmental Assessment (EA) is a fundamental environmental management tool in South Africa that plays an important role in the management of environmental impacts in the country. EA aims to ensure that development takes ... -
The quality of bioregional plans in South Africa
Mathipa, Jerida Mmapula (North-West University (South Africa), 2021)South Africa is considered one of the most biologically diverse countries in the world, and as a signatory to the Convention for Biological Diversity, has committed to meeting the Aichi Biodiversity Targets. Meeting these ... -
A quality review of waste management measures in EIA reports for developments in protected areas
Claassens, Carolien Elizabeth (North-West University (South Africa), 2022)The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process is a legislative requirement to authorise certain developments in South Africa. The process is aimed towards environmental protection by identifying and mitigating potential ... -
Redefining the Griqualand West Centre of endemism
Frisby, Arnold Walter (North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)The Griqualand West Centre (GWC) of plant endemism in the Northern Cape was defined and described in 2001 according to geological features and limited floristic data. Approximately 40 plant species were proposed to be ... -
Reflecting on GIS–related research in South Africa: 1980-2012
Cilliers, D.P.; De Klerk, T.C.; Sandham, L.A. (Taylor & Francis, 2013)Since the early 1980s, geographic information systems (GIS) have increasingly been applied in research or used to support research in South Africa. The nature and extent of such research has not been investigated, and ... -
Regulators' perceptions of environmental impact assessment (EIA) benefits in a sustainable development context
Roos, C.; Cilliers, D.P.; Retief, F.P.; Alberts, R.C.; Bond, A.J. (Elsevier, 2020)The costs of conducting Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) are well known. Yet the benefits of EIA are much more intangible, leading to a situation where some question its value as the tool of choice for informing ... -
Spatial assessment of Saccharum species hybrids and wild relatives in eastern South Africa
Komape, Dennis Mmakgabo (North-West University (South Africa), 2019)Sugarcane (Saccharum hybrids) belongs to the Andropogoneae in the Poaceae. The grass family is known to have provided the world’s most economically important crops. In assessing the risk of cultivating genetically modified ... -
Tree species diversity of agro- and urban ecosystems within the Welgegund Atmospheric Measurement Station fetch region
Knoetze, Leandra (North-West University (South Africa), Potchefstroom Campus, 2017)Rapid worldwide urbanisation has noteworthy ecological outcomes that shape the patterns of global biodiversity. Habitat loss, fragmentation, biological invasions, climate- and land-use change, alter ecosystem functioning ...