Browsing TD: 2008 Volume 4 No 1 by Title
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Conceptualisation of the consequences of land use decisions on water resources in the central region of South Africa: an agent based modelling perspective
(2008)Over the past few decades, numerous researchers have improved measurements of land use change through representation of much more complex processes of land use and its impact on water resources. Understanding the causes ... -
Controlling the farmer: colonial and postcolonial irrigation interventions in Africa
(2008)Aiming at full control over farmer actions was a shared characteristic of colonial irrigation engineering approaches. However, the way control was sought in African irrigation projects was different from Asian colonies. ... -
“Crossing over”: appropriate private sector principles, to operate more reliable public sector water services
(2008)Private sector institutions utilise many different business methods, some of which can selectively be adapted for use by organisations outside the private sector, to the benefit of their service delivery responsibilities. ... -
Disinfection by-products and extractable organic compounds in South African tap water
(2008)An important step in urban purification of drinking water is disinfection by e.g. chlorination where potential pathogenic micro-organisms in the water supply are killed. The presence of organic material in natural water ... -
Environmental ethics and crime in the water affairs of the Wonderfontein Spruit Catchment, Gauteng, South Africa
(2008)This article provides an analysis of the water history regarding the Wonderfontein Spruit Catchment in the former Far West Rand in South Africa. The major scope for discussion is a short analysis of environmental ethics ... -
Neighbourhood effects and household responses to water supply problems in Nigerian cities
(2008)Between 1990 and 2004, Nigeria’s urban population jumped to nearly half the national population, while access to improved sources of water in urban areas dropped by nearly 15 per cent during the same period. This paper ... -
A physical environmental management perspective on municipal water supply: proposals for Tlokwe City Council
(2008)All South Africans, especially, those involved with the development and management of its water resources should be aware that South Africa is generally an arid to semi-arid region, with an average rainfall of approximately ... -
Privatisation and water governance in Africa: implications of a rights-based approach
(2008)Early in the post-independence era, the control of water resources in many African states was a task of central planning. Regrettably, water management soon became a miry adventure in most African states largely because ... -
Recent trends in South African water historiography
(2008)The discipline of water history is relatively young but since the 1990s there has been growing interest in the field. In this article an exposition is provided on the origins of the discipline of water history as a ... -
The tragedy of the water commons: the case of the Lower Orange water management area
(2008)In the human environment there is a tendency to refer to resources, such as land and water which do not specifically belong to any single individual, as the ‘commons’. Garret Hardin wrote his famous paper called: “The ... -
Water users’ associations from the users’ perspective: local water management at Thabina irrigation scheme, Limpopo, South Africa
(2008)At a time when the South African water department and a circle of water experts in the country are defining their position on water users’ associations (WUAs), this paper looks at people’s actions and perceptions of local ...