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SOUTH AFRICAN GEOGRAPHERS(SSAG)

2013NEWSLETTER

Newsletter was compiled using the unedited submissions of representatives of each department

2013 Highlights............................................................................................................................................3

University of Witwatersrand: School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies...................5

University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg: School of Education, Faculty of Humanities, Geography Department, Social & Economic Sciences Division....................................................................................14

STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY: Geography and Environmental Studies.......................................................19

University of South Africa: Department of Geography..............................................................................28

The University of South Africa: Department of Environmental Science....................................................42

University of Fort Hare: Department of Geography and Environmental Science......................................46

University of Cape Town: Department of Environmental and Geographical Science................................60

University of Zululand: Geography and Environmental Studies................................................................74

Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University: Department of Geosciences*.................................................80

University of Johannesburg: Department of Geography, Environmental Management and Energy Studies..................................................................................................................................................................86

North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus: Geography and Environmental Management..............99

University of KwaZulu-Natal: School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences........................104

University of the Free State: Geography.................................................................................................109

University of Limpopo: Department of Geography and Environmental Studies......................................118

University of the Western Cape: Geography and Environmental Studies...............................................123


Note from (Past)President-Sophie Oldfield (UCT)

It has been a great pleasure and privilege to serve as President of the Society of South African Geographers from 2012 to 2014. The core activities of the Society have continued to develop successfully and the Society is in sound health financially and administratively, working presently with a positive group of Councillors from institutions across South. Briefly, here, I would first like to highlight the exciting work that is undergoing through SSAG funded special projects – particularly Wiki-Walking South Africa, organised by Dr Ashley Gunter at UNISA, and Geographers beyond Geography Departments by Jennifer Houghton at University of KwaZulu-Natal. A third education project has been recently selected too. These projects extend Council’s work into public and educational domains beyond the university in small but important and innovative ways. Second, we have continued to support and to develop workshop to support the next generation of

researchers, particularly in the form of a

new initiative, the Academic Writing Workshop, coordinated by myself, and the on-going PhD and Post-doctoral annual Colloquium coordinated by Professor Ronnie Donaldson at the University of Stellenbosch. These events are important opportunities for developing and extending our discipline. And, third, we are developing projects and events to mark and celebrate the Society’s Centenary – ideas that will be shared in the BGM. They are built around the July 2016 Student and Academic Conferences at Stellenbosch University, and a broader set of projects that: commemorate the past, build and capitalise on the present, and look to the future. Funding for these projects has been committed from the interest that has accrued from the profit invested following the hosting of the International Geographical Union meeting in Durban in 2002. Geographers at the 2014 BGM supported the plan and enthusiastically volunteered in various ways to participate, and to ensure that the Centenary celebrations are invested in widely and as inclusive as possible. Finally, I wish to take this opportunity to welcome Kevin Mearns as President of the Society for the period 2014 to 2016.


Discussants and candidates: Writers workshop

Message from the New President- Kevin Mearns

I would like to thank the council for entrusting me with the SSAG Presidency for the 2014-2016 year. As a society of Geographers we are administratively,

financially and academically very strong but the time has come for us to reach out to all geographers wherever they may be and take hands to strengthen geography going into the future. We have a very exciting period ahead of us as we approach the centenary of Geography in South Africa. As

we approach this important milestone as South African Geographers this is an important time to reflect on the state of Geography in South Africa, the Past-where we come from as geographers, the Present- where we are and how we got here, the Future-where are we going as a community of Geographers. I would like to thank the outgoing President Prof S Oldfield for her guidance in the lead up to the centenary. Prof Oldfield will be coordinating a number of centenary related special projects. I would also like to encourage geographers across the country to get involved in the centenary celebrations in 2016.

Student AwardsBronze Medal - Christel Hansen - Rhodes University- for her thesis entitled: "The Characterisation of an Openwork Block Deposit Northern Buttress, Vesleskarvet, Dronning Maud Land, Antartica” (Supervisors – Professor Mieklejohn, Rhodes University and Professor Nel, University of Fort Hare)

Certificate - Nick Simpson – University of Cape Town - for his mini-thesis entitled: "Effective EIA Public Participation in the

Western Cape, South Africa: Stakeholders’ opinions of the participation process and the skills and capactiies needed to realise NEMA-required effective participation: (Supervisor - Dr Richard Hill, UCT)


Nicholas Simpson

Department of Environmental and Geographic Science

(UCT MPhil 2013)

Effective EIA Public Participation in the Western Cape, South Africa: Stakeholders’ opinions of the participation process and the skills and capacities needed to realise NEMA-required effective participation.

Abstract of Thesis

Public participation is an integral part of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), and as such, has been incorporated into regulatory norms. Assessment of the effectiveness of public participation has remained elusive however. This is partly due to the difficulty in identifying appropriate effectiveness criteria. This research uses Q methodology to discover and analyze stakeholder’s social perspectives of the effectiveness of EIAs in the Western Cape, South Africa. It considers two case studies (Main Road and Saldanha Bay EIAs) for contextual participant perspectives of the effectiveness based on their experience. It further considers the more general opinion of provincial consent regulator staff at the Department of

Environmental Affairs and the Department of Planning (DEA&DP). Two main themes of investigation are drawn from the South African National Environmental Management Act imperative for effectiveness: firstly, the participation procedure, and secondly, the stakeholder capabilities necessary for effective participation. Four theoretical frameworks drawn from planning, politics and EIA theory are adapted to public participation and used to triangulate the analysis and discussion of the revealed social perspectives. They consider citizen power in deliberation, Habermas’ preconditions for the Ideal Speech Situation (ISS), a Foucauldian perspective of knowledge, power and politics, and a Capabilities Approach to public participation effectiveness. The empirical evidence from this research shows that the capacity and contextual constraints faced by participants demand the legislative imperatives for effective participation set out in the NEMA. The implementation of effective public participation has been shown to be a complex, dynamic and sometimes nebulous practice. The functional level of participant understanding of the process was found to be significantly wide-ranging with consequences of unequal and dissatisfied stakeholder engagements. Furthermore, the considerable variance of stakeholder capabilities in the South African social context, resulted in inequalities in deliberation. The social perspectives revealed significant differences in participant experience in terms of citizen power in deliberation. The ISS preconditions are highly contested in both the Saldanha EIA case study and the DEA&DP social perspectives. Only one Main Road EIA case study social perspective considered Foucault’s notion of governmentality as a reality in EIA public participation. The freedom of control of ones environment, based on a Capabilities approach, is a highly contested notion. Although agreed with in principle, all of the social perspectives indicate that contextual and capacity realities constrain its realisation. This research has shown that Q method can be applied to EIA public participation in South Africa and, with the appropriate research or monitoring applications it could serve as a useful feedback tool to inform best practice public participation

2013-14 Highlights

Post-Doctoral Seminar 2014 The 5th Annual Geography Doctoral Students and Post-Doctoral Seminar


(usually held at Stellenbosch in November) took place at Forth Hare University on 5 June 2014. For the first time the seminar was held to coincide with the SSAG bi-annual conference. This opportunity, to host the seminar in a different location also contributed to drawing candidates whom previously have not attended the seminar. Participants at the seminar were from UCT, Rhodes, Fort Hare, North-West, Stellenbosch, NMMU, Free State as well as UJ. There were in total seven presentations:

six PhD candidates and one postdoc fellow presented selected parts of their work. In addition five academics from other institutions also attended the seminar where their input was greatly welcomed. This year’s seminar was probably the best in terms of engagement where peers and established geographers had some really good conversations about the candidates’ work. Three R1000 travel grants were awarded by the SSAG to three presenters

University of Witwatersrand: School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental StudiesDate of establishment: 1918

Vision and Mission: In alignment with the vision of being a TOP 100 University, the geographers would like our School to be the preferred destination for research and study of Geography in South Africa if not Africa.

Contact Person: Donna Koch email: [email protected]

Head/Chair of Department:

Name (Title, Surname, Initials)

Area of specialisation

E-mail Office Telephone Number

Professor Karim Sadr Archaeology [email protected] 11 76541

Geographers at Wits


Rank/Position


E-mail Office Telephone number

Prof C Curtis Associate Professor

Biogeochemical studies, aquatic monitoring of air pollution and climate change impacts

[email protected] 011 -7176505


mailto:[email protected]


Mrs C Chamberlain

Principal Tutor

Environmental Education

[email protected] 011-7176514

Prof. T Dirsuweit

Associate Professor

Urban Studies and Cultural Geography


Prof. S Grab Professor Climate Change and Geomorphology


Dr. G Hoogendoorn

Senior Lecturer

Tourism [email protected]

011-7176521

Prof. J Knight Associate Professor

Physical Geography and climate change


Mrs. R Moolla Associate Lecturer

Air quality, health risk assessment and climatology and meteorology


Dr. D. Simatele

Senior Lecturer

Climate change, urban transformations, rural and urban agriculture, environment and migration


Dr. S Merlo Lecturer GIS and Remote sensing in archaeology


Ms. Kirsten Robinson

Associate Lecturer

Biogeography and ecology


Dr. A Wafer Lecturer Human and Urban Geography


Dr. E. Adam Lecturer GIS and Remote Sensing


Professional and support staff


Position Area of subject specialisation (if applicable)


Ms Donna Koch

Senior Administrative Officer

n/a [email protected] 011-7176503

Mr Senior n/a [email protected] 011-
















Thandizwe Nsimbi

Technician 7176520

Mr Andre Frank

LAN Administrator


Ms Wendy Phillips

Cartographer n/a [email protected] 011-7176504

Mr Angel Khumalo

Finance administrative assistant


Mrs Barbie Pickering

Faculty financial controller


Publications: 2013

Dirsuweit TC (2013). Public space and the politics of propinquity in Johannesburg. Chapter 15. In S. Fol & S. Lehman-Frisch & M. Morange (eds.), Ségrégation et Justice Spatiale (pp. 124-147). Paris: Presses Universitaires de Paris Ouest. 978-2-84016-163-9.

Fatti CE, Patel Z (2013). Perceptions and responses to urban flood risk: implications for climate governance in the South. APPLIED GEOGRAPHY, 36 pp. 13 - 22.

Ahmed M, Anchukaitis K, Asrat A, Borgaonkar H, Braida M, et a, Grab SW (2013). Continental-scale temperature variability during the past two millennia. Nature Geoscience, 6 pp. 339 - 346.

Grab SW (2013). Fine-scale variations of near-surface-temperature lapse rates in the high Drakensberg escarpment, South Africa: environmental implications. ARCTIC ANTARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH, 45 (4), pp. 500 - 514.

Muller D, Hoogendoorn G (2013). Second homes: curse or a blessing? A review 36 years later. Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism, 13 (4), pp. 353 - 369.

Knight J (2013). Climate change, Encyclopedia of Natural Hazards (pp. 82-92). Dordrecht: Springer Science and Business. 978-90-481-8699-0.

Knight J (2013). Paraglacial. Chapter 2., Encyclopedia of Natural Hazards (pp. 750-756). Dordrecht: Springer Science and Business. 978-90-481-8699-0.

Knight J, Keiler M, Harrison S (2013). Impacts of recent and future climate change on natural hazards in the European Alps . Chapter 12. In B. McGuire (ed.), Climate Forcing of Geological Hazards (pp. 223-249). Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell. 978-0-470-65865-9.






Knight J, Harrison S(2013). 'A land history of men': the intersection of geomorphology, culture and heritage in Cornwall, southwest England . APPLIED GEOGRAPHY, 42 pp. 186 - 194.

Knight J, Harrison S (2013). The impacts of climate change on terrestrial Earth surface systems . Nature Climate Change, 3 pp. 24 - 29.

Couto H, Knight J, Lourenco A (2013). Late Ordovician ice-marginal processes and sea-level change from the north Gondwana platform: evidence from the Valongo Anticline (northern Portugal) . PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY, 375 pp. 1 - 15.

Knight, J. 2013. Climate Change. In: Bobrowsky, P.T. (ed), Encyclopaedia of Natural Hazards. Springer, 82-92.

Knight, J. 2013. Paraglacial. In: Bobrowsky, P.T. (ed) Encyclopaedia of Natural Hazards. Springer, 750-756.

Knight, J. , Keiler, M. and Harrison, S. 2013. Impacts of recent and future climate change on natural hazards in the European Alps. In: McGuire, W. and Maslin, M. (eds) Climate Forcing of Geological Hazards. Royal Society/John Wiley & Sons, London, 223-249.

Long DP, Hoogendoorn G (2013). Second home owners' perceptions of a polluted environment: the case of Hartebeespoort . South African Geographical Journal, 95 (1), pp. 91 - 104.

Merlo S, Hakenbeck S, Balbo A (2013). Desert Migrations Project XVIII: the archaeology of the northern Fazzan: a preliminary report . Libyan studies, 44 pp. 141 - 161.

Moolla, Valsamakis SK, Curtis CJ, Piketh S (2013). Occupational health risk assessment of benzene and toluene at a landfill site in Johannesburg, South Africa , Rome, Italy Safety and Security Engineering V , 23-Sep-2013 - 19-Sep-2013: pp 701 - 712

Adamson G, Nash DJ (2013). Long-term variability in the date of monsoon onset over western India. CLIMATE DYNAMICS, 40 pp. 2589 - 2603.

Tang M, Thornton AC (2013). A level playing field? Improving market availability and access for small scale producers in Johannesburg, South Africa . APPLIED GEOGRAPHY, 36 pp. 40 - 48.

Conference Presentation in 2013

Name of presenter (s) Title of presentation Format of presentation

Date of conference/workshop

Name of Conference/workshop

Raeesa Moolla Occupational Health Risk Assessment of BTEX at Robinson Deep Landfill, South Africa

Oral April 2013, Budapest Hungary

7th International conference on the impact of environmental factors on health

Raeesa Moolla Health Risk Assessment of BTEX Emissions from Gas Stations in Johannesburg,

South Africa

Oral July, Michigan USA International Medical Geography Symposium

Gijsbert Hoogendoorn Ten years of second home Oral April 2013, Los Annual Meeting of the


and Gustav Visser tourism research in South Africa: a review

Angeles, USA Association of American Geographers

Dianne Long and Gijsbert Hoogendoorn

Overshooting the environmental carrying capacity for second home tourism? Hartbeespoort, South Africa

Oral July 2013, Johannesburg, South Africa

International Geographical Union Urban Commission Conference

Tumelo Singo and Gijsbert Hoogendoorn

Pluri-residentiality and the multi-house home: investigations into second home ownership of the black elite of Soweto

Oral July 2013, Johannesburg, South Africa

International Geographical Union Urban Commission Conference

Danny Simatele Vulnerability of Food Security for Urban Poor Households to Extreme Weather Conditions in Lusaka, Zambia: A Search for Adaptive Strategies from An asset-based Adaptation Framework

Panel presentations

March 2013 Food security in an urbanizing world: examining key vulnerabilities of food systems to climate change

Stefania Merlo Settlement and landscape variation among historic Tswana in the Madikwe and Ngotwane watersheds: a GIS-based survey

Paper June 2013, Gaborone South African Historical Society

Stefania Merlo (Not) Integrating cultural heritage in the National Spatial Data Infrastructures of Southern Africa. The case study of Botswana.

Paper July 2013, Gaborone Association of the Southern African Professional Archaeologists

Stefania Merlo and Thabo Kgosietsile

Safe and sacred: recent archaeological investigations at the site of Lemunyana (Botswana)

Poster July 2013, Gaborone Association of the Southern African Professional Archaeologists

Knight, J., Grab, S.W. and Mayet, N.

Lightning strikes and their influence on mountain geomorphology and sediment supply

Oral August 2013 8th International Conference (IAG) on Geomorphology, Paris, France

Knight, J. Subglacial processes and drumlin formation in west Connemara, Ireland

Poster August 2013 8th International Conference (IAG) on Geomorphology, Paris, France

Knight, J. and Grab, S. Humps and hollows: basalt weathering in low-latitude mountains

Poster April 2013 EGU annual conference, Vienna, Austria

Knight, J. and Grab, S. The role of lightning strikes in sediment generation in low-

Oral April 2013 EGU annual conference, Vienna,


latitude mountains Austria

Couto, H. and Knight, J.

The Montalto Formation: a pre- to basal Ordovician succession in the Dúrico-Beirã area (northern Portugal).

Oral September 13 1st International Congress on Stratigraphy - STRATI 2013, Lisbon, Portugal,

Knight, J. and Burningham, H.

Coastal wind climate, coastal dunes and ventifacts: mismatch or misinterpretation?

Oral May 2013 4th IGCP 588: Preparing for Coastal Change, Chennai, India

Grab, S.W. & Linde, J. Mapping exposure to snow in Lesotho: implications for human and livestock vulnerability in a developing mountain region.

Oral July 2013 Davos, Switzerland. Davos Atmosphere and Cryosphere Assembly (DACA)

Cheryl Chamberlain Giving Effective Feedback to Postgraduate Students:Perspectives and Challenges

Paper presentation

April 2013 4th Biennial International Postgraduate Supervision Conference Stellenbosch

Research Master Dissertations completed in 2013

Student’s Name Title of dissertation Institution Qualification Supervisor Co-supervisorAntonio Queface Atmospheric aerosol

loading off the east coast of southern Africa

Wits - GAES MSc by dissertation

Prof Stefan Grab

Benjamin Schulman

Local strategies for greenbelt ecology preservation: the case of Huddle Park


Prof Teresa Dirsuweit

Christina Fatti Community adaption and mitigation of storm and flood risk: The influence of knowledge and community perceptions in the case study of Ekurhuleni


Prof Stefan Grab

Dr Z Patel

Dianne Long Overshooting the Environmental Carrying Capacity for Second Home Tourism? Hartebeespoort, South Africa


Dr Gijsbert Hoogendoorn

Jennifer Fitchett Phenological response of citrus flowering to climate variability and change in Iran: 1960-2010


Prof Stefan Grab

Kelly Nesbitt An investigation into pan Wits - GAES MSc by Prof Jasper


hydrology and ecology in the Makuleke Concession, Northern Kruger Park, South Africa

dissertation Knight

Kubeshnie Bhugwadin

The integration of measured, modelled and remotely sensed air quality data and its' impacts on the Highveld


Prof Stefan Grab

Prof Stuart Picketh

Lisa McNamara Climate change adaptation and city governance: a case study of Johannesburg


Stefan Grab Colleen Vogle/Zarina Patel

M Tongwane Transport sector greenhouse gas inventory forSouth Africa for the base year 2009


Prof Stefan Grab

Prof Stuart Picketh

Mavhungu Muthige

Ambient air quality impacts of coal-fired power station in Lephalale area


Prof Stefan Grab

Prof Stuart Picketh, Dr Roelof Burger

Romy Antrobus The influence of Pan characteristics on their seasonal usage by mammals within the Maluleke Ramsar Wetland System


Prof Stefan Grab

Dr Jennifer Lalley

Sham Jagathlal Assessing the PM10 footprint of an iron and steel plant on ambient air quality: Modelling PM10 emission from the arcelormittal Vanderbijlpark works iron and steel plant


Prof Stefan Grab

Prof Stuart Picketh

Tshegofatso Mophatlane

A preliminary hydrogeological risk assessment for CO2 geological sequestration operations within a South African coal basin


Prof Nicola Wagner

Prof Chris Curtis

PhD Thesis’s completed in 2013

Student’s Name Title of thesis Institution Qualification Supervisor Co-supervisor

Devlyn Hardwick A mass movement classification for the southern Drakensberg, South Africa

Wits - GAES

PhD Prof. Stefan Grab

Ikalafeng Kgakatsi

Agricultural disaster-risk management in South Africa

Wits - GAES

PhD Roelof Burger Prof Hannes Rautenbach

Albert Victor Munnik

Discursive power and Environmental Justice in the New South Africa: the Steel Valley struggle against pollution (1994 -

Wits - GAES

PhD Prof Jacklyn Cock

Prof Coleen Vogel


2011)

Short description of the curriculum presented:

Undergraduate (NQF levels 5, 6 and 7):

Geography 1 (GEOG 1000)

Landscape of Southern Africa Environmental Change Space and Society Atmospheric Science

Geography 2 (GEOG 2008)

Geog 2010 Earth and Atmospheric Processes Geog 2011 Climate Change and Society Geog 2012 Environmental Governance: from Local to Global Geog 2013 Methods, Models and GIS

Geography 3

Geog 3017 Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing Geog 3018 Fundamentals of Conservation Biogeography Geog 3019 Economic Geography Geog 3020 Climate and Environmental Change Geog 3021 Advanced Atmospheric Science Geog 3022 City Cultures

Postgraduate (NQF level 8):

Bachelor of Science with Honours – Bsc Hons, in the following fields: ecology, environment and conservation, geography, science education. 1 year full-time or 2 years part-time


Master of Science – Msc – Master of Science by dissertation. 1 year full-time or 2 years part time


Doctor of Science – PhD. 2 years full time or 4 year part time.

1. Student Numbers (2013):

Level NumberFirst year 169


Second year 363Third year 284Honours 16Masters 26Doctoral 24

University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg: School of Education, Faculty of Humanities, Geography Department, Social & Economic Sciences Division.Date of establishment: 2002 (Previously known as the Johannesburg College of Education).

Vision and Mission

The teaching of Geography at the Wits School of Education aims to develop an understanding of major contemporary topics in Geography. These include a range of human and physical geography topics closely linked to environmental issues. Lectures are complemented by practicals and fieldwork aimed at applying and extending the geography studied during the various courses. Students are also taught to develop skills required for geographical studies and develop problem solving and thinking skills. Appropriate classroom practice and methodology for the learning and teaching of geography is also actively developed. Our department teaches on both the BEd and PGCE programmes.

Clinton van der Merwe [email protected] 011 717 3173





Mr Clinton David van der Merwe

Heritage Tourism;Resource & Environmental Management; Introduction to

[email protected] 0117173173




Earth Sciences; Applied Climate; Geography Methodology.

Geographers at the University of Witwatersrand, School of Education


Rank/Position Area of specialisation & Courses Taught


Dr Paul Goldschagg

Principal Tutor & Assistant Head of School: undergraduate Programmes

Airport Noise & its Effects on Cognition and Learning; Development Geography.


Mr Clinton David van der Merwe

Lecturer Heritage Tourism;Resource & Environmental Management; Introduction to Earth Sciences; Applied Climate; Geography Methodology.

[email protected]

0117173173

Mrs Rhoda Larangeira

Tutor Geography MethodologyGeographical Techniques (Map skills), Urban Geography


Ms Muofhe Thenga

Tutor Senior Primary: Social Science Methodology.


Dr Sally James

Associate Tutor Rural EducationChange and intervention strategies in education.

[email protected]

Professional and Support staff in the Department




Elisabeth Wenger

Administrative Secretary


Department News









Welcome to Muofhe Thenga who joins the department as a Sessional tutor. Muofhe has years of experience in Curriculum through working for the Department of Basic Education, we look forward to her investment in our department.

Congratulations to Dr Sally James, who successfully completed her PhD in Rural Education Change at Rhodes University. Dr James has been appointed as Deputy Head Principal at St Mary’s, Waverley and shares an associate position with the WSoE. Thank you Sally for the invaluable contribution you made in our department, we will miss you severely, and hope to keep our association with you in research and guest lecturing alive for a long time to come.

Rhoda Larangeira is currently reading towards her MA in Geography at UNISA on Overcoming Map Skill Difficulties in Secondary Schools.

Sue Cohen has joined an NGO in developing LTSM for schools and District Officials and assists with Teaching Experience at the WSoE. We thank Sue for all the wonderful work she has done in Geography over the years and will sorely miss her in our department.

Clinton van der Merwe continues reading towards a PhD in Heritage Tourism at the University of Johannesburg. Congratulations to Clinton for being awarded a Department of Arts & Culture Bursary for his work on Heritage Tourism in South Africa. Clinton is also a recipient on the NRF Thuthuka Award for 2013 to 2015. Clinton remains the resident Geography Teacher on Galeza Nathi (on SABC1). He also does other TV work for the Weather Station on DSTV.

Paul Goldschagg continues serving as the Assistant Head of School (Undergraduate) and teaching on the B Ed programme.

The Geography Department (with the Geography Department at UJ) co-hosted the Grade 12 CAPS Textbook Engagement Workshop for teachers in Johannesburg in 2013. Watch out for a publication or two which will detail our findings from this research project.

Rhoda Larangeira, Clinton van der Merwe, Sally James, Paul Goldschagg, Sue Cohen & Muofhe Thenga


2013 dated publications:

Cockcroft, K., Seabi J., Goldschagg, P. L & Greyling, M. (2013). The impact of environmental noise on children’s memory: Are children’s memory capacities more resilient than we think? AWERProcedia Advances in Applied Sciences. [Online]. 2013, 1, pp 16-23. Cohen, S., Fleming, B., Jay, P., Kroll, L., Ranby, P., Saunders, J. and van der Merwe, C. D. (2013). Platinum Geography: Learners Book 12, Maskew Miller Longman, Cape Town. Goldschagg, P. L. (2013). Using supplemental aircraft noise information to assist airport neighbours understand aircraft noise, Transportation Research Part D (2013), pp. 14-18 DOI information: 10.1016/j.trd.2013.01.008.Patel, Z. and van der Merwe, C. D. (2013). Constitution Hill: Just Space or Space of Justice? in Simon, J., Temple, N., and Tobe, R. (eds), Architecture & Justice; Judicial Meanings in the Public Realm, Ashgate, Farnham, Surrey, UK.Seabi, J., Cockcroft, K. and Goldschagg, P. L. (2013). Longitudinal Effects of Exposure to Chronic Aircraft Noise on School Children’s Activities, International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research, Volume 4, Issue 9, September-2013. Seabi, J., Cockcroft, K., Goldschagg, P.L., and Greyling, M. (2013). The impact of aircraft noise exposure on South African children's reading comprehension: The moderating effect of home language, Noise and Health, Volume 14, Issue 60.van der Merwe, C. D. & Rogerson, C. M. (2013). Industrial heritage tourism at the ‘Big Hole’, Kimberley, South Africa. African Journal of Physical, Health Education, Recreation and Dance, September (Supplement 2), 155-171.van der Merwe, C. D. (2013). The Limits to Urban Heritage Tourism in South Africa: The Case of Constitution Hill, Johannesburg, Urban Forum, 24(4), 573-588, (DOI) 10.1007/s12132-013-9197-x.

Conference Presentation in 2013:




Clinton David van der Merwe

Industrial Heritage Tourism: The case of the Diamond Route, South Africa.

Paper 4th to 9th August 2013. International Geographical Union 2013 – Kyoto Regional Conference, hosted by the National Committee of Japan for IGU, Kyoto International Conference Center.

Clinton David van der Merwe

Industrial Heritage Tourism – the case of The ‘Big Hole’, Kimberley.

Paper 29th & 30th October 2013.

4th Annual Diamond Route Research Conference, De Beers Corporate Headquarters, Johannesburg, South Africa.



Undergraduate (NQF levels 5, 6 and 7): BEd Social Science and Geography.

Postgraduate (NQF level 8): BEd Honours (Geography).

Postgraduate (NQF level 9): MEd (Geography).

Postgraduate (NQF level 10): PhD

Student Numbers (2013):

Level NumberFirst year 150Second year 90Third year 42Fourth year 18Honours 1Masters 1Doctoral 1


STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY: Geography and Environmental Studies

VisionTo be the recognised training and research centre for Africa in the field of spatial information management in order to understand and manage geographical phenomena and processes to the advantage of the Southern African community.Mission ("core business")The discipline of Geography and Environmental Studies analyses the relationship between humans and their environment as it manifests in earth space and places. The department's mission is therefore to provide training and do research on the phenomena and problems emanating from this interaction through three relevant thematic focuses, environmental studies, urban and tourism studies within a development context; a methodological focus on geographical analysis skills and practical application of computer information technology and a regional focus on Africa and Southern Africa.

Contact person: Mrs Marianne Cronje [email protected] 021 808 3100


Name (Title, Surname, Initials) Area of specialisation E-mail Office Tel

Number

Ferreira,Sanette Prof Departmental Chair: Geography

Tourism and regional development, tourism in small towns, Tourism and crime

[email protected] 021 808 3105

Geographers at Stellenbosch

Name (Title, Surname, Initials) Rank/Position Area of specialisation E-mail Office Tel

numberBoonzaaier Ms Ilze GIT specialist SGA GIT [email protected] 021 808 4975

Chasi, Vimbai Ms LecturerDisaster risk research; Public health action in disrupted health systems; Participatory research


Cronjé, Marianne, Mrs Postgraduate Program Coordinator [email protected] 021 808 3100





De Klerk, Helen M DrSenior Lecturer

Spatial analysis, Biogeography, Species modelling, Fire ecology, Thresholds of potential concern and adaptive management for ecological management


De Waal, Jan H Mr

Lecturer Climate change; Flooding risk assessment; Urban risk research with a particular focus on informal settlements

[email protected]

021 808 3108

Donaldson, Ronnie Prof Professor Urban development; Tourism

research [email protected] 021 808 2395

Du Plessis, Danie DJ, Mr

Town & Regional Planner/Senior research analyst CRUISE

Urban planning systems, Urban transformation, Spatial analysis and Modeling of cities and urban systems


Fortune, Gillian T, Ms Radar-Knowledge Co-ordinator

Research: Loss estimation in severe weather post-event assessments


Geyer, Manie HS, Prof Director: CRUISE Migration; Urban morphology; Urban systems [email protected] 021 808 3107

Geyer, Herman S, Jnr, Mr

Researcher; CRUISE Economic geography [email protected] 021 808 3107

Holloway, Ailsa J, Dr Director: Radar

Disaster risk research & related policy advocacy; Disaster risk curriculum and Expertise in inter-national humanitarian assistance


Horn, AJ Mrs Researcher, CRUISEUrban & regional planning; Development frameworks; Urban growth management / monitoring


Kemp, Jaco N Dr Lecturer GIT; Geomorphology [email protected] 021 808 9147

Liederman, Catherine Mrs Secretary [email protected] 021 808 3218

Münch, Zahn, Mrs Lecturer GIS; Spatial decisionmaking [email protected] 021 808 9101

Pharoah, Robyn, Dr RADAR - GIS Analyst

Disaster risk reduction and Urban risk [email protected] 021 808 9492

Poona, Nitesh K, Mr Lecturer Remote sensing; Spatial statistics and modelling [email protected] 021 808 9105

Regue, Yvette Mrs Snr Dept Officer [email protected] 021 8083104

Roux, Wilma, Ms Radar- Admin and financial officer [email protected] 021 808 9285

Stephenson Garth, Mr GIT specialist SGA GIT [email protected] 021 808 3112

Van Eeden, A Mrs Researcher, CRUISE GIS; Municipal economic development [email protected] 021 808 9104

Van Niekerk, Adriaan, Prof

Senior Lecturer / Director: SGA

GIT; Spatial decision making systems [email protected] 021 808 3101

Willemse, L, Miss Researcher, CRUISE Statistics, Urban development, Urban open spaces [email protected] 021 808 9103

Zweig, Trish, Mrs Radar- Risk Reduction Co-

Informal settlements; Low cost housing policy; Historical




















ordinator townships admin; Municipal commonage, Urban risk

Department News

Mr Bennie Schloms retired at the end of 2013 after 28 years of service. Mr Jan de Waal took over his portfolio.

Prof Johannes van der Merwe also retired as Chair of the Dept and has been succeeded by Prof Sanette Ferreira.

2013 Dated Publications:

JOURNAL ARTICLES (SUBSIDISED)BRILL G, RAEMAEKERS SJPN. A decade of illegal fishing in Table Mountain National Park (2000-2009): trends in the illicit harvest of abalone Haliotis midae and West Coast rock lobster Jasus Ialandii. African Journal of Marine Science 2013; 35(4) : 491-500.

DONALDSON R, DU PLESSIS DJ, SPOCTER M, MASSEY R. The South African area-based urban renewal programme: experiences from Cape Town. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment 2013; 28 : 629-638.

DONALDSON R, DU PLESSIS DJ. The urban renewal programme in townships: case study of Khayelitsha. Habitat International 2013; 39 : 295-301.

DONALDSON R, KOTZE N, VISSER GE, PARK J, WALLY N, ZEN J, VIEYRA O. An uneasy match: neoliberalism, gentrification and heritage conservation in Bo-Kaap, Cape Town, South Africa. Urban Forum 2013; 24 : 173-188.

DONALDSON R, MEHLOMAKHULU T, DARKEY D, DYSSEL M, SIYONGWANA P. Relocation: to be or not to be a black diamond in the township?. Habitat International 2013; 39: 114-118.

DONALDSON R. Conference tourism: What do we know about the business tourist in South Africa?. African Journal for Physical, Health Education, Recreation and Dance (AJPHERD)2013; Suppl 2 : 24-38.

DU PLESSIS H, VAN NIEKERK A. A comparison of geographical information science competency requirements. South African Journal of Geomatics 2013; 2(3) : 206-217.

ENGELBRECHT HM, VAN NIEKERK A, HEIDEMAN NJL, DANIELS SR. Tracking the impact of Pliocene/ Pleistocene sea level and climatic oscillations on the cladogenesis of the Cape legless skink, Acontias meleagris species complex, in South Africa. Journal of Biogeography 2013; 40 : 492-506.

ENGELBRECHT J, MUSEKIWA C, KEMP JN, INGGS M. Parameters affecting interferometric coherence – the case of a dynamic agricultural region. Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 2013; 52(3) : 1572-1582.

FERREIRA SLA, BOSHOFF A. Post-2010 FIFA World Cup: oversupply and location of luxury tourist beds in Cape Town. Current Issues in Tourism 2013; DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2013.776524.


FERREIRA SLA, MÜLLER R. Innovating the wine tourism product: Food-and-wine pairing in Stellenbosch wine routes. African Journal for Physical, Health Education, Recreation and Dance (AJPHERD) 2013; Suppl 2 : 72-85.

HAMILTON J, FERREIRA SLA. Leisure and tourism activities of international student at Stellenbosch University. African Journal for Physical, Health Education, Recreation and Dance (AJPHERD) 2013; Suppl 2 : 234-246.

JÜRGENS U, DONALDSON R, RULE S, BÄHR J. Townships in South African cities – literature review and research perspectives. Habitat International 2013; 39 : 256-260.

LALDAPARSAD S, GEYER HS (JNR), DU PLESSIS DJ. The reshaping of urban structure in South Africa through municipal capital investment: Evidence from three municipalities. Town and Regional Planning 2013; 63 : 0.

MACEY PH, MILLER JA, ROWE CD, GRANTHAM G.H., SIEGFRIED P, ARMSTRONG RA, KEMP J, BACALAU J. Geology of the Monapo Klippe, NE Mozambique and its significance for assembly of central Gondwana. Precambrian Research 2013; 233 : 259-281.

MORUDU DM, DU PLESSIS DJ. Economic and demographic performance of municipalities in South Africa: An application of Zipf's rule. Town and Regional Planning 2013; 63 : 0.

MÜNCH Z, CONRAD JE, GIBSON LA, PALMER AR, HUGHES D. Satellite earth observation as a tool to conceptualize hydrogeological fluxes in the Sandveld, South Africa. Hydrogeology Journal 2013; 21(5) : 1053-1070.

MUSAKWA W, VAN NIEKERK A. Implications of land use change for the sustainability of urban areas: A case study of Stellenbosch, South Africa. Cities 2013; 33 : 143-156.

MYBURG G, VAN NIEKERK A. Effect of feature dimensionality on object-based land cover classification: A comparison of three classifiers. South African Journal of Geomatics 2013;2(1) : 13-27.

POONA NK, ISMAIL R. Discriminating the occurrence of pitch canker fungus in Pinus radiata trees using QuickBird imagery and artificial neural networks. Southern Forests 2013;75(1) : 29-40.

SCHMIDT IM, DU PLESSIS DJ. A critical evaluation of the operational application of various settlement typologies in South Africa. Town and Regional Planning 2013; 63 : 0.

SHUTTLEWORTH C, MOUTON PLN, VAN NIEKERK A. Climate and the evolution of group-living behaviour in the armadillo lizard (Ouroborus cataphractus). African Zoology2013; 48 : 367–373.

SPOCTER M. Rural gated developments as a contributor to post-productivism in the Western Cape. South African Geographical Journal 2013; 95(2) : 165-186.

STUCKENBERG TM, MÜNCH Z, VAN NIEKERK A. Multi-temporal remote sensing land-cover change detection for biodiversity assessment in the Berg River catchment. South African Journal of Geomatics 2013; 2(3) : 189-205.

TALJAARD S, SLINGER JH, VAN DER MERWE JH. Dual adaptive cycles in implementing integrated coastal management. Ocean & Coastal Management 2013; 84 : 23-30.

VAN DER MERWE JH, FERREIRA SLA, VAN NIEKERK A. Resource-directed spatial planning of agritourism with GIS. South African Geographical Journal 2013; 95(1) : 16-37.

VAN DER MERWE JH, JOUBERT U. Managing the environmental impact of bouldering as a niche outdoor-climbing activity. South African Journal for Research in Sport Physical Education and Recreation 2013; 36(1) : 0.

VAN DER MERWE JH, VAN NIEKERK A. Application of geospatial technology for gap analysis in tourism planning for the Western Cape. South African Journal of Science 2013;109(3/4) : 58-67.

VAN DER MERWE JH. Food for body and soul: tourism development opportunities in the Western Cape. Acta Academica 2013; 45(1) : 150-186.


VAN DER MESCHT D, ELOFF PJ. Mountain wave-induced rotors in the lee of the Hex River Mountains. South African Geographical Journal 2013; 95(1) : 117-131.

VAN EEDEN A. Small business perceptions in the central business district fringes of four metropolitan areas in South Africa. South African Geographical Journal 2013; 95(2) : 135-148.

WILLEMSE L, KHOZA C. Socio-economic performance of municipalities along the Maputo Development Corridor (MDC): Implications for the National Development Plan (NDP) of 2011. Town and Regional Planning 2013; 63 : 0.

WILLEMSE L. A Flowmap-geographic information systems approach to determine community neighbourhood park proximity in Cape Town. South African Geographical Journal2013; 95(2) : 149-164.

WILLEMSE L. Trading hope: working conditions of Sub-Saharan immigrant street traders in Johannesburg and Tswane. Africa Insight 2013; 42(4) : 166-185.

JOURNAL ARTICLES (NON-SUBSIDISED)SPOCTER MA. Gated developments in small town rural and Western Cape: A boon or bane? New voices in science. Steyn, R. (ed.) Stellenbosch University 2013; 0: 26.

BOOKSVISSER GE, FERREIRA SLA. Tourism and Crisis. Routledge, London, United Kingdom 2013:204 pp.

CHAPTERS IN BOOKSFERREIRA SLA. Hallmark events as a counter to economic downturn: 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup. In Tourism and Crisis. Edited by Gustav Visser, Sanette Ferreira, Routledge, London, United Kingdom, 2013: 76-93.

MUCINA L, DANIEL G, STEPHENSON GR, BOONZAAIER I, VAN NIEKERK A, BARRETT MD, BARRETT RL, TICHÝ L, VALACHOVIC M. Floristic-ecological mapping in the Northern Kimberley: Field survey methods and mapping protocols. In Vegetation Mapping in the Northern Kimberley, Western Australia. Eds Mucina L & Daniel G, Curtin University, Perth, Australia, 2013: 26-87.

MUCINA L, STEPHENSON GR, DANIEL G, VAN NIEKERK A, BOONZAAIER I. A Floristic-Ecological Vegetation Map of the Mitchell Plateau Region (Northern Kimberley, Western Australia). In Vegetation Mapping in the Northern Kimberley, Western Australia. Eds Mucina L & Daniel G, Curtin University, Perth, Australia, 2013: http://academic.sun.ac.za/cga/documents/Kim_Map.pdf.

MUCINA L, STEPHENSON GR, DANIEL G, VAN NIEKERK A, BOONZAAIER I. A floristic-ecological vegetation map of the Pantijan Area (Northern Kimberley, Western Australia). In Vegetation Mapping in the Northern Kimberley, Western Australia. Eds Mucina L & Daniel G, Curtin University, Perth, Australia, 2013: http://academic.sun.ac.za/cga/documents/Kim_Map.pdf.

VISSER GE, FERREIRA SLA. Tourism and crisis: a never ending story? In Tourism and Crisis. Edited by Gustav Visser, Sanette Ferreira, Routledge, London, United Kingdom, 2013: 1-11.

RESEARCH REPORTSDONALDSON, R. AN OVERVIEW OF SEVEN VISITOR TRACKING SURVEYS. WESGRO.

DONALDSON ET AL. A LAND AUDIT AND LAND USE SURVEY OF ALL LAND PARCELS OUTSIDE THE URBAN EDGES OF THE MATZIKAMA MUNICIPALITY. Study done for Department of Rural Development and Land Reform.


DONALDSON, R, LOMBARD, A & V VILJOEN. CULTURAL MAPPING IN CAPE TOWN. Study done for City of Cape Town’s Arts and Culture Department.

TOERIEN, D & R DONALDSON. A REVIEW OF GEORGE AS INTERMEDIATE CITY. Study done for SA Cities Network.

VAN DER MERWE JH, MARX JT, STEPHENSON GR, PAUW T, VAN NIEKERK A. A spatial decision support system for environmental and operational management at the Special Forces Donkergat Military Training Area (TSO-GOEMS). 2013: 70 pp.

Conference Presentation in 2013 of CRUISE


Date of conference /workshop


Danie du Plessis

Urbanisation and development patterns: Implications for Bantustans in the post-1994 era

Powerpoint presentation

24-27 March 2013

Land Divided Conference, Cape Town

Danie du Plessis

Approaching two decades of post-apartheid urban spatial planning in South Africa: A critical reflection on intentions and outcomes

PowerPoint presentation and publication in peer reviewed conference proceedings

21-26 July 2013

IGU Urban Geography Commission

Danie du PlessisTransformation of human settlements in South Africa: A quantitative approach

Powerpoint presentation

15-17 July 2013

Stats SA ISIbalo conference on evidence-based decision-making

Anele Horn

An overview of Urban Growth Management best practice: Implications for the developing world

PowerPoint presentation

15-17 July 2013

First Isibalo Symposium on evidence based decision making.

Anele Horn

Urban growth management best practices in the developed world: why it is different for the developing world

PowerPoint presentation and publication in conference proceedings

24-26 July 2013

IGU-UGI Urban Geography Commission Conference

Amanda van EedenSmall business perspectives of South African Metropolitan CBDs


15-17 July 2013


Amanda van Eeden Formal business and informal traders’ perceptions of South African Metropolitan CBDs

PowerPoint presentation and publication in

24-26 July 2013



conference proceedings

Lodene Willemse

The working conditions of Sub-Saharan immigrants in informal street trading in Johannesburg and Tshwane, South Africa.


15-17 July 2013


Lodene Willemse

The working conditions of Sub-Saharan immigrants in informal street trading in Johannesburg and Tshwane, South Africa.

PowerPoint presentation and publication in conference proceedings

24-26 July 2013


Lodene WillemseCommunity neighbourhood park (CNP) use in Mitchells Plain, Cape Town.


16-19 September 2013

2nd LARASA (Leisure and Recreation Association of South Africa) Congress, Leisure, social cohesion and transformation.

Herman Geyer The anatomy of the Post-Apartheid urban landscape


24-26 July 2013


Herman GeyerDisaggregated Population Migration Trends in South Africa between 2001 and 2011


15-17 July 2013


Herman GeyerThe Poverty Trap: Bridging the Diseconomies of Subsistence Agriculture in South Africa


24-27 March 2013

Plaas Land Divided Conference, Cape Town

Research masters theses completed in 2013

CLOETE GJA. The nature, extent and impact of multiple land uses on the agricultural landscape of Stellenbosch as manifestation of a post-productivist mode of agricultural change. Stellenbosch University, MA, 2013. 123pp. Supervisor: Donaldson R.

LOMBARD A. Wind energy landscapes, place attachment and tourism: Route 27 on the West Coast, South Africa. Stellenbosch University, MA, 2013. 211pp. Supervisor: Ferreira SLA.

MAGADZIRE N. Reconstruction of a fire regime using MODIS burned area data: Charara Safari Area, Zimbabwe. Stellenbosch University, MSc, 2013. 85pp. Supervisor: De Klerk HM.

NDLOVU NB. Quantifiing indigenous forest change in Dukuduku from 1960 to 2008 using GIS and remote sensing techniques to support sustainable forest management planning. Stellenbosch University, MSc, 2013. 73pp. Supervisor: Schloms BHA.

OLIVIER G. Gully erosion in the Sandspruit catchment, Western Cape, with a focus on the discontinuous split gully system at Malansdam. Stellenbosch University, MSc, 2013. 135pp. Supervisor: Schloms BHA. Co- Supervisor: De Clercq WP.

SLABBERT G. Assessment of the application of green building practices in Stellenbosch. Stellenbosch University, MA, 2013. 123pp. Supervisor: Donaldson R.

TYODA Z. Landslide susceptibility mapping: remote sensing and geographic information system approach. Stellenbosch University, MSc, 2013. 104pp. Supervisor: Kemp JN.

Master theses of limited scope completed in 2013 for MPhil Urban and Regional Science:

Student’s Name Title of dissertation Institution Supervisor


Rafeeq le RouxBackyard dwellings in the City of Cape Town: Implications for urban management.

Stellenbosch University, CRUISE Danie du Plessis

Moses MnyakaAn analysis of the urban hierarchy of the SADC countries

Stellenbosch University, CRUISE Danie du Plessis

Mahier HattasDetermining the factors informing the future growth location of informal settlements in the City of Cape Town

Stellenbosch University, CRUISE Anele Horn

Wylland Manamela

Performance of matriculants against the location of schools within different settlement typologies in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa


Deon KleinsmithThe New University of Northern Cape: implications for urban form and development


Ntebaleng Chobokoane

The New University of Northern Cape: implications for urban form and development


Helene Verhoef Working towards an optimal dissemination geography for census 2011

Stellenbosch University, CRUISE

Amanda van Eeden

Kevin ParryMeasuring racial segregation at different geographic scales in Cape Town and Johannesburg


Amanda van Eeden

Ziyanda C. Ntlebi

Female migrant characteristics in the city of Cape Town between 2001 and 2011


Amanda van Eeden

Moletsane Harebatho

Implications of address assignment in 15 villages in Mahikeng, Ratlou and Tswaing local municipalities in the North West Province


Amanda van Eeden

Nozipho Shabalala

The impact of location and proximity to urban amenities on sustainability of human settlements with special reference to RDP settlements in South Africa

Stellenbosch University

Lodene Willemse

Nathi GamaThe quality of life of domestic workers in post-apartheid South Africa


Lodene Willemse

Nthabiseng Makhatha

Factors influencing the evolvement of RDP housing settlements in three townships in the Durban Metropolitan Area


Lodene Willemse

Faizel Mohammed

Neighbourhood Matters! Analysis Of Changes In Neighbourhood Poverty In Cape Town Municipality, 2001-2011

Stellenbosch University, CRUISE Herman Geyer

Mosidi Sarah Nhlapo

Mobility and demographic transition in the Gauteng urban system


Victorien Stéphane Idima

Investigation of the impact of urban form on public transport accessibility: The case of Libreville / Gabon


Matthys I Cronje

Integrated Development Planning and Sustainable Development Indicators: A case study of the Overberg District Municipalities and City of Cape Town



PhD dissertations completed in 2013

GUMBO T. On ideology change and spatial and structural linkages between formal and informal economic sectors in Zimbabwean cities (1981-2010). Stellenbosch University, 2013. 247pp. Promoter: Geyer HS (snr).

MASSEY R. Informal settlement upgrading and the effect of governmentality on women's social networks : a case study of New Rest and Makhaza, Cape Town. Stellenbosch University, 2013. 231pp. Promoter: Donaldson R.

MUSAKWA W. Evaluating earth observation for supporting sustainable urban land use planning in Africa. Stellenbosch University, PhD, 2013. 176pp. Promoter: Van Niekerk A.

ONYEBUEKE VU. Policy implications of the spatial and structural relationships of the informal and formal business sectors in urban Nigeria: the case of Enugu (1990-2010). Stellenbosch University, 2013. 310pp. Promoter: Geyer HS (snr).

SPOCTER MA. Non-metropolitan gated communities in the Western Cape. Stellenbosch University, 2013. 332pp. Promoter: Donaldson R. Co-promotor: Landman K.

TILUMANYWA VT. Land Use and Livelihood Change in the Mount Rungwe Ecosystem, Tanzania. 2013. 249 pp. Promoter: Van der Merwe JH. Co-promotor: Maro P.


Level NumberFirst year 412Second year 129Third year 64Honours 19Masters 50MPhil 20Doctoral 20


University of South Africa: Department of GeographyDate of establishment: 1946

VISION

The vision of the Department of Geography is the promotion of Geography as a discipline through research, teaching and community engagement in the School of Environmental Sciences in the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences within the University of South Africa.

MISSION

We are committed to harness the rich and unique time-spatial perspective of Geography on the relationship between humankind, the environment and its sustainability, in the promotion and execution of tuition, research and community engagement.

Contact person: AE de Jager [email protected]; 011 4712022


Name (Title, Surname, Initials) Area of specialisation


Dr MD Nicolau Community asset management for Rural development

[email protected] 471 2084



Geographers at Unisa

Name/Naam Rank/

position

Area of specialisation E-MAIL ADDRESS TEL

Prof Horn, AC Professor Urban and Social Geography

[email protected](011) 471 2168

Prof Mini, SE Professor Urban studies [email protected] (011) 471 2348

Dr Gunter, A Senior Lecturer

Urban [email protected]

(011) 471 2520

Mr Pretorius, RW Senior

Lecturer

Teaching and learning in Geography [email protected]

(011) 471 3680

Mr Hedding, DW Senior Lecturer

[email protected]

(011) 471 2120

Mr Vlok, AC Senior Lecturer

Remote sensing / GIS / Geographical analysis


Mrs Coetzee, R Lecturer Environmental Geography; ODEL within the context of geography and e-learning

[email protected]

(011) 471 3437

Mrs De Jager, AE Lecturer Teaching and learning in Geography;Urban geography, services provision, Tourism, quality of life

[email protected]

(011) 471 2022

Ms Du Plessis, A Lecturer Hydro Geography [email protected] (011) 471 2877

Mr Immelman, J Lecturer Remote sensing [email protected] (011) 471 2520

Ms Lombard, A Lecturer Environmental and Tourism Geography

[email protected] (011) 471 2352

Ms Nenwiini, SC Lecturer Climatology [email protected] (011) 471 2525

Mr Van Heerden, SW

Lecturer Urban Studies and

[email protected]

(011) 471 2752




Mrs Viljoen GA Lecturer Urban Geography [email protected] (011) 471 3105Mr Khanye, B Junior

LecturerHuman Geography


Mrs Khotoo, A Junior Lecturer

Human [email protected]

(011) 471 2749

Ms Nkooe, E Junior Lecturer

Geography

Spatial [email protected]

(011) 471 2107

Ms Robb, B Junior Lecturer

Water [email protected]

(011) 471 2392

Mr Tshabalala, S Junior Lecturer

Human geography [email protected] (011) 471 3109

Fixed Term Appointments For 2014

Mr Calvert, DR Research assistant


Ms Evans RA Junior lecturer

Human geography and sustainable development

[email protected]

Mr Hamann, C Junior Lecturer

Urban geography and urban planning


Mr Manuel, K Fixed term contract

Urban, political and economic geography, cities growth and development

[email protected]

Mr Mukhuba, FA Academic assistant

Human [email protected]

(011) 471 2288

Ms Pienaar, R Junior lecturer

Geography of education

Physical [email protected]

(011) 471 2243

Mr Ramasunga, P Academic assistant

Land and agrarian reform, livelihoods, renewable energy, human settlement and land use

[email protected]

(011) 471 2106


Name (Title, Surname, Initials) Position E-mailMs Steenkamp, HE Departmental secretary [email protected]








Ms Potgieter, CE Technical assistant [email protected] Kuhlase, S Departmental secretary [email protected]

Departmental News

The year 2013 had some exceptional highlights. We had two inaugural lectures and a PhD graduation of members in the Department. The inaugural lecture of Prof Andre Horn was on 16 July with the title: “ The Geographer as an applied scientist in service of the community” and Prof Simpiwe Mini on 31 October with the title: “Spatialisation of New Modes of Power Relations in Post-apartheid Urban Landscape”. Melanie Nicolau received her PhD: “A community asset mapping programme for roots driven sustainable socio-economic change in rural South Africa” in 3 October 2013. The department would like to congratulate these colleagues with these milestones in their careers.

The Department of Geography now has 20 permanent academics staff members and three academic associates. Senior academics were also appointed to a panel of reviewers (presently 28 in total). The main purpose of the external panel of academics is to provide academic mentorship, supervision and external moderation of third year papers, Honours, Masters and Doctoral proposals.

The Ethiopian Project although very complicated with a number of challenges is a positive programme in the Department as seven of the original 11 students registered in 2010 have given their notice to submit their research for examination.

The Department was again responsible for hosing various workshops and events, including World Environment day and the student symposium of the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns and the Antarctic winter school. The "Roots Driven Rural Change" Community Engagement project team have conducted a variety of workshops in the bigger Skuinsdrift community.

2013 Dated publications Arnolds HH & de Jager AE. 2013. Lifeworld of the Karoo people expressed in the riel dance- a geographical perspective. Proceedings of Confluences 7:Dance Religion and Spirituality.Johannesburg, South Africa.

Gunter, A., (2013): Creating Co-Sovereigns and Empowered Citizens using Social Housing in Johannesburg South Africa, Habitat International 39(1) 278-283.

Gunter, A., (2013): Mega events as a pretext for infrastructural development: The case of the All African Games Athletes Village, Alexandra, Johannesburg, Sports, Leisure and Society Conference, 19 – 20 September, Brighton, UK.

Pánek, J. 2013. The Commercialisation of Public Data - How Does Participatory Data-mining Look on a Global Scale? South African Journal of Geomatics, Vol. 2, No. 3, June 2013.

Panek, J. & Vlok, A.C. 2013. Participaory mapping as a tool for community empowerment – a case study of community engagement in Koffiekraal, South Africa. Proceedings of the 26 th International Cartographic Conference. August 25-30, 2013. Dresden, Germany.

Warra, HH, Mohammed, AA & Nicolau, MD. 2013. Spatio-temporal impact of socio-economic practices on land use/ land cover in the Kasso catchment, Bale mountains, Ethiopia. Analele stiintifice ale Universitatii "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" din Iasi – seria Geografie Vol 59, No 1 (2013): Scientific Annals of "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iasi - Geography series, vol. 58, issue 2.

Conference Presentation in 2013




Name of presenter (s)

Title of presentation

Format of presentation



RW Pretorius, R Coetzee, AE de Jager, HJ van Niekerk, AC Vlok, RM Hendrick and CE Potgieter

From correspondence to online provisioning in open and distance learning: Greening implications versus practical and organisational imperatives

Paper 4-5 April Green Camps Summit, Puducherry, India

RW Pretorius, DW Hedding, MD Nicolau and ES Nkooe

Campus greening in open and distance learning: Curriculum initiatives in the Department of Geography, University of South Africa

Paper 4-5 April Green Camps Summit, Puducherry, India

EC Liebenberg

“Thomas Baines’ Exploratory Cartography of 19th Century South Africa”.

Paper 30 June – 5 July, 2013. The 25th International Conference on the History of Cartography (ICHC) in Helsinki, Finland

HH Arnolds and AE de Jager

Lifeworld of the Karoo people expressed in the Riel dance – a geographical perspective

Paper 10 – 12 July 2013 Confluences 7: UCT School of dance conference: Dance religion and spirituality: Cape Town

ES Nkooe Contested spaces: A Lefebvrian analysis of Mary Fitzgerald Square, Johannesburg

Paper July 2013 IGU- Urban commission: Johannesburg

SE Mini Post-neoliberalism Paper 22 July 2013 IGU: Urban Commission: Johannesburg

AC Horn School Desegregation in South Africa

Paper 30 July – 1 August 2013

Interdisciplinary Social Sciences Conference: Prague, Czech Republic

J Panek, AC Participatory Paper 25-30 August, 2013 26th International


Vlok, mapping as a tool for community empowerment – a case study of community engagement in Koffiekraal, South Africa

Cartographic Conference held in Dresden

EC Liebenberg

“The Springboks in East Africa: “The role of 1 SA Survey Company (SAEC) in the East African Campaign of World War II, 1939-1941”.

Paper 25-30 August, 2013 The 26th International Cartographic Conference (ICC2013) of the ICA in Dresden, Germany.

DW Hedding Pronival ramparts: modes of genesis and diagnostic criteria

Paper 9-12 September 2013 Biennal SSAG Conference

AE de Jager The importance of visual literacy for a changing Geography

Paper 30 August –4 September 2013

The 45th Annual conference of the International Visual Literacy Association

RW Pretorius “A critical narrative of e-learning spaces for environmental sustainability in the Global South

Paper 5-6 September 2013 College of Science, Engineering and Technology ODL Conference 2013, Mount Grace Hotel, Magaliesburg

J Farhurst

Nembudani

Sharing experiences to meet challenges: the supervisor’s role in the editing of theses and dissertations.

Paper 14 September 2013 Professional Editors Gauteng Branch symposium on ‘Editing theses and dissertations: getting to grip with some thorny issues’, Johannesburg

A Gunter Mega events as a pretext for infrastructural development: The case of the All African Games Athletes Village, Alexandra,

Paper 19-20 September 2013 Sports, Leisure and Society Conference, Brighton, UK


Johannesburg

Research Master Dissertations completed in 2013

Student’s Name

Title of dissertation

Institution Qualification Supervisor Co-supervisor

K Dube Social and economic impact of irrigation schemes in Zimbabwe

Unisa MSc Prof SE Mini

S Foot The Place of Community Values within Community-Based Conservation: the case of Driftsands Nature Reserve, Cape Town

Unisa MSc Hendrick, RM

Nicolau, MD

Master Dissertations of limited scope completed in 2013

Student’s Name



PhD Thesis’s completed in 2013

Student’s Name

Title of thesis Institution Qualification Supervisor Co-supervisor

MD Nicolau

A community asset mapping programme for roots-driven sustainable socio-economic change in rural South Africa

UNISA PhD Dr AC Harmse

Short description of the curriculum presented



Geography can be taken as a major for a BA or BSc at NQF levels 5, 6 and 7: Undergraduate (NQF levels 5, 6 and 7)

Geography at Unisa is a major in a number of generic degrees at Unisa. In addition, many of the individual Geography modules are compulsory in a variety of vocational programmes. The Department is the coordinator of the multi-inter and trans disciplinary undergraduate degrees in Environmental Management. The Department is privileged to offer one (GGH3708) of the six signature modules offered at Unisa. The purpose of these modules is the address the overall graduateness of the Unisa student.

Major combinations: NQF Level: 5: GGH1501, GGH1502, GGH1503 (BSc major students must complete all three modules, while BA major students only need to complete GGH1501 and GGH1502). NQF Level: 6: Select any FOUR of GGH2601, GGH2602, GGH2603, GGH2604, GGH2605 and GGH2606. NQF Level: 7: Select any FIVE of GGH301W, GGH302X, GGH303Y, GGH3043, GGH3054, GGH3076 and GGH3708. NQF Level: 8: HPGGH80, HRGGH81, GGH4802, GGH4804, and GGH4805. Students, who registered prior to 2013, may register for GGH4801 and GGH4803

Know Your World: Introduction to Geography - GGH1501 Semester module NQF Level: 5 Credits: 12

Purpose: The nature and scope of geography as a science; representation of the earth on maps and map use; sustainable development as a geographical concept; a selection of world spatial patterns and processes from the following themes: climate, ecosystems and biomes, landforms, minerals and soils, energy and water resources, population, HIV-AIDS, development and wealth, culture, and globalisation. Students registering for this module are required to have regular access to a computer to download or read essential study material from the myUnisa module site and the World Wide Web.

World Issues: A Geographical Perspective - GGH1502 Semester module NQF Level: 5 Credits: 12

Purpose: Global change and global problems, resource use and exploitation in both the physical and human resource systems; the conservation and sustainable development of the human resource base; techniques used for environmental monitoring. A selection of issues from the following: population problems, poverty, quality of life, urban problems, food, conflict and war, the energy crisis, air pollution, water pollution, land degradation, biodiversity, and the problem of waste. Students registering for this module are required to have regular access to a computer to download or read essential study material from the myUnisa module site.

Our Living Earth - GGH1503 Semester module NQF Level: 5 Credits: 12

Purpose: To gain insight into some of the underlying scientific principles of the world we live in, and its sustainability. Students registering for this module are required to have regular access to a computer and the Internet in order to download or read essential study material from the myUnisa module site.

The African Challenge: People and Environment - GGH2601 (GGH201T)


Semester module NQF Level: 6 Credits: 12

Purpose: The challenge for development against the background of the natural and human environment in Africa. Distribution, growth and diversity of the population; impacts of HIV-AIDS; geopolitical evolution; economic development; urbanization; food production and agriculture; the use and exploitation of land and natural vegetation; climate and drought; desertification. Students registering for this module are required to have regular access to a computer to download or read essential study material from the myUnisa module site.

The Geography of Services Provision - GGH2602 (GGH202U) Semester module NQF Level: 6 Credits: 12

Purpose: Spatial dimensions of basic services provision; sustainable development; needs assessment; provision and accountability; public participation and conflict management; accessibility; aspects of locational analysis; optimal location of services; South African case studies. Students registering for this module are required to have regular access to a computer to download or read essential study material from the myUnisa module site.

The Interpretation of Maps, Aerial Photographs and Satellite Images - GGH2603 (GGH203V) Semester module NQF Level: 6 Credits: 12

Purpose: The nature of geographical data; map types; map elements; fundamentals of the use of aerial photographs and satellite images; measurements on maps and aerial photographs; the analysis of point, line and area patterns; the identification and interpretation of topographical features, landscapes and cultural phenomena; thematic mapping; the basics of Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Students registering for this module are required to have regular access to a computer to download or read essential study material from the myUnisa module site.

People and The Natural Environment: Use and Impact (Geography) - GGH2604 (GGH204W) Semester module NQF Level: 6 Credits: 12

Purpose: The current environmental dilemma and reasons for it; the development of environmental awareness; use and exploitation of the natural environment by people with reference to the: biosphere, atmosphere, pedosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere; transformation towards sustainability. Students registering for this module are required to have regular access to a computer to download or read essential study material from the myUnisa module site.

Environmental Politics (Geography) - GGH2605 (GGH205X) Semester module NQF Level: 6Credits: 12 Purpose: The political perspective on the environment, including the following topics and phenomena: appropriate concepts and definitions; political theories and environmental conflict; the role of environmental social movements, nongovernmental organisations, political parties, and the business sector; institutional politics, policy and green administration; environmental politics on the global scale.


Students registering for this module are required to have regular access to a computer to download or read essential study material from the myUnisa module site.

Geography of Tourism - GGH2606 (GGH206Y) Semester module NQF Level: 6 Credits: 12

Purpose: Global, national and local tourism resources (natural, human and cultural); spatial patterns of tourism resources; spatiotemporal interactions in the tourism system; environmental, economic and socio-cultural impacts of tourism; sustainable tourism development; strategic importance of tourism for South Africa; destination image of South Africa. Students registering for this module are required to have regular access to a computer to download or read essential study material from the myUnisa module site.

State of the Environment in Southern Africa – GGH3701 (GGH301W) Semester module NQF Level: 7 Credits: 12

Purpose: Sustainable development in Southern Africa. Geographical phenomena underlying this challenge are climate, vegetation, soil and water resources, people, and the evolution of the politicospatial, social and economic landscapes. Issues which are addressed are: the constraints, problems and management of the natural and human environments, the conservation of Southern Africa’s ecological and cultural heritage linked to sustainability and tourism; and problems relating to politicospatial accommodation, regionalisation and local government in South Africa. Students registering for this module are required to have regular access to a computer to download or read essential study material from the myUnisa module site.

Spatial Economic Development – GGH3702 (GGH302X) Semester module NQF Level: 7 Credits: 12

Purpose: Spatial economic development in South Africa in terms of the following: theories; primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary activities; uneven spatial development; the infrastructure of transportation and communication; spatiotemporal evolution of the economy; spatial development planning. Students registering for this module are required to have regular access to a computer to download or read essential study material from the myUnisa module site. Introduction to Geographical Information Systems - GGH3703 (GGH303Y) Semester module NQF Level: 7 Credits: 12

Purpose: Origin, nature and theoretical foundations of GIS; generic GIS applications; collection, input, storage, retrieval and management of spatial data; data analysis and modeling; output, display and communication of geo-referenced data; spatial decision support systems; applying basic DIS functionalities. Students registering for this module are required to have regular access to a computer to download or read essential study material from the myUnisa module site.

Development of Urban Space – GGH3704 (GGH3043) Semester module NQF Level: 7 Credits: 12

Purpose: Urban spatial patterns, socio-economic structure of the city; the urban environment; movement in urban space; urban planning and management; local economic development planning; spatial data


management for urban development; the marketing of urban areas; current issues in urban areas. Students registering for this module are required to have regular access to a computer to download or read essential study material from the myUnisa module site.

Environmental Evaluation and Impact Assessment – GGH3705 (GGH3054) Semester module NQF Level: 7 Credits: 12

Purpose: Overview of environmental assessment; South African case studies; approaches to and a framework for environmental evaluation and impact assessment in transitional and developing countries; the role of legislation, politics, stakeholders and interest groups; procedures and techniques for impact assessment; application in terms of practical examples; future perspectives. Students registering for this module are required to have regular access to a computer to download or read essential study material from the myUnisa module site.

Ecotourism – GGH3707 (GGH3076) Semester module NQF Level: 7 Credits: 12 Prerequisite; TRT101X (Prerequisite applies to BCom Tourism Management students only.)

Purpose: Ecotourism in terms of the following: concepts; sustainable (responsible) tourism; specialist travel markets; resources (also in South Africa); environmental impacts; policy and regulation; planning, development and management of ecotourism destinations; the ecotourism business; communities and ecotourism destinations; ecotourism projects in South Africa. Students registering for this module are required to have regular access to a computer to download or read essential study material from the myUnisa module site.

Environmental Awareness and Responsibility - GGH3708 Semester module NQF Level: 7 Credits: 12

Purpose: Environmental principles are presented in a generic fashion to encourage the development of a value system in terms of their environmental awareness and responsibility. The module uses a strong interdisciplinary focus and will make use of a variety of global case studies to enable students to understand how human activities impact on the environment. Students must reflect constructively on these impacts, and develop a value system and a sense of responsibility in this regard. Students registering for this module are required to have regular access to a computer and the Internet in order to download or read essential study material from the myUnisa module site and the World Wide Web. This module will be presented online, and no study material will be posted for this module. Formative assessment must be completed online and summative assessment for this module comprises a non-venue based e-portfolio.


NQF level 8: Bachelor of Science Honours in Geography Geography in action: from problem identification to methodology - HPGGH80 Year module NQF Level: 8 Credits: 24


Purpose: To develop a student’s ability to identify a real life geographical scenario that justifies research and to present an acceptable research proposal on the identified scenario. Students registering for this module are required to have regular access to a computer and the Internet in order to download or read essential study material from the myUnisa module site and the World Wide Web. This module will be presented online, and no study material will be posted for this module. Formative assessment must be completed online and summative assessment for this module comprises a non-venue based e-portfolio.

The geographer as a researcher - HRGGH81 Year module NQF Level: 8 Credits: 24 Co-requisite: HPGGH80 (Students are however advised to complete HPGGH80 before they register for HRGGH81.)

Purpose: To guide students to, undertake the research on their chosen geographical scenario, and to report on their research findings. Learners can provide personal reflections on how the research experience has contributed to their own sense of citizenship and employability. Students registering for this module are required to have regular access to a computer and the Internet in order to download or read essential study material from the myUnisa module site and the World Wide Web. This module will be presented online, and no study material will be posted for this module. Formative assessment must be completed online and summative assessment for this module comprises a non-venue based e-portfolio.

Geographical Information Systems - GGH4801 Year module NQF Level: 8 Credits: 24 This module is only available to students registered prior to the 2013 academic year. Last year of registration for the module is 2014

Purpose: Nature of GIS (definitions, geographical concepts, functional elements, components); GIS data structures (raster and vector); GIS data acquisition (data sets, quality); Preprocessing (format conversion, data reduction and generalization, error detection and editing, merging, edge matching, rectification and registration, interpolation, photo interpretation); GIS data management (basic principles, efficiency, conventional database management systems, spatial database management); GIS data manipulation and analysis (reclassification and aggregation, geometric operations, centroid determination, data structure conversion, spatial operations, measurement, statistical analysis, modeling); Output (types, hardware components); Remote sensing and GIS (historic overview, technology, image processing, interfacing remote sensing and GIS applications); GIS implementation and application (application areas, needs, project management); Cartography for GIS.

The geography of everyday living in human settlements - GGH4802 Year module NQF Level: 8 Credits: 24

Purpose: The purpose of this module is to guide students to explore various factors that impact life in human settlements to enable them to make informed contributions related to everyday living in human settlements. The module forms part of an honors programme that provides learning experiences and opportunities to develop capacity to investigate various geographical problems related to how resource use and environmental change could impact on quality of life in various contexts. Students registering for this module are required to have regular access to a computer and the Internet in order to download or read essential study material from the myUnisa module site and the World Wide Web. This module will be


presented online, and no study material will be posted for this module. Formative assessment must be completed online and summative assessment for this module comprises a non-venue based e-portfolio.

The Geography of Tourism - GGH4803 Year module NQF Level: 8 Credits: 24 This module is only available to students registered prior to the 2013 academic year. Last year of registration for the module is 2014.

Purpose: Tourism as a geographical phenomenon; Factors, influencing tourism; spatiotemporal patterns of international tourism; Tourism maps and destination images; Tourism resources in various environments; Tourism and economic development - a national and regional perspective; Sustainable tourism; Theoretical aspects of the use of GIS in tourism.

Geographic perspectives of environmental change - GGH4804 Year module NQF Level: 8 Credits: 24

Purpose: In this module, a student’s capacity to deal with environmental change from a geographical perspective will be developed. A holistic approach will be followed that acknowledges the spatio-temporal patterns and interrelationships of natural and anthropogenically-induced phenomena. This module contributes to the Honours Program in Geography by elucidating the landscape responses to environmental change and how these responses impact the natural and built environments. Students registering for this module are required to have regular access to a computer and the Internet in order to download or read essential study material from the myUnisa module site and the World Wide Web. This module will be presented online, and no study material will be posted for this module. Formative assessment must be completed online and summative assessment for this module comprises a non-venue based e-portfolio.

The geography of people-resource interactions in the Global South - GGH4805 Year module NQF Level: 8 Credits: 24

This module guides students in developing their own voice on issues related to the interaction between people and resource use in different regions of the Global South. They should develop the capacity to make informed contributions to future resource use in a variety of local contexts.

The Honours in Geography is supported by this module with its unique regional perspective on resource use and the implications thereof, with a strong focus on people and their roles in different spatiotemporal contexts. Students registering for this module are required to have regular access to a computer and the Internet in order to download or read essential study material from the myUnisa module site and the World Wide Web. This module will be presented online, and no study material will be posted for this module. Formative assessment must be completed online and summative assessment for this module comprises a non-venue based e-portfolio.

Geography in action: from problem identification to methodology - HPGGH80 Year module NQF Level: 8 Credits: 24

Purpose: To develop a student’s ability to identify a real life geographical scenario that justifies research and to present an acceptable research proposal on the identified scenario. Students registering for this


module are required to have regular access to a computer and the Internet in order to download or read essential study material from the myUnisa module site and the World Wide Web. This module will be presented online, and no study material will be posted for this module. Formative assessment must be completed online and summative assessment for this module comprises a non-venue based e-portfolio.

The geographer as a researcher - HRGGH81 Year module NQF Level: 8 Credits: 24 Co-requisite: HPGGH80 (Students are however advised to complete HPGGH80 before they register for HRGGH81.) Purpose: To guide students to, undertake the research on their chosen geographical scenario, and to report on their research findings. Learners can provide personal reflections on how the research experience has contributed to their own sense of citizenship and employability. Students registering for this module are required to have regular access to a computer and the Internet in order to download or read essential study material from the myUnisa module site and the World Wide Web. This module will be presented online, and no study material will be posted for this module. Formative assessment must be completed online and summative assessment for this module comprises a non-venue based e-portfolio. Postgraduate (NQF level 9):

NQF Level 9: Master of Science in Geography

NQF level 10 : PhD in Geography Full thesis.

15. Student numbers (2013)

Level Number

First year 7 112*

Second year 6 608*

Third year 2 564*

Honours 212*

(* HEDA: provisional module enrolments per Department)

Masters Doctoral

Proposal Phase 23 16

Dissertation/Thesis 11 25

Submission of notice for examination end: 2013

3 10

Graduation: 2013 3 1


2013 Highlights:

The new Science campus of Unisa was launced during the National Science Week in 2013. We participated in a variety of activities such as roundtable discussions, presentations to school learners and public lectures.

Inocent Moyo (PhD student in the Department of Geography) and Hylton Arnolds (Masters student in the Department fo Geography) have been awarded travel grants to attend the International Geographical Union (IGU) Regional Congress in Kyoto, Japan from the 4th to 9th of August 2013.

During the 25th International Cartographic Conference (ICC2013) of the ICA in Dresden, Germany, a South African entry to the Barbara Petchenik international childrens map drawing competition was a category winner in the under nine category.

The University of South Africa: Department of Environmental ScienceDate of establishment: 2005

Vision and Mission

To be the leading environmental sciences team, to deliver skilled graduates in service of the environment to improve the quality of life.




Professor; Willie; N Horticulture [email protected] 0114712324

Geographers at the University of South Africa



Rank/Position Area of specialisation


Professor Mearns; K.F

Professor Sustainability [email protected] 0114712973

Mrs; Du Plessis; R

Lecturer Waste Management


Mr; Jordaan; M

Lecturer Remote Sensing & GIS


Mrs Van den Berg; U

Lecturer Environmental Management


Mrs Van Niekerk; E

Lecturer Earth systems and processes


Ms; Baker; M

Junior Lecturer Environmental Management


Dr Chitakira; M

Post Doctoral Fellow

Intergrated landscape management


Ms; Sehlapelo-Ibouanga;D

Lecturer Green buildings & Water Management


Department News

Prof. Kevin Mearns recently received his rating as a National Research Foundation (NRF) Y2- rated researcher. His NRF rating comes after much work and Mearns said, “I am honored to receive my rating as this is peer recognition for the research that I have done and challenges me to achieve more.” And his work doesn’t end here. “Besides publishing and disseminating my research findings, one of my future plans are to investigate the challenges that the tourism industry faces to adopting responsibility and sustainability as key management priorities,” he says.


Adriaanse, L. S. and van Niekerk, H. J. (2013) Mendeley for Open Distance Learning (ODL) research projects in Environmnetal Sciences: a social netowrk experiment.

Pretorius, R.W., Coetzee, R., de Jager, A.E., van Niekerk, H.J., Vlok, A.C., Hendrick R.M, & Potgieter, C.E. (2013). From correspondence to online provisioning in open and distance learning: Greening implications versus practical and organisational imperatives.


Van den Berg, U., Labuschagne, J-P. & Van den Berg, H., 2013, ‘The effect of greening the supplier and innovation on environmental performance and competitive advantage’, Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management 7(1), pages. doi: 10.4102/jtscm.v7i1.121







Ms. Baker; M

Assessment of the current sustainable performance of two safari camps owned by Wilderness Safaris in Namibia

Oral Powerpoint presentation at a National conference

September 2013 Department of tourism student seminar

Dr M. Chitakira

Constructing an ecoagriculture feasibility index for a transfrontier conservation area in Southern Africa

Oral powerpoint presentation at an international conference

17 & 18 November, 2013

2013 International Conference on Sustainable Environment and Agriculture

HJ van Niekerk

Mendeley for Open Distance Learning (ODL) research projects in Environmnetal Sciences: a social netowrk experiment.

Powerpoint presentation at a conference

20 September 2013 DEASA

HJ van Niekerk

Towards understanding ground water pollution in the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site

Poster presentation at a conference

25 October 2013 GSA


https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259258988_Mendeley_for_Open_Distance_Learning_(ODL)_research_projects_in_Environmnetal_Sciences_a_social_netowrk_experiment?ev=prf_pub




Research Master Dissertations completed in 2013:

Student’s Name



Ms. Baker; M.

Assessment of the sustainability of Little Kulala Camp and Kulala Wilderness Camp in Namibia

The University of Johannesberg

M.A. Environmental Management

Professor, Mearns; K.F.

N/A

1. PhD Thesis’s completed in 2013:

Student’s Name


M. Chitakira

Factors affecting ecoagriculture for integrated farming and biodiversity conservation in a transfrontier conservation area in Southern Africa

University of Pretoria

PhD Dr E.F. Torquebiau

Prof. J.W.H. Ferguson

Other important Information

Dr M. Chitakira applied to join the SSAG as a new member early this year (2014)

Mrs Van Niekerk completed the MDE Certificate at UMUC in 2013


University of Fort Hare: Department of Geography and Environmental ScienceVision and Mission

The Department is committed to academic excellence. Its undergraduate degree programme is carefully balanced between Physical and Human Geography, with emphasis on their integration, particularly through field studies. The postgraduate programme is strongly conceptually and deductively informed, thereby providing a rich theoretical foundation for empirical research. The Department’s principal objective is to build and sustain a strong, vibrant and critical cohort of postgraduate students, dedicated to challenging established modes of thinking and research in selected Geographical and Environmental niche areas.

Contact Person: Dr S. Mosweu [email protected]

Head of Department:

Name (Title, Surname, Initials) Area of E-mail Office


specialisation Telephone Number

Dr Mosweu, S Environmental Science

[email protected] (040) 6022768

Geographers at Fort Hare




Dr Mosweu, S Lecturer Environmental Science

[email protected] (040)6022768

Prof. Seethal, C.E.P.

Full Professor Human Geography


Prof. Nel, W Associate Professor

Physical Geography


Dr Pillay, R Lecturer Spatial Analysis and Environmental Geography


Mr. Magagula, H.B

Lecturer Physical Geography


Ms. Mzitshi, Z.A.F.

Lecturer Human Geography






Ms. Okecha, K Senior Lab Assistant

Human Geography


Department News

Prof W Nel visited Marion Island in April/May 2013 as team leader of the NRF/SANAP Landscape processes in Antarctic Ecosystems. He is also on the steering committee of the newly appointed IGU Commission on Geomorphology. Mr HB Magagula received NRF Thuthuka funding for his PhD studies on environmental management in the South African National Defence Force. He has established research collaborations with Dr. OJ Odindi at UKZN and Cdr. HAP Smit at Stellenbosch University, Saldanha Military Academy.








Professor Seethal serves as Past President and Treasurer of the Society of South African Geographers (SSAG) (2012-2014). He is also one of the representatives of the SSAG on the South African National Council of the International Geographical Union (SANC-IGU).

Professor Seethal participated in Best Practices Workshop in the Department of Geography, History and Environmental Studies at the University of Namibia, in Windhoek on 18 th-19th

November 2013. He also served as External Examiner in Geography at the Masters Degree level for the University of KwaZulu-Natal and the Doctoral Degree level for the University of South Africa.

Dr S. Mosweu and Dr R. Pillay are the new academic staff members who have joined the Department.

2013 Dated Publications:

Nel, W., Anderson, R.L., Sumner, P.D., Boojhawon, R., Rughooputh, S.D.D.V. and Dunputh, B.H.J., 2013. Temporal sensitivity analysis of erosivity estimations in a high rainfall tropical island environment. Geografiska Annaler: A, 95, 337–343. doi:10.1111/geoa.12017

Nel, W. and Boelhouwers, J.C. (2013) First observations of needle ice initiation in the sub-Antarctic. Antarctic Science, doi:10.1017/S0954102013000722

Hansen, C.D., Meiklejohn, K.I., Nel, W., Loubser, M.J., Van Der Merwe, B.J., 2013. Aspect-controlled weathering observed on a blockfield in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica. Geografiska Annaler A, 95, 305–313. doi:10.1111/geoa.12025

Sumner, P.D., Nel, W., Holmes, P.J. and Seely, M., 2013. Preface: Southern African geomorphology: looking back, moving forward. Geografiska Annaler A, 95, 267–269. doi:10.1111/geoa12030

Bwalya, J. and Seethal, C. “Dearth of collective efficacy: Towards explaining truncated municipal water service delivery in Kabwe, Central Zambia,” Habitat International, 2013, pp. 142-147.

Mosweu, S., Munyati, C. & Kabanda, T.A. (2013). Prosopis L. Invasion in the South-Western Region of Botswana: The Perceptions of Rural Communities and Management Options. Natural Resources 4 496-505.


Mosweu, S & Letshwenyo, M. (2013). Is roadside grass suitable for use as livestock forage in Botswana. Journal of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology 5(10) 265-268.

Mosweu, S., Munyati, C. & Kabanda, T.A. (2013). Modification of selected soil properties by Prosopis L. in the Kalahari Desert, South-Western Botswana. Open Journal of Ecology 3(2) 145-150.



Title of presentation Format of presentation



W Nel Capacity building at Fort Hare

Paper August 2013 Global Framework for Climatic Services

Seethal, C. and Bwalya, J.

Desegregation in residential suburbs in East London, South Africa (1993-2008)

Paper Presentation (Oral)

22nd July 2013 International Geography Union Urban Geography Commission Conference at Sandton, Johannesburg

Research Master Dissertations completed in 2012: Student’s Name



Stefni Bierman

Synoptic circulation patterns and its relationship with ground thermal characteristics along an altitudinal transect on sub-Antarctic Marion

University of Fort Hare

MSc. Geography

Prof. Werner Nel

N/A


Island.

Master Dissertations of limited scope completed in 2013: Student’s Name



Nini, N Abalone Poaching in the East London Area, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa


M Phil (Env St)

Professor C.E.P. Seethal

N/A

Sibane, N.V.

Environmental Politics: The Case of the Xolobeni Mining Project in Mbizana, Eastern Cape


M Phil (Env St) Professor C.E.P. Seethal

N/A

Short description of the curriculum presented


GEG 111: Geomorphology; Economic Geography and Population Geography (Introduction to Human Geographies I)

Contents: (1) Geomorphology: The Geomorphology component of this module focuses on the earth as a dynamic planet whose surface is actively shaped by physical forces. The emphasis is on the following topics: Earth's internal structure and dynamic crust; tectonic processes, earthquakes and volcanism; rock formation, weathering and mass movement; slope development theories; river systems and landforms; coastal processes and landforms; aeolian processes and arid landscapes.

(2) The Human Geographies sub-module focuses on selected themes. The first set of themes includes the following: The first set of themes has two components. The first component of this theme examines the relationship between culture and nature, including how nature is shaped by the human imagination and the Marxist concept of producing nature. The second component investigates the interaction between society and space, specifically focusing on how spatial patterns reflect social structures and how place and space actively contributes to the construction and reproduction of social identities.


The second set of themes concentrates on two principal areas of study, namely, Local-Global Relations with reference to local matters and global visions, and mosaics, systems and networks; and a focus on Control and Freedom with reference to multiple spaces and locating freedoms.

GEG 121: Climatology; Settlement Geography and Regional Geography (Introduction to Human Geographies II)

Contents: (1) Climatology: This sub-module focuses on the study of fundamental climatology and meteorology at the global, regional and local scale. Course content: Composition of the atmosphere, vertical structure of the atmosphere, physical processes for heating and cooling, horizontal winds in the atmosphere, primary, secondary and tertiary circulation, global winds, major and minor disturbances, South African climate, weather symbols and climate classification.

(2) The Human Geographies sub-module focuses on selected themes. The first set of themes concentrated on three principle areas of study, namely, self-reflexivity in the study of Human Geography; the critique of geographical images; and distinctions between masculinist and feminist geographies.

The second set of themes concentrates on two principal areas of study, namely, Human Geography: Science-Art; and Histories of Human Geographies, and the Art of Human Geography.

GEG 211: Pedology, Population, Climatology, Settlement Geography, Environmental Studies

Contents: (1) Pedology: Soil formation and soil properties, the geography of soils, soil classification systems, soil types and general soil classification.

(2) Population: Population growth and its impact on renewable resources, food security, job opportunities, health and service delivery. Population size, distribution and density; population census and demographic characteristics. Population trends in South and southern Africa are discussed, and compared with those of the First World.

(3) Climatology: This sub-module provides an in-depth understanding of the generic processes governing atmospheric circulation and those specific to southern Africa. The course content includes: Pressure, temperature and density relationship; radiation laws; large-scale weather processes and systems; general circulation of the southern hemisphere; atmospheric circulation and weather over southern Africa; air masses and cyclonic storms; fronts and depression; weather and climate in temperate latitudes and the laws of thermodynamics.

(4) Settlement Geography: This sub-module focuses on the challenges facing urban settlements, namely, urbanisation and counter-urbanisation, gentrification


and loft living in the central city, and inequality in the global city. It also includes aspects that focus on sensing the city-urban experiences; sensing everyday geographies; the blurring of country and city; and commodifying the countryside.

(5) Environmental Studies: Introduction to principal concepts: Environmental studies, environmental science, multi-disciplinarity, inter-disciplinarity, stewardship, domination and the precautionary principle of environmental management. Relationship between environmental studies and coastal and tourism development in South and southern Africa. Gender and environment studies.

GEG 221: Economic Geography, Geomorphology, Statistics for Geographers, Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing

Contents: (1) Economic Geography: This sub-module has two key themes. The first theme introduces students to development geographies, with a focus on select theories of economic development and underdevelopment; criticisms of these theories and alternative ways of viewing of development and underdevelopment; and local and global resistance to neo-liberal economic policies and practices. The second theme in this sub-module introduces students to economic geographies, concentrating on production geographies; the geography of money and finance; and consumption geographies.

(2) Geomorphology: This sub-module provides a systematic overview of the forms and processes associated with rivers and drainage basins. Topics include: Basin hydrology, drainage networks, river hydraulics, sediment transport processes, channel morphology, channel change, and human impacts on fluvial systems. Under human impacts the following are examined: How land uses such as grazing, agriculture (cultivation), logging, urbanization, floods and erosion control affect fluvial processes, morphology, and riparian ecology and habitat?

(3) Statistics for Geographers: This sub-module focuses on the application of statistical methods in research in both human and physical geography. It is concerned with the scientific method of collection, presentation, organisation, analysis and interpretation of numerical data. The course content includes the introduction to statistical methods, central tendency, dispersion and variability, frequency distribution, sampling, sample characteristics and statistical estimation, statistical inference and the testing of hypothesis in both parametric and non-parametric tests and relationships.

GEG 312: Economic Geography and Geographical Research

Content: The Evolution of Economic Geography as a Discipline; The Spatial Organization of the World Economy; International Trade, Globalization, Trade reform and liberalization, Development strategies in Asia and Latin America, Trade agreements (e.g., Asia Pacific Economic Co-Operation), Patterns in International


Trade; Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and the Growth of Multinational Enterprises; The Spatial Transformation of the Periphery, and Transnational Corporations. The Geographical Research component introduces students to the steps in the presentation of a dissertation proposal, the importance of the conceptual framework in research, the compilation of the literature review, the identification of gaps in their chosen field of research, the establishment of the research problem and research questions, and the presentation of the aims and objectives of their research. The research may be in Human Geography, Physical Geography or in Environmental Studies.

GEG 313: Biogeography

Content: Introduction to biogeography, biogeographical processes: speciation, diversification, extinction; biogeographical patterns: distributions processes; ecological biogeography: ecosystem processes, habitats, ecological niche; conservation biogeography: South African biomes, biodiversity

GEG 322: Climatology and Geomorphology

Content: Climatology: Ocean – atmospheric interactions, wind and ocean movement, upwelling, thermohaline circulation, the Walker circulation and ENSO, ENSO and South African rainfall; boundary layer processes: turbulence in the boundary layer, boundary layer modification by urban

areas, air pollution climatology; extreme climatic events and hazards: tropical cyclones, floods and droughts, thunderstorms and tornadoes, climate and health, recent global climate changeGeomorphology: Slope forms, processes and structural control, weathering processes, mass movement processes, scarification; landscape evolution, slope development theories, factors controlling slope development; geomorphic aspects of soil erosion, soil erosion processes, gully development, soil erodibility; soil erosion distribution in South Africa, social aspect of soil erosion, soil erosion and land tenure, government intervention; political aspects of soil degradation: marginalization and soil/land degradation, political unrest and land degradation; soil management and conservation.

GEG 323: Settlement Geography and Geographical Research

Content: The themes selected for study in the Settlement Geography sub-module include: paradigms in human geography studies; urban power and the political economy of cities, including local governance, the change from managerialism to entrepreneurialism, and the consequences for residents at the local sphere; state restructuring, local politics and civil society in South Africa’s urban environment; postmodern urban structure; postmodern perspectives on urban politics in South Africa; global cities discourse; and a study of urban dynamics in East London.

The Geographical Research component includes sampling, qualitative and quantitative data collection techniques, geographical information systems and


remote sensing. Students prepare their data collection instruments; pilot these; collect data; engage in data analysis; and present a bound copy of their research project within prescribed norms for a dissertation.


GEG 501/GEG 501E: Theory of Geography

Content: Geography as a changing discipline with reference to the paradigms: Postmodern Geographies, Feminist Geographies, Regional Geography, Geography as Spatial Science, Humanistic Geography, Applied Geography and Radical Geographies, and their influence on South African Geography. Research methodology, research designs, qualitative and quantitative research techniques, remote sensing and geographical information systems in geographical and environmental research. Requirements for preparation of research proposal; structure and technical requirements for presentation of research project

GEG 502/GEG 502E: Dissertation (compulsory)

Contents: The preparation of the dissertation is conducted in parallel with the Theory of Geography (GEG 501/GEG 501E) module which incorporates research methods and techniques. The selection of the research topic and the research problem must be undertaken in consultation with the Supervisor and the Head of the Department: Geography and Environmental Science.

Prepare, present and submit for approval written dissertation proposal at a seminar in the Department. Complete and submit written dissertation in accordance with approved research proposal. The dissertation must be completed in accordance with the Department’s scientific style and guidelines.

For the dissertation, students need to design, undertake and defend their research on a problem within a specified field in geography or environmental studies/science. Students need to review critically current literature in the field of research; justify selection of research problem; explain research methodology and techniques to be used; select research location; collect, analyze and present research data; display mastery of technical aspects and literary requirements in dissertation writing; establish conclusions; make recommendations based on research; defend findings and relate these to other research. Develop research and creative skills for application in novel and applied research. Provide training in the preparation and sharing of dissertation results in seminars and at student conferences. Develop appreciation for comments and critiques on research.

The last date for submission of the final draft of the mini-dissertation to the internal examiner in the Discipline for comment shall be the first Friday in November of each year. This will enable the supervisor to return the final draft


with comments by the end of the academic year. Students are required to make necessary revisions before final deposit of their mini-dissertations on 09 January in accordance with University regulations.

GEG 508/ GEG 508E: Cartography, Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing

Contents: This module is offered to students who are registered only on a full time basis. It concentrates on the various spatial data gathering processes, the visualization of spatial data and the making of maps using computers, introduction to remote sensing, the use of remote sensing techniques in environmental studies, the utilization of geographical information systems (GIS) in decision making and integrated development planning. The module is designed to provide candidates with skills in the application of GIS and remote sensing for research purposes, particularly for their mini-dissertations.

GEG 515/GEG 515E: Physical Geography: Climatology

Contents: This module deals with climatological and weather patterns via multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches. It equips students with advanced theories on climatological and meteorological processes and provides an analytical and interdisciplinary perspective on climate change issues. The course includes the following: General circulation of the southern hemisphere, southern African weather and climate, frontal system, frontogenesis and frontolysis, cyclone and cyclogenesis, convective activity and formation of convectional cell, urban-rural micro-climates, climate and weather hazards, stratospheric ozone, drought and desertification, global warming, El Niño and La Niña, management of climatologically-induced disasters, environmental risk assessment and analysis, diurnal forcing and local circulations, ocean circulation, climate prediction, interannual variability of the atmosphere-ocean system, dynamics of tropical climates, and planetary micro-scale boundary layer climates.

GEG 517/GEG 517E: Human Geography: Economic Geography

Contents: This module is focuses on specific themes within Economic Geography. The themes are selected to cover a broad range of spatial economic scales from the global to the local. Emphasis centres on global organizations, institutions and systems that impact on economic development at the regional and local level, and on the differences and interrelationship between the North and the South. The module also focuses on South Africa's newly emerging post-apartheid economic spatial framework, as well as the emerging dimensions within the Southern African Development Community, and the rest of Africa (including, New Programme for African Development [NEPAD]).


GEG 523/GEG 523E: Integrated Environmental Management

Contents: This is a one Semester module. The course entails the management and utilization of resources. Participants gain insights into human activities and the implications of local, national and international policies on environmental issues. Learners partake in the assessment of decisions taken by governments and practitioners by relating to theoretical base of environmental economics, waste management and land degradation. Sustainable development of resources is emphasized in the practice of ecosystem management. The contents of the module include resource analysis; principles of environmental management; compartmental and ecosystem approaches to environmental management; land as a resource; land tenure systems in Africa; the agrarian question; environmental legislation and environmental justice; communities and game park management; introduction to environment impact assessment practices; environmental auditing and monitoring; and ISO 9000 and 14000 regulations and standards.

GEG 524: Physical Geography: Geomorphology

Contents: This module focuses on the application of geomorphology into real life problems. The emphasis is on weathering, slope instability (scarification), soil erosion, land degradation, soil conservation, geomorphology in environmental management, geomorphology in impact assessment, and the Landcare programme (Landcare South Africa). Students are required to submit a minor research project based on a selected topic in Geomorphology.

GEG 526/GEG 526E: Human Geography: Settlement Geography

Contents: The module concentrates on selected themes within Settlement Geography, with reference to urban-political geography and the South African urban environment. The themes include: (1) Fordism, Flexible Accumulation, the New International Division of Labour (NIDL), and the Regulation Approach to Development; (2) The Political-economy of Cities and Communities; (3) Postmodernism and Settlement Geography, Engendering Settlement Geography, and Postmodern Urbanism; (4) World Cities: Formation, Theory and Discourse; The Global Economy, Glocalization and Microgeographies; Globalization, Urbanization and Uneven Development; Perspectives on the Global City in (and from) the Global South; and (5) The South African Urban Environment: Progrowth Coalitions, Urban Regimes and Postmodern Politics.

MASTERS OF SCIENCE IN GEOGRAPHY


MPHIL DEGREE IN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

The M Phil programme is designed for students who wish to study for the Masters Degree in Environmental Studies by coursework and dissertation, do not necessarily have a B Sc Honours degree, and are precluded from registering for the M Sc degree. The M Phil programme is designed to run over a minimum period of two years of study for full-time students. Full-time students normally complete their coursework and engage in preliminary work towards their dissertation in the first year of registration. This preliminary work normally includes the formal presentation in the Department of the dissertation proposal. The completion of the dissertation is usually undertaken in the second year of study and after the successful completion of the other three modules. Full-time students may register for all the four modules in the first year of study.

GEG 701/GEG 701E: Research Methodology and Research Reports

Contents: Analyse contribution of the different paradigms in Geography to the development of research methods in environmental studies. Discuss the external and internal environmental contexts contributing to the adoption of different paradigms and research methods in environmental and geographical studies. Compare and contrast paradigms and methodological changes in South African environmental studies with those elsewhere. Identify contribution of individual scholars in shaping the development of geographical and environmental studies thought and research methods. Appreciate philosophical and methodological debates amongst scholars within, and between, different paradigms with specific reference to geographical and environmental studies. Study research designs, methods and techniques in geographical and environmental studies. Determine application of philosophies and research methodologies to empirical research designs in geographical and environmental studies. Understand principles of research project leadership and research project management. Develop appreciation of research integrity and research ethics. Assimilate techniques, skills and style in

GEG 712/GEG 712E: Natural Resources Management

Contents: This is a one-semester module. This module caters specifically for persons with a natural and/or physical sciences background who intend to pursue a career in the field of environmental science. This module is particularly suited to persons already in consulting, education, and research. The contents of this module include natural resources management; environmental impact

assessment; applied geomorphology; land resources management; aspects of pedology, applied hydrology and applied climatology; water resources and catchment management; environmental auditing, risk assessment and risk


management; integrity and environmental ethics; conflict management in environmental resources; environmental resources management policy issues; and aspects of South Africa's environmental law.

GEG 723/GEG 723E: Environmental Impact Assessment

Contents: This is a one-semester module. This module is suitable for persons with a human and/or social sciences background who intend to pursue a career in the field of environmental management. This module is particularly suited to persons already in consulting, education and research. The contents of this module include: Policy and environmental implications of environmental impact assessment; environmentally sustainable development and natural resources utilization; economic and social aspects of environmental resources management; global environmental issues (ISO 1400) and environmental auditing; risk assessment and risk management; integrity and environmental ethics; conflict management in environmental resources management; environmental resources management policy issues; north-south trade relationship and environmental economics; and aspects of South Africa's environmental law.

GEG 724/GEG 724E: Ecological Basis of Integrated Environmental Management

Contents: The module deals with the scientific basis of ecosystem management and the processes of environmental maintenance. The operational and managerial requirements for the safeguard of local and global environments are emphasized. The contents of the module include the ecological basis for integrated environment management; approaches, principles and procedures of protected areas; approaches to terrestrial ecological resources management; coastal zone management and coastal resources management; sustainable development and policy issues on coastal-terrestrial resources utilization; and international and national issues of biodiversity.

GEG 705/GEG 705E: Mini-dissertation

Contents: The preparation of the dissertation is underpinned by a readings course in research methods and techniques (see GEG 701/GEG 701E). For the coursework dissertation, students need to design, undertake and defend their research on a problem of their choice within a specified field in environmental studies. This involves: Reviewing critically current literature related to the topic


of research; justifying selection of research problem; explaining research methods and techniques to be used; selecting research location; and collecting, collating, assimilating, interrogating, analyzing, synthesizing and representing data. Display mastery of technical components and literary requirements in dissertation writing. Draw conclusions and make recommendations based on research. Defend findings, relate these to other research, and if possible, contribute to the development of knowledge. Acquire research skills for application in novel and applied environmental situations and in the resolution of societal problems. Provide training in the preparation and dissemination of research findings, for example, in manuscripts for publication in periodicals. Develop responsiveness to comments and critiques on research. Prepare and submit dissertation.


DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN GEOGRAPHY


Level NumberFirst year 73Second year 36Third year 16Honours 5Masters 9Doctoral 8

Highlights

The Department commenced planning for the 10th Conference of the Society of South African Geographers, and the South African Geography Students Conference. These Conferences will be held at the University of Fort Hare’s East London Campus from 23-27 June 2014.


University of Cape Town: Department of Environmental and Geographical Science Contact DetailsPostal Address: Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch, 7701Telephone: SA (21) 650 2873/4Fax: SA (21) 650 3456

Permanent Academic Staff and area of specialisation

Dr Babatunde AbiodunSenior Lecturer: Atmospheric Science, Climatology

Dr Pippin AndersonLecturer: Director of Graduate Studies

Dr Shari DayaLecturer: Gender, Modernity

Dr Frank Eckardt


Senior Lecturer: Geomorphology, Remote Sensing

Professor Bruce HewitsonChair in Climate ChangeAtmospheric Science, Climatology

Dr Richard HillSenior Lecturer: Environmental Assessment and Management

Dr Peter Johnston Research Officer: Seasonal Forecasting Applications; Climate Change

Professor Mike MeadowsHead of Department: Quaternary Environmental Change

Associate Professor Sophie OldfieldPolitical and Economic Geography

Professor Sue ParnellUrban Studies, Historical Geography

Dr Zarina PatelSenior Lecturer: Environmental governance and politics

Associate Professor Maano RamutsindelaPolitical Geography, Transnational Regionalism

Associate Professor Merle SowmanEnvironmental Planning and Management, Coastal and Small-Scale Fisheries Management

Dr. Kevin WinterLecturer: Environmental Management, Water Resources, Monitoring and Evaluation

Associate Professor Rachel WynbergChair in Environmental and Social Dimensions of the Bio-economyBiodiversity and Social Justice, Commercial Use of Biodiversity, Access and Benefit Sharing; Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Dr Gina ZiervogelSenior Lecturer: Vulnerability and Adaptation

Contract Research Staff

Mr Chimango HaraIntern: Environmental Law

Mr Tich MukungaIntern: Atmospheric Science


Dr Bradley RinkHuman Geography

Ms Kirsten ScottResearch Assistant: EIA, Social Scoping Reports

Ms Anna SteynorResearch Associate: Stakeholder Engagement

Ms Kate SutherlandResearch Assistant: Climate Data Analysis

Ms Claire van WykIntern: Atmospheric Science

Dr Piotr WolskiSenior Researcher: Hydrology

Administrative and Support Staff:

Mrs Sharon AdamsAdministrative Officer

Mr Aldino ArendseAdministrative and Financial Co-ordinator

Mrs Sharon BarnardAdministrative Assistant

Ms Lisa CoopResearch Assistant

Mr Roger Duffett IT Manager

Mr Tony GeorgeLibrary Assistant

Ms Fahdelah HartleySenior Secretary

Mr Sayed HessLaboratory Departmental Assistant

Dr Chris JackSenior Scientific Technical Officer


Ms Vuyokazi MafanyaSenior Secretary

Mr Phillip MukwenhaIT Assistant

Mrs Shaada ReddyLibrarian

Ms Shahieda SamsodienSenior Secretary

Ms Mathilda Jaci Van NiekerkResearch Assistant

Ms Ruwani WalawegeResearch Assistant

Postdoctoral Fellows:

Dr Olivier CrespoAgricultural and Water Research Modelling

Dr Joseph DaronClimate uncertainties and adaptation

Dr Chris LennardAtmospheric Science

Dr Neil MacKellarClimate and Land-cover Change

Dr Kazeem Oare OkosunEpidemiological modelling and climate impact

Dr Serge RaemaekersSmall-scale Fisheries Governance

Dr Samantha Williams Coastal and Small-scale Fisheries

Honorary Professors

Prof John BoardmanSoil Erosion, Land Degradation

Prof Jonathan Crush


International Migration, Transnationalism

Prof Dave ThomasArid Zone Geomorphology, Quaternary Science

Research Associates

Dr Maria HauckDr Laurence Nathan

Dr David Fig

Emeritus Staff

Prof Richard Fuggle

2014 Academic Year back in full swing

2013 was a busy year and, according to Associate Professor Maano Ramutsindela who, along with departmental librarian, Mrs Shaada Reddy, is responsible for the annual research audit, the department’s most prolific year ever in terms of research outputs. In addition, there were no less than eight PhD graduations during the year to go along with many successful Masters degrees. There is no time to waste, however, and the department is already back in full swing as the 2014 academic year gets underway.

Enrolments for undergraduate classes remain very strong and the third year courses in Environment & Sustainability and Environmental Change and Challenge have more than seventy students each. The number indicates that we will once again this year have a high number of applicants for places on the Honours programme.

Professor Sue Parnell has just been informed that she is elected as a Fellow of the Society of South African Geographers. The award is in recognition of outstanding and sustained contributions to research in Geography and will be awarded at the biennial conference of the Society which will take place at the University of Fort Hare East London campus in late June this year.

2014 promises to be yet another hectic year in the life of this bustling department, with a full programme of research seminars, the annual postgraduate symposium and a host of departmental research visitors. August will also see the completion of the departmental external review, with a panel of experts already appointed to review the teaching, research, governance and social responsiveness activities of Environmental & Geographical Science.

Head of Department Mike Meadows says he is confident that 2014 will be another very busy but successful year for the department and he, along with the other academic staff and students, is looking forward to seeing Environmental & Geographical Science at UCT go from strength to strength.


Undergraduate and Post-graduate News

The Department of Environmental and Geographical Science starts each year with a welcome braai for our postgraduate and staff community. This is always a festive event where we all enjoy the opportunity to catch up with each other and share what we have been busy with over the summer. This year’s event was no less lively, and we welcomed in 24 new Honours students and 20 course work Masters students spread between our Environment, Society and Sustainability and the Climate Change and Sustainable Development Masters progammes. Our dissertation Masters and PhD students account for an additional 60 students, and once we add in our course work students from the previous year we find ourselves with a healthy postgraduate community of 120 students.

Our postgraduate course work offerings remain largely the same as previous years with a diversity of courses that range from physical through to cultural geography. We did see two courses added this year in relation to our Climate Change and Sustainable Development Masters which are required courses for these students but elective options open to the broader postgraduate community. One is an introduction to climate change and sustainable development and the other is on climate change adaptation and mitigation. While the Climate Change and Sustainable Development Masters degree is only in its third year, the incorporation of this programme into our Departmental offerings has brought fruitful connections with the African Climate Development Initiative more generally. We have an interesting spread of new dissertation students starting in 2014 with work, for example, on modelling extreme rainfall events over West Africa, understanding the environmental impacts of urban wetland management, and exploring power and identity in the craft industry in Cape Town. While the undergraduate year always gets going a little later than our postgraduate one, the 2014 undergraduate year in Environmental and Geographical Science got off to an equally good start with 196 students signing up for our first year class. Our second and third year classes show a good continued interest in the degree with around 120 and 80 students registered for each year respectively.

Publications – 2013

Edited Books

Elmqvist, T, Fragkias, M, Goodness, J, Güneralp, B, Marcotullio, P, McDonald, R, Parnell, S, Schewenius, M, Sendstad, M, Seto, K, Wilkinson, C, Alberti, M, Folke, C, Frantzeskaki, N, Haase, D, Katti, M, Nagendra, H, Niemelä, J, Pickett, S, Redman, C, Tidball, K (eds). 2013, Urbanization, biodiversity and ecosystem services: challenges and opportunities, Springer Science & Business Media B.V., Dordrecht.

Book Chapters

Anderson, PML, Okereke, C, Rudd, A, Parnell, S 2013, Regional assessment of Africa. In Elmqvist, T, Fragkias, M, Goodness, J, Güneralp, B, Marcotullio, P, McDonald, R, Parnell, S, Schewenius, M, Sendstad, M, Seto, K, Wilkinson, C, Alberti, M, Folke, C, Frantzeskaki, N, Haase, D, Katti, M, Nagendra, H, Niemelä, J, Pickett, S, Redman, C, Tidball, K (eds). 2013, Urbanization, biodiversity and ecosystem services: challenges and opportunities, Springer Science & Business Media B.V., Dordrecht, 453-459.


Elmqvist, T, Fragkias, M, Goodness, J, Güneralp, B, Marcotullio, P, McDonald, R, Parnell, S, Schewenius, M, Sendstad, M, Seto, K, Wilkinson, C, Alberti, M, Folke, C, Frantzeskaki, N, Haase, D, Katti, M, Nagendra, H, Niemelä, J, Pickett, S, Redman, C, Tidball, K 2013, Stewardship of the biosphere in the urban era. In Elmqvist, T, Fragkias, M, Goodness, J, Güneralp, B, Marcotullio, P, McDonald, R, Parnell, S, Schewenius, M, Sendstad, M, Seto, K, Wilkinson, C, Alberti, M, Folke, C, Frantzeskaki, N, Haase, D, Katti, M, Nagendra, H, Niemelä, J, Pickett, S, Redman, C, Tidball, K (eds). 2013, Urbanization, biodiversity and ecosystem services: challenges and opportunities, Springer Science & Business Media B.V., Dordrecht, 719-746.

Flato, G, Marotzke, J, Abiodun, BJ, Braconnot, P, Chou, S, Collins, W, Cox, P, Driouech, F, Emori, S 2013, Evaluation of climate models. In Climate change 2013: The Physical Science Basis, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 741-866.

Goodness, J, Anderson, PML 2013, Local assessment of Cape Town: navigating the management complexities of urbanization biodiversity and ecosystem services in the Cape floristic region. In Elmqvist, T, Fragkias, M, Goodness, J, Güneralp, B, Marcotullio, P, McDonald, R, Parnell, S, Schewenius, M, Sendstad, M, Seto, K, Wilkinson, C, Alberti, M, Folke, C, Frantzeskaki, N, Haase, D, Katti, M, Nagendra, H, Niemelä, J, Pickett, S, Redman, C, Tidball, K (eds), Urbanization, biodiversity and ecosystem services: challenges and opportunities, Springer Science & Business Media B.V., Dordrecht, 461-484.

Johnston P, Thomas T S, Hachigonta S and Sibanda L M. 2013. South Africa. In Hachigonta, S., Nelson, G. C., Thomas, T.S., and Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, L.M. (eds) Southern African agriculture and climate change: a comprehensive analysis, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC, 175-212.

Meadows, M E 2013, William John Talbot 1908-1995. In Geographers biobibliographical studies Volume 32, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, London, 124-136.

Methner, N 2013, Adaptation to climate change: an investigation into Woolworths' water management measures. In Business and Climate Change Governance: South Africa in comparative perspective, Palgrave Macmillan, Hampshire, England, 135-155.

Nash, D, Meadows, M E 2013, Africa. In Metcalfe, S. and Nash, D.J. (eds), Quaternary environmental change in the Tropics, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, 79-150.

Rink, BM 2013, Que(e)rying Cape Town: touring Africa's 'Gay Capital' with the pink map. In Joao Sarmento, J. and Brito-Henriques, E (eds), Tourism in the global south: heritages, identities and development, Centre for Geographical Studies, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, 65-90.

Seto, K, Parnell, S, Elmqvist, T 2013, A global outlook on urbanization. In In Elmqvist, T, Fragkias, M, Goodness, J, Güneralp, B, Marcotullio, P, McDonald, R, Parnell, S, Schewenius, M, Sendstad, M, Seto, K, Wilkinson, C, Alberti, M, Folke, C, Frantzeskaki, N, Haase, D, Katti, M, Nagendra, H, Niemelä, J, Pickett, S, Redman, C, Tidball, K (eds), Urbanization, biodiversity and ecosystem services: challenges and opportunities, Springer Science & Business Media B.V., Dordrecht, 1-12.

Patel, Z, van der Merwe, C 2013, Constitution Hill: just space or space of justice? In Architecture and justice: judicial meanings in the public realm, Ashgate Publishing, Surrey, England, 115-130.

Stott, P, Allen, M, Christidis, N, Dole, R, Hoerling, M, Huntingford, C, Pall, P, Perlwitz, J, Stone, DA 2013, Attribution of weather and climate-related events. In Climate science for serving society: research, modeling and prediction priorities, Springer Science + Business Media B.V., Dordrecht, 307-337.


Vera, C, Gutowski, W, Mechoso, C, Goswami, B, Reason, C J C, Thorncroft, C, Marengo, J, Hewitson, B C, Hendon, H, Jones, C, Lionello, P 2013, Understanding and predicting climate variability and change at monsoon regions. In Climate science for serving society: research, modeling and prediction priorities, Springer Science + Business Media B.V., Dordrecht, 273-306.

Wilkinson, C, Sendstad, M, Parnell, S, Schewenius, M 2013, Urban governance of biodiversity and ecosystem services. In Elmqvist, T, Fragkias, M, Goodness, J, Güneralp, B, Marcotullio, P, McDonald, R, Parnell, S, Schewenius, M, Sendstad, M, Seto, K, Wilkinson, C, Alberti, M, Folke, C, Frantzeskaki, N, Haase, D, Katti, M, Nagendra, H, Niemelä, J, Pickett, S, Redman, C, Tidball, K (eds), Urbanization, biodiversity and ecosystem services: challenges and opportunities, Springer Science & Business Media B.V., Dordrecht, 539-587.

Journal Articles

Abiodun, B.J., Salami, A.T., Matthew, O.J. and Odedokun, S. 2013. Potential impacts of afforestation on climate change and extreme events in Nigeria. Climate Dynamics, 41: 277-293.

Abiodun, B.J., Lawal, K.A., Salami, A.T. and Abatan, A.A. 2013. Potential influences of global warming on future climate and extreme events in Nigeria. Regional Environmental Change, 13: 477-491.

Anderson, P.M.L., Brown-Luthango, M.M., Cartwright, A., Farouk, I. and Smit, W. 2013. Brokering communities of knowledge and practice: reflections on the African centre for Cities' CityLab programme. Cities, 32: 1-10.

Atkinson, O.A.C., Thomas, D.S.G., Parker, A.G. and Goudie, A.S. 2013. Late quaternary humidity and aridity dynamics in the northeast Rub' al-Khali, United Arab Emirates: implications for early human dispersal and occupation of eastern Arabia. Quaternary International, 300: 292-301.

Burrough, S.L. and Thomas, D.S.G. 2013. Central southern Africa at the time of the African humid period: a new analysis of holocene palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimate data. Quaternary Science Reviews, 80: 29-46.

Carr, A.S., Boom, A., Chase, B.M., Meadows, M.E., Roberts, Z.E., Britton, M. and Cumming, A.M.J. 2013. Biome-scale characterisation and differentiation of semi-arid and arid zone soil organic matter compositions using pyrolysis-GC/MS analysis. Geoderma, 200-201: 189-201.

Chase, B.M., Boom, A., Carr, A.S., Meadows, M.E. and Reimer, P.J. 2013. Holocene climate change in southernmost South Africa: rock hyrax middens record shifts in the southern westerlies. Quaternary Science Reviews, 82: 199-205.

Conradie, B.I., Piesse, J., Thirtle, C., Vink, N. and Winter, K.J. 2013. Explaining declining agricultural total factor productivity in the Karoo Districts of the Western Cape, 1952 to 2002. Agrekon, 52(1): 1-23.

Crush, J. 2013. Linking food security, migration and development. International Migration, 51(5): 61-75.

Crush, J. 2013. South Africa as dystopia: diaspora views from Canada. Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, 51(2): 189-209.


Curtis, S., Pain, R., Fuller, S., Khatib, Y., Rothon, C., Stansfeld, S.A. and Daya, S. 2013. Neighbourhood risk factors for common mental disorders among young people aged 10-20 years: A structured review of quantitative research. Health & Place, 20: 81-90.

Daron, J.D. and Stainforth, D.A. 2013. On predicting climate under climate change. Environmental Research Letters, 8: 034021 (8pp)10.1088/1748-9326/8/3/034021.

Donat, M.G., Alexander, L.V., Yang, H., Durre, I., Vose, R., Dunn, R.J.H., Willett, K.M., Aguilar, E., Brunet, M., Caesar, J., Hewitson, B.C., Jack, C.D., Klein Tank, A.M.G., Kruger, A., Marengo, J.A., Peterson, T.C., Renom, M., Oria Rojas, C., Rusticucci, M.B., Salinger, J., Elrayah, A.S., Sekele, S.S., Srivastava, A.K., Trewin, B., Villarroel, C., Vincent, L.A., Zhai, P., Zhang, X. and Kitching, S. 2013. Updated analyses of temperature and precipitation extreme indices since the beginning of the twentieth century:the HadEX2 dataset. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 118: 2098-2118.

Eckardt, F., Soderberg, K., Coop, L.J., Muller, A.A., Vickery, K., Grandin, R., Jack, C.D., Kapalanga, T.S. and Henschel, J. 2013. The nature of moisture at Gobabeb, in the central Namib Desert. Journal of Arid Environments, 93: 7-19.

Eckardt, F., Livingstone, I., Seely, M. and Von Holdt, J. 2013. The surface geology and geomorphology around Gobabeb, Namib Desert, Namibia. Geografiska Annaler Series A-Physical Geography, 95(4): 271-284.

Endris, H.S., Omondi, P., Jain, S., Lennard, C., Hewitson, B.C., Chang'a, L.B., Awange, J.L., Dosio, A., Ketiem, P., Nikulin, G., Panitz, H.-.J., Buchner, M., Stordal, F. and Tazalika, L. 2013. Assessment of the performance of CORDEX regional climate models in simulating East African rainfall. Journal of Climate, 26: 8453-8475.

Estes, L.D., Bradley, B.A., Beukes, H., Hole, D.G., Lau, M., Oppenheimer, M., Schulze, R.E., Tadross, M.A. and Turner, W.R. 2013. Comparing mechanistic and empirical model projections of crop suitability and productivity: implications for ecological forecasting. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 22: 1007-1018.

Estes, L.D., Beukes, H., Bradley, B.A., Debats, S.R., Oppenheimer, M., Ruane, A.C., Schulze, R.E. and Tadross, M.A. 2013. Projected climate impacts to South African maize and wheat production in 2055: a comparison of empirical and mechanistic modeling approaches. Global Change Biology, 19: 3762-3774.

Fatti, C.E. and Patel, Z. 2013. Perceptions and responses to urban flood risk: Implications for climate governance in the south. Applied Geography, 36: 13-22.

Favre, A., Hewitson, B.C., Lennard, C., Cerezo-Mota, R. and Tadross, M.A. 2013. Cut-off lows in the South Africa region and their contribution to precipitation. Climate Dynamics, 41: 2331-2351.

Frame, D.J. and Stone, D.A. 2013. Assessment of the first consensus prediction on climate change. Nature Climate Change, 3: 357-359.

Fung, F., Watts, G., Lopez, A., Orr, H.G., New, N. and Extence, C. 2013. Using large climate ensembles to plan for the hydrological impact of climate change in the freshwater environment. Water Resources Management, 27: 1063-1084.

Garrick, D., De Stefano, L., Fung, F., Pittock, J., Schlager, E., New, N. and Connell, D. 2013. Managing hydroclimatic risks in federal rivers: a diagnostic assessment. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal


Society A-Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, 371(2002): 26ppdoi.org/10.1098/rsta.2012.0415.

Gibson, L.A., Jarmain, C., Su, Z. and Eckardt, F. 2013. Estimating evapotranspiration using remote sensing and the surface energy balance system - a South African perspective. Water SA, 39(4): 477-483.

Jenner, S. and Abiodun, B.J. 2013. The transport of atmospheric sulfur over Cape Town. Atmospheric Environment, 79: 248-260.

Kalognomou, E., Lennard, C., Shongwe, M., Pinto, I., Favre, A., Kent, M., Hewitson, B.C., Dosio, A., Nikulin, G., Panitz, H.-.J. and Buchner, M. 2013. A diagnostic evaluation of precipitation in CORDEX models over Southern Africa. Journal of Climate, 26(23): 9477-9506.

Karmalkar, A.V., Taylor, M.A., Campbell, J., Stephenson, T., New, N., Centella, A., Benzanilla, A. and Charlery, J. 2013. A review of observed and projected changes in climate for the islands in the Caribbean. Atmosfera, 26(2): 283-309.

Leighton, C.L., Thomas, D.S.G. and Bailey, R. 2013. Allostratigraphy and quaternary dune sediments: not all bounding surfaces are the same. Aeolian Research, 11: 55-60.

Leighton, C.L., Bailey, R. and Thomas, D.S.G. 2013. The utility of desert sand dunes as quaternary chronostratigraphic archives: evidence from the northeast Rub'al Khali. Quaternary Science Reviews, 78: 303-318.

Maharaj, S.S. and New, N. 2013. Modelling individual and collective species responses to climate change within Small Island States. Biological Conservation, 167: 283-291.

Moloney, C L, Coyne, V E, Griffiths, C L, Scott, D, Sowman, M 2013, (Research Report) Society, marine ecosystems, innovation and change: current states of knowledge in South Africa. African Journal of Marine Science, 35(3), 359-360

Moore, A., Cotterill, F.P.D. and Eckardt, F. 2012. The evolution and ages of Makgadikgadi palaeo-lakes: consilient evidence from Kalahari drainage evolution south-central Africa. South African Journal of Geology, 115(3): 385-41310.2113/gssajg.115.3.385.

Mustelin, J., Kuruppu, N., Kramer, A.M., Daron, J.D., de Bruin, K. and Noriega, A.G. 2013. Climate adaptation research for the next generation. Climate and Development, 5(3): 189-193.

Oguntunde, P.G. and Abiodun, B.J. 2013. The impact of climate change on the Niger River Basin hydroclimatology, West Africa. Climate Dynamics, 40: 81-94.

Parnell, S. and Crankshaw, O. 2013. The politics of 'race' and the transformation of the post-apartheid space economy. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 28(4): 589-603.

Pasquini, L., Cowling, M. and Ziervogel, G. 2013. Facing the heat: barriers to mainstreaming climate change adaptation in local government in the Western Cape Province, South Africa. Habitat International, 40: 225-232.

Rahiz, M. and New, N. 2013. 21st Century drought scenarios for the UK. Water Resources Management, 27: 1039-1061.


Ramutsindela, M.F. and Shabangu, M. 2013. Conditioned by neoliberalism: a reassessment of land claim resolutions in the Kruger National Park. Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 31(3): 441-456.

Ramutsindela, M.F. 2013. Experienced regions and borders: The challenge for transactional approaches. Regional Studies, 47(1): 43-54.


Ramutsindela, M.F. 2013. The enduring spatial legacy of the Natives Land Act. Social Dynamics, 39(2): 290-297.

Ratnam, J.V., Behera, S.K., Ratna, S.B., De W Rautenbach, C.J., Lennard, C., Luo, J.-.J., Masumoto, Y., Takahashi, K. and Yamagata, T. 2013. Dynamical downscaling of austral summer climate forecasts over southern Africa using a regional coupled model. Journal of Climate, 26(16): 6015-6032.

Ratnam, J.V., Behera, S.K., Ratna, S.B., De W Rautenbach, C.J., Lennard, C., Luo, J.-.J., Masumoto, Y., Takahashi, K. and Yamagata, T. 2013. Dynamical downscaling of austral summer climate forecasts over southern Africa using a regional coupled model. Journal of Climate, 26(16): 6015-6032.

Reinwarth, B., Franz, S., Baade, J., Haberzettl, T., Kasper, T., Daut, G., Helmschrot, J., Kirsten-Sardinha, K., Quick, L., Meadows, M.E. and Mausbacher, R. 2013. A 700-year record on the effects of climate and human impact on the southern cape coast inferred from lake sediments of Eilandvlei, wilderness embayment, South Africa. Geografiska Annaler Series A-Physical Geography, 95(4): 345-360.

Sowman, M., Scott, D., Green, L.J., Hara, M., Hauck, M.B., Kirsten-Sardinha, K., Paterson, B., Raemakers, S., Jones, K., Sunde, J. and Turpie, J.K. 2013. Shallow waters: social science research in South Africas marine environment. African Journal of Marine Science, 35(3): 385-40210.2989/1814232X.2013.836134.

Thomas, D.S.G. 2013. Reconstructing paleoenvironments and palaeoclimates in drylands: what can landform analysis contribute?. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 38: 3-16.

Truc, L., Chevalier, M., Favier, C., Cheddadi, R., Meadows, M.E., Scott, L., Carr, A.S., Smith, G.F. and Chase, B.M. 2013. Quantification of climate change for the last 20,000 years from Wonderkrater, South Africa: implications for the long-term dynamics of the Intertropical Convergence Zone. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 386: 575-587.

Valsecchi, V., Chase, B.M., Slingsby, J., Carr, A.S., Quick, L., Meadows, M.E., Cheddadi, R. and Reimer, P.J. 2013. A high resolution 15,600-year pollen and microcharcoal record from the Cederberg Mountains, South Africa. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 387: 6-16.

Vickery, K., Eckardt, F. and Bryant, R. 2013. A sub-basin scale dust plume source frequency inventory for southern Africa, 2005-2008. Geophysical Research Letters, 40: 2574-527910.1002/grl.50968.

Vickery, K. and Eckardt, F. 2013. Dust emission controls on the lower Kuiseb River valley, Central Namib. Aeolian Research, 10: 125-133.

Wolski, P., Todd, M.C., Murray-Hudson, M.A. and Tadross, M.A. 2012. Multi-decadal oscillations in the hydro-climate of the Okavango River system during the past and under a changing climate. Journal of Hydrology, 475: 294-305.

Zinyengere, N.Z., Crespo, O. and Hachigonta, S. 2013. Crop response to climate change in southern Africa: a comprehensive review. Global and Planetary Change, 111: 118-126.

PhD Graduates

Year Supervisor Student Topic


2013 Oldfield S & Holloway, S.

Pharoah, Robyn Mary

"Sometimes I think the shack was better": examining flood-risk in subsidised housing areas in Cape Town

2013 Sowman M Williams, Samantha

Beyond rights: developing a conceptual framework for understanding access to coastal resources at Ebenhaeser and Covie, Western Cape, South Africa

2013 Tadross M and Hewitson B

Maure, Genito Amos

Effects of biomass burning aerosol loading on Southern African climate

2013 Hewitson BJack, Christopher David

Lagrangian moisture source attribution model and analysis of Southern Africa

2013 Meadows M Quick, Lynne Julia

Late quaternary palaeoenvironments of the southern Cape, Southern Africa: palynological evidence from three coastal wetlands

2013 Tadross M Wallace, Michael

Modelling the impact of future climate change on subregional wheat production in the Western Cape

2013 Meadows M Eze, PeterReconstruction of environmental and climate dynamics using multi-proxy evidence from palaeosols of the Western Cape, South Africa

2013 Eckardt F Gibson, Lesley The application of the surface energy balance system model to estimate evapotranspiration in South Africa

Masters Graduates

2013 Winter K Lakay, VanessaAn analysis of the performance of constructed wetlands in the treatment of domestic wastewater in the Western Cape, South Africa

2013 Winter K Nyemba, Anesu

An analysis of the spatial and temporal changes in the riparian zone of the Berg River in the vicinity of Hermon: implications for governance

2013 Meadows M and Meadows A

Christelis, Theodora

An analysis of the state of green business in the South African retail sector

2013 Winter K Siebrits, Raymond

An analysis of water research in South Africa: paradigm shifts and priority questions

2013 Ziervogel G and Fitt, Michael Analysis of use and value of weather and climate


Hewitson B information for commercial arable farmers in Botswana

2013 Wynberg R and Eckardt F

Lee Pan, Samantha

Changes to land cover and indigenous plant use in the Tshidzivhe Territory in Venda, Limpopo Province, South Africa

2013 Abiodun B Ogier, David Characteristics of inertial gravity waves over Southern Africa as simulated with CAM-EULAG

2013 Hill R Simpson, Nicholas

Effective EIA public participation in the Western Cape, South Africa: stakeholders' opinions of the participation process and the skills and capacities needed to realise NEMA-required effective participation

2013Wynberg R and von Blottnitz H (Chem Eng)

Nasterlack, Tobias

Environmental and social dimensions of fuel ethanol production in Cradock, South Africa, in the context of the wider biofuels debate

2013 Ziervogel G Boshoff, ZoeFarming bees in a dynamic social-ecology: an ethnography of knowledge practice among commercial bee farmers in the Western Cape, South Africa

2013 Daya S Ramdeo Authar, Raksha

Hearing the subaltern widow speak: widows in Vrindavan, India, creating alternative life worlds through notions and enactments of agency, resistance and respectability

2013 Sowman M Parker, Kashiefa

Livelihoods of the small-scale fishers of Struisbaai: implications for marine protected area planning

2013 Behrens R (Civ Eng) Robinson, Kirsty

Mechanisms encouraging transport modal shifts from private to public transport in the city of Cape Town

2013 Leiman T (Economics)

Reynolds, Stephanie

Power, policy and pricing: an analysis of free basic electricity in Khayelitsha

2013 Raemakers S Crowe, John-Paul

Profile of the recreational fishing sector on the Agulhas Peninsula: implications for responsible fisheries governance

2013 Anderson P and Meadows M

Gaffney, Benjamin

The changing face of the Constantia Valley: a temporal study of land use change in a heritage landscape

2013 Winter K Ashburner, Leslie

The co-benefits of environmental job creation projects in Cape Town

2013 Winter K Mzini, Loyiso The effects of greywater irrigation on vegetable crops and soil


2013 Anderson P Cowan, Oliver The Peninsula Shale Renosterveld of Devils's Peak: phytosociology, system drivers and restoration potential

2013 Ramutsindela M Magnusson, Angela

The role of land reform and rural development in sustaining small-scale agriculture: a case study of the Comprehensive Rural Development Program (CRDP) in Dysselsdorp, Western Cape

2013 Abiodun B and Pieterse E

Jenner, Samantha

The transport of pollutants over South Africa and atmospheric sulphur in Cape Town

2013Anderson P and Holmes P (City of Cape Town)

Waller, Penelope

Towards ecological restoration strategies for Peninsula Shale Renosterveld: testing the effects of disturbance-intervention treatments on seed germination on Devil's Peak, Cape Town

2013 Battersby-Lennard J Szewczyk, Joanna

Urban agriculture and the youth: the youth's responses to urban agriculture projects in both of the Du Noon and Joe Slovo Park townships (Milnerton)


University of Zululand: Geography and Environmental StudiesDate of Establishement: 1960

Vision: The Department of Geography and Environmental Studies strives to be in the fore front in providing quality career focused programmes through teaching, research, scholarship and community outreach.

Mission: (a) to provide access to students from diverse backgrounds to an enabling and caring learning and teaching environment. (b) to respond to the global demand for human resource development by training graduates in relevant programmes. (c) to generate knowledge through research in geography and to disseminate it through publications, teaching and development, in partnership with the community and other constituencies.

Contact Person: Mr Amos Mthembu




Vacant

Geographers the University of Zululand




Mr Mthembu,

Lecturer Demographics and Community

[email protected] 035 9026329


A.T. Health; Cultural and Physical Environments

Mrs Ndimande, N.P.

Lecturer Rural Geography and Environmental Management


Mr Chikoore, H.

Lecturer Environmental Management and Atmospheric Science


Mr Xulu, S. Junior Lecturer Environmental Management,

Atmospheric Science and GIS


Miss Myeni, N.B.P.

Junior Lecturer Environmental Management and Rural Geography


Mrs Shonhai V.


[email protected]

035 902 6332

Prof Jury M.R.

Research Fellow

Atmospheric Science

[email protected]





Mrs Khumalo, D.

Secretary [email protected] 035 902 6318

Department News. Mrs Venencia Shonhai joined the Department as a temporary lecturer in the second semester.

Department of Geography and the Department of Chemistry organised a Faculty of Science Postgraduate Symposium which was held on the 1st Novemver 2013. Mr Sabelo Nhlengethwa, our honours student was given an award for outstanding oral presentation.

Two third year students, Mr Sifiso Mbatha and Innocent Mbokodo attended an internship programme at South African Weather Service (Pretoria) during July holidays. The internship is part of the collaboration between the Department of Geography and South African Weather Service. The students were also offered bursaries by SAWS.



There were a number of field trips undertaken by the third year students: One Fieldtrip focused on recreation geography where the students visited the uMlalazi Nature Reserve. Another fieldtrip focused on urban geography where the students received special address by the uMhlathuze Municipality Environmental Planning and Housing personnel.

Geography Staff was also invited to participate in the engagement sessions of the local disaster management plan by uThungulu District Municipality

Third year students in Mlalazi Nature Researve



Jury, M.R. 2013, Variability in the tropical southwest Indian Ocean and influence on southern Africa climate, Intl J Mar. Science, 3, 46-64

Jury, M.R. 2013, Environmental influences on Agulhas fish catch, Intl J Mar. Science, 3, 79-90

Jury, M.R. 2013, Turks and Caicos Islands climate and its impacts, Earth Interactions, doi10.1175/2012EI000490.1

Jury, M.R. 2013, Representation of coastal upwelling and environmental interactions in the southern Benguela by satellite era reanalysis, Intl J Mar. Science, 3, 267-277.

Jury, M.R. 2013, Ethiopian highlands crop-climate prediction 1979-2009, J. Appl. Meteorol. Climatol, 52, 1116-1126.

Jury, M.R., 2013, Climate trends in southern Africa, S. Afr. J. Science, 109, 53-63

Jury, M.R., 2013, A return to wet conditions over Africa: 1995-2010, Theor. Appl. Climatol., 111, 471-481

Jury, M.R., 2013, Climate prediction experiences in southern Africa and key outcomes, J. Natural Hazards, 65, 1883-1894

Perez, C.R. and Jury, M.R., 2013, Spatial and temporal analysis of climate change in Hispañola, Theor Appl. Climatol., 113: 213-224

Jury, M.R., and Chiao, S, 2013, Lee-side boundary layer confluence and afternoon thunderstorms over Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol. 52, 439-454.

Jury, M.R. and Funk, C. 2013, Climatic trends over Ethiopia: regional signals and drivers. Int. J. Climatol. 33, 1924-1935.

Jury, M.R., 2013, An inter-comparison of model simulated east-west climate gradients over South Africa, Water SA, 38, 1-11.


Name of presenter (s) Title of presentation Format of presentation Date of conference/workshop


H. Chikoore Meteorological structure of drought over southern Africa

Oral 19-21 June 2013 First Climate Science Symposium of ZImbabwe

H. Chikoore Capacity development Oral 19-22 August 2013 Road Map for the


in support of GFCS at the University of Zululand

Implementation of the Global Framework for Climate Services



Geography 1 (SGES100)

Earth Science Atmospheric Science Environmental Management Cultural Environment Tourism


Global Landforms Cartography and Thematic Mapping Demographics and Community Health Sustainable Development Hydrometeorology


Urban Geography Recreation Geography Land Use and Resource Management Environmental Management Environmental Research Atmospheric processes Climate dynamics


Bachelor of Arts (Honours) – BA Hons

Bachelor of Science (Honours) – BSc Hons


Master of Arts – MA

Master of Science – MSc



Doctor of Science – PhD



Other important information

Prof L.M. Magi and Prof Jury continue with the supervision of postgraduate students.


Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University: Department of Geosciences*Date of establishment: 1965.

Vision: Society exhibits an ever-increasing awareness of and use of Geographic and Geological knowledge.

Missions: The department strives to develop an atmosphere in which relevant geographical and geological knowledge will be valued for its own sake and also lead to local,regional and global sustainable development.

* Please note that for administrative reasons Geography has been merged with Geology at the NMMU. Vision and mission statements reflect this, but other information pertains to Geography alone.

Head/Chair of Department




Dr Nigel Webb Urban Agriculture [email protected] 41 42028

Geographers at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University




Prof VincentKakembo

Professor Physical Geography


Dr Pakama Siyongwana

Senior Lecturer Urban geography




Dr A de Wit Lecturer Environmental Management


Mrs W Britz Lecturer GIS& Cartography


Ms Delia Ah Goo

Lecturer Urban Geography


Ms LLWilliams-Bruinders,

Lecturer Social Sustainability, Housing Studies






Prof AJ Christopher

Professor Emeritus & Research Associate

Historical and Political Geography

504-2355

Mrs S Entress Secretary Secretary [email protected] 504-2325






Department News

Vincent Kakembo delivered a Professorial inaugural lecture on 21 August 2013 at the NMMU, entitled, “Less Dependency on Land, More Erosion! The Twenty-First Century in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa”.


Webb, N.L., Speyers, T. and Goosen, N. 2013. Short-term Festivals as Examples of Ecotourism? An evaluation of the Kirkwood Wildlife Festival, South Africa. In Kozak,N. and Kozak,M. (Eds.). Tourism Research: An Interdisciplinary Perspective. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars, 157-171.

Wasswa, H, Mugagga, F. and Kakembo, V. 2013. Economic implications of wetland conversion for local people’s livelihoods: The case of Kampala- Mukono corridor (KMC) wetlands in Uganda, Academia Journal of Environmental Sciences 1(4): 066-077.

Barasa, B., Kakembo, V., Mugagga, F. and Egeru, A., 2013. Comparison of extreme weather events and streamflow from drought indices and a hydrological model in River Malaba, Eastern Uganda, International Journal of Environmental Studies, 70, (6), 940–951.

Christopher, A.J. (2013). The Commonwealth censuses: partial insights into issues of identity, Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, 51, 326-342.

Donaldson, R., Mehlomakulu. T., Darkey, D., Dyssel, M., and Siyongwana, PQ., 2013: Relocation: To be or not to be a black diamond in South African townships, Habitat International, 39(114-118).

Siyongwana, PQ., and Sihele, V., 2013. Housing Transformation in Port St Johns, South Africa, since 1994: Journal of Human Ecology, 44 (75-84).

Williams-Bruinders, L.L. 2013. Making Spaces or Building Places? A look at social sustaibaility in low cost housing, Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Environmental Economics, 4(3), 51-58.

Book Chapters

Kakembo, V. 2013. Land disturbance, vegetation invasions and implications for land degradation. In A.J. Daniels (Ed.), Advances in Environmental Research, Vol. 29, Nova Science Publishers Inc. New York, pp. 183-200.

Kakembo, V, Mamfengu, P., and Kerley, G. 2013. Communal Game Farming: A sustainable land use option? In J. B. Smith (Ed.), National Parks: Sustainable Development, Conservation Strategies and Environmental Impacts, Nova Science Publishers, Inc. New York, pp. 155-178.


Name of presenter (s) Title of presentation Format of presentation Date of conference/workshop


Nigel Webb “Otherness” in the Responses of South African Students to Amish and Hutterite

Culture

Paper 6 -8 June 2013 AMISH AMERICA – Plain technology in a Cyber World


Ms Delia Ah Goo & Dr A De Wit

The role of the informal medicinal plant trade in sustaining livelihoods: a South African case study

Paper 9-13 April 2013 Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Los Angeles

E. Cammeraat and V. Kakembo

Vegetation change and geomorphological response of dryland hillslopes

Paper 27-31 August 2013 8th IAG International Conference on Geomorphology, Paris.

Pakama Q. Siyongwana

Urban insecurities and spaces of fear in South African Township, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

Paper 21-26 July 2013. Life in a changing urban landscape IGU Urban Geography Commission

N Chanza & Dr A De Wit

Epistemological and Methodological Framework for Indigenous Knowledge in Climate Science

Paper 09-21 June First Climate Science Symposium of Zimbabwe (Harare)


Student’s Name



Julia Giddy CLARIFYING THE INFLUENCE OFHUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION IN NATURE-BASED ADVENTURE TOURISM IN THE TSITSIKAMMA, SOUTH AFRICA

NMMU M.Sc Nigel Webb _

PhD Thesis’s completed in 2013:

Student’s Name


R. Zengeni ASSESSING SOIL CARBON AND CARBON DIOXIDE EFFLUXES UNDER DIFFERENT VEGETATION COVER CONDITIONS IN THE

NMMU PhD V.Kakembo N Nkongolo


EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE OF SOUTH AFRICA, PHD THESIS, NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY

A. Nyamugana

MONITORING CARBON STOCKS IN THE SUBTROPICAL THICKET USING REMOTE SENSING AND GIS TECHNIQUES: THE CASE OF THE GREAT FISH RIVER NATURE RESERVE AND ITS ENVIRONS, EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA

NMMU PhD V.Kakembo


Undergraduate (NQF levels 5, 6 and 7): General Human, Physcial Geography and GIS

Postgraduate (NQF level 8): GIS, Remote Sensing, Urban and Environmental Geography

Postgraduate (NQF level 9): Degrees by Research only

Postgraduate (NQF level 10): Degrees by Research only.


Level NumberFirst year 199Second year 61Third year 24Honours 17MastersDoctoral 3

Other important information

Mrs Wilma Brits was on study leave in 2013 to complete her PhD.


University of Johannesburg: Department of Geography, Environmental Management and Energy StudiesDate of establishment: 2005 – with the merger of RAU, Vista University (Soweto and East Rand campuses) and Witwatersrand Technikon

Contact person: Dr Jayne Rogerson 011 559 2439. [email protected]




Prof. Ahmed, F GIS and Remote Sensing


Geographers at the University of Johannesburg




Prof. Annagarn, H.

Prof Air pollution [email protected] 011-559-3927

Prof Assoc Prof Geomorphology [email protected] 011-559-


Harmse, J.T.

, water quality, soil

2428

Prof Kotze, N.J.

Assoc Prof Urban geography

[email protected] 011-559-3810

Prof. Ledger, J.

Assoc Prof Energy Studies [email protected] 011-559-4275

Dr Kelso, C. Senior lecturer Environmental History


Dr Rampedi, I.

Senior lecturer Environmental geography


Dr Rogerson, J.

Lecturer Urban geography, Economic Geography


Mrs Block, E.

Lecturer Population and urban geography; map skills


Mrs McKay, T.J.M.

Lecturer Adventure tourism; Geography of education


Mrs Schoeman, T

Lecturer Environmental geography, GIS






Mrs Enslin, E Technician [email protected] 011-559-3736Ms Scott, M Departmental


Mrs Job, W Cartographer [email protected] 011-559-4423

Department News

Dr Isaac Rampedi was invited to attend a 4 day international workshop on the establishment of the IKIAM University in the napo Province Ecuador, South America.


UJ geography together with Stellenbosch geography co-organized the IGU Urban Commmission Annual Conference in South Africa

The department currently has three post-doctoral research fellows

Dr Lukas Scheepers retired after 40 years service to RAU and UJ

Dr Jayne Rogerson was appointed as lecturer on 3 year contract

Prof John Ledger is editor of Environment magazine and he organized The Greenest Event at the Sandton Convention Centre 5 June 2013.


Ahmed, A., Ahmed, Z., Jinbai, H., Kimura, R., Ojha, C & Yasuda, H. 2013 Relationship between rainfall erosivity indicators under arid environemtns: Case of Liudaogou basin in Chinese Loess plateau, Journal of Food Agriculture & Environment

Booyens, I., Molotja, N. & Phiri, M. 2013 Innovation in high-technology SMMEs: The case of the new media sector in Cape Town, Urban Forum, 24 (2), 289-306

Buscher, B.E. 2013 ‘Prosuming’ conservation? Web 2.0, nature and the intensification of value-producing labour in late capitalism, Journal of Consumer Culture, 13 (3), 283-305

Buscher, B. E. 2013 Nature 2.0, Geoforum, 44, 1-3

Buscher, B.E. 2013 Nature on the move: The value and cieculation of liquid nature and the emergence of fictitious conservation. New proposals, Journal of Marxism and Interdisciplinary Inquiry, 6 (1-2), 20-36

Carmody, P. 2013 A global enclosure: The geo-logistics of Indian agro-investments in Africa, Capitalism, Nature, Socialism, 24 (1), 84-103

Carmody, P. 2013 Gobalising solidarity or legitimating accumulation? Brazilian strategies and interest in Africa, Irish Studies in International Affairs, 24, 1-19

Chikava W, HJ Annegarn 2013 Human and physical energy cycles in a subsistence village in South Africa. Journal of Energy in Southern Africa 24 (2), 67-75.


Donaldson, R., Kotze, N., Park, J., Vieyra, O., Visser, G., Wally, N & Zen, J.. 2013 An Uneasy match: Neoliberalism, gentrification and heritage conservation in Bo-Kaap, Cape Town, South Africa, Urban Forum,24 (2), 173-183

Grant, R. 2013 Gendered Spaces of informal entrepreneurship in Soweto, South Africa,Urban Geography, 34 (1), 86-108

Kgote, T. & Kotze, N. 2013 Visitors perceptions and attitudes towards the tourism products offered by Pilanesberg National Park, South Africa, African Journal of Physical Health Education, Recreation and Dance, Sept (2), 323-335

Kotze, N. 2013 A community in trouble? The impact of gentrification on the Bo-Kaap, Cape Town, Urbani Izziv, 24(2), 124-132.

Jones, S. & lalley, J. 2013 Assessing the compatibility of ecotourism and hunting through the attitudes and choices of ecotourists, African Journal of Physical Health Education, Recreation and Dance, Sept (2), 266-275

Lawrence, F. 2013 The role of local economic development agencies in the South African local economic development landscape, Urban forum, 24 (4), 523-541

Lahsen, M., M. M. C. Bustamante, R. Swap, E. McNie, J. P. H. B. Ometto, T. Schor, H. Tiessen, S. Andelman and H. Annegarn 2013 The contributions of regional knowledge networks researching environmental changes in Latin America and Africa: a synthesis of what they can do and why they can be policy relevant. Ecology & Society 18(3): 14 pp.

Mather, C. 2013 From cod to shellfish and back again? The new resource geography and Newfoundland’s fish economy, Applied Geography, 45, 402-409

Matinga MN, HJ Annegarn 2013 Paradoxical impacts of electricity on life in a rural South African village. Energy Policy 58, 295-302.

Matinga MN, HJ Annegarn, JS Clancy 2013 Healthcare provider views on the health effects of biomass fuel collection and use in rural Eastern Cape, South Africa: An ethnographic study. Social Science & Medicine 97, 192-200.

Oguntoke O, AT Adebulehin, HJ Annegarn 2013 biomass energy utilisation, air quality and the health of rural women and children in Ido LGA, South-Western Nigeria. Indoor and Built Environment 22(3), 528-534.

Oguntoke O OA Komolafe, HJ Annegarn 2013 Statistical analysis of shallow well characteristics as indicators of water quality in parts of Ibadan City, Nigeria. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development 3(4), 602-611.


Oguntoke O, OK Otusanya, HJ Annegarn 2013 Emission of pollutants from wood waste incineration at sawmills in Abeokuta metropolis, Nigeria. International Journal of Environmental Studies 70(6), 964-975.

Ololade OO, HJ Annegarn 2013 Contrasting community and corporate perceptions of sustainability: A case study within the platinum mining region of South Africa. Resources Policy 38(4), 568-576.

McKay, T.J.M. 2013 Embedding academic support within an academic discipline: A teaching model, South African Journal of Higher Education, 27(3), 682-695

McKay, T. 2013 Development and land use conflicts on the Ash River, South Africa: Energy provision versus adventure tourism, African Journal of Physical Health Education, Recreation and Dance, Sept (2), 276-293

McKay, T. 2013 Leaping into urban adventure: Orlando bungee, Soweto, South Africa, African Journal of Physical Health Education, Rec reation and Dance, Sept (2), 55-67

McKay, T. 2013 Adventure Tourism: Opportunities and management challenges for SADC destinations, Acta Academia, 45 (3), 30-62

McKay, T. & Simpson, Z .2013 The space between pedagogic collaboration between a writing centre and an academic department, Perspectives in Education, 31 (4), 27-43

Simpson, Z & McKay, T. 2013. Assessment rubrics: Artifacts that speak in tongues? Per Linguam, 29 (1), 15-32

Neukom, R., Nash, D., Endfield, G., Grab. S, Grove, C., Kelso, C., Vogel, C. and Zinke, C.

2013: Multi-proxy summer and winter precipitation reconstruction for South Africa over the last

200 years, Climate Dynamic DOI 10.1007/s00382-013-1886-6

Rampdei, I & Olivier, 2013 Traditional beverages derived from wild food plant species in the Vhembe District, Limpopo Province in South Africa, Ecology of Food and Nutrition, 52(3), 203-222.

Maponya, P & Rampedi, I. 2013. Impact of air pollution on maize production in the Sasolburg area, South Africa, Journal of Agicultural Science, 5(11), 181-188.

Oguntoke O, ME Ojelede, HJ Annegarn 2013 Frequency of mine dust episodes and the influence of meteorological parameters on the Witwatersrand area, South Africa. International Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 2013, Article ID 128463, 10 pages. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/128463.


Oguntoke O (2013) Intra-urban pattern of cancer morbidity and the associated socio-environmental factors in Ile-Ife, South-western Nigeria. Herald Journal of Geography and Regional Planning 2(1), 48- 55.

Pandy, W. 2013 The timeshare industry of Africa: A study in tourism geography, Bulletin of Geography

Pandy, W & Rogerson, C.M. 2013 An historical overview of the establishment of timeshare recreation accommodation in South Africa (1978-1982), African Journal of Physical Health Education, Rec reation and Dance, Sept (2), 105-121

Pandy, W. & Rogerson, C.M. 2013 The timeshare industry of South Africa: Analysis and contemporary challenges, African Journal of Physical Health Education, Rec reation and Dance, Sept (2), 1247-265

Pillay, M. 2013 Agriculture-tourism linkages and pro-poor impacts: The accommodation sector of urban coastal Kwa Zulu-Natal, South Africa, Urban Forum

Rogerson, J.M. 2013 Reconfiguring South Africa’s hotel industry 1990-2010: Structure segmentation and spatial transformation, Applied Geography,36, 59-68.

Rogerson, J.M. 2013 The geography of hotel change in South Africa 1990-2010, Urban Forum, 24 (3), 425-446.

Rogerson, J.M. 2013 Urban tourism and the changing structure of the hotel economy in South Africa, African Journal for Physical, Health Education, Recreation and Dance (AJPHERD), September (Supplement 2), 39-54.

Rogerson, J.M. 2013 The changing accommodation landscape of Free State, 1936-2010: A case of tourism geography, African Journal for Physical, Health Education, Recreation and Dance (AJPHERD), September (Supplement 2), 86-104.

Rogerson, J.M. 2013 Size matters in the African hotel industry: The case of South Africa, African Journal for Physical, Health Education, Recreation and Dance (AJPHERD), September (Supplement 2), 217-233.

Rogerson, C.M. & Rogerson J.M. 2013 African tourism scholarship: Trends in academic journal publishing, African Journal for Physical, Health Education, Recreation and Dance (AJPHERD), September (Supplement 2), 1-8.

Rogerson, C.M. Simango, S. & Rogerson J.M. 2013 From recreation to niche tourism: The transformation of bird watching in South Africa, African Journal for Physical, Health Education, Recreation and Dance (AJPHERD), September (Supplement 2), 122-137.

Rogerson, C.M. Hunt, H. & Rogerson, J.M. 2013 Safari lodges and local economic linkages in South Africa, Africanus, 43 (1), 3-17.


Rogerson, J.M. 2013 Market segmentation and the changing budget hotel industry of urban South Africa, Urbani Izziv , 24 (2), 112-123.

Sandbrook, C., Adams, W.M., Buscher, B. E.,& Vera, B 2013 Social research and biodiversity conservation, Conservation Biology, 27 (6), 1487-1490.

Smith, J.R. & Taylor, M. 2013 Reshping the global health agenda, PLOS Neglected Tropcial Diseases, 7(12), DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002529

Tesfagiorgis HB, HJ Annegarn 2013 Evaluation of adjuvants for enhanced management of Podosphaera xanthii using potassium silicate and biocontrol agents. Crop Protection 48, 69-75.

Van der Merwe, D. 2013 The limites of urban heritage tourism in South Afria: The case of Constitution Hill, Johannesburg, Urban Forum, 24 (4), 573-588

Van der Merwe, D. & Rogerson, C.M. 2013 Industrial heritage tourism at the ‘Big Hole’ Kimberley, South Africa, African Journal for Physical, Health Education, Recreation and Dance (AJPHERD), September (Supplement 2), 155-171

Book

Buscher, B.E. 2013 Transforming the Frontier. Peace Parks and the Politics of Neoliberal Conservation in Southern Africa, Durham: Duke University Press

Book chapters

Annegarn H, D M Guy, L Eltrop 2013 The IEEECO building concept as a model for energy efficient homes for the poor. In L. Eltrop, T. Telsnig, U. Fahl (Editors), Energy and Sun–Sustainable Energy Solutions for Future Megacities, pp. 126-140. Berlin: JOVIS Verlag. ISBN: 9783868592733. 248 pp.

Buscher, B.E. 2013 Biodiversity. In C. Death (Ed.), Critical Environmental Politics (pp. 13-21). London: Routledge

Buscher, B.E. & Davidov, V. 2013 Conceptualising lived experiences within the political economy of the Ecotourism-Extraction Nexus. In B. E. Buscher & V. Davidov (Eds.), The Ecotourism – Extraction Nexus: Political Economies and Rural Realities of (Un) Comfortable Bedfellows (pp. 17-34), London: Routledge

Davidov, V. & Buscher, B.E. 2013. Introduction: The Ecotourism-Extraction Nexus. In B. E. Buscher & V. Davidov (Eds.), The Ecotourism-Extraction Nexus: Political Economies and Rural Realities of (Un)Comfortable Bedfellows, London: Routledge

Eltrop L, U Fahl, T Telsnig 2013 Energy & Sun - Sustainable energy solutions for future megacities. In L. Eltrop, T. Telsnig, U. Fahl (Editors), Energy and Sun–Sustainable Energy Solutions for Future Megacities, pp. 13-26. Berlin: JOVIS Verlag. . ISBN: 9783868592733


Ngie A and M Storie 2013 Potential for urban transformation from vulnerability to sustainability through the utilization of storm water infrastructure. In F. Klijn and T. Schweckendiek (Eds) Comprehensive Flood Risk Management, pp. 343-344. (Procs 2nd European Conference on Flood Risk Management Science, Policy and Practice: Closing the Gap. Rotterdam, 20–22 November 2012, 10 pp.)

Telsnig T, E D Özdemir, L Eltrop 2013 The role of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants for South Africa´s electricity generation. In L. Eltrop, T. Telsnig, U. Fahl (Editors), Energy and Sun–Sustainable Energy Solutions for Future Megacities, pp. 47-58. Berlin: JOVIS Verlag. ISBN: 9783868592733. 248 pp.

Telsnig T, E D Özdemir, S D Marathe, J Tomaschek, L Eltrop 2013 Solar energy technologies – GHG abatement costs and potentials for Gauteng, South Africa. In L. Eltrop, T. Telsnig, U. Fahl (Editors), Energy and Sun–Sustainable Energy Solutions for Future Megacities, pp. 169-181. Berlin: JOVIS Verlag. ISBN: 9783868592733. 248 pp.

Proceedings

Kimemia D K, H J Annegarn 2013 SME development through productive use of domestic energy resources. Proceedings of 21st Domestic Use of Energy (DUE) Conference, pp. 61-65. 3-4 April 2013, Cape Town. Print ISBN: 978-1-4799-0050-3. IEEE Xplore INSPEC Accession Number: 13539607

Makonese T, H Annegarn, G Chikowore 2013 An overview of energy use scenarios in the A1 resettlement farming areas of Zimbabwe: A case of CC Molina, Sanyati. Proceedings of 21st Domestic Use of Energy (DUE) Conference, pp. 85-90. 3-4 April 2013, Cape Town. Print ISBN: 978-1-4799-0050-3. IEEE Xplore INSPEC Accession Number: 13539611

Mare M 2013 The applicability of “willingness to pay” for the diffusion of energy-efficient domestic stove technologies in the Southern African market. Proceedings of 21st Domestic Use of Energy (DUE) Conference, pp. 5-10. 3-4 April 2013, Cape Town. Print ISBN: 978-1-4799-0050-3. IEEE Xplore INSPEC Accession Number: 13539599

Rogerson, J 2013 Understanding the hotel and leisure sector as a property asset class in an emerging economy, Pan Pacific Conference, 3-6 June, Johannesburg, 234-237

Rogerson, J 2013 Segmentation of the hotel industry in an emerging economy: The budget hotel sector in South Africa, Pan Pacific Conference, 3-6 June, Johannesburg, 312-315

Rogerson, J 2013 Researching the hotel industry: From a hospitality management to a tourism perspective, Pan Pacific Conference, 3-6 June, Johannesburg, 172-174








T McKay Commercial organic composting in the City of Johannesburg, South Africa

Full paper 21st to 28th July 2013. Regional IGU conference Johannesburg

T McKay Development and Land Use conflicts on the Ash River, South Africa: Energy Provision versus Adventure Tourism

Full paper 4-9 August 2013 Regional IGU Kyoto, Japan

T McKay Is Plagiarism an Academic Literacy Issue?

Full paper 28-29th Oct 2013 Teaching and Learning Conference, NMU

Clare Kelso From Sustainability to Vulnerability: The Namaqua in the 19th Century

Paper presentation 20-24 August 2013 European Society for Environmental History

Clare Kelso Historical Documentary Sources as Proxy for Reconstructing Southern African Precipitation

Poster presentation 1-6 September 2013 NCCR Climate Summer School – From Reconstruction to Prediction

Rampedi, I; Annegarn, H; Clayton, A; Hunter, C & Sutton-Pryce, A.

Characterizing the distribution and habitat conditions of Boophane disticha species within the Klipriviersberg Nature Reserve, near Johannesburg

Paper presentation 1-4 July 2013 Annual IPUF conference, Nelspruit

Rampedi, I Acod ,ome draomage om South Africa: A case study of selected environemtnal impacts.

Paper presentation 10-12 November World Forum Universities of Resources and Sustainability, Norway


Kotze, N & Mateka, G

Hidden in plain sight: The plight of the population of Nthabaseng Village, South Africa

Paper presentation 10-13 June 2013 Atiner Conference: Urban Studies and Planning, Athens, Greece

J. Rogerson The transformation of the hotel industry in South Africa: The budget hotel sector

Paper presentation 9-13 April 2013 Association of American Geographers, Los Angeles, USA

J. Rogerson Understanding the hotel and leisure sector as a property asset class in an emerging economy

Paper presentation 3-6 June 2013 Pan Pacific conference, Johannesburg

J. Rogerson Researching the hotel industry: From a hospitality managemtn to a tourism perspective


J. Rogerson Segmentation of the hotel industry in an emerging economy: The budget hotel sector in South Africa


J. Rogerson Green property development in urban South Africa: Emerging trends emerging geographies

Paper presentation 11-14 June 2013 Nordic geographers Meeting, Reykjavik, Iceland

J. Rogerson Changing hotel spaces in Johannesburg: South Africa’s major city, 1990-2010

Paper presentation 21-26 July 2013 IGU Urban Geography commission, Johannesburg

j. Rogerson Hotel development in South Africa’s world class city: The case of Johannesburg South Africa

Paper presentation 15-17 December 2013 2nd World Research Summit for Tourism and Hospitality, Orlando, USA


Student’s Name



Christopher Burgoyne

An Investigation of Human Activity and Vegetation

UJ Masters Prof. Fethi Ahmed

Dr. Clare Kelso


Change around Mkuze Game Reserve, South Africa

Daniel Bsohoff

Quality aspects of renewable energy EIARs in South Africa

UJ Masters Dr Isaac Rampedi

Master Dissertations of limited scope completed in 2013:

Student’s Name



Anzani Rautenbach

Solid non-hazardous Waste Management on the

University of Johannesburg Doornfontein Campus

UJ Masters in Environmental Management

Dr. Clare Kelso

Geeta Bhagwandin

A study of the current status of waste management and minimization initiatives in two district municipal areas of the Gauteng province (West Rand and Sedibeng)


Dr Isaac Rampedi

Linda Sheppard

Environmental risk assessment of geothermal springs: A case study of


Dr Isaac Rampedi

Prof. J. Olivier


“Eiland” in the Limpopo Province

Paul Rabiega

Analyzing the ecological requirements of reptiles and arachnids: A case study of the Leeuspruit Private Nature Reserve


Dr Isaac Rampedi

Prof. F. Durand

Johannes Scheepers

Energy sources of Bela-Bela Township and the impact therof on the environment


Prof Nico Kotze

Verheul, J.K.

Assessing the effects of the different land uses on water quality on the Upper Wilge river catchment

UJ Masters in environmental Management

Prof Tertius Harmse



Introduction to Human Geography (1A)

Climatology and Geomorphology (1B)

Pedography and Biogeography (2A)

Economic and Population Geography (2B)

Geo-Informatics (3A)

Urban Geography and the South African City (3B)



Ethics, Justice and the South African Environment

Energy Studies

Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Geography Philosophy and Methodology

Geomorphology

Strategic Environmental Planning

Tourism Geography

Urban Geography


Environmental Management 1: The Biosphere and Environmental Studies

Environmental Management 2: Techniques, Analyses and Skills

Masters dissertation in geography


PhD Thesis




North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus: Geography and Environmental ManagementDate of establishment: 1935

Vision and Mission: Undergraduate training aims to provide a strong theoretical foundation in human and physical geography while post graduate training focuses on different environmental management approaches and tools.


Name Area of specialisation E-mail Office Telephone Number

Associate Prof Luke Sandham EIA effectiveness in South Africa


Geographers at North-West University

Name Rank/Position Area of specialisation


Mr Roelof Burger Lecturer GIS and climate modelling





Mr. Dirk Cilliers Lecturer GIS and Strategic Environmental Planning


Mr Theuns de Klerk

Senior lecturer GIS [email protected] 018 299 1583

Prof Stuart Piketh Professor Climatology and climate modelling


Prof Francois Retief

Associate professor; Director School of Geo and Spatial Sciences

Environmental Assessment


Mr. Manna Stander.

Lecturer Human Geography [email protected] 018 299 1587

Ms Carli Steenkamp

Lecturer EIA and Environmental Planning


Mr Jan-Albert Wessels

Lecturer Environmental Control Officers; Post-decision compliance and enforcement in EIA


Prof Angus Morrison-Saunders

Extraordinary professor, visiting from Murdoch University, Perth

Environmental and Sustainability Assessment

[email protected]

Dr Jenny Pope Extraordinary senior lecturer, visiting from Integral Sustainability, Perth

Environmental and Sustainability Assessment

[email protected]





Ms Vernice Swarts Secretary Administrative support [email protected] 018-299-1511

Department News

Extraordinary research appointments:

1. Environmental and Sustainability Assessment: Dr Alan Bond, University of East Anglia, and Dr Jill Gunn, University of Saskatchewan.

2. Climate modelling and air pollution studies: Dr Cindy Bruyère, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Colorado; Prof Bob Swap, University of Virginia, and Dr Barbara Radke, post-doctoral associate.














Peer reviewed articles

Bond, A, A Morrison-Saunders and R Howitt, (editors). (2013), Sustainability Assessment: Pluralism, Practice and Progress, Built Environment Series. (Taylor and Francis, London).

Bond, A and A Morrison-Saunders (2013), "Chapter 3: Challenges in determining the effectiveness of sustainability assessment", in A Bond, A Morrison-Saunders and R Howitt (editors), Sustainability Assessment: Pluralism, Practice and Progress (Taylor and Francis, London).

Bond, A, A Morrison-Saunders and R Howitt (2013), "Chapter 8: Framework for comparing and evaluating sustainability assessment practice", in A Bond, A Morrison-Saunders and R Howitt (editors), Sustainability Assessment: Pluralism, Practice and Progress (Taylor and Francis, London).

Bond, A and A Morrison-Saunders (2013), "Chapter 14: Better Learning", in A Bond, A Morrison-Saunders and R Howitt (editors), Sustainability Assessment: Pluralism, Practice and Progress (Taylor and Francis, London).

Bond, A, A Morrison-Saunders and G Stoeglehner (2013), "Chapter 15: Designing an effective sustainability assessment process", in A Bond, A Morrison-Saunders and R Howitt (editors), Sustainability Assessment: Pluralism, Practice and Progress (Taylor and Francis, London).

Bond, A, A Morrison-Saunders and R Howitt (2013), "Chapter 17: Conclusions", in A Bond, A Morrison-Saunders and R Howitt (editors), Sustainability Assessment: Pluralism, Practice and Progress (Taylor and Francis, London).

Bond, A, B Cave and R Ballantyne (2013), "Who plans for health improvement? SEA, HIA and the separation of spatial planning and health planning", Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 42, pages 67-73.

Bond, A, J Pope, A Morrison-Saunders, F Retief and J Gunn (2014), "Impact Assessment: eroding benefits through streamlining?", Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 45, 46-53.

Bruyère C.L., J.M. Done, G.J. Holland, and S. Fredrick, 2013: Bias Corrections of Global Models for Regional Climate Simulations of High-Impact Weather, Climate Dynamics, DOI : 10.1007/s00382-013-2011-6.

Chanchitpricha, C and A Bond (2013), "Conceptualising the effectiveness of impact assessment processes", Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 43, pages 65-72.

Cilliers DP, TC de Klerk & LA Sandham. Reflecting on GIS related research in South Africa: 1980 – 2012. South African Geographical Journal, 95(1): 1-21.

Done J.M., C.L. Bruyère, A. Jaye, and M. Ge, 2013: Internal Variability of North Atlantic Tropical Cyclones, Submitted to Climate Dynamics

Done J.M., G.J. Holland, C.L. Bruyère, L.R. Leung, and A. Suzuki-Parker, 2013: Modeling High-Impact Weather and Climate: Lessons from a Tropical Cyclone Perspective, Climatic Change.

Eck, T. F., B. N. Holben, J. S. Reid, M. M. Mukelabai, S. J. Piketh, O. Torres, H. T. Jethva, E. J. Hyer, D. E. Ward, O. Dubovik, A. Sinyuk, J. S. Schafer, D. M. Giles, M. Sorokin, A. Smirnov and I. Slutsker ( 2013), A seasonal trend of single scattering albedo in southern African biomass-burning particles: Implications for satellite products and estimates of emissions for the world's largest biomass-burning source, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 118, doi: 10.1002/jgrd.50500

Hobson J and Morrison-Saunders A (2013) Re-framing teaching relationships: from student centered to subject centered learning, Teaching in Higher Education 18(7), 773-783.


Morrison-Saunders A, and Pope J, (2013) Conceptualising and managing trade-offs in sustainability assessment, EIA Review 38:54–63.

Morrison-Saunders, A, J Pope, A J Bond and F P Retief (2014), "Towards sustainability assessment follow-up", Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 45, pages 38-45.

Morrison-Saunders, A. and Hobson, J. (2013). Being subject-centred: A philosophy of teaching and implications for higher education. In Special issue: Teaching and learning in higher education: Western Australia's TL Forum. Issues In Educational Research , 23(2), 212-226.

Piketh, S.J., Vogel, C., Dunsmore, S., Culwick, C., Engelbrecht, F., and Akoon ,I. , 2013: Climate Change and Urban development in southern Africa: Business as usual or business unusual?, WaterSA, submitted, August 2013.

Pope J, A Bond, A Morrison-Saunders and F P Retief 2013, Advancing the theory and practice of impact assessment: Setting the research agenda, Environmental Impact Assessment Review 41: 1–9.

Radke, B., Piketh, S.J., Wasik, A., Namieśnik, J., Dembska, G., Bolałek, J., 2013: Aspects of pollution in Gdansk and Gdynia harbours at the coastal zone of the South Baltic Sea. The International Journal on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation, 7 (1), 11-18.

Retief FP, Morrison-Saunders A, Geneletti D and Pope J (2013) Exploring the psychology of trade-off decision-making in environmental impact assessment, Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, 31(1): 13-23.

Retief, F.P. & Cilliers, D.P. (2012) ‘Integration of sustainability with integrated development planning (IDP) – a key challenge for local government’

Retief, F.P. & Cilliers, D.P. (2012) ‘The interface between environmental management and land use management: complexities, challenges and opportunities’

Sandham L A, F van der Vyver and F P Retief. . 2013. Decision making for Hazardous chemicals – the contribution of Environmental Impact Assessment to the Explosives manufacturing industry in South Africa. Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management ( JEAPM) , 15(3), 1350013: 1-18.

Sandham L A, AJ van Heerden, CE Jones , FP Retief and AN Morrison-Saunders. 2013. Does Enhanced Regulation Improve EIA report Quality? Lessons from South Africa. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 38: 155–162.

Swap, R.J. and Wayland, .K., 2013: Working Across Disciplines and Chipping Away at Silos with SLCE: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Educating Science and Engineering Students, International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering Special Edition, pp. 120–136, Fall 2013 ISSN 1555-9033

Thomas, A R C, AJ Bond and K M Hiscock (2013), "A multi-criteria based review of models that predict environmental impacts of land use-change for perennial energy crops on water, carbon and nitrogen cycling", GCB Bioenergy, 5(3), pages 227-242.


Thomas, A, AJ Bond and K Hiscock (2013), "A GIS based assessment of bioenergy potential in England within existing energy systems", Biomass and Bioenergy, 55, pages 107-121.

Viegas, C V, A J Bond, J L D Ribeiro and P M Selig (2013), "A review of environmental monitoring and auditing in the context of risk: unveiling the extent of a confused relationship", Journal of Cleaner Production, 47, pages 165-173.

Viegas, C V, D L Saldanha, AJ Bond, J L D Ribeiro and P M Selig (2013), "Urban land planning: The role of a Master Plan in influencing local temperatures", Cities, 35, pages 1-13.

Vincent I and A Morrison-Saunders (2013) Applying sustainability assessment thinking to a community governed development: A sea cucumber farm in Madagascar Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, 31(3): 208-213.

Wessels J A (2013). Green public procurement law and policy – challenges and opportunities for local government. In: Local Environmental Law and Governance in South Africa. A du Plessis (ed). JUTA

Wessels J A (2013). Local governments and the greening of buildings within the South African built environment. In Local Environmental Law and Governance in South Africa. A du Plessis (ed). JUTA

Wessels J A, JA (2013). Factors that influence the independence of EIA follow-up verifiers: a developing country perspective, Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, 31:3, 169-179.

Conference Presentations in 2013:

Stuart Piketh, Roelof Burger and post graduate students presented several papers at the IUAPPA conference in Cape Town and at the SASAS conference in Durban.

Francois Retief, Angus Morrison-Saunders, Jenny Pope, Alan Bond, Jan-Albert Wessels, Carli Steenkamp and post graduate students presented several papers the IAIAsa conference in Bloemfontetin, and at the IAIA international conference in Calgary, Canada

Master Dissertations of limited scope completed in 2013:

Eight students completed courseworks Masters in Environmental Management




University of KwaZulu-Natal: School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental SciencesHead/Chair of Department:


E-mail Office Tel Number

Prof Modi, A Crop Science [email protected] 0332605854

Geographers at the University of KwaZulu-Natal





Prof Maharaj, B Professor Geography [email protected] 0312601027

Prof Hill, T Associate Professor

Geography [email protected] 0332605235

Prof Bob, U Associate Professor


Prof Proches, M Associate Professor


Dr Odindi, J Lecturer Geography [email protected] 0332605539

Dr Ahmed, F Lecturer Geography [email protected] 0312603523

Dr Pillay, S Lecturer Geography [email protected] 0312607654

Dr Ramsay, L Lecturer Geography [email protected] 0312608140

Dr Watson, H Senior Lecturer Geography [email protected] 0312601390

Dr Narsiah, S Lecturer Geography [email protected] 0332605343

Mr Foggin, T Lecturer Geography [email protected] 0332605273

Mr Lutchmiah, J Lecturer Geography [email protected] 0312602455

Mr Sookrajh, R Lecturer Geography [email protected] 0312607479

Mr Khanyile, M Lecturer Geography [email protected] 0312607935



Position Area of subject specialization (if applicable)


Prof Beckedahl, H Associate Professor

Geomorphology [email protected] 0332605345

Prof Hughes, J Professor Soil Science [email protected] 0332605422

Prof Mutanga, O Associate Professor

GIS and Remote Sensing


Prof Savage, M Senior Professor Agrometeorology [email protected] 0332605514




















Prof Muchaonyerwa

Associate

Professor

Soil Science [email protected]

0332605764

Dr Dent, M Senior Lecturer Water Management


Dr Finch, J Lecturer Biogeography and Palaeoecology


Mrs Trotter-Richardson, D



Mr Gijsbertsen, B Chief Technician [email protected] 0332605346

Ms Reid, C Principal Technician


Mr Abboy, I Senior Technician


Mr De Vos, D Technician [email protected] 0332606255

Ms Nala, T Technical Assistant


Mr Buthelezi, J Technical Assistant


Mr Powys, E Technician [email protected] 0312607655

Mr Shezi, I GIS Technician [email protected] 0312607650

Mr Singh, R Senior Technician


Mrs Govender, S Administrative Officer


Mrs Sherriff, S Administrative Officer


Mrs McCosh, P Administrative [email protected] 0332605775



















Officer

Mrs Ramroop, S Administrative Officer


2013 Publications

Harrison, P. and Maharaj, B. 2013. Tourism impacts on subsistence agriculture: A case study of the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Journal of Human Ecology, 43:29-39.

Maharaj, B. 2013. Challenges facing Hindus and Hinduism in post-apartheid South Africa. Journal of Sociology and Social Anthropology, 4:93-103.

Maharaj, B. and Khan, S. 2013. Urban sustainability and neo-liberal realities: Durban – a city in Transition. In I. Vojnovic (eds.), Sustainability: A Global Urban Context. Michigan State University Press, pp. 255-281.

Govender, S. and Maharaj, B. 2013. The Politics of a Second Access Route to Chatsworth. In A. Desai and G. Vahed (eds.) Chatsworth: The Making of a South African Township. Pietermaritzburg: UKZN Press. ISBN: 978-1-86914-255-1, pp. 134-141.

Maharaj. B. 2013. Surviving Displacement, Dislocation and Transplantation:

Hinduism in Chatsworth. In A. Desai and G. Vahed (eds.) Chatsworth: The Making of a South African Township. Pietermaritzburg: UKZN Press. ISBN: 978-1-86914-255-1, pp. 392-402.

2013 Conferences

“The Case for Environmental Refugees – A Review of the Evidence”, paper presented at the International Geography Union Conference on Geoinformatics and Climate Change, Maha Rishi Dayanand University, Rohtak, India 14-16 March 2013 (with Yibrah Ghebreyohannes)

“Contesting post-apartheid urban displacement: the struggle for the Warwick Market in Durban”, paper presented at the International Conference on Development-Induced Displacement and Resettlement, Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford, 22-23 March 2013.

“So what’s new? Post-apartheid evictions, displacement and forced removals”, paper presented at the International Geography Union Urban Commission conference, University of Johannesburg, 21-26 July 2013.



“Mega-event Legacies in the South – A Poisoned Chalice? The South African Case”, paper presented at the International Conference on Olympic Legacies and Impacts of Mega-Events on Cities to be held at the University of East London, 4-6 September 2013.

“Geography of Corruption” paper presented at the 1st International Conference of Association of Punjab Geographers on Disasters, Natural Resource Management and Socio-economic Development, Kurukshetra University, Haryana, India 4 – 5 October 2013.

“Challenging Forced Displacement and Removals in post-apartheid South Africa”, paper presented at the 56th African Studies Association Conference, Baltimore, 21-23 November 2013.

“The Elusive Quest for Gold? Impacts of Hosting Mega Events in South Cities,” paper presented at the 12th International Asian Urbanization Conference, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, 28-30 December 2013.


Geer, A Holocene environmental changes derived from a montane pollen sequence in the Kwazulu-Natal Midlands, South Africa. Supervised by Prof T Hill, Co-supervised by Dr J Finch.

Strachan, K Application of intertidal salt-marsh foraminifera to reconstruct late Holocene sea-level change at Kariega Estuary, South Africa remotely sensed image data to discriminate forest species in KwaZulu-natal, South Africa. Supervised by Prof T Hill, Co-supervised by Dr J Finch.

Teaching, learning and research

The importance of providing students with a broad education in Geography whilst also providing them with the opportunity to develop skills for their future careers is recognized at UKZN.

Course modules are offered in human and physical geography, as well as environmental studies and spatial science, including GIS and remote sensing. The majority of the course modules offered emphasize the importance of matching the theoretical component with reality through extensive use of field work.

Human Geography focuses on social, political, economic and environmental interactions that guide the spatial organization of people and contribute to the solution of social problems in our society.

Physical Geography and Environmental Sciences together explain the workings of the Earth’s environmental systems.

Environmental Management is an applied branch of Geography and deals with understanding the way humans impact on and manipulate ecosystems and resources. It seeks ways to prevent or reduce negative impacts by deliberate intervention.

Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing are also applied branches of Geography. These tools concentrate on earth observation using state of the art satellite/airborne image information and


the satellite/airborne image information and the development of spatial date integration methods.

Degrees and modules on offer

The Discipline of Geography, UKZN offers a wide range of programme degrees which enable students to study a mixture of human and physical geography, or to specialize in one or the other.

Undergraduate students can chose from a general studies programme degree (based on majors where you can combine Geography with another subject) or a named programme degree (structured and focused curriculum). Majors are offered in both the Humanities and Science faculties.

At a post-graduate level, students can study for an Honours (BSc Honours Environmental Science; BSc Honours Geography & Environmental Management; and BSocSc Honours Geography and Environmental Management), masters and doctoral degrees.


Level HC PMB W TOTAL

First year 474 341 318 1133

Second year 219 194 183 596

Third year 162 102 138 402

Honours 16 13 12 41

Masters 21 23 28 72

Doctoral 9 11 12 32

University of the Free State: GeographyDate of establishment: 1918

Vision and Mission: The UFS Geography Department aims to be a nationally and internationally recognised entity which, by means of cutting edge technology, is a leading role-player in the central region of South Africa in developing and managing the environment.

Contact Person: Sandra Brits [email protected]





Dr Charles Barker GIS, Fluvial geomorphology

[email protected]

2554

Geographers at the University of Free State




Bloemfontein Campus051 401 2255

Charles Barker

Senior Lecturer GIS, Fluvial geomorphology


Peter Holmes

Professor Geomorphology [email protected] 3570

Gustav Visser

Professor Urban Geography


Ruth Massey Lecturer Urban Geography and Climate change


Eldalize Kruger



Tobeka Mehlomakulu

Lecturer Rural Development


Adriaan van der Walt

Junior Lecturer GIS [email protected] 9653

Anneri Pretorius

Junior Lecturer Environment and Conservation


Mulalo Rabumbulu

Junior Lecturer Geomorphology [email protected] 7104


Qwa Qwa Campus058 718 5475

Hennie Claassen

Senior Lecturer Rural Development


Willie van Zyl Assoc. Professor

Tourism -

Geoffrey Mukwada

Senior Lecturer Environmental Sustainability


Alex Adjei Lecturer Tourism [email protected] 5477

Merle Naidoo Lecturer Environmental Sustainability


Pululu Mahasa

Junior Lecturer Physical Geography


1. Information about the professional and support staff in the Department




Bloemfontein Campus

Sandra Brits Administrator [email protected] 2184

Nolene van Dyk

Administrator [email protected] 2255

Qwa Qwa Campus

Nthabising Mokhethine

Administrator [email protected] 5475

2. Department News

The Society of South African Geographers (SSAG) Student Conference 2013 was hosted by the

University of the Free State’s Geography Department (at the Bloemfontein campus). A number

of students from Universities around South Africa participated in both oral and poster


presentations. The students also enjoyed exploring both the human and physical geographical

aspects of Bloemfontein and the Free State through the field trips organised by UFS staff

members. UFS would like to thank all who participated as well as all those who helped with the

organisation of the event.

Left: Prof Holmes leading one of the SSAG Student Conference field trips. Right: Prof Visser

leading another of the SSAG Student Conference field trips.

In 2013 the Geography Department at UFS (Bloemfontein campus) also revamped their GIS

Lab. The new state of the art facility is now able to host up to 70 students

A new programme in Geo-informatics was developed as part of the UFS's re-curriculation

programme. The programme which offers Geography and Computer Information Systems as

majors was submitted to the Education Advisory Committee of the South African Council for

Professional and Technical Surveyors and was accredited at the end of 2013. The programme

wil produce GISc Technologists (in training) at undergraduate level and GISC Practitioners (in

training) at Honours level


The Bloemfontein campus welcomed three new staff members in 2013: Adriaan van der Walt,

Anneri Pretorius and Ruth Massey. The Department also welcomed back Willie van Zyl at the

Qwa Qwa campus.

Students from the Honors class presented at the International Association of Impact Assessors

(IAIA) South Africa Conference as well as the GIS SA conference.

Gustav Visser presented lectures and seminars at Utrecht University (The Netherlands), and

the Universities of Oulu (Finland) and Umea (Sweden) during the last part of 2013.

Left: Prof. Visser & Santa at his official residence in Rovaniemi, Lapland Right: Prof Dieter

Muller (Dean of Science at Umea University), G and Dr Zetterstrom (Umea University)

Ruth Massey received her Doctorate from Stellenbosch University at the end of 2013. The focus

of her thesis was the upgrading of informal settlements in Cape Town and its impact on

women’s social networks. She was also accepted as a Postgraduate Fellow of the Royal

Geographical Society. Anneri Pretorius received her Masters degree from Maastricht University

in the Netherlands 2013.


Sheffield University students visited the Geography Department during 2013 as part of the Field

Class led by Dan Hammett and Dan Vickers.

Prof Peter Holmes and Hennie Claassen retired at the end of 2013. The Department will miss

their good work and expertise and wishes them all the best in their retirement. Geoffrey

Mukwada was appointed Subject Head at the Qwa Qwa campus.


Books Visser G. and Ferreira, S. (eds.) 2013: Tourism and Crisis, Routledge, London, pp. 206,

ISBN 978-0-415-53376-8, published March 2013.

Chapters Visser, G. and Ferreira, S. 2013. Tourism and crisis -a never-ending story? In Visser, G.

and Ferreria, S. (eds), Tourism and Crisis, Routledge, London pp. 1-11

Visser, G. 2013. The crisis of induced uneven development through South African

tourism marketing strategies. Tourism and Crisis, Routledge, London, pp.129-139.

Journal articles

Visser, G. 2013: Looking beyond urban poor: the new terra incognita for urban

geography. Canadian Journal of African Studies, 47, 75-93.

Donaldson, R., Kotze, N., Visser, G. 2013: An uneasy match: neoliberalism,

gentrification and heritage conservation in Bo-Kaap, Cape Town, South Africa, Urban

Forum, 24(2), 173-188.

Visser, G. 2013: Challenging the gay ghetto in South Africa: Time to move

on? Geoforum, 49, 268-274.

Donaldson, R. du Plessis, D., Spocter, M., and Massey, R. 2013: The South African

area-based urban renewal programme: experiences from Cape Town. Journal of

Housing and the Built Environment, 28(4). Special Issue – Twenty years after the repeal

of the Group Areas Act: Housing, spatial planning and urban development in post-

apartheid South Africa.


Massey, R. 2013: Competing rationalities and informal settlement upgrading in Cape

Town, South Africa: a recipe for failure. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment,

28(4). Special Issue – Twenty years after the repeal of the Group Areas Act: Housing,

spatial planning and urban development in post-apartheid South Africa.

Donaldson, R., Mehlomakhulu, T., Darkey, D., Dyssel, M., Siyongwana, P. 2013:

Relocation: To be or not to be a black diamond in a South African township? Habitat

International, 39, 114-118.

Chingombe, W. Pedzisai, E. Manatsa, D. Mukwada, G and Taru. P. (2014). A

participatory approach in GIS data collection for flood risk management; Muzarabani

district, Zimbabwe. Arabian Journal of Geosciences DOI 10.1007/s12517-014-1265-6

Taru, P, Mukwada, G and Chingombe, W. (2013) Microscopic hair characteristics of

South African Blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), Black wildebeest

(Connochaetes gnou) and Red rock hare (Pronolagus crassicaudatus). Journal of Life

Sciences 5(2): 123-126.

Mukwada, G. and Manatsa, D. 2013. Geospatial and temporal analysis of drought years

in Zimbabwe - 1940 to 1999. Geographia Polonica 86 (4): 313-326.

Taru P, Chingombe W and Mukwada, G. 2013. South Africa’s Golden Gate Highlands

National Park management plan: Critical Reflections. South African Journal of Science.

2013; 109 (11/12), Art. #a0039, 3 pages. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/sajs.2013/a0039

Taru, P. Mukwada, G. Somerai, P. and Chingombe, W. 2013. QwaQwa community

perceptions on the proposed dinosaur museum in the Golden Gate Highlands National

Park, South Africa. African Journal for Physical, Health Education, Recreation and

Dance Supplement 2 (September): 187-198.






Pienaar, A. and Visser, G.

The social impacts of second home development in rural South Africa

Oral presentation

July 2013 International Geographical Union: Urban Commission Conference. Johannesburg, South Africa

Massey, R Integral Theory: A tool Oral July 2013 International


for understanding conflict in urban formalisation processes

presentation Geographical Union: Urban Commission Conference. Johannesburg, South Africa

Hoogendoorn, G. and Visser, G

Second homes tourism research in South Africa: 10 years down the line

Oral presentation

April 2013 Annual Conference of the Association of American Geographers, Los Angeles

Mukwada, G Categorical Principal Components Analysis of social acceptance in South African rural Solar Water Heater projects: The case of Bluegumbosch

Oral presentation

October 2013 International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications, Madrid, Spain


UFS staff at the AAG Meeting, Los Angeles 2013



BA/BSc

First Year: Introduction to Physical Geography, Introduction to Human Geography and Cartography

Second Year: Urban Development, Environmental Studies, Process geomorphology and geomorphologic hazards, Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Third year: Applied urban development and spatial transformation, Environmental management and analysis, Environmental geomorphology, Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Postgraduate:

Honors level:


Geomorphology, Rural Development, Urban Development, Research methodology, Philosophical principles in Geography, GIS, Environmental Management (2 semesters)

Research report


Level Number (Both campuses)First year 439Second year 566Third year 576Honours 22Masters 6Doctoral 3


University of Limpopo: Department of Geography and Environmental Studies

Date of establishment: 1959VISION

To produce capable environmental practitioners for solving environmental problems especially in sub-Saharan Africa.

MISSION:

To train competent and functional geographic and environmental professionals for sub-Saharan Africa through teaching, research and community engagement.

Contact person: Mr. Marubini Rhamudzuli





MR Ramudzuli M (Ag. HOD)

Resource Studies and Environmental Managent

[email protected]

15 268 2330

Geographers at the University of Limpopo



Office Telephone number

Mr D Angwenyi

Lecturer Biogeogaraphy [email protected] 015 268 3765

Mr I Dhau Lecturer GIS and Remote Sensing Applications


Mrs J M Letsoalo

Lecturer Tourism and Waste



Management

Mr M Marais Lecturer Enviromnetal Management and Impact Assesment


Mr M R Ramudzuli

Lecturer Resource Studies and Environmental Managent


Dr G Tawodzera

Senior Lecturer Food Security and Migration

Godfrey [email protected]

015 268

Professional and support staff in the Department




Mrs S Burger Senior Research Assistant

Cartographic Techniques and Population Studies


Ms M C Mothapo

Senior Laboratory Assistant

GIS and Remote Sensing Applications



Tawodzera, G. 2014. Household Food Insecurity & Survival in Harare: 2008 and Beyond, Urban Forum, Springer, DOI 10.1007/s12132-014-9221-9.

Tawodzera, G. 2013. Rural-Urban Transfers and Household Food Security in Harare’s Crisis Conditions, Journal of Food and Nutrition Disorders, Number 2, Volume 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2324-9323.100128.


Crush., J and Tawodzera, G. 2013. Exclusion and Discrimination: Zimbabwean Migrant Children and South African Schools, Journal of International Migration and Integration, DOI 10.1007/s12134-013-0283-7, Springer.Crush, J. and Tawodzera, G. 2013. Medical Xenophobia and Zimbabwean Medical Access to Public Health Services in South Africa, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2013.830504

2. Conference Presentation in 2013:





Mr I Dhau Detection, Mapping and Quantification of Grey Leaf Spot of maize using different remote sensing data

Poster Paper 10 to 12 September 2013.

SA-GEO Symposium of the National Earth Observations and Space Secretariat (NEOSS), University of Fort Hare,

Ms M C Mothapo GIS based approach for selecting the suitable locations for a landfill sites in Greater Tzaneen municipality

Poster Paper 10 to 12 September 2013

SA-GEO Symposium of the National Earth Observations and Space Secretariat (NEOSS), University of Fort Hare,

Dr G Tawodzera

(i) 2014February: Presentation: Migrants and Informality in South Africa,.

Oral Paper 9-11th February 2014 The Urban Informality and Migrant Entrepreneurship in


http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2013.830504

Southern African Cities, Paper Presented at Breakwater Lodge, Cape Town


The department of Geography & Environmental Studies offers training at both the under-graduate and post-graduate levels: Refer to the current Calendar of the School of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences for more detail.

The undergraduate programme offers a three-year training leading to the BSc in Environmental and Resource Studies. Modules offered cover the systematic fields of Physical and Human Geography (including the Regional Geographies of South Africa, Africa and the World) and the applied fields such as Applied Geomorphology and Climatology, Water Resources, Medical Geography, Tourism, Natural Resource Ecology, Environmental Management modules, and Remote Sensing (RS) and GIS applications modules. The department also offers service modules not only to other departments in our School, but also to Schools in the Faculties of Humanities and Management Sciences and Law.

Post-graduate training at the honours level is through course-work, and offered to full-time and part-time students. Post-graduate training at the masters and doctoral levels is currently only through research and is available to both full-time and part-time students. Specialisations can be available in: Geomorphology, Climatology, Biogeography (the geography of soils and vegetation), Natural Resource Ecology, Waste Management, Tourism Studies, Surface Water Resources, Population, Settlement and Transport Geography.

Training in the department is strongly supported by research methods and analytical techniques modules, and by field and laboratory training in


Computer Assisted Cartography, RS and GIS, and Environmental and Social Impact Assessments of existing development projects in the Limpopo Province.




University of the Western Cape: Geography and Environmental StudiesDate of establishment: 1960

Head/Chair of Department: Prof D.S. Tevera




Prof Tevera, D.S. Urban Studies

Human Geography


1. Information about the Geographers in the Department


Rank/Position



Prof Brooks, S Associate Professor

Nature and Land

Human Geography


Dr Murray-Cooke, N

Senior Lecturer

Urban Studies [email protected] 021-9592626

Mr McPherson, E

Senior Lecturer

GIS [email protected] 021-9592668

Dr Boekstein, M Lecturer Tourism [email protected] 021-9592329

Mr Dyssel, M Lecturer Environmental Management

Mapwork


Ms Carolissen, M

Lecturer Physical Geography



Professional and support staff in the Department




Mr Frenchman, D.

Senior technical Officer

GIS [email protected] 021-9592155

Ms Roberts, A Administrative Officer


2. Department News

The Department hosted the GIS Week 2011 on the campus of the University of the Western Cape from the 17th to the 19th of March 2014. The purpose of this event is to welcome learners and educators from all walks of life across the Western Cape Region and to give them an opportunity to experience what GIS [Geographic Information Systems] has to offer. The event is a good platform for educators to create a networking base and also for learners to appreciate the effects of GIS and IT in practical applications. The event is aimed at school learners in Geography and IT fields.

Mr Colin Moodaley retired in December after many years of service as lecturer in the Department.

3. 2013 dated publications:

Barrett, G. Brooks, S. Josefsson, J. and Zulu, N. (2013). Starting the conversation: Land issues and critical conservation studies in post-colonial Africa. Journal of Contemporary African Studies 31(3): 336-344.

Boekstein, M. S. and Spencer, J. P. (2013). International trends in health tourism: Implications for thermal spring tourism in the Western Cape Province of South Africa, African Journal for Physical, Health Education, Recreation and Dance (AJPERD), Vol. 19 (2): 287-298.

Boekstein, M. S. and Spencer, J. P. (2013). Activity-based market segmentation of visitors to thermal spring resorts in the Western Cape Province, South Africa: Assessing the potential for health tourism development. African Journal for Physical, Health Education, Recreation and Dance (AJPERD), Vol. 19 (4:2): 1100-1110.


Dlamini, S.J. and Tevera, D.S. (2013). Protected wildlife and human Interactions: A disenchanting co-existence between Hlane Royal National Park and Matsetsa/Luhhwahhweni communal area in Swaziland, The Dyke, 7(2):1- 13.

Donaldson, R., Darkey, D., Siyongwana, P., Dyssel, M., and Mehlomakhulu, T., (2013). Relocation: To be or not to be a black diamond in a South African township. Habitat International, Vol. 39, 114-118.

Murray, N. and Witz, L. (2013). Camp Lwandle: Rehabilitating a migrant labour hostel at the seaside, Social Dynamics: A journal of African studies, 39:1, 51-74.

Murray, N. (2013). Love and loathing in Cape Town: Role of Uytenbogaardt and the demise of the Werdmuller Centre, in Lagae, J (ed.) Special Edition: Colonial Today, ABE Journal. December 2013. (http://dev.abejournal.eu/index.php?id=376).

Murray, N. (2013). ‘Architecture dreaming; Forms of practice in the architectures of new museums post 1994’, in Centre for the Advancement of Non-Racialism and Democracy, Healing Through Heritage and Memorialisation, Conference Proceedings (Port Elizabeth: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Occasional Publication Series), 44-59.

Ngubane, M. and Brooks, S. (2013). Land beneficiaries as game farmers: Conservation, land reform and the invention of the ‘community game farm’ in KwaZulu-Natal. Journal of Contemporary African Studies,31(3): 399-420.

Singwane, S.S., Matondo, J.I. and Tevera, D.S. (2013). ‘Affordability and willingness to install a rooftop rainwater harvesting system: The case of rural households in the lowveld region of Swaziland’, International Journal of Hydrology Science and Technology, 3(4), pp. 308 – 318.

Tevera, D.S. (2013). African migrants, xenophobia and urban violence in post-apartheid South Africa, Alternation, Special Issue, Number 7, pp. 9 – 26.

4. Conference Presentation in 2013:

Boekstein, M. S. ‘Thermal spring health tourism in South Africa: Developing the niche and revitalising a centuries-old healing tradition’, Paper to Tourism Summit (Parliament), 17 September 2013.

Brooks, S. ‘An arc of dispossession? Reflections on research on private game farming in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands’, Paper to conference “Land Divided: Land and South African Society in 2013, in comparative perspective”, University of Cape Town, 24-27 March 2013.


Dyssel, M. ‘Urban-ecological contestations in Bellville, South Africa Conference - “Life in a changing urban landscape”, IGU Urban Geography Commission, Universities of Johannesburg & Stellenbosch, 21-26 July 2013.

Dyssel, M. ‘Students’ perceptions of Table Mountain’, 2013 International Conference on World Famous Mountains Research and Public Diplomacy, Jiujiang University, Jiujiang, China, 13-15 May 2013.

McPherson, E. ‘The Western Cape Provincial Geographical Names Committee: An Overview’, Africa Geospatial Forum, CTICC, Cape Town, 13-14 August 2013.

Murray, N. ‘Empires of South African Design’, Paper presented at the Re-figuring the South African Empire International Conference in Basel, 9–11 September 2013.

Murray, N. ‘Architecture Dreaming; Forms of practice in the architectures of new museums post 1994’, in Centre for the Advancement of Non-Racialism and Democracy, Healing Through Heritage and Memorialisation, Paper presented at Healing through Heritage and Memorialisation Conference NMMU 18-19 March 2013.

Tevera, D.S. ‘The UNISWA urban food security research project: What are the academic and policy contributions?’, Paper presented at the National Stakeholder Symposium on The State of Food Security in Manzini, University of Swaziland, 14 June, 2013.

Tevera, D.S. ‘Urban food insecurity, urban foodscape and household waste: What can we learn from the experience of Mbabane, Swaziland?’, Paper presented at the Conference on Cities on the move: mobilities and sensibilities, held in Cape Town, 3-5 July, 2013.


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