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Browsing Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology by Issue Date
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Horn, A.C. (Andre Carl)
(University of Pretoria, 1998)
The overall purpose of this study was to investigate the transformation of a South
African region, with the city of Pretoria at its core, from pre-historical times up to
1 994, and with consideration of the prospects for ...
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Dyson, Liesl L.
(University of Pretoria, 2000)
Heavy rainfall and flooding often occur over South Africa. A high percentage of the heavy rainfall events occur over the eastern interior of South Africa and generally during the late summer (January to March) when the ...
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Queiros, Dorothy Ruth
(University of Pretoria, 2000)
Please read the abstract in the 00front part of this document
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Nel, Werner
(University of Pretoria, 2001)
While climate change is expected to have its greatest impacts in the earth's
polar regions, most studies to date concentrate on Northern Hemisphere landscape
changes. In contrast, Southern Hemisphere periglacial environments ...
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De Villiers, Michael P.; Van Heerden, Johan
(Wiley, 2001)
Clear air turbulence (CAT) at high altitude remains a hazard to aviation which can result in passenger
injury and aircraft damage. Two limited surveys of CAT events over South Africa, 1993-1995 (inclusive)
and 1998, are ...
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Vlado, Veldic
(University of Pretoria, 2001)
Please read the abstract in the section 00front of this document
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Phamphe, Avhafarei Ronald
(University of Pretoria, 2005-05-19)
A plant ecological study was conducted in the grasslands of Transkei to develop a better understanding of the distribution, structure and composition of the plant communities found in the area. The agricultural sector in ...
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Mahapa, Sabina Mammelane
(University of Pretoria, 2005-06-04)
There is a considerable body of literature on the transportation activities of rural households. Still, efforts to address rural women's specific travel and transport needs have met with limited or no success. Because rural ...
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Hermandez Peral, Ivan; Prof C J deW Rautenbach
(University of Pretoria, 2005-07-08)
Enhanced evaporation spray system ponds are an inexpensive method for waste water storage and removal. The spray system involves the spraying of the waste water via spray pipes that hang over the waters surface into the ...
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Sumner, P.D. (Paul)
(University of Pretoria, 2005-09-05)
Conflicting reports from geomorphic studies appear in the literature describing the environment of the southern African Main Escarpment region adjacent to the Lesotho Highlands during the cold phases of the Late Quaternary. ...
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Van der Linde, Cornelia Maria
(University of Pretoria, 2005-10-07)
Please read the abstract in the section 00front of this document
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Schwirzer, Anna-Maria
(University of Pretoria, 2006)
Wetlands within South Africa are an important source of water and nutrients necessary for biological productivity and often the survival of the local people. In a country where the rural communities depend on wetlands for ...
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Hedding, David William
(University of Pretoria, 2006)
The influence of climate change on the geomorphology of the interior of Marion Island (above 750m a.s.l.) is investigated as climatic amelioration is thought to be responsible for the observed rapid melt out of the summit ...
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Kgatuke, Mary-Jane Morongwa
(University of Pretoria, 2006)
Global Climate Models (GCMs) and Regional Climate Models (RCMs) represent the atmospheric processes that are nonlinear by nature and are therefore sensitive to small perturbations. The RCMs are provided time dependent ...
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Esterhuyse, D.J. (Daniel Johannes)
(University of Pretoria, 2006-01-18)
The South African Weather Service (SAWS) was offered a unique opportunity to become involved in the prestigious global Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN) project in 1995. This study is an academical and technical ...
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De Meyer, Marizette
(University of Pretoria, 2006-02-18)
The study was initiated from the specific need to provide planners, managers and other GIS users with geographically accurate population data derived during the census surveying process. A basic assumption is that settlements ...
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Larsen, Pauline N
(University of Pretoria, 2006-03-22)
In popular belief urban decay in central Johannesburg drove business northwards into the suburbs and particularly into Sandton Business District, mainly during the late 1980s and 1990s. Evidence collected suggests that ...
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Engelbrecht, F.A. (Francois Alwyn)
(University of Pretoria, 2006-04-07)
Please read the abstract in the section 00front of this document
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Van Rooyen, Jacobus Cornelius
(University of Pretoria, 2006-05-19)
Rural community participation in tourism-based developments in and around protected areas has emerged as a major trend in the Developing world during the last three decades. The basic design of rural community participation ...
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Mafunzwaini, Aluoneswi Elvis
(University of Pretoria, 2006-07-05)
This study is about the Rural Tourism Development Strategy as a means to a co-ordinated, integrated and sustainable tourism in rural areas for the enhancement of the quality of life and tourist satisfaction. The empirical ...