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SOUTH AFRICAN GEOGRAPHERS

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2014-15

NEWSLETTER

Newsletter was compiled using the unedited submissions of representatives of

each department


Contents Obituary: Prof Margaret Marker ................................................................................................................... 5

University of the Witwatersrand: School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies ............ 9

University of the Witwatersrand: School of Education, Faculty of Humanities, Johannesburg. Geography

Department, Social and Economic Management Sciences ........................................................................ 21

University of Cape Town: Environment and Geographical Science ............................................................ 24

Stellenbosch University: Geography and Environmental Studies............................................................... 38

Stellenbosch University (Saldanha Campus): Military Geography ............................................................. 61

University of South Africa: Geography ....................................................................................................... 64

The University of South Africa (UNISA): Department of Environmental Science ....................................... 80

North West University, Vaal Triangle Campus: Geography and Environmental Studies ............................ 93

University of the Free State: Geography .................................................................................................... 98

Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University: Geosciences .......................................................................... 106

University of the Western Cape: Geography and Environmental Studies ................................................ 111

University of Zululand: Geography and Environmental Studies ............................................................... 120

Rhodes University: Department of Geography ......................................................................................... 126

University of Johannesburg: Geography, Environmental Management & Energy Studies ...................... 138

North West University: Geography and Environmental Management .................................................... 146


Foreword: SSAG President

Prof Kevin Mearns

How quickly this year has flown by! The SSAG has never been in a

better position administratively, financially and academically and it

continues to grow from strength-to-strength. We stand at dawn of the

celebration of 100 years of Geography in South Africa and I would also

like to encourage geographers across the country to get involved in the centenary

celebrations taking place in Stellenbosch in 2016. These celebrations will provide

geographers with the opportunity to reflect on the past but also to chart our way into the

future. Have a blessed festive season and a prosperous new year.


Obituary: Prof Margaret Marker

Margaret Eleanor Marker

B: 27 March 1932 D: 12 June 2015

Margaret Marker, who has died in Northumberland in the United Kingdom at the age of 83, was

a significant presence in South African physical geography from the time she arrived in South

Africa in 1970 until after her permanent return to the UK at the turn of the century. Sadly, the

onset of dementia in 2012 spelt an abrupt end to a remarkable academic career which spanned

some four decades.

Margaret Eleanor Marker was born in Hammersmith, London. After a successful school career

she entered, in 1951, St Hilda’s College at the University of Oxford. Three years later she took

her Honours in Geography. Her special subject was entitled The Cycle of the Development of

Landforms and this, appropriately, pointed towards her future research career.

Aided by the award of a Postgraduate Training Scholarship from the Goldsmith’s Company,

Margaret proceeded from Oxford to the University of Melbourne, Australia. Here, under the

supervision of Prof Sir Samuel Wadham of Melbourne’s School of Agriculture, she completed, in

1957, a dissertation entitled The Physiographic Evaluation of the Dundas Area with Reference to

Soil Erosion Problems. For this she was awarded, with distinction, the degree of Master of

Agricultural Science.

In 1958, after a further year of study at Oxford, Margaret embarked on a teaching career which

was, ultimately to lead her to South Africa. She was appointed, initially as Assistant Geography

Mistress at Wirral County Grammar School for Girls in Cheshire. From 1961 to 1967 she was

Head of Geography at that school. Hinting at what lay ahead, Margaret began to research the


evolution of the salt marshes at the Dee Estuary, publishing a paper on that topic in the

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers in 1967.

In 1967, Margaret was appointed to the staff of the Department of Geography at the University

of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. She registered for a PhD which was awarded in 1971 for a

thesis entitled Karst Landforms of the Northeastern Transvaal. The joint promotors were Prof

Peter Tyson (Wits) and Dr Marjorie Sweeting (St Hughes College, Oxford). Apart from lecturing,

Margaret contributed to numerous courses held for teachers in Natal, Johannesburg, Pilgrim’s

Rest, and also Soweto. These courses made her aware of the need for qualified geography

teachers, especially amongst underprivileged communities in South Africa. In 1977 Margaret

moved from Wits to the University of Fort Hare at Alice in the Eastern Cape. She was Professor

of Geography and Head of Department at Fort Hare until her retirement.

Under her leadership, Geography at Fort Hare thrived. High standards were expected from staff

and students. In spite of a heavy teaching program and academic administration, Margaret

published prolifically. In collaboration with renowned limestone geomorphologist and PhD co-

promoter Marjorie Sweeting, Margaret published a classic of southern hemisphere Karst

geomorphology Karst development on the Alexandria Coastal Limestone, Eastern Cape Province.

Papers on aspects of the geomorphology of the Namib, coastal plains, the Lesotho highlands,

and the issue of possible glaciation in the Amatola Mountains near Fort Hare followed. Indeed,

it was Margaret’s fascination with the physical landscapes around her, and her unquenchable

curiosity, which resulted in her publishing on an extraordinarily eclectic range of topics. Her

range of interests also resulted in a wide circle of academic friends, with whom she would

cheerfully share ideas and data. The result was a wide range of collaborative authorships. It was

Margaret’s unique contributions to research, to teaching and to promoting both

geomorphology and community upliftment which endeared her to both students and

colleagues. When she retired from Fort Hare in 1991, past and present students gave her a

memorable farewell party. Appropriately, Margaret was honoured with the award of the gold

medal of the Society of South African Geographers at a ceremony at Fort Hare on 31 October

1996.

Freed from the responsibilities of administration and teaching, Margaret moved to Knysna on

the Cape South Coast, while also assisting the Department of Environmental and Geographical

Science at the University of Cape Town, thus further strengthening physical geography at UCT,

and taking on postgraduate student supervision. Ever the pragmatist, she bought an Isuzu

bakkie and continued with fieldwork. In 1997 she published, famously, a paper on a Holocene

sea-level low-stand, the product of foundation excavations on her Knysna property which

exposed a shell midden!


After buying a house at Eynsham near Oxford in 1992, Margaret continued to publish

prolifically on southern African geomorphology, initially spending more time in South Africa

than the UK. Having finally decided to return to the UK permanently, taking her aging but

faithful Mercedes Benz with her, she generously hosted a stream of South African friends and

visiting academics in her Eynsham home. Her informal Oxford day tours for visitors were known

to test both the physical and intellectual stamina of those who accompanied her. She became a

familiar figure in the School of Geography at Oxford, and continued to undertake fieldwork on

the limestones of the Yorshire Dales, and to publish with Helen Goldie from the University of

Durham until ill health set in.

Margaret Marker was an extraordinary person. Gregarious and generous by nature, she never

married, directing her affection towards family, friends and, not least of all, her loyal students.

Few recognise her pioneering role at Fort Hare where, as an English woman and a Catholic, she

was not exactly embraced as an establishment figure. Blessed with a formidable intellect, she

nevertheless displayed infinite patience and gentle perseverance with students for whom the

penny had not quite dropped. However, she would not tolerate incompetence or slackness in

any form, and could make it quite clear if she was displeased. A respecter of persons, this did

not necessarily extend to reputations. As a newcomer to South Africa, she famously crossed

swords at a conference with the formidable Lester King, having had the temerity to disagree

with the great man regarding an aspect of scarp retreat. While she could, at times, exasperate,

Margaret endeared herself to those with whom she came into contact. One thing is certain;

southern African physical geography, and geomorphology in particular, will miss her sorely. We

will not be privileged to see the likes of a Margaret Marker again.

Note: Margaret Marker’s PhD students included the late Lin Russell (Fort Hare, 1989, Karst

Landforms of the Coastal Limestones), Peter Holmes (UCT, 1998, Late Quaternary Geomorphic

Palaeoenvironments of some Central and Marginal Great Karoo Uplands, South Africa) and

Stephen Craven (UCT, 1994, Cango Cave, Oudtshoorn District of the Cape Province, South Africa:

an assessment of its development and management 1780-1992).

Acknowledgement: With grateful thanks to Professor Colin Lewis who is quoted, in part,

verbatim, but omitting parentheses. Lewis C.A., 1998. Margaret Eleanor Marker. South African

Geographical Journal, 80:1, 8-8.

Peter Holmes

Oxford

June 2015


Tribute by Prof Seethal

It is so sad to hear of the passing of Professor Margaret Marker. We mourn her loss too.

I am on the staff in the Department of Geography at Unisa. Professor Simphiwe Mini who was Professor

Marker’s student from his first year at the University of Fort Hare to completing the PhD at Fort Hare

under Professor Marker in 1993 (graduating in May 1994) is also a Professor in the Department of

Geography at Unisa.

I had a long discussion with Prof Mini about Professor Marker. He recalled his days as a student and a

member of staff at Fort Hare – with Professor Marker, and also visiting her at her home in Knysna. Prof

Mini also spent time in Oxford in England and knew Professor Marker’s family there, in particular her

brother, Stephen Marker, who also wrote to Prof Mini on the day Prof Marker passed away to advise

him of her death.

In the tribute just circulated, unfortunately Prof Simphiwe Mini’s name is not mentioned as one of her

students who completed the PhD. We realise that this was just an oversight.


University of the Witwatersrand: School of Geography, Archaeology and

Environmental Studies

Name (Title, Surname,

Initials)

Area of

specialisation

E-mail Office

Telephone

Number

Professor Fethi Ahmed GIS, Remote

Sensing

[email protected] 011 717 6541

Information about the Geographers in the Department

Name (Title, Surname, Initials)

Rank/Position Area of specialisation

E-mail Office Telephone number

Dr E Adam Lecturer Remote Sensing, GIS in applied environmental science


Mrs C Chamberlain

Principal Tutor Geography Education/Environmental Education


Prof C Curtis Associate Professor

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


Prof. T Dirsuweit

Associate Professor

Urban Studies and Cultural Geography


Prof S Grab Professor Climate Change/Geomorphology

[email protected]. 011 717 6512

Prof J Knight Professor Physical Geography & Climatic 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; Cultural landscapes; African archaeology


Dr K Robinson

Associate Lecturere

Biogeography, Climatology


Dr A Wafer Lecturer Economic and Cultural Geographay


Information about the professional and support staff in the Department

mailto:[email protected]







Position Area of subject specialisation (if applicable)


Ms Donna

Koch

Senior Administrative Officer

n/a


Mr Thandiswe Ntsimbi

Senior Technician

n/a


Mrs Yingisani Chabalala

GIS Technician

and LAN Administrator

GIS


Mrs Barbie Pickering

Financial Administratore

n/a [email protected] 011717 6584

Mrs Angel

Kubheka

Procurement

Officer

n/a


Ms Wendy Phillips

Cartographer n/a


Department News

New staff members: Mrs Winny Chabalala joined the department in March 2014 and our new

GIS technician. Dr Melanie Samson will be joining the team on 1 June 2015 in the position of

Senior Lecturer – Human Geography. Dr Gijsbert Hoogendoorn left the University on 30 April

2015 to join University of Johannesburg.

Dr Thabiso Mokotjomela (a Postdoctoral Fellow in GAES) and one of our PhD Students,

Londiwe Khuzwayo were featured on SABC 1’s TOMz show talking about plate tectonics and

climate change.

2014 dated publications:

School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Sciences : 21.04.2015

Category: Journal Article

PUBNO PUBLICATION

Wits-2015-000098

Adamson G, Nash DJ

(2014). Documentary reconstruction of monsoon rainfall variability over western India, 1781-1860. CLIMATE

DYNAMICS, 42 pp. 749 - 769.








Wits-2015-000100

Malherbe J, Landman W, Engelbrecht F

(2014). The bi-decadal rainfall cycle, Southern Annular Mode and tropical cyclones over the Limpopo River Basin,

southern Africa. CLIMATE DYNAMICS, 42 pp. 3121 - 3138.

Wits-2015-000102

Curtis CJ, Battarbee R, Monteith D, Shilland E

(2014). The future of upland water ecosystems of the UK in the 21st century: A synthesis. ECOLOGICAL

INDICATORS, 37 pp. 412 - 430.

Wits-2015-000110

Curtis CJ, Simpson G

(2014). Trends in bulk deposition of acidity in the UK, 1988-2007, assessed using additive models. ECOLOGICAL

INDICATORS, 37 pp. 274 - 286.

Wits-2015-000113

Battarbee R, Shilland E, Kernan M, Monteith D, Curtis CJ

(2014). Recovery of acidified surface waters from acidification in the United Kingdom after twenty years of chemical

and biological monitoring (1988-2008). ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS, 37 pp. 267 - 273.

Wits-2015-000115

Adam E, Mutanga O, Odindi J, Abdel-Rahman E

(2014). Land-use/cover classification in a heterogeneous coastal landscape using RapidEye imagery: evaluating the

performance of random forest and support vector machines classifiers. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE

SENSING, 35 (10), pp. 3440 - 3458.

Wits-2015-000116

Adelabu S, Mutanga O, Adam E

(2014). Evaluating the impact of red-edge band from Rapideye image for classifying insect defoliation levels. ISPRS

JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING, 95 pp. 34 - 41.

Wits-2015-000117

Hoogendoorn G

(2014). Mapping fly-fishing tourism in southern Africa. African Journal of Hospitality, tourism and Leisure

(AJHTL), 3 (2), pp. 1 - 12.

Wits-2015-000118

Knight J, Burningham H

(2014). A paraglacial coastal gravel structure: Connell's Bank, NW Ireland. JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH,

70 pp. 121 - 126.

Wits-2015-000119

Harrison S, Rowan A, Glasser N, Knight J, Plummer M, Mills S

(2014). Little Ice Age glaciers in Britain: Glacier-climate modelling in the Cairngorm Mountains. HOLOCENE, 24

(2), pp. 135 - 140.

Wits-2015-000157

Grab SW, Linde JH

(2014). Mapping exposure to snow in a developing African context: implications for human and livestock

vulnerability in Lesotho. NATURAL HAZARDS, 71 pp. 1537 - 1560.

Wits-2015-000158

Neukom R, Nash DJ, Endfield G, Grab SW, Grove C, Kelso C, Vogel C, Zinke J

(2014). Multi-proxy summer and winter precipitation reconstruction for southern Africa over the last 200 years.

CLIMATE DYNAMICS, 42 pp. 2713 - 2726.

Wits-2015-000160

Eze PN, Meadows M

(2014). Mineralogy and micromorphology of a late Neogene paleosol sequence at Langebaanweg, South Africa:

Inference of palaeoclimates. PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY, 409 pp. 205 -

216.

Wits-2015-000161

Stratford DJ, Grab SW, PICKERING TR

(2014). The stratigraphy and formation history of fossil- and artefact-bearing sediments in the Milner Hall,

Sterkfontein Cave, South Africa: New interpretations and implications for palaeoanthropology and archaeology .

JOURNAL OF AFRICAN EARTH SCIENCES, 96 pp. 155 - 167.

Wits-2015-000162

Knight J, Grab SW

(2014). Lightning as a geomorphic agent: Reply to comments by Sumner . GEOMORPHOLOGY, 211 pp. 137 -

138.

Wits-

2015-000163

Knight J, Grab SW

(2014). Lightning as a geomorphic agent on mountain summits: Evidence from southern Africa.

GEOMORPHOLOGY, 204 pp. 61 - 70.


Wits-2015-000430

Grab SW

(2014). Spatio-temporal attributes of water temperature and microinvertebrate assemblages in the headwaters of

the Bushmans River, southern Drakensberg. WATER SA, 40 (1), pp. 19 - 26.

Wits-2015-001172

Knight J, Harrison S

(2014). Glacial and paraglacial environments . GEOGRAFISKA ANNALER SERIES A-PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY,

96 (3), pp. 241 - 244.

Wits-2015-001173


(2014). Mountain glacial and paraglacial environments under global climate change: lessons from the past, future

directions and policy implimentations. GEOGRAFISKA ANNALER SERIES A-PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY, 96 (3),

pp. 245 - 264.

Wits-2015-001174

Knight J

(2014). Subglacial hydrology and drumlin sediments in Connemara, western Ireland. GEOGRAFISKA ANNALER

SERIES A-PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY, 96 (3), pp. 403 - 415.

Wits-2015-001646

Fitchett JM, Grab SW, Thompson D, Roshan G

(2014). Increasing frost risk associated with advanced citrus flowering dates in Kerman and Shiraz, Iran: 1960-

2010. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY, 58 pp. 1811 - 1815.

Wits-2015-001647

Fitchett JM, Grab SW, Thompson D, Roshan G

(2014). Spatio-temporal variation in phenological response of citrus to climate change in Iran: 1960-2010.

AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY, 198-199 pp. 285 - 293.

Wits-2015-001710

Ngie A, Ahmed FE, Abutaleb K

(2014). Remote sensing potential for investigation of maize production: review of literature. South African Journal

of Geomatics (formelry South African Journal of Surveying and Geo-Information), 3 (2), pp. 163 - 184.

Wits-2015-002379

Fitchett JM, Grab SW

(2014). A 66-year tropical cyclone record for south-east Africa: temporal trends in a global context.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY, 34 pp. 3604 - 3615.

Wits-2015-002644

Bopape M, Engelbrecht F, Randall D, Landman W

(2014). Simulations of an isolated two-dimensional thunderstorm: sensitivity to cloud droplet size and the presence

of graupel. Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 50 (2), pp. 139 - 151.

Wits-2015-002663

Nash DJ, Adamson G

(2014). Recent advances in the historical climatology of the tropics and subtropics. BULLETIN OF THE

AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, 1 pp. 131 - 146.

Wits-2015-002715

Bopape M, Engelbrecht F, Randall D, Landman W

(2014). Advances towards the development of a cloud-resolving model in South Africa. SOUTH AFRICAN

JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, 110 (9/10), pp. 1 - 12.

Wits-2015-002717

Malherbe J, Engelbrecht F, Landman W

(2014). Response of the Southern Annular Mode to tidal forcing and the bidecadal rainfall cycle over subtropical

southern Africa. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, 119 pp. 2032 - 2049.

Wits-2015-002719

Winsemius H, Dutra E, Engelbrecht F, Archer van Garderen ER, Wetterhall F, Pappenberger F, Werner M

(2014). The potential value of seasonal forecasts in a changing climate in southern Africa. HYDROLOGY AND

EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES, 18 pp. 1525 - 1538.

Wits-2015-002726

Wise R, Fazey I, Stafford Smith M, Park S, Eakin H, Archer van Garderen ER, Campbell B

(2014). Reconceptualising adaptation to climate change as part of pathways of change and response. GLOBAL

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS, 28 pp. 325 - 336.

Wits-2015-002735

Lotter D, Valentine A, Archer van Garderen ER, Tadross M

(2014). Physiological responses of a fynbos legume, Aspalathus linearis to drought stress. SOUTH AFRICAN

JOURNAL OF BOTANY, 94 pp. 218 - 223.

Wits- Lotter D, Archer van Garderen ER, Tadross M, Valentine A


2015-002756

(2014). Seasonal variation in the nitrogen nutrition and carbon assimilation in wild and cultivated Aspalathus linearis

(rooibos tea). AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY, 62 pp. 65 - 73.

Wits-2015-002758

Ziervogel G, New M, Archer van Garderen ER, Midgley G, Taylor A, Hamann R, Stuart-Hill S, Myers J, Warburton M

(2014). Climate change impacts and adaptation in South Africa. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate

Change, 5 pp. 605 - 620.

Wits-2015-003046

Piketh S, Vogel C, Dunsmore S, Culwick CE, Engelbrecht F, Akoon I

(2014). Climate change and urban development in southern Africa: The case of Ekurhuleni Municipality (EMM) in

South Africa. WATER SA, 40 (4), pp. 749 - 758.

Wits-2015-003102

Long DP, Hoogendoorn G

(2014). Second home owner perceptions of their environmental impacts: the case of Hartbeespoort. Urban forum,

25 pp. 517 - 530.

Wits-2015-003221

Rogerson C, Hoogendoorn G

(2014). VFR travel and second home tourism: the missing link? The case of South Africa. Tourism review

international, 18 pp. 167 - 178.

Wits-2015-003362

Odindi J, Adam E, Ngubane Z, Mutanga O, Slotow R

(2014). Comparison between WorldView-2 and SPOT-5 images in mapping the bracken fern using the random

forest algorithm. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 8 pp. 1 - 16.

Wits-2015-003366

Dube T, Mutanga O, Adam E, Ismail R

(2014). Intra-and-inter species biomass prediction in a plantation forest: testing the utility of high spatial resolution

spaceborne multispectral RapidEye Sensor and advanced machine learning algorithms . SENSORS, 14 pp. 15348

- 15370.

Wits-2015-004119

Garmo O, Skjelkvale B, De Wit H, Colombo L, Curtis CJ, et a

(2014). Trends in surface water chemistry in acidified areas in Europe and North America from 1990 to 2008.

WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION, 225 (1880), pp. 1 - 14.

Category: Journal Article

Submission Type: Other

PUBNO PUBLICATION

Wits-2015-002636


(2014). Limitations of uniformitarianism in the Anthropocene. Anthropocene, 5 pp. 71 - 75.

Wits-2015-002661

Muhire I, Ahmed FE, Abutaleb K

(2014). Spatio-temporal trends in major food crop yields in Rwanda. Global Journal of Human-Social Science: B Geography, Geo-sciences, Environmental Disaster

Management

, 14 (4), pp. 25 - 42.

Wits-2015-002800

Naidoo S, Piketh S, Curtis CJ

(2014). Quantification of emissions generated from domestic burning activities from townships in Johannesburg. Clean Air Journal, 24 (1), pp. 34 - 40.

Wits-2015-005212

Kleinitz C, Merlo S

(2014). Towards a collaborative exploration of community heritage in archaeological salvage contexts: participatory

mapping on Mograt Island, Sudan. Der Antike Sudan, 25 pp. 161 - 175.

Wits-2015-005255

Couto H, Knight J, Lourenco A

(2014). Rifting at the Cambrian-Ordovician transition in Northwestern Portugal. Comunicacoes Geologicas, 101

(1), pp. 251 - 254.

Wits- Muhire I, Ahmed FE, Abutaleb K, Kabera G


2015-005350

(2014). Yields of major food crops responses to changing and varying climate in Rwanda. Agricultural Science

Research Journal, 4 (11), pp. 181 - 192.

Category: Chapter in Book

Submission Type: DoE Submissible

PUBNO PUBLICATION

Wits-2015-002897

Wafer A

(2014). Informality and the spaces of civil society in post-apartheid Johannesburg. Chapter 7. In C. Gabay & C. Death (eds.), Critical Perspectives on African Politics; Liberal interventions, state-building and civil society (pp.

129-146). New York: Routledge. 978-0-415-81824-7.

Wits-2015-004090

Dirsuweit TC

(2014). The fear of others: Responses to crime and urban transformation in Johannesburg. Chapter 33. In P. Harrison & G. Gotz & A. Todes & C. Wray (eds.), Changing Space, Changing City: Johannesburg after

Apartheid (pp. 546-552). Johannesburg: Wits University Press. 978-86814-765-6.

Category: Conference Contribution

Submission Type: DoE Submissible

PUBNO PUBLICATION

Wits-2015-003057

Couto H, Knight J

The Montalto Formation: A Pre- to Basal Ordovician succession in the Durico-Beira Area (Northern Portugal), Lisbon, Portugal STRATI 2013 First International Congress on Stratigraphy: At the Cutting Edge of Stratigraphy ,

01-Jul-2013 - 07-Jul-2013: pp 381 - 390

Wits-2015-004092

Moolla R, Curtis CJ, Knight J

BTEX concentrations influenced by external factors at a diesel-refuelling station in Johannesburg, South Africa, Sienna, Italy The Sustainable City IX, 23-Sep-2014 - 25-Sep-2014: pp 1459 - 1467

Wits-2015-004104

Nkooe ES

Contested spaces: A Lefebvrian analysis of Mary Fitzgerald Square, Johannesburg, South Africa Life in a

Changing Urban Landscape , 21-Jul-2013 - 26-Jul-2013: pp 190 - 202

Wits-2015-004139

Oldfield S, Wafer A

Beyond participation or resistance: contesting participation in Cape Town

, Johannesburg, South Africa Life in a Changing Urban Landscape , 21-Jul-2013 - 26-Jul-2013: pp 121 -

128

Wits-2015-005420

Elbasit M, Adam E, Abutaleb K, Ahmed FE, Yasuda H, Ojha C

Validation of satellite-based rainfall measurements in arid and semi-arid regions of Sudan, Johannesburg, South Africa 10th International Conference of the African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment: Space

Technologies for Social Benefits in Africa, 27-Oct-2014 - 31-Oct-2014: pp 93 - 101

Wits-2015-005421

Abutaleb K, Ngie A, Ahmed FE, Elkafrawy S, Arafat S, Darwish A

Investigation of Urban Heat Island Using Landsat Data, Johannesburg, South Africa 10th International Conference of the African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment: Space Technologies for Social

Benefits in Africa, 27-Oct-2014 - 31-Oct-2014: pp 223 - 232

Wits- Taiwo O, Abutaleb K, Ngie A, Ahmed FE


2015-005422 Effects of Political Dispensations on the Pattern of Urban Expansion in the Osogbo Metropolis, Osun State, Nigeria,

Johannesburg, South Africa 10th Internation Conference of the African Association of Remote Sensing of the

Environment: Space Technologies for Social Benefits in Africa, 27-Oct-2014 - 31-Oct-2014: pp 242 - 251

Wits-2015-005423

Ishimwe R, Abutaleb K, Ahmed FE, Ngie A

Comparison of Pixel-based and Object-oriented Classification Approaches using Landsat-8 OLI and TIRS Spectral

Bands, Johannesburg, South Africa 10th International Conference of the African Association of Remote Sensing

of the Environment: Space Technologies for Social Benefits in Africa, 27-Oct-2014 - 31-Oct-2014: pp 276 -

284

Wits-2015-005424

Ishimwe R, Abutaleb K, Ahmed FE, Ngie A

Identifying Crops Using Landsat 8 Thermal Infrared Bands, Johannesburg, South Africa 10th International Conference of the African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment: Space Technologies for Social

Benefits in Africa, 27-Oct-2014 - 31-Oct-2014: pp 350 - 358

Wits-2015-005425

Ngie A, Ahmed FE, Abutaleb K, Ishimwe R

Discrimination of Maize Cultivars Using Hyperspectral Remote Sensing, Johannesburg, South Africa 10th International Conference of the African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment: Space Technologies for

Social Benefits in Africa, 27-Oct-2014 - 31-Oct-2014: pp 378 - 387

Wits-2015-005426

Muhire I, Ahmed FE, Abutaleb K, Kabera G

Major Food Crops Yields Response to Climate Change and Variability in Rwanda, Johannesburg, South Africa 10th International Conference of the African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment: Space Technologies

for Societal Benefits in Africa, 27-Oct-2014 - 31-Oct-2014: pp 396 - 408

Category: Conference Contribution

Submission Type: Other

PUBNO PUBLICATION

Wits-2015-004162

Curtis CJ, Simpson G, Battarbee R, Maberly S

Challenges in defining critical loads for nitrogen in UK lakes, Edinburgh, UK Nitrogen Deposition, Critical Loads and

Biodiversity, 16-Nov-2009 - 18-Nov-2009: pp 337 - 344

Wits-2015-004166

Clair T, Blett T, Ahern J, Aidar M, Artz R, Bealey W, Budd W, Cape N, Curtis CJ, et a

The critical loads and levels approach for nitrogen, Edinburgh, UK Nitrogen Deposition, Critical Loads and

Biodiversity, 16-Nov-2009 - 18-Nov-2009: pp 481 - 491

1. Conference Presentation in 2014:

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

conference/workshop

Name of Conference/workshop

S. Merlo The role of

multidimensional GIS in

the production of

archaeological space

Oral presentation 22-25 April CAA2014 Computer Applications

and Quantitative Methods in

Archaeology Conference,

Sorbonne, Paris,

S. Merlo and F. Morton Matter over mind:

adapting LIA stonewall

settlement layout to

landscapes

Oral presentation 14-18 July 14th Congress of the Panafrican

Archaeological Association and

22nd Meeting of the Society of

Africanist Archaeologists (SAfA),

University of the Witwatersrand,

Johannesburg


C. Kleinitz and S. Merlo Meet the locals:

learning from local

communities in

archaeological salvage

contexts.

Oral presentation 14-18 July 14th Congress of the Panafrican

Archaeological Association and

22nd Meeting of the Society of

Africanist Archaeologists (SAfA),

University of the Witwatersrand,

Johannesburg

Couto, H., Knight, J.

and Lourenço, A

Rifting at the

Cambrian–Ordovician

transition in

northwestern Portugal

Oral presentation 18 -24 July IX Congresso Nacional de

Geologica/2o Congresso de

Geologica dos países de língua

Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal.

Programa e resumos, 70

Webb, S.J., Knight, J.

and Grab, S.W.

Magnetic evidence for

lightning strikes on

mountains: a case

study from Lesotho

Oral presentation 15-19 December American Geophysical Union, Fall

Meeting, NS42A-08.

Knight, J., Harrison, S.

and Rowan, A.

Geomorphic and

modeling evidence for a

late Pleistocene cirque

glacier in southwest

England

Poster 15–19 December American Geophysical Union, Fall

Meeting, C13B-0461.

Knight, J. Social justice and

environmental

awareness developed

through a Citizens’ Jury

Poster 15–19 December American Geophysical Union, Fall

Meeting, C13B-0461.

Cunningham, A.C.,

Evans, M. and Knight,

J.

Inferring the degree of

bleaching from small-

aliquot data

Poster 7-11July 14th International Conference on

Luminescence and Electron Spin

Resonance Dating. Montréal,

Québec, Canada

Chris Curtis Acid rain and surface water acidification in South Africa – a regional modelling study.

Oral 1-5 December 2014 NRF Second National Conference

on Global Change. NMMU, Port

Elizabeth.

Chris Curtis Assessing the reliability

of δ15

N as a proxy for

atmospheric reactive N

deposition in remote

Arctic lakes: an

integrated study of the

biogeochemistry of

δ15

N in snowpack and

lake sediments along a

precipitation gradient in

south-west Greenland

Oral 13-17th July 2014 BIOGEOMON: Eighth International

Symposium on Ecosystem

Behaviour, University of Bayreuth,

Germany

Chris Curtis Long-term ecological

research at Cathedral

Peak in South Africa: a

platform for integrated

biogeochemical global

change studies in the

uKhahlamba-

Drakensberg World

Heritage Site

Poster 13-17th July 2014 BIOGEOMON: Eighth International

Symposium on Ecosystem

Behaviour, University of Bayreuth,

Germany


Chris Curtis From Drakensberg

tarns to lowland rivers –

aquatic ecosystem

sensitivity to

atmospheric deposition

of sulphur and nitrogen

compounds

Oral 22-26th June, 2014 SASAQS 2014 (Southern African

Society of Aquatic Scientists)

Thaba Nchu, Free State.

Raeesa Moolla BTEX Concentrations

Influenced By External

Factors At A Diesel-

refuelling Station in

Johannesburg, South

Africa

Paper 7-9 July 2014 The 22nd

International Conference

on Modelling, Monitoring and

Management of Air Pollution.

Opatija, Croatia

Raeesa Moolla Health Risk

Assessment of BTEX

emissions at a diesel

station in

Johannesburg, South

Africa

Paper 7-9 April 2014 International Conference of

Environmental and Occupational

Health. Putrajaya, Malaysia

Research Master Dissertations completed in 2014-15:

Student’s Name

Title of dissertation

Institution Qualification Supervisor Co-supervisor

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

Wits University – School of Geography, Archaeology & Environmental Studies

MSc by Dissertation

Dr J Lalley Prof S Grab

De Lemos, H A critical analysis using remote sensing and GIS techniques for spatial distribution and macro-morphological analysis of rockfalls in the Golden Gate Highlands National Park, South Africa


MSc by Dissertation

Prof S Grab

Dlamini, L The perception of clean cookstove technologies in rural Swaziland


MSc by Dissertation

Prof S Grab Mrs R Moolla

Goodman, L Print media: influencing behavioural responses towards climate change?


MA by Dissertation

Mrs C Chamberlain

Grindley, S Modeling the effects of trees on a contaminated groundwater plume from a gold tailings storage facility in the


MSc by Dissertation

Prof C Curtis Dr P Dye


Orkney District

Molelo, O Exploring the link between urban agriculture, food security and the role of community development: A case study of Soweto, South Africa


MSc by Dissertation

Dr D Simatele Dr D Hornsby

Naidoo, S Quantification of emissions generated from domestic burning activities from townships in Johannesburg


MSc by Dissertation

Prof C Curtis Dr J Lalley

Nesbitt, K An investigation into pan hydrology and ecology in the Makuleke Concession, northern Kruger Park, South Africa


MSc by Dissertation

Prof S Grab

Pride, R Game viewing potential in a multi-use conservation area: a case study of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, Southern Africa


MSc by Dissertation

Prof S Grab Dr J Lalley

Master Dissertations of limited scope completed in 2014-15:

Student’s Name



PhD Thesis’s completed in 2014-15:

Student’s Name

Title of thesis Institution Qualification Supervisor Co-supervisor

Broccardo, S An investigation into the corrosion resistance of WC-VC-Co hardmetals


PhD Prof C Curtis Prof S PIcketh

Kgakatsi, I The contribution of season climate forecast to the management of agricultural disaster-risk management in South Africa


PhD Prof S Grab Dr R Burger

Letsie, M An assessment of place vulnerability to natural hazards in South Western Lesotho (Quthing and Mohale's Hoek

Wits University – School of Geography, Archaeology & Environmental

PhD Prof S Grab


District) Studies

Robinson, K Assessment of the effects of fire and associated grazing on the recovery of _Merxmuellera drakensbergensis_ in the Sani Pass region, Lesotho


PhD Prof S Grab

Short description of the curriculum presented:

Undergraduate (NQF levels 5, 6 and 7):

Geography 1 (GEOG1000)

Landscapes of Southern Africa

Environmental Change

Space and Society

Atmospheric Science

Geography 2

GEOG2010 Earth and Atmospheric Processes (Climatology Research Group,

GEOG2011 Climate Change and Society

GEOG2012 Environmental Governance: From Local to Global

GEOG2013 Methods, Models and GIS

GEOG2014 Conservation Biogeography

Geog 2015 Thinking Geographically: Concepts and Practices in Human Geography

Geography 3

GEOG3017 Geographic Information System and Remote Sensing III

GEOG3019 Economic Geography

GEOG3020 Climate and Environmental Change

GEOG3021 Advanced Atmospheric Science III

GEOG3022 City Cultures III

GEOG3023 Theory and Practice in Sustainability Science and Sustainable Development

GEOG3024 Environmental Monitoring & Modelling

GEOG3025 Urban Futures

Postgraduate (NQF level 8):


Bachelor of Science with Honours - BScHons

In the following fields: Ecology, Environment and Conservation,

Geography, Science Education

1 year full-time or 2 years

part-time

Postgraduate Diploma in Science - PGDipSc 1 year full-time or 2 years

part-time

Postgraduate Diploma in Scientific Studies 1 year full-time


Master of Science - MSc 1 year full-time or 2 years

part-time

MSc by coursework and research report in the fields:,

Environmental Sciences, Geography and Environmental Studies,

1 year full-time or 2 years

part-time

Master of Science by dissertation - MSc (Dissertation) 1 year full-time or 2 years

part-time


Doctor of Science - PhD 2 years full-time or 4 years

part time

Student Numbers (2014-15):

Level 2014 2015

First year 185 185

Second year 78 88

Third year 65 77

Honours 15 46

Masters 42 41

Doctoral 38 45

Any other information not included above, that you would like to include in the newsletter: Post Doctoral Fellows:

Dr Thabiso Mokotjomela : Areas of interest: Conservation Ecology and Sustainability

Research

Dr Charles Ntui: Hazard assessment ,disaster preparedness, sustainable development.

Dr Mohamed Abultaleb : Water resources, Spatial Analysis, and Environmental

Sustainability

https://ujdigispace.uj.ac.za/handle/10210/8445

http://www.academia.edu/People/Water_resources

http://www.academia.edu/People/Spatial_Analysis

http://www.academia.edu/People/Environmental_Sustainability

http://www.academia.edu/People/Environmental_Sustainability


The name and contact details of your SSAG person for any further (and future) information: Ms Donna Koch. Tel: 011 717 6503 or email: [email protected]

University of the Witwatersrand: School of Education, Faculty of

Humanities, Johannesburg. Geography Department, Social and Economic

Management Sciences

Name (Title,

Surname, Initials)

Area of

specialisation

E-mail Office

Telephone

Number

Clinton D. van der

Merwe

Heritage

Tourism


1. Information about the Geographers in the Department




Dr Paul Goldschagg

Lecturer Education for Sustainable Development, Effects of Noise on Cognitive Development


Dr Lee Rusznyak

Senior Lecturer

Teacher education


Mr Clinton D. van der Merwe

Lecturer Heritage Tourism & Geographical Education


Ms Muofhe Thenga

Tutor Education for

Sustainable

Development,

Geographical

Education









2. Department News

Dr Paul Goldschagg is heading off on a yearlong sabbatical in July 2015, we wish

him well with his research and writing, welcome back to Dr Lee Rusznyak – from

her sabbatical. Lee successfully organised and hosted a Conference on the

Rigour and Development of Initial teacher Education, held at Wits School of

Education in 2014. Congratulations to Clinton David van der Merwe who has

been appointed as a National Examiner for NSC Grade 12 Geography at the

Department of Basic Education (2013-2016); and appointed as a member of the

South African Geographical Names Council (2014-2017).

3. 2014 dated publications:

van der Merwe, C.D. (2014): Battlefields Tourism: The status of heritage tourism in

Dundee, South Africa. In: Rogerson, C.M. and Szymańska, D. editors, Bulletin of

Geography. Socio-economic Series, No. 26, Toruń: Nicolaus Copernicus University,

pp. 121–139. DOI: http://dx.foi.org/10.2478/bog-2014-0049 - IBSS journal, Poland.

Khumalo, T., Sebatlelo, P. & van der Merwe, C. D. (2014). ‘Who is a Heritage

Tourist?’ A comparative study of Constitution Hill and the Hector Pieterson

Memorial and Museum, Johannesburg, South Africa. African Journal of

Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, Vol. 3 (1), Open Access – Online @ http:

//www.ajhtl.com – SA DHET Accredited Journal

Seabi, J., Cockcroft, K., Goldschagg, P., Greyling, M. 2015. A prospective follow-

up study of the effects of chronic aircraft noise exposure on learners’ reading

comprehension in South Africa. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental

Epidemiology 25, 84–88.

Goldschagg, P.L. 2014. Airport Noise. In: Michalos AC (Ed.). Encyclopedia of

Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands:

Springer, pp 120-122.

http://dx.foi.org/10.2478/bog-2014-0049



Name of

presenter (s)

Title of

presentation

Format of

presentation

Date of

conference/workshop

Name of

Conference/workshop

Clinton D. van der

Merwe Battlefields

Tourism: The

status of

heritage

tourism in

Dundee, South

Africa.

Oral Paper 1st to 3rd October 2014 Regional & Local

Economic

Development Research

Symposium, Graduate

School of Business and

Leadership, University of

KwaZulu-Natal, South

Africa.

Clinton D. van der

Merwe Battlefields

Tourism: The

case of

Dundee, South

Africa.

Oral Paper 18th to 22nd August

2014.

The International

Geographical Union

Regional Conference,

2014 – Krakow, Poland

Clinton D. van der

Merwe Battlefield

Tourism in South

Africa, the case

of Dundee,

KwaZulu-Natal,

South Africa

Oral Paper 25th to 27th June 2014. 10th Society of South

African Geographers

Conference, University

of Fort Hare.

5. PhD Thesis’s completed in 2014-15:

Student’s Name


Joseph

Mahlakane

Seabi

Chronic

Aircraft Noise

Exposure

effects on

Children’s

Learning and

Development

University of

Witwatersrand

Doctor of

philosophy

Prof. kate

Cockroft

Dr. Paul

Goldschagg

6. Short description of the curriculum presented:


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

7. Student Numbers (2014-15):

Level 2014 2015

First year 150 189

Second year 90 106

Third year 42 43

Honours 18 27

Masters 1 -

Doctoral 1 2

1 -

8. Any other information not included above, that you would like to include in the newsletter:

9. The name and contact details of your SSAG person for any further (and future) information:

Muofhe Thenga [email protected] (011) 717 3801

University of Cape Town: Environment and Geographical Science



UCT – NEWSLETTER FOR THE SSAG: 2015

Head of Department: Professor Mike Meadows

Address: Department of Environmental and Geographical Science University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch, 7701 Telephone: SA (021) 650 2873/4 Fax: SA (021) 650 3456

Permanent Academic Staff Dr Babatunde Abiodun (Senior Lecturer - Atmospheric Science, Climatology) Dr Pippin Anderson (Lecturer – Ecology and Society, Sustainability) Dr Shari Daya (Lecturer – Gender, Modernity) Dr Frank Eckardt (Senior Lecturer – Geomorphology, Remote Sensing) Professor Bruce Hewitson (NRF SARChI Chair in Climate Change – Atmospheric Science, Climatology) Dr Richard Hill (Senior Lecturer – Environmental Assessment and Management) Dr Peter Johnston (Research Officer – Seasonal Forecasting Applications; Climate Change) Professor Mike Meadows (Head of Department – Quaternary Environmental Change) Associate Professor Sophie Oldfield (Political and Economic Geography) Professor Sue Parnell (Urban Studies, Historical Geography) Dr Zarina Patel (Senior Lecturer – Environmental Governance and Politics) Dr Serge Raemaekers (Lecturer – Small-scale Fisheries Governance) Professor Maano Ramutsindela (Political Geography, Transnational Regionalism) Associate Professor Merle Sowman(Environmental Planning and Management, Coastal and Small-Scale Fisheries Management) Ms Anna Steynor (Research Officer; Stakeholder Engagement) Dr Kevin Winter (Lecturer – Environmental Management, Water Resources, Monitoring and Evaluation) Dr Piotr Wolski (Senior Research Officer – Hydrology) Associate Professor Rachel Wynberg (NRF SARChI Chair in Environmental and Social Dimensions of the Bio-economy – Biodiversity and Social Justice, Commercial Use of Biodiversity, Access and Benefit Sharing, Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture) Dr Gina Ziervogel (Senior Lecturer – Vulnerability and Adaptation) Professional and Support Staff in the Department


Contract Research Staff Dr Olivier Crespo (Agricultural and Water Research Modelling) Dr Chris Lennard (Atmospheric Science) Ms Kate Sutherland (Research Assistant; Climate Data Analysis) Administrative and Support Staff Mrs Sharon Adams (Administrative Officer) Mr Aldino Arendse (Administrative and Financial Co-ordinator) Mrs Sharon Barnard (Administrative Assistant) Ms Lisa Coop (Research Assistant) Mr Roger Duffett (IT Manager) Mr Tony George (Library Assistant) Ms Fahdelah Hartley (Senior Secretary) Mr Sayed Hess (Technical Assistant) Dr Chris Jack (Senior Scientific Technical Officer) Ms Vuyokazi Mafanya (Senior Secretary) Mr Phillip Mukwenha (IT Assistant) Mrs Shaada Reddy (Librarian) Ms Tanya Basadien (Senior Secretary) Ms Mathilda Jaci Van Niekerk (Research Assistant) Ms Ruwani Walawege (Research Assistant) Postdoctoral Fellows Dr Ross Blamey (Atmospheric Science) Dr Joseph Daron (Climate Uncertainties and Adaptation) Dr Tristan Hauser (Uncertainty Quantification and Statistical Modelling) Dr Kelly Kirsten-Sardinha (Palaeo Science) Dr Kazeem Oare Okosun (Epidemiological Modelling and Climate Impact) Dr Laura Pereira (Bio-Economy/Climate Change) Dr Lynne Quick (Palaeo Science) Dr Alex Shabala (Climate Modelling and Analysis) Dr Samantha Williams (Coastal and Small-scale Fisheries) Dr Modathir Abdalla Zaroug (Climate Change Adaptation) Honorary Professors Professor John Boardman (Soil Erosion, Land Degradation) Professor Jonathan Crush (International Migration, Transnationalism) Professor Dave Thomas (Arid Zone Geomorphology, Quaternary Science) Emeritus Staff Professor Richard Fuggle



Edited Books

Parnell, S. and S. Oldfield (eds), 2014. The Routledge Handbook on Cities of the Global South: 281-295.

London and New York: Routledge. 9780415818650.

Parnell, S. and E. Pieterse (eds), 2014. Africa's Urban Revolution: 110-132. London: Zed books. 978 1

78032 520 0.

Ramutsindela, M. (ed), 2014. Cartographies of nature: how nature conservation animates borders: 169-

192. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 978 1 4438 6014 7.

Sowman, M. and R. Wynberg (eds), 2014. Governance for justice and environmental sustainability:

lessons across natural resource sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa: 242-262. Abingdon: Routledge. 978 0 415

52359 2.

Wynberg, R. and M. Hauck (eds), 2014. Sharing benefits from the coast: rights, resources and livelihoods: 17-36. Claremont: UCT Press. 978 1 77582 006 2.

Journal Articles

Abatan, A.A., Abiodun, B.J. and Omotosho, B.J. 2014. On the characteristics of sea breezes over Nigerian

coastal region. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 116: 93-102.

Abiodun, B.J., Ojumu, A.M., Jenner, S. and Ojumu, T.V. 2014. The transport of atmospheric NOx and

HNO3 over Cape Town. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 14: 559-575.

Anderson, P.M.L., Avlonitis, G. and Ernstson, H. 2014. Ecological outcomes of civic and expert-led urban

greening projects using indigenous plant species in Cape Town, South Africa. Landscape and Urban

Planning, 127: 104-113.

Angelil, O., Stone, D.A. and Pall, P. 2014. Attributing the probability of South African weather extremes

to anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions: spatial characteristics. Geophysical Research Letters, 41(9):

3238-3243.

Arendse, W. and Patel, Z. 2014. 'No messing in Bonteheuwel' : the role of social capital and partnership

building in sustainable community development. Town and Regional Planning, 65: 1-10.

Battersby-Lennard, J.E. and Crush, J. 2014. Africa's urban food deserts. Urban Forum, 25: 143-151.

Battersby-Lennard, J.E. and Peyton, S. 2014. The geography of supermarkets in Cape Town: supermarket

expansion and food access. Urban Forum, 25: 153-164.

Boardman, J. 2014. How old are the gullies (dongas) of the Sneeuberg uplands, Eastern Karoo, South

Africa? Catena, 113: 79-85.


Boardman, J. and Favis-Mortlock, D.T. 2014. The significance of drilling date and crop cover with

reference to soil erosion by water, with implications for mitigating erosion on agricultural land in South

East England. Soil Use and Management, 30: 40-47.

Boom, A., Carr, A.S., Chase, B.M., Grimes, H.L. and Meadows, M.E. 2014. Leaf wax n-alkanes and 13C

values of CAM plants from arid Southwest Africa. Organic Geochemistry, 67: 99-102.

Butt, N., Malhi, Y., New, N., Macia, M.J., Lewis, S.L., Lopez-Gonzalez, G., Laurence, W.F., Laurence, S.,

Luizao, R., Andrade, A., Baker, T.R., Almeida, S.S. and Phillips, O.L. 2014. Shifting dynamics of climate-

functional groups in old-growth Amazonian forests. Plant Ecology & Diversity, 7(1-2): 267-279.

Carr, A.S., Boom, A., Grimes, H.L., Chase, B.M., Meadows, M.E. and Harris, A. 2014. Leaf wax n-alkane

distributions in arid zone South African flora: environmental controls, chemotaxonomy and

palaeoecological implications. Organic Geochemistry, 67: 72-84.

Clark, K.E., Torres, M.A., West, A.J., Hilton, R.G., New, N., Horwath, A.B., Fisher, J.B., Rapp, J.M., Robles

Caceres, A. and Malhi, Y. 2014. The hydrological regime of a forested tropical Andean catchment.

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 18: 5377-539710.5194/hess-18-5377-2014.

Cole, M., Bailey, R. and New, N. 2014. Tracking sustainable development with a national barometer for

South Africa using a downscaled "safe and just space" framework. Proceedings of the National Academy

of Sciences of the United States of America, 111(42): E4399-E4408doi:10.1073/pnas.1400985111/-

/DCSupplemental.

Cowan, O. and Anderson, P.M.L. 2014. The peninsula shale Renosterveld of Devil's Peak, Western Cape:

a study into the vegetation and seedbank with a view toward potential restoration. South African

Journal of Botany, 95: 135-145.

Crush, J. and Caesar, M. 2014. City without choice: urban food insecurity in Msunduzi, South Africa.

Urban Forum, 25: 165-17510.1007/s12132-014-9218-4.

Crush, J. and Tawodzera, G. 2014. Exclusion and discrimination: Zimbabwean migrant children and South

African schools. Revue de l'integration et de la migration internationale/Journal of international

migration and integration, 15: 677-69310.1007/s12134-013-0283-7.

Crush, J. and Tawodzera, G. 2014. Medical xenophobia and Zimbabwean migrant access to public health

services in South Africa. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 40(4): 655-670.

Daya, S. 2014. Beyond exploitation/empowerment: re-imagining Southern producers in commodity

stories. Social & Cultural Geography, 15(7): 812-833.

Daya, S.L. 2014. Saving the other: exploring the social in social enterprise. Geoforum, 57: 120-

12810.1016/j.geoforum.2014.09.003.

Earle, L. 2014. Stepping out of the twilight? assessing the governance implications of land titling and

regularization programmes. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 38(2): 628-645.


Eze, P.N. and Meadows, M.E. 2014. Mineralogy and micromorphology of a late Neogene paleosol

sequence at Langebaanweg, South Africa: inference of paleoclimates. Palaeogeography

Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 409: 205-216.

Eze, P. and Meadows, M.E. 2014. Multi-proxy palaeosol evidence for late quaternary (MIS 4)

environmental and climate shifts on the coasts of South Africa. Quaternary International, 343: 159-168.

Eze, P., Udeigwe, T.K. and Meadows, M.E. 2014. Plinthite and its associated evolutionary forms in soils

and landscapes: a review. Pedosphere, 24(2): 153-166.

Eze, P. and Meadows, M.E. 2014. Texture contrast profile with stonelayer in the Cape Peninsula, South

Africa: autochthony and polygenesis. Catena, 118: 103-114.

Herrick, C. and Parnell, S. 2014. Introduction: alcohol, poverty and the South African city. South African

Geographical Journal, 96(1): 1-1410.1080/03736245.2014.896277.

Hewitson, B.C., Daron, J.D., Crane, R., Zermoglio, M.F. and Jack, C.D. 2014. Interrogating empirical-

statistical downscaling. Climatic Change, 122: 539-554.

Lawhon, M., Herrick, C. and Daya, S.L. 2014. Researching sensitive topics in African cities: reflections on

alcohol research in Cape Town. South African Geographical Journal, 96(1): 15-30.

Leighton, C.L., Bailey, R. and Thomas, D.S.G. 2014. Interpreting and modelling late quaternary dune

accumulation in the southern Arabian Peninsula. Quaternary Science Reviews, 102: 1-

1310.1016/j.quascirev.2014.08.002.

Leighton, C.L., Thomas, D.S.G. and Bailey, R. 2014. Reproducibility and utility of dune luminescence

chronologies. Earth-Science Reviews, 129: 24-39.

Lennard, C. 2014. Simulating an extreme wind event in a topographically complex region. Boundary-

Layer Meteorology, 153: 237-25010.1007/s10546-014-9939-x.

Lotter, J.M., Valentine, A.J., Archer van Garderen, E. and Tadross, M.A. 2014. Physiological responses of

a fynbos legume, Aspalathus linearis to drought stress. South African Journal of Botany, 94: 218-

22310.1016/j.sajb.2014.07.005.

Lotter, J.M., Archer van Garderen, E., Tadross, M.A. and Valentine, A.J. 2014. Seasonal variation in the

nitrogen nutrition and carbon assimilation in wild and cultivated Aspalathus linearis (rooibos tea).

Australian Journal of Botany, 62: 65-73.

Mackellar, N., New, N. and Jack, C.D. 2014. Observed and modelled trends in rainfall and temperature

for South Africa: 1960-2010. South African Journal of Science, 110(7/8): 2013-0353

(13pp)http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/sajs.2014/20130353.

Meadows, M.E. 2014. Recent methodological advances in quaternary palaeoecological proxies. Progress

in Physical Geography, 38(6): 807-81710.1177/0309133314540690.


Mladenov, N., Wolski, P., Hettiarachchi, G.M., Murray-Hudson, M.A., Enriquez, H., Damaraju, S., Galkaduwa, M.B., McKnight, D.M. and Masamba, W. 2014. Abiotic and biotic factors influencing the mobility of arsenic in groundwater of a through-flow island in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Journal of Hydrology, 518: 326-34110.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.09.026. Murray-Hudson, M.A., Wolski, P., Murray-Hudson, F., Brown, M.T. and Kashe, K. 2014. Disaggregating hydroperiod: components of the seasonal flood pulse as drivers of plant species distribution in floodplains of a tropical wetland. Wetlands, 34: 927-94210.1007/s13157-014-0554-x. Nasterlack, H., Von Blottnitz, H. and Wynberg, R.P. 2014. Are biofuel concerns globally relevant?

Prospects for a proposed pioneer bioethanol project in South Africa. Energy for Sustainable

Development, 23: 1-1410.1016/j.esd.2014.06.005.

Nzotungicimpaye, C.M., Abiodun, B.J. and Steyn, D.G. 2014. Tropospheric ozone and its regional

transport over Cape Town. Atmospheric Environment, 87: 228-238.

Oguntunde, P.G., Lischeid, G., Abiodun, B.J. and Dietrich, O. 2014. Analysis of spatial and temporal

patterns in onset, cessation and length of growing season in Nigeria. Agricultural and Forest

Meteorology, 194: 77-87.

Oguntunde, P.G., Abiodun, B.J., Lischeid, G. and Merz, C. 2014. Modelling the impacts of reforestation

on the projected hydroclimatology of Niger River Basin, West Africa. Ecohydrology, 7: 163-176.

Oldfield, S.E. 2014. Intertwining lives and logics: household and informal economies in Cape Town.

Urbani izziv, 25(Supplement 2014 Special Issue): S36-S46DOI:10 5379/Urbani-izziv-en-2014-25-

supplement-003.

Pendleton, W., Crush, J. and Nickanor, N. 2014. Migrant Windhoek: rural-urban migration and food

security in Namibia. Urban Forum, 25: 191-205.

Rahiz, M. and New, N. 2014. Does a rainfall-based drought index simulate hydrological droughts?.

International Journal of Climatology, 34: 2853-2871.

Siebrits, R., Winter, K.J., Barnes, J., Dent, M.C., Ekama, G.A., Ginster, M., Harrison, J., Jackson, B., Jacobs,

I., Jordaan, A., Kasan, H.C., Kloppers, W., Le Roux, R., Maree, J., Momba, M.N.B., Munnik, A.V., O'Keeffe,

J., Schulze, R.E., Silberbauer, M., Still, D. and Van Zyl, J. 2014. Priority water research questions for South

Africa developed through participatory processes. Water SA, 40(2): 199-209.

Siebrits, R., Winter, K.J. and Jacobs, I. 2014. Water research paradigm shifts in South Africa. South

African Journal of Science, 110(5/6): 2013-0296 (9pp)http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/sajs.2014/20130296.

Tererai, F. and Wood, A.R. 2014. On the present and potential distribution of Ageratina adenophora

(Asteraceae) in South Africa. South African Journal of Botany, 95: 152-15810.1016/j.sajb.2014.09.001.

Wynberg, R.P. and Hauck, M.B. 2014. People, power and the coast: a conceptual framework for

understanding and implementing benefit sharing. Ecology and Society, 19(1): 27

(16pp)http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-06250-190127.


Ziervogel, G., New, N., Archer van Garderen, E., Midgley, G., Taylor, A., Hamann, R., Stuart-Hill, S.,

Myers, J.E. and Warburton, M. 2014. Climate change impacts and adaptation in South Africa. Wiley

Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change, 5: 605-62010.1002/wcc.295.

Zinyengere, N.Z., Crespo, O., Hachigonta, S. and Tadross, M. 2014. Local impacts of climate change and

agronomic practices on dry land crops in Southern Africa. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, 197: 1-

10.

Book Chapters

Allsopp, N., Anderson, P., Holmes, P.M., Melin, A. and O'Farrell, P.J. 2014. People, the Cape Floristic

Region, and sustainability. In N. Allsopp, J.F. Colville, and G. AVerboom (eds), FYNBOS Ecology, Evolution,

and Conservation of a Megadiverse Region: 337-360. New York: Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-

967958-4.

Bavinck, M., Sowman, M. and Menon, A. 2014. Theorizing participatory governance in contexts of legal

pluralism - a conceptual reconnaissance of fishing conflicts and their resolution. In M. Bavinck, L.

Pellegrini, and E. Mostert (eds), Conflicts over natural resources in the global south: conceptual

approaches: 147-171. London: CRC Press. 978 1 138 02040 5.

Benit-Gbaffou, C. and Oldfield, S.E. 2014. Claiming 'rights' in the African city: popular mobilization and

the politics of informality. In S. Parnell and S. Oldfield (eds), The Routledge Handbook on Cities of the

Global South: 281-295. London and New York: Routledge. 9780415818650.

Crush, J. 2014. Approaching food security in cities of the global south. In S. Parnell and S. Oldfield (eds),

The Routledge Handbook on Cities of the Global South: 543-555. London and New York: Routledge.

9780415818650.

Crush, J. and Frayne, G.B. 2014. Feeding African cities: the growing challenge of urban food insecurity. In

S. Parnell and E. Pieterse (eds), Africa's Urban Revolution: 110-132. London: Zed books. 978 1 78032 520

0.

Hauck, M.B., Mbatha, P. and Wynberg, R.P. 2014. Coastal communities and livelihoods in South Africa

and Mozambique. In R. Wynberg and M. Hauck (eds), Sharing benefits from the coast: rights, resources

and livelihoods: 17-36. Claremont: UCT Press. 978 1 77582 006 2.

Hauck, M.B., Mbatha, P. and Raemaekers, S. 2014. Enhancing benefits to small-scale fishers along the east coast of South Africa. In R. Wynberg and M. Hauck (eds), Sharing benefits from the coast: rights, resources and livelihoods: 37-66. Claremont: UCT Press. 978 1 77582 006 2.


Kozanayi, W., Wynberg, R.P. and Matose, F. 2014. Customary governance of baobab in eastern

Zimbabwe: impacts of state-led interventions. In M. Sowman and R. Wynberg (eds), Governance for

justice and environmental sustainability: lessons across natural resource sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa:

242-262. Abingdon: Routledge. 978 0 415 52359 2.

Mbatha, P. and Wynberg, R.P. 2014. Mining and the myth of benefits in South African rural coastal

communities. In R. Wynberg and M. Hauck (eds), Sharing benefits from the coast: rights, resources and

livelihoods: 67-94. Claremont: UCT Press. 978 1 77582 006 2.

Oldfield, S.E. 2014. Critical urbanism. In S. Parnell and S. Oldfield (eds), The Routledge Handbook on

Cities of the Global South: 7-8. London and New York: Routledge. 9780415818650.

Oldfield, S.E. 2014. Politics, transformation and the city. In S. Parnell and S. Oldfield (eds), The Routledge

Handbook on Cities of the Global South: 255-256. London and New York: Routledge 9780415818650.

Oldfield, S.E. Negotiating society and identity in urban spaces of the South. In S. Parnell and S. Oldfield

(eds), The Routledge Handbook on Cities of the Global South: 339-340. London and New York: Routledge.

9780415818650.

Oldfield, S.E. Negotiating society and identity in urban spaces of the South. In S. Parnell and S. Oldfield

(eds), The Routledge Handbook on Cities of the Global South: 141-142. London and New York:

Routledge. 9780415818650.

Oldfield, S.E. and Parnell, S. 2014. From the South. In S. Parnell and S. Oldfield (eds), The Routledge

Handbook on Cities of the Global South: 1-4. London and New York: Routledge. 9780415818650.

Oldfield, S.E. and Parnell, S. 2014. Global economic turbulence (re)configuring the urban. In S. Parnell

and S. Oldfield (eds), The Routledge Handbook on Cities of the Global South: 141-142. London and New

York: Routledge. 9780415818650.

Parnell, S. 2014. Inclusionary approaches to urban planning: lessons in poverty reduction from South

Africa. In O.M. Mathur (ed), Inclusive Urban Planning: State of the Urban Poor Report 2013: 116-133.

New Delhi: Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-809741-9.

Parnell, S. 2014. The urban: past, present, future. In S. Parnell and S. Oldfield (eds), The Routledge

Handbook on Cities of the Global South: 73-74. London and New York: Routledge. 9780415818650.

Parnell, S. 2014. Conceptualizing the built environment: accounting for southern urban complexities. In

S. Parnell and S. Oldfield (eds), The Routledge Handbook on Cities of the Global South: 431-432. London

and New York: Routledge. 9780415818650.

Parnell, S. 2014. Big stories of urban change. In S. Parnell and S. Oldfield (eds), The Routledge Handbook

on Cities of the Global South: 541-542. London and New York: Routledge. 9780415818650.


Parnell, S. and Simon, D. 2014. National urbanisation and urban strategies: necessary but absent policy

instruments in Africa. In S. Parnell and E. Pieterse (eds), Africa's Urban Revolution: 237-256. London: Zed

Books. 978 1 78032 520 0.

Pereira, M. and Hauck, M.B. 2014. Sharing benefits from tourism in Mozambique: pitfalls and

possibilities. In R. Wynberg and M. Hauck (eds), Sharing benefits from the coast: rights, resources and

livelihoods: 95-124. Claremont: UCT Press. 978 1 77582 006 2.

Pieterse, E.A. and Parnell, S. 2014. Africa's urban revolution in context. In S. Parnell and E. Pieterse (eds),

Africa's Urban Revolution: 1-17. London: Zed Books. 978 1 78032 520 0.

Sinthumule, N. and Ramutsindela, M.F. 2014. Bordering the transfrontier: conservation and borders in

transnational context. In M. Ramutsindela (ed), Cartographies of nature: how nature conservation

animates borders: 169-192. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 978 1 4438 6014 7.

Sowman, M. and Wynberg, R.P. 2014. Governance, equity and sustainability in sub-Saharan Africa: an

introduction to the discourse. In M. Sowman and R. Wynberg (eds), Governance for justice and

environmental sustainability: lessons across natural resource sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa: 1-22.

Abingdon: Routledge. 978 0 415 52359 2.

Sowman, M., Rajagopalan, R., Sharma, C. and Sunde, J. 2014. Making space for small-scale fishing

communities: use and misuse of spatial management instruments. In S. M. Garcia, J. Rice and A. Charles

(eds), Governance of marine fisheries and biodiversity conservation: interaction and coevolution: 346-

359. West Sussex: John Wiley and Sons. 978 1 118 39264 5.

Sowman, M., Raemaekers, S. and Sunde, J. 2014. Shifting gear: a new governance framework for small-

scale fisheries in South Africa. In M. Sowman and R. Wynberg (eds), Governance for justice and

environmental sustainability: lessons across natural resource sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa: 200-219.

Abingdon: Routledge. 978 0 415 52359 2.

Sowman, M. and Wynberg, R.P. 2014. Towards robust governance for justice and environmental

sustainability: lessons from natural resource sectors in sub-Saharan Africa. In M. Sowman and R.

Wynberg (eds), Governance for justice and environmental sustainability: lessons across natural resource

sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa: 333-358. Abingdon: Routledge. 978 0 415 52359 2.

Wynberg, R.P. and van Niekerk, J. 2014. Governance, equity and sustainability in non-timber forest

product value chains. In M. Sowman and R. Wynberg (eds), Governance for justice and environmental

sustainability: lessons across natural resource sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa: 279-304. Abingdon:

Routledge. 978 0 415 52359 2.

Wynberg, R.P. and Hauck, M.B. 2014. People, power and the coast: towards an integrated, just and

holistic approach. In R. Wynberg and M. Hauck (eds), Sharing benefits from the coast: rights, resources

and livelihoods: 143-165. Claremont: UCT Press. 978 1 77582 006 2.


Wynberg, R.P. and Fig, D. 2014. Realising environmental rights: civic action, leverage, and litigation. In M

Langford, B Cousins, J Dugard, T Madlingozi (eds), Socio-economic Rights in South Africa: Symbols or

Substance?: 310-340. New York: Cambridge University Press. 978-1-107-02114-3.

Wynberg, R.P. and Hauck, M.B. 2014. Sharing benefits from the coast. In R Wynberg and M Hauck (eds),

Sharing benefits from the coast: rights, resources and livelihoods: 1-16. Claremont, South Africa: UCT

press. 978 1 77582 006 2.

Ziervogel, G. and Parnell, S. 2014. Tackling barriers to climate change adaptation in South African coastal

cities. In B C Glavovic and G P Smith (eds), Adapting to climate change: lessons from natural hazards

planning: 57-73. Dordrecht: Springer Science + Business Media. 978 94 017 8630 0.

Masters Dissertations Completed

Year Student Topic Supervisor

2014 Abba Omar, Sabina Capability of CORDEX RCMs in simulating extreme rainfall events over South Africa

Dr Babatunde Abiodun

2014 Appavoo Moodelly, Sandra

Towards an understanding of a changing food system in Mauritius: a case study of rural and urban Mauritius

Dr Jane Battersby-Lennard

2014 Araujo, Julio Impact of drought on grape yields in the Western Cape, South Africa

Dr Babatunde Abiodun & Dr Olivier Crespo

2014 Galloway, Fiona The impacts of commercialising Commiphora wildii in two conservancies in north western Namibia

Prof Rachel Wynberg

2014 Haiden, Sarah Mapping the governance landscape related to ecosystem-based adaptation in the Bergrivier municipality, Western Cape, South Africa

Dr Gina Ziervogel & Dr Lorena Pasquini

2014 Hajat, Akeel Investigating the potential utilisation of decadal climate information by commercial and small scale farmers in Malawi

Prof Mark New

2014 James, Anna Capabilities and the Kuyasa CDM project: exploring skills development and its contribution to work opportunities

Mrs Holle Wlokas

2014 Jivanji, Yogini Game ranching and land reform: claims for the land exclaim tension: a case study of the Mapungubwe region

Prof Maano Ramutsindela

2014 Kloppers, Pierre-Louis

Investigating the relationships between wheat-specific rainfall characteristics, large-scale modes of climate variability and wheat yields in the Swartland region, South Africa

Dr Peter Johnston & Dr Mark Tadross

2014 Lawal, Shakirudeen Modeling the potential of forestation for carbon Dr Babatunde Abiodun


storage in southern Africa

2014 Lenneiye, Sibongile

Beyond food security: exploring the role of community gardening in human well-being based on a project in a high-density suburb of Harare, Zimbabwe

Dr Godfrey Tawodzera

2014 Luttik, Jesse Sharing urban food security solutions in the global south: an attempt of a policy transfer from Belo Horizonte to Cape Town

Dr Jane Battersby

2014 Mackay, Beth The effect of urbanisation and climate on the frequency of ecological stress indicators in the fynbos endemic nectarivore, the Cape Sugarbird

Dr Phoebe Barnard

2014 Mcdaid, Elizabeth

Investigation into the nature of fisher community representation in the development of the small-scale fisheries policy in South Africa, identifying challenges and lessons learnt, and their implications for the perceived legitimacy of the policy

Assoc Prof Merle Sowman

2014 Millson, Chris The potential for rooftop solar photovoltaic installations on commercial sector buildings in the City of Cape Town

Dr Andrew Marquard

2014 Nzotungicimpaye, Claude-Michel

Local variation and regional transport of tropospheric ozone over Cape Town


2014 Reckson, Sarah

An assessment of the perceived characteristics of solar lamps by members of un-electrified households in Khayelitsha

Dr Amos Madhlopa

2014 Schmitt, Brian Realizing the benefits of beekeeping development projects in the Western Cape

Dr Bradley Rink and Mike Allsop

2014 Shabangu, Medupi The neo-liberalization of nature: contextualizing the resolution of land claims in the Kruger National Park


2014 Simanauskaite, Grete

Knowledge, perceptions and engagement with renewable energy in South Africa: a case study of Matzikama Municipality, Western Cape

Prof Mark New & Mrs Holle Wlokas

2014 Ujeneza, Eva Simulating the characteristics of droughts in southern Africa


2014 Von Holdt, Johanna Lower Kuiseb River sediments and their control on dust emission

Dr Frank Eckardt

2014 Ward, Elizabeth Public knowledge and stormwater quality in Cape Town, South Africa: a case study of the Liesbeek River

Dr Kevin Winter

2014 Wiid, Nicholas Financing infrastructure in the South African new town: self-sustainability of the Wescape development

Prof Susan Parnell


PhD Theses Completed

Year Student Topic Supervisor

2014 Adlard, Gerald

Collaboration at the crossroads: the enabling of large-scale cross-sector collaborative developments

Assoc Prof Sophie Oldfield

2014 Driver, Penny Rainfall Variability over Southern Africa

Prof Chris Reason and Dr Babatunde Abiodun

2014 Flugel, Tyrel

The evolution of the Congo-Kalahari watershed: African mega-geomorphology

Dr Frank Eckardt

2014 Haysom, Gareth

Food system governance for urban sustainability in the global south

Dr Jane Battersby and Prof Gordon Pirie

2014 Kirsten-Sardinha, Kelly Louise

Late holocene diatom community responses to climate variability along the southern cape coastal plain, South Africa

Prof Mike Meadows

2014 Methner, Nadine

Conceptualizing horizontal cooperation in regional socio-ecological systems through actor networks and collective action: the case of the Berg River Catchment

Dr Gina Ziervogel, Prof Ralph Hamann & Prof Claudia Pahl-Wostl

2014 Nickanor, Ndeyapo

Food deserts and household food insecurity in the informal settlements of Windhoek, Namibia

Prof Jonathan Crush & Prof Susan Parnell

2014 Sinthumule, Innocent

Land use change and bordering in the greater Mapungubwe transfrontier conservation area


2014 Sunde, Jacqueline

Customary governance and expressions of living customary law at Dwesa-Cwebe: contributions to small-scale fisheries governance in South Africa

Assoc Prof Merle Sowman & Prof M Bavinck

2014 Vickery, Kathryn

The nature of Pan sediments: a case study on dust supply from the Makgadikgadi Pans, Botswana

Dr Frank Eckardt

Student Numbers

Postdoctoral 10

Doctoral 38

Masters 74

Honours 24

Undergraduate 827

Total 973


Stellenbosch University: Geography and Environmental Studies

Name (Title, Surname, Initials) Area of

specialisation

E-mail

Office Telephone

Number

Van Niekerk, Adriaan, Prof GIT; Spatial decision

making systems [email protected] 021 808 3101


Name (Title,

Surname, Initials)

Rank/Position Area of specialisation E-mail Office

Telephon

e number

Boonzaaier Ms Ilze GIT specialist CGA

GIT [email protected] 021 808 4975

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


De Klerk, Helen M Dr Senior Lecturer GIS, Spatial Analysis, Biogeography, Species Modelling, Fire Ecology


De Waal, Jan H Mr Lecturer Climate change; Flooding risk assessment; Urban risk research with a particular focus on informal settlements


Donaldson, Ronnie Prof

Professor Urban development; Tourism research


http://scholar.google.co.za/citations?view_op=search_authors&hl=en&mauthors=label:gis

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Du Plessis, Danie DJ, Mr

CRUISE - Urban & Regional Planner/Senior Lecturer

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


Ferreira,Sanette Prof Departmental Vice- Chair: Geography

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


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

Research: Loss estimation in severe weather post-event assessments


Geyer, Manie HS, Prof

CRUISE - Urban & Regional Planner; Director:

Migration; Urban morphology; Urban systems


Geyer, Herman S, Jnr, Mr

CRUISE - Town & Regional Planner/ Lecturer.

Complexity theory; Urban systems; Economic geography


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 CRUISE - Town and Regional Planner/Lecturer,

Urban & regional planning; Development frameworks; Urban growth management / monitoring


Kemp, Jaco, Dr Lecturer

Earth Observation, Synthetic Aperture Radar, Photogrammetry


Münch, Zahn, Mrs Lecturer GIS; Spatial decision making [email protected] 021 808

9101

Pharoah, Robyn, Dr RADAR - GIS Analyst Disaster risk reduction and Urban risk


Poona, Nitesh K, Mr Lecturer Remote sensing; Spatial statistics and modelling


Roux, Wilma, Ms Radar- Admin and financial officer



Spocter, Manfred Dr Senior lecturer Public and private spaces, small-town geographies, urban social geographies


Stephenson Garth, Mr

GIT specialist CGA GIT [email protected] 021 808 3112

Van Eeden, A Mrs CRUISE - Lecturer. GIS; Municipal economic development


Willemse, L, Miss CRUISE - Lecturer. Statistics, Urban development, Urban open spaces, Quality of life and social sustainability


Zweig, Trish, Mrs Radar- Risk Reduction Co-ordinator

Informal settlements; Low cost housing policy; Historical townships admin; Municipal commonage, Urban risk


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




Liederman, Catherine Mrs

Secretary [email protected] 021 808 3218

Regue, Yvette Mrs Snr Dept Officer Office Administration/ Post School Education/ HR development

[email protected] 021 8083104

Cronjé, Marianne, Mrs

Postgraduate Program Coordinator


6. Department News


A legend retires after 39 years

Prof Johannes van der Merwe retired from our Department

after 39 years in the Academia. He obtained his BA Hons

(1974), MA (1980), and PhD (1989) at Stellenbosch University.

He has held posts as a Lecturer and Researcher at Fort Hare

University (1975), senior researcher at Centre for

Geographical Analysis at Stellenbosch University (1976-1994);

and Senior Lecturer, Associate-Professor and Professor in the

Department of Geography and Environmental Studies,

Stellenbosch University (1995-2014). He has served as head of

Department from 2005 to 2013.

His colleagues want to wish him well on his resettlement in the ‘Hemel and Aarde Valley’ and hope that

he will continue to contribute his expert knowledge in managing and conserving the environment for

the future generations to use and to enjoy responsibly.

Ronnie Donaldson’s inaugural address (selfie)

Ronnie Donaldson was promoted to professor in 2014 and presented his inaugural address - The

Production of Quartered Spaces in Stellenbosch - on 4 September 2014. At the address he took a selfie

where after he proclaimed that it was the first inaugural address selfie (at least in geography) taken in

the world.


Selfie time with Ronnie Donaldson (with the Dean and Vice Rector in front left)

Gustav Visser returns to Stellenbosch University

Gustav Visser completed his undergraduate, as well as part of his post-graduate studies at Stellenbosch

University. As a Commonwealth Scholarship holder he attended the London School of Economics where

he was awarded a PhD In Geography (2000). Following a

post-doctoral fellowship at the University of

Witwatersrand he was appointed as lecturer in Human

Geography at Free State University (2002) where he

subsequently became professor (2009).

Gustav joined Stellenbosch University on 1 April 2015. His

research interests concern identity based consumption

and urban morphological change, which is best expressed

in his work on sexuality and space in urban South Africa,

as well as the tourism and development nexus. Visser is

welcomed back by his ‘alma mater’ and he will further

strengthen the ‘Urban and Tourism’ pillar – one of the

existing focus areas of our Department.


Ronnie Donaldson research field trip coordinator for MPA students at Sciences Po, Paris

MPA students at Sciences Po University in

Paris, France annually participate in a study

trip in the first year which examines the

intentions and outcomes of a major policy

initiative. In January 2014 Ronnie Donaldson

spend a week at the institution where he first

presented a series of lectures on a number of

policy aspects in South Africa 20 years into

democracy such as housing, BEE, expanded

public works programme, ward committees,

land restitution, urban renewal and social

grants. The lectures were followed by small

group working sessions where he assisted the students in shaping their project proposals and project

plans for their fieldwork which took place in Cape Town in March 2014. During the week in Cape Town

he assisted the students at the end of every day’s fieldwork at compulsory daily report-back sessions.

Upon their return to France the students finalised their research reports.

Ronnie Donaldson (centre) with

students from the research team “Land

Restitution” who received the prize for

the best research project. A journal

paper has subsequently been published

from this team’s project.

Ronnie Donaldson and Sanette Ferreira participated in a NRF funded project workshop in Montpellier,

France

An NRF-France funded project “Access: Towards a model strategy for integrative national park use in

South Africa. The case of Table Mountain National Park” culminated in Montpellier in December 2014

where the research group met for a workshop to discuss and start writing-up their findings. Two

research papers are in the process of finalisation -- one which investigates race and urban park use and

the other that focusses on the role of public participation in managing open access national parks. Both

papers use Table Mountain National Park as case study area. Other participants included Janie

Swanepoel (MA sociology student at Stellenbosch University), Sophie Didier (Paris University) and

Estienne Rodary (Montpellier).


Using drones and radars to investigate grapevine health

Dr Jaco Kemp is leading an NRF-funded project entitled “3D

characterisation of grapevines using stereo aerial imagery and space

borne radar imagery”. In collaboration with Stellenbosch University’s

Department of Viticulture, this project aims at using polarised radar

satellite imagery in conjunction with drone-based aerial imagery to

characterise the 3D structure, orientation and biomass of grapevines

around Stellenbosch. Specifically, the use of drones, or UAVs (unmanned

aerial vehicles), has been receiving much interest due to the recently

introduced regulations by the Civil Aviation Authority. Their (legal) use is

poised to make significant contributions to the way we observe and map

our environment.

CoastGIS

The CSIR and the Stellenbosch University hosted the first CoastGIS conference in Africa, under the

theme; Rich data, poor data: Geospatial creativity and innovation for managing changing coastal

systems, in Cape Town on 22 – 24 April 2015. The CoastGIS conference series, now in its 20th year,

began at the University College Cork, Ireland in 1995 and this is the 12th CoastGIS held. The series of

conferences aims to create a platform for information exchange, create an opportunity for networking

and collaborations, and promote concepts of geospatial creativity. The conference, comprising delegates

from all corners of the world, including Tunisia, Brazil, Malaysia, Mauritius, most of the European

countries and Australia was a great success.

Adriaan van Niekerk (left) welcoming the

participants to CoastGIS 2015 and candid

group photograph during field trip (right).

Annual PhD seminar

The 5th Annual Geography Doctoral Students and Post-Doctoral Seminar was again hosted by Ronnie

Donaldson and it took place on 25 June 2014 at the University of Fort Hare’s East London Campus. A

total of 10 students coming from UNW, NMMU, Rhodes, Fort Hare and UJ presented aspects of their

PhD studies at the seminar.


CGA short courses

The Centre for Geographical Analysis (CGA) offered

four short courses in 2014. The ‘Introduction to GIS’

was the most popular with 32 attendees, with the

‘Introduction to Remote Sensing’ not far behind with 26

attendees. From the 58 attendees 75% of

participants were from outside Stellenbosch

University.

2014 also saw the CGA developing a new short course in the ‘Introduction to GEOBIA (Geographical

Object Based Image Analysis) which is set to be rolled out towards the end of 2015.


JOURNAL ARTICLES (SUBSIDISED)

AINA Y, VAN DER MERWE JH, ALSHUWAIKHAT HM. Spatial and temporal

variations of satellite-derived multi-year particulate data of Saudi Arabia: an exploratory

analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2014; 11(11) :

11152-11166.

ALTWEGG, R., DE KLERK, H.M., MIDGLEY, G.F. Fire-mediated disruptive selection

can explain the reseeder–resprouter dichotomy in Mediterranean-type vegetation. Oecologia,

2014; 177 : 367-377

CHOBOKOANE, N., HORN, A.. 2014. Urban Compaction and Densification in

Bloemfontein, South Africa: Measuring the Current Urban Form Against Mangaung

Metropolitan Municipality’s Spatial Planning Proposals for Compaction. Urban Forum. DOI

10.1007/s12132-014-9233-5

DONALDSON R, BENN JD, CAMPBELL M, DE JAGER A. Reshaping urban space

through studentification in two South African urban centres. Urbani izziv 2014;

25(Supplement) : 176-188.

DONALDSON R, HYMAN G, CHANG D, CONFIADO A, RUIZ AM, SALUD S,

YILDIZ S. Urban land restitution in Cape Town: Demanding the return of land rights in

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Constantia and Kensington/Ndabeni. Bulletin of Geography: Socio-economic Series 2014; 26

: 107-120.

DU PLESSIS DJ. 2014. A critical reflection on urban spatial planning practices and

outcomes in post-apartheid South Africa. Urban Forum 2014; 25 : 69-88.

DU PLESSIS DJ. 2014. Land-use mix in South African cities and the influence of spatial

planning: Innovation or following the trend? South African Geographical Journal, DOI:

10.1080/03736245.2014.924870 (Published online 16 June 2014)

DU PLESSIS DJ & BOONZAAIER I. 2014. The Evolving Spatial Structure of South

African Cities: A reflection on the influence of spatial planning policies. International

Planning Studies, DOI: 10.1080/13563475.2014.942505 (Published online 20 August 2014).

DU PLESSIS H, VAN NIEKERK A. A new GISc framework and competency set for

curricula development at South African universities. South African Journal of Geomatics

2014; 3 : 1-12.

ENGELBRECHT J, MUSEKIWA C, KEMP J, INGGS M. Parameters affecting

polarimetric coherence - the case of a dynamic agricultural region. IEEE Transactions on

Geoscience & Remote Sensing 2014; 52(3): 1572-1582

FERREIRA SLA, BOSHOFF A. Post-2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup: oversupply and

location of luxury hotel rooms in Cape Town. Current Issues in Tourism 2014; 17(2) : 180-

198.

FERREIRA SLA, DE VILLIERS ROZITTA. The Victoria and Alfred Waterfront a

playground for Capetonians. Urbani izziv 2014; 25 : 69-88.

FERREIRA SLA, DONALDSON R. Global imaging and branding: Source market

newspaper reporting of the 2010 Fifa World Cup. Tourism Review International 2014; 17(4)

: 253-265.

FERREIRA SLA, HARMSE A. Kruger National Park: Tourism development and issues

around the management of large numbers of tourists. Journal of Ecotourism 2014; 13(1) : 16-

34.

GEYER HS (SNR), GEYER HS (JNR). Residential transformation in South Africa –

Reopening the ‘Dead’ Capital Debate. Urban Forum 2014; 25 : 35-55.

GEYER HS (JNR). 2014. The Growth and Decline of the West Midland Region.

International Planning Studies. 1-19. DOI: 10.1080/13563475.(2014).942495

GEYER HS (JNR), GEYER HS (SNR), DU PLESSIS DJ. 2014. Primary Cities in Sub-

Saharan Africa: Quasars, Loose Connections, and Black Holes, International Planning

Studies 1-13 DOI: 10.1080/13563475.(2014).942494


GEYER HS (JNR), GEYER HS (SNR). 2014. Disaggregated Population Migration Trends

in South Africa between 1996 and 2011: a Differential Urbanisation approach. Urban Forum

Journal

GEYER HS (SNR), GEYER HS (JNR). 2014. Polarisation reversal in South Africa: How

far advanced? South African Geographical Journal (Accepted)

HORN, A. 2014. Urban growth management best practices: towards implications for the

developing world. International Planning Studies Journal. DOI:

10.1080/13563475.2014.942513

KAPLAN H, VAN NIEKERK A, LE ROUX JJ, RICHARDSON DM, WILSON JRU.

Incorporating risk mapping at multiple spatial scales into eradication management plans.

Biological Invasions 2014; 16 : 691–703.

KLEINSMITH, D., HORN, A.. 2014. The anticipated demographic and economic impacts

of the new university in Kimberley, Northern Cape. Development Southern Africa. DOI:

10.1080/0376835X.2015.1039712

LOMBARD A, FERREIRA SLA. Resident's attitudes to proposed wind farms in the West

Coast region of South Africa: A social perspective from the south. Energy Policy 2014; 66 :

390-399.

MAGEE AR, BOATRIGHT JS, MUCINA L. Four new species of Ursinia (Asteraceae,

Anthemideae) from South Africa, with an updated key to the genus in Namaqualand.

Phytotaxa 2014; 177(3) : 137-145.

MASHIMBYE ZE, DE CLERCQ WP, VAN NIEKERK A. An evaluation of digital

elevation models (DEMs) for delineating land components. Geoderma 2014; 213 : 312-319.

MASSEY R. Exploring counter-conduct in upgraded informal settlements: The case of

women residents in Makhaza and New Rest (Cape Town), South Africa. Habitat

International 2014; 44 : 290-296.

NAIDO AGV, VAN EEDEN A, MÜNCH Z. Spatial variation in school performance, a

local analysis of socio-economic factors in Cape Town. South African Journal of Geomatics

2014; 3(1) : 78-94.

PARRY K, VAN EEDEN A. Measuring racial segregation at different geographic scales in

Cape Town and Johannesburg. South African Geographical Journal 2014; 97(1) : 31-49.

POONA NK, ISMAIL R. Using Boruta-selected spectroscopic wavebands for the

asymptomatic detection of Fusarium Circinatum stress. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in

Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing 2014; 7(9) : 3764-3772.

ŠMARDA P, BUREŠ P, HOROVÁ L, LEITSCH I, MUCINA L, PACINI E, TICHÝ L,

GRULICH V, ROTREKLOVA O. Ecological and evolutionary significance of genomic


GC diversity in monocots. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United

States of America 2014; 111(39) : E4096–E4102.

VAN DER MERWE JH, JOUBERT U. Managing environmental impact of bouldering as a

niche outdoor-climbing activities. South African Journal for Research in Sport Physical

Education and Recreation 2014; 36(1) : 245-27.

VON GERHARDT K, VAN NIEKERK A, KIDD M, SAMWAYS MJ, HANKS J. The

role of elephant Loxodonta africana pathways as a spatial variable in crop-raiding location.

Oryx 2014; 3 : 436-444.

WELMAN L, FERREIRA SLA. Regional development of Saldanha Bay region, South

Africa: The role of Saldanha Steel. Bulletin of Geography: Socio-economic Series 2014; 26 :

219-231.

WILLEMSE L. The role of economic factors and guanxi networks in the success of Chinese

shops in Johannesburg, South Africa. Urban Forum 2014; 25(1) : 105-125.

JOURNAL ARTICLES (NON-SUBSIDISED)

BALLIM K, ISMAIL R, POONA N. Mapping informal dwellings from WorldView-2 data

in Cape Town using an object-based image analysis approach. South-Eastern European

Journal of Earth Observation and Geomatics 2014; 3(2S): 299-303.

CHASI V, HOLLOWAY A, ORACH GARIMOL C. Health sector shortcomings

associated with measles outbreaks in Cape Town, South Africa. Planet at Risk 2014; 2(4) :

228-235.

DIDUKH YP, MUCINA L. Validation of names of some syntaxa of the Crimean

vegetation. Lazaroa 2014; 35 : 181-190.

DONALDSON R. La remodelación de la forma urbana (in Spanish). Vanguardia Dossier

2014; 51 : 2.

GABRIELS H, HORN A. The relationship between access to Information and

Communications Technology (ICT) and poverty in South Africa. Africanus 2014; 44(1) : 21-

33.

MUSAKWA W, VAN NIEKERK A. Monitoring urban sprawl and sustainable urban

development using the Moran index: A case study of Stellenbosch, South Africa.

International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research 2014; 5(3) : 1-20.

MYBURG G, VAN NIEKERK A. Impact of training set size on object-based land cover

classification: A comparison of three classifiers. International Journal of Applied Geospatial

Research 2014; 3 : 51-70.


PHAROAH R. Built-in risk: Linking housing concerns and flood risk in subsidized housing

settlements in Cape Town, South Africa. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science

2014; 5 : 313-322.

BOOKS

MUCINA L, RUTHERFORD MC, POWRIE LW, VAN NIEKERK A, VAN DER

MERWE JH. Vegetation Field Atlas of the Continental South Africa, Lesotho and

Swaziland 978-1-919976-97-6 Strelitzia 33. South African National Biodiversity Institute,

Pretoria, South Africa 2014:48 pp.

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS AND CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

DANIEL G, MUCINA L. A vegetation-structure map of the Northern Kimberley Region

(Western Australia) to inform fire management planning. In Mucina, L., Price, J.N. &

Kalwij, J.M. (eds.), Biodiversity and vegetation: patterns, processes, conservation, Kwongan

Foundation, Perth, Australia, 2014: 84.

DU PLESSIS DJ. 2014. Impact of post-apartheid urban spatial planning in South Africa: A

critical reflection on intentions and outcomes. In Kotze N, Donaldson R & Visser G (eds).

Life in a changing urban landscape, 77-91. Proceedings of the IGU Urban Geography

Commission held 21-26 July 2013. Johannesburg: University of Johannesburg

DONALDSON R. South African township transformation. In Encyclopedia of quality of life

and well-being research / Michalos AC (Ed), Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands, 2014: 623-

628.

EL-SHEIKH MA, THOMAS JM, ALFARHAN AH, MUCINA L. Vegetation database of

Najd – the Central Region of Saudi Arabia: an overview. In Mucina, L., Price, J.N. & Kalwij,

J.M. (eds.), Biodiversity and vegetation: patterns, processes, conservation, Kwongan

Foundation, Perth, Australia, 2014: 225.

GEYER HS (SNR), GEYER HS (JNR), DU PLESSIS DJ, VAN EEDEN A. Recent

morphological trends in metropolitan South Africa. In Urban transformations: Centres,

Peripheries and Systems / O’Donoghue DP (ed), Ashgate, Farnham, Surrey, United

Kingdom, 2014: 171-184.

GOUTALI, M; SAM’AN, S; MOE, J; PAULOSKI, M; UTOMO, M & R DONALDSON.

Regulation of Street Trading in two nodes of Cape Town. In Kotze, N; Donaldson, R & Visser

G (Eds.) Life in a Changing Urban Landscape. Peer Reviewed Proceedings of the Igu Urban


Geography Commission (Urban Challenges in a Complex World) ISBN 978-0-86970-769-2.

Johannesburg: 4Colour Print. pp 287-294.

HORN, A. 2014. Urban growth management best practices in the developed world: why it is

different for the developing world. In Kotze N, Donaldson R & Visser G (eds). Life in a

changing urban landscape, 77-91. Proceedings of the IGU Urban Geography Commission

held 21-26 July 2013. Johannesburg: University of Johannesburg

MACINTYRE PD, MUCINA L, DOBROWOLSKI MP, VAN NIEKERK A,

STEPHENSON GR, PAUW T. Fine-scale predictive mapping of the kwongan vegetation

of the Eneabba sandplains, Western Australia. In Biodiversity and vegetation: patterns,

processes, conservation / Mucina, L., Price, J.N. & Kalwij, J.M. (eds), Kwongan Foundation,

Perth, Australia, 2014: 141.

MOOKHERJEE D, GEYER HS (SNR), HOERAUF E. Delhi and its peripheral region:

Perspectives on settlement growth. In Urban transformations: centres, peripheries and

systems / edited by Daniel P O'Donoghue, Ashgate, Farnham, Surrey, United Kingdom,

2014: 197-206.

MUCINA L. EuroVegChecklist: a post mortem. In Mucina, L., Price, J.N. & Kalwij, J.M.

(eds.), Biodiversity and vegetation: patterns, processes, conservation, Kwongan Foundation,

Perth, Australia, 2014: 84.

OTTAVIANI G, MUCINA L, KEPPEL G. Refugia functional signature: An integrated

trait-based conceptual framework. In Mucina, L., Price, J.N. & Kalwij, J.M. (eds.),

Biodiversity and vegetation: patterns, processes, conservation, Kwongan Foundation, Perth,

Australia, 2014: 167-225.

RANDRIANALIJAONA MT, HOLLOWAY A. Advancing disaster risk governance in

Madagascar: the role of higher education institutions. In Extreme natural hazards, disaster

risks and societal implications / Ismail-Zadeh A, Urrutia Fucugauchi J, Kijko A, Takeuchi K

and Zaliapin I, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2014: 0.

REBELO AG, LOW AB, HOLMES PM, EUSTON-BROWN DIW, MUCINA L.

Vegetation Map of the Cape Peninsula (Western Cape, South Africa). In Vegetation Field

Atlas of the Continental South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. Strelitzia 33, South African

National Biodiversity Institute, Cape Town, South Africa, 2014: 47-225.

SINGH R, ENGELBRECHT J, KEMP J. Monitoring soil erosion features using a time

series of airborne remote sensing data: a case study, Wild Coast, South Africa. Proceedings

of the 10th International Conference of the African Association for Remote Sensing,

Johannesburg, October 2014. pp 55-66.


SPOCTER, M. Non-metropolitan gated developments in the Western Cape, South Africa:

From large city to small town, in Kotze, N.; Donaldson, R. and Visser, G. (eds.), Life in a

Changing Urban Landscape, University of Johannesburg : Johannesburg. pp. 233 – 244.

TSAKALOS JL, MUCINA L, DOBROWOLSKI MP. Floristic patterns and drivers of

kwongan vegetation patterns in Eneabba region of the Northern Sandplains, Western

Australia. In Mucina, L., Price, J.N. & Kalwij, J.M. (eds.), Biodiversity and vegetation:

patterns, processes, conservation, Kwongan Foundation, Perth, Australia, 2014: 196.

VAN EEDEN, A. Small business and informal trader perceptions in South African

metropolitan CBDs. In Kotze N, Donaldson R & Visser G (eds). Life in a changing urban

landscape, 307-317. Proceedings of the IGU Urban Geography Commission held 21-26 July

2013. Johannesburg: University of Johannesburg

VAN HEERDEN, S & DONALDSON, R. Cape Town CBD Foreign Street Traders INC. In

Kotze, N; Donaldson, R & Visser G (Eds.). Life in a Changing Urban Landscape. Peer

Reviewed Proceedings of the Igu Urban Geography Commission (Urban Challenges in a

Complex World) ISBN 978-0-86970-769-2. Johannesburg: 4Colour Print. pp. 279-286.

VAN LAAR S, COTTYN I, DONALDSON R, ZOOMERS A, FERREIRA SLA. 'Living

apart together’ in Franschhoek, South Africa. The implications of second-home development

for equitable and sustainable development. In Contested spatialities, lifestyle migration and

residential tourism / M Jaboschka & H Haas (Ed.), Routledge, Oxon, United Kingdom,

2014: 190-204.

VILLENUEVE N, BACHELERY P, KEMP JN. La Réunion Island: A typical example of

a basaltic shield volcano with rapid evolution. In Landforms and landscapes of France /

André M-F & Fort M (eds), Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands, 2014: 261-270.

WILLEMSE L. The vicious cycle of constraints: Foreign informal street traders in

Johannesburg and Tshwane, South Africa. In Kotze N, Donaldson R & Visser G (eds). Life

in a changing urban landscape, 295-306.. Proceedings of the IGU Urban Geography

Commission held 21-26 July 2013. Johannesburg: University of Johannesburg.

RESEARCH REPORTS

DONALDSON, R & J FOUCHE. Opinion survey and economic impact analysis of the

Cape Town summer market 2013. Study done for City of Cape Town’s Economic

Development Department. pp 71.


DONALDSON, R & M, BOEKSTEIN. Perception Survey: Pavilion Precinct Area, Strand.

Study done for City of Cape Town’s Tourism Department. pp. 90.

DONALDSON, R; LOMBARD, A; VILJOEN, V & T MOOLMAN. Report on cultural

nodes in Cape Town. Study done for City of Cape Town’s Arts and Culture Development

Department. pp 320.

PRIMO N, WRIGHT C, GEYER HS (SNR), GEYER HS (JNR). State of Cape Town

2014 : Celebrating 20 years of democracy. 2014: 98 pp.

VAN NIEKERK A, DU PLESSIS DJ, SPOCTER MA, FERREIRA SLA,

DONALDSON R, LOOTS L, BOONZAAIER I, JANEKE D, TERHOVEN Q. Growth

potential study 2014. 2014: 98 pp.

8. Conference and Workshop Presentation in 2014:

Name of presenter

(s) Title of presentation Format of

presentation Date of

conference/workshop Name of

Conference/workshop

Donaldson Going nowhere slowly:

Sedgefield, Africa’s first

cittaslow

Oral presentation 26-27 June South African

Geographical Society,

Biennial Conference, East

London

Du Plessis D J

(2014)

An application of the

rank-size rule to analyse

and simulate economic

and demographic trends

of municipalities in South

Africa

Oral presentation 22-27 June South African Geographical

Society Conference, East

London

Du Plessis D J

(2014)

Restructuring post-

apartheid cities in South

Africa: Successes and

failures of spatial

planning

Oral presentation

11 -14 August IGU Urban Commission,,

Poznan (Poland)

Du Plessis D J

(2014)

The changing space

economy of post-

apartheid South Africa:

Implications for a new

National Spatial

Framework

Oral presentation

26-29 August 54th European Regional

Science Association (ERSA)

Congress, St Petersburg

(Russia)


Du Plessis D J

(2014)

Spatial planning and

urban transformation in

South Africa: Making

“great places” or

following the trend?

Oral presentation

20-22 October South African Planning

Institute conference

Du Plessis D J

(2014)

Backyard housing in

South Africa's

metropolitan areas:

Problem or solution?

Oral presentation

20-22 October South African Planning

Institute conference

Ferreira, SLA (2014) Tourism development

and issues of social

carrying capacity in the

management of large

numbers of tourists.

Oral presentation 16-18 Aug Main IGU Conference in

Krakow, Poland

Ferreira, SLA (2014) Re-development of the

tourism system in

Malange, Angola.

Oral presentation 13-16 Aug IGU commission on leisure

and Tourism and Global

Change, Pinniny

mountains, Poland

Hamilton JG &

Ferreira SLA (2014). Managing wildlife

experiences in the Kruger

National Park.

Oral presentation 9-13 March Savanna Science Network,

Skukuza

Ferreira SLA (2014). Kruger National Park;

Tourism development

and issues of social

carrying capacity

Oral presentation 9-13 March Savanna Science Network,

Skukuza

Harmse AC &

Ferreira SLA (2014). Tourism development

and the management of

large numbers of

tourists. In the Marula

are of KNP


Society, Biennial

Conference, East London

Ferreira SLA (2014) The V&AW as Playground

for Capetonians. Oral presentation 26-27 June South African Geographical

Society, Biennial


Geyer, HS Manie &

HS Geyer JR Small towns in the South

African system:

differential urbanisation

outcomes

Oral presentation 16-20 Aug IGU, Krakow, Poland

J-M Hakazimana &

Geyer, HS Manie

Local variations in socio-

economic inequality in

South Africa according to

Oral presentation 26-29 August 54th European Regional

Science Association (ERSA)

Congress, St Petersburg


different disparity indices (Russia)

Horn The relationship

between access to

Information and

Communications

Technology (ICT) and

poverty in SOuth Africa

Oral Presentation 14 September City of Cape Town

Workshop, Cape Town

Kemp J, Bessinger M,

Luck-Vogel M. Methods of flood extent

mapping using SAR

imagery in the Zambesi

(Caprivi) Region, Namibia

Oral presentation 27-31 October 10th International

Conference of the African

Association for Remote

Sensing, Johannesburg

Pauw Assessing the value of

combining multi-

resolution imagery for

mapping land cover over

large, complex regions.

Oral presentation 21-24 May GEOBIA 2014, Thessaloniki,

Greece

Mendelsohn, S. de

Klerk, H.M. Foraging movements and

unexpected uses of space

by wintering Aquila

Pomarina

Oral presentation EWT annual meeting

Ballim K, Ismail R,

Poona N Mapping informal

dwellings from

WorldView-2 data in

Cape Town using an

object-based image

analysis approach

Oral 21-24 May GEOBIA 2014

Pistorius T, Poona N Accuracy assessment of

game-based

crowdsourced land-

use/land-cover image

classification

Oral 13-18 July IGARSS 2014

Stephenson An evaluation of multi-

temporal Landsat 8

imagery for wide-scale

land cover mapping


Greece

Spocter A comparison of city and

small town gated

community security in

the Western Cape, South

Africa

Oral presentation 11-14 August Annual Conference of the

IGU Urban Commission,

Poznan, Poland


Van Eeden, A 2014 Spatial patterns of socio-

economic factors

influencing matriculation

pass rates in Cape Town

Oral presentation 25-27 June South African

Geographical Society,

Biennial Conference, East

London

Van Eeden, A 2014 Whose reality is real?

formal business and

informal traders'

perceptions of south

African metropolitan

CBDs

Oral presentation 23-25 September 9th International

Conference on Urban

Regeneration and

Sustainability, Siena, Italy

Van Eeden, A 2014 Spatial modelling of

formal and informal

business’ perceptions in

the Cape Town CBD: A

comparative perspective

Oral Presentation 14 September City of Cape Town

Workshop, Cape Town

Van Niekerk, A 2014 A review of the status,

challenges and recent

developments of land

cover mapping in South

Africa


Society, Biennial


Van Niekerk A &

Myburgh G 2014 Impact of training set size

and feature

dimensionality on object-

based land cover

classification: a

comparison of three

classifiers. GEOBIA 2014,

21-24 May 2014,

Thessaloniki, Greece.


Greece

Willemse L The working conditions

of Sub-Saharan

immigrants in informal

street trading in

Johannesburg and

Tshwane, South Africa


Society, Biennial


Willemse L &

Donaldson R An investigation into

community

neighbourhood park

(CNP) use in Cape Town’s

townships

Oral presentation 19-22 October South African Planning

Institute (SAPI), Planning

Africa Conference, Durban

Shabalala N &

Willemse L Consumption

expenditure patterns of

unsustainable RDP

households in South

Oral presentation 28 September - 1 October Southern African Housing

Foundation (SAHF)

Conference, Somerset


Africa West

Willemse L & Van

Eeden A Lessons learned from

research on informal

trading activities in four

South African cities

Oral presentation 17 September Tiger Brands, Albany

Bakery Workshop,

Hartbeespoort

Willemse L A Flowmap-Geographic

Information Systems

approach to determine

community

neighbourhood park

(CNP) proximity and

accessibility in Cape

Town

Oral presentation 14 November City of Cape Town

Workshop, Cape Town

9. Research Master Dissertations completed in 2014-15:

BRINK E. Geographical Information Systems for environmental impact assessment: a

feasibility study. MA, 2014. 154 pp. Studieleier: Van der Merwe JH.

CALLAGHAN KL. The use of remote sensing and GIS in the identification and vulnerability

detection of coastal erosion as a hazard in False Bay, South Africa. MSc, 2014. 169 pp.

Studieleier: Kemp JN.

CHATIKOBO TH. Evaluating holistic management in Hwange communal lands, Zimbabwe:

an actor-oriented livelihood approach, incorporating everyday politics and resistance. MSc,

2014. 190 pp. Studieleier: Zweig PJ.

CHIKOWORE T. Identifying the changes in the quality of life of Southern African

Development Community (SADC) migrants in South Africa from 2001 to 2011. MPhil Urban and

Regional Science, 2014. Studieleier: Willemse L.

DE KOCK C. Farming in the Langkloof: Coping with and adaptive to environmental shock and

social stress. MA, 2014. 177 pp. Studieleier: De Waal J.

KASTERN (MOELLER) ML. Factors affecting lion (Panthera leo) spatial occurrence in the

Zambezi Region, Namibia. MSc, 2014. 137 pp. Studieleier: de Klerk HM.

MALEPE N. How’s business? Manufacturing small, medium and micro enterprises’ (SMMEs’)

contribution to the formal sector employment in Gauteng and the Western Cape between 2007

and 2013. MPhil Urban and Regional Science, 2014. Studieleier: Willemse L.

MAREMBO R. Application of species distribution modelling to identify African Wild Dog

(lycaon pictus) ecological corridors and re-location sites in South-Eastern Zimbabwe. MSc,

2014. 0 pp. Studieleier: de Klerk HM.


MATAVIRE MM. Impacts of sugarcane farming on coastal wetlands of the North coast of

Zululand, Kwadukuza, South Africa. MSc, 2014. 125 pp. Studieleier: Poona NK.

MATHEKGA J. Shattering the glass ceiling: Determining the factors contributing to achieving

Grade 7 or Grade 12 for citizens in Limpopo. MPhil Urban and Regional Science, 2014.

Studieleier: Willemse L.

MOIR S. Drivers of wildfire behaviour, severity and magnitude in the Limietberg Conservation

Area: Understanding the complexity of wildfire risk. MSc, 2014. 88 pp. Studieleier: de Klerk

HM.

MOTSWALEDI M. Using remote sensing indices to evaluate habitat intactness in the

Bushbuckridge area: A key to effective planning. MSc, 2014. 0 pp. Studieleier: de Klerk HM.

MUGWENA T. Mapping spatial requirements of ecological processes to aid the

implementation of corridors. MSc, 2014. 0 pp. Studieleier: de Klerk HM.

PAVIOUR S. Carbon sequestration and trading potential in semi-arid South Africa: a Karoo

case study. MA, 2014. 151 pp. Studieleier: Van der Merwe JH.

POTGIETER R. A review of land reform in the Matzikama Municipal area. MA, 2014. 149 pp.

Studieleier: Donaldson R.

SHIFIDI VT. Socio-economic assessment of the consequences of flooding in Northern Namibia.

MA, 2014. 248 pp. Studieleier: Münch Z.

SMIT C. Geographical Information System for integrated management of agriculture and the

environment. MSc, 2014. 141 pp. Studieleier: Van der Merwe JH.

VOS E. Land cover change and its effects on landscape function in the Koue Bokkeveld. MSc,

2014. 194 pp. Studieleier: Van der Merwe JH.

XULU S. Land degradation and settlement intensification in uMhlathuze Municipality. MSc,

2014. 127 pp. Studieleier: Van der Merwe JH.

SINGH V. Are the walls giving way to fences? Is racial integration within Kwadukuza

Municipality leading to income based class segregation? MPhil Urban and Regional Science,

2014. Studieleier: van Eeden A.

BASSON, C. The economic impact of a changing urban mining region: The case of the West

Rand District Municipality in Gauteng province.MPhil Urban and Regional Science, 2014.

Studieleier: van Eeden A.

MOKHUWA, ED. Neighbourhood structure and crime dynamics: Investigating the City of

Tshwane Municipality.MPhil Urban and Regional Science, 2014. Studieleier: van Eeden A.

MASHELE, Y. An investigation of the demographic and socio-economic characteristics of

youth in the labour market in the Limpopo Province, South Africa.MPhil Urban and Regional

Science, 2014. Studieleier: van Eeden A.


10. PhD Theses completed in 2014-15:

DU PLESSIS H. A methodology for assessing geographical information science professionals

and programmes in South Africa. PhD, 2014. 169 pp. Promotor: Van Niekerk A.

MWATHUNGA E. Contesting soace in Malawi: A Lefebvrian analysis. PhD, 2014. 331 pp.

Promotor: Donaldson R.


Programmes offered:


o BA Development and the Environment

o BSc Geo-Informatics

o BSc Earth Science

o BA Socio-Informatics (Option 2: Geo-Informatics)

o BA Social Dynamics

o BA Sport Science

o BA Humanities


o BScHons Geo-Informatics

o BAHons Geographical Information Systems

o BAHons Geography and Environmental Studies


o MPhil Urban and Regional Science

o MA Geographical Information Systems

o MA Geography and Environmental Studies

o MSc Geo-Informatics

o MSc Geography and Environmental Studies


o PhD in Geography and Environmental Studies A - The programme focuses on the

study and resolution of human-environmental and urban or tourism-related

problems and phenomena from a spatial perspective.


o PhD in Geography and Environmental Studies B - The programme focuses on the

study and resolution of environmental problems and phenomena from a spatial

perspective.

Modules:

Module code, credits, module name, language option:

124 (16) – Introduction to Human-Environmental Systems (T)

154 (16) – Introduction to Earth Systems Science

211 (16) – Earth Observation (E)

214 (16) – Geographical information Systems (E)

225 (16) – Urban and Tourism Development (T)

241 (16) – Spatial Data Management (E)

242 (16) – Digital Photogrammetry (E)

265 (16) – Environmental Studies (T)

311 (16) – Spatial Data Acquisition (E)

312 (16) – Spatial Analysis (E)

314 (12) – Geography of Tourism (T)

323 (12) – The South African City (T)

341 (16) – Spatial Modelling (E)

342 (16) – Earth Observation (E)

358 (16) – Environmental Studies (T)

363 (16) – Geographic Communication (E)

711 (30) – Environmental Analysis and Synthesis

712 (30) – Advanced Remote Sensing

712 (30) – Disaster Risk Science and Development

713 (30) – Geographical Information Systems (E)


714 (30) – Urban Analysis and Synthesis (E)

715 (30) – Tourism Analysis and Synthesis (E)

716 (30) – Spatial Modelling and Geographical Communication (E)

742 (30) – Environmental Geography Research Application (E)

743 (30) – Human Geographical Research Application (A & E)


Level 2014 2015

First year 413 362

Second year 129 173

Third year 96 106

Honours 18 22

Masters 26 23

Doctoral 23 22




Stellenbosch University (Saldanha Campus): Military Geography

Name Position Area of specialisation E-mail Office Tel. number

Mr GK Ayirebi Lecturer Sub-Saharan geopolitics and cultural geography


Dr TJ Flügel Lecturer / HoD

Geomorphology; GIS and remote sensing


Ms B Mtshawu Lecturer Statistics, Soil Science, GIS and Remote Sensing


Cdr HAP Smit Lecturer Military environmental

management and historical

and applied geography


1. Department News

Ms Mtshawu obtained her MSc (Geography) from UFS and Dr Flügel obtained his PhD

(Environmental & Geographical Sciences) from UCT in 2014.


HAP Smit & H.S. Jansen van Rensburg 2014. Success and failure along the Modder

River during the Anglo Boer War: The influence of terrain. Scientia Militaria, 42(2).

KP Lodi, HAP Smit & GK Ayirebi 2014. Terrain analysis considerations in the course

curricula of the South African Army Engineer Corps. Scientia Militaria, 42(1).


Name of presenter (s) Title of presentation Format of

presentation

Date of

conference/workshop

Name of

Conference/workshop

B Mtshawu Geovisualization and

geostatistical analysis of

naturally occurring

radioactivity in sand

sediments: a case study of

North Bay, Saldanah

military area.

Oral June 2014 Annual Geography

Student Conference and

10th

Conference of the

Society of South African

Geographers

../../AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/Temporary%20Internet%20Files/Content.Outlook/1L8EJJM0/[email protected]





TJ Flügel, FD Eckardt

and FPD Cotterill

The present day drainage

patterns of the Congo

River System and its

Neogene evolution

Oral June 2014 10th

Conference of the

Society of South African

Geographers

B Mtshawu Comparison between

Inverse Distance

Weighting and Ordinary

Kriging based on

estimation error: a case

study of Raipan, Northern

Cape.

Oral October 2014 Geo-Information Society

of South Africa (Eastern

Cape)


The Military Geography Department aspires to empower students with knowledge and skills that

will assist them with decision making relevant to the African military milieu. There is a strong

environmental component throughout the course that equips our soldiers with the necessary

regard for the environment in which they will operate, limiting the harmful effects of

military operations on the environment and gaining tactical advantages.

Undergraduate

Year 1 : Concepts and Techniques in Geography and The Physical Environment

Year 2 : Military Conduct and the Environment and The Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa

Year 3 : Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing

Postgraduate

BMil Honnours in Military Geography : Geographical Thought; Geographical Methodology;

Geographical Information Systems; Political Geography; Environmental Studies and Military

Action; Environmental Skills and Techniques and a Research Assignment

MMil in Military Geography : Research on a military-related geographical problem.


Level 2014 2015

First year 12 14

Second year 16 9

Third year 5 15

Honours 0 2


Masters 2 3


University of South Africa: Geography

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.

1. Head/Chair of Department:


specialisation

E-mail Office Telephone

Number

Acting CoD: Mr Pretorius, RW Teaching and

learning in

geography

[email protected]

(011) 471 3680


Name/Naam Rank/

position

Highest Qualification

Area of specialisation

E-MAIL ADDRESS

TEL

Prof Horn, AC Professor D.Phil Urban and social

geography

[email protected]

.za

(011) 471 2168

Prof Mini, SE Professor PhD Urban geography [email protected]

.za

(011) 471 2348

Prof Breetzka, G Professor PhD Geography of crime [email protected]

c.za

(011) 471 2364

Prof Nicolau, MD Associate

Professor

/Director

of School

of

Environm

ental

PhD Rural and cultural

geography/

geography as a

discipline in the

knowledge society

[email protected]

c.za

(011) 670-9492


Sciences

Dr Gunter, A Senior

Lecturer

D.Phil Urban geography gunteaw@unisa.

ac.za

(011) 471 2520

Mr Pretorius, RW Senior

Lecturer

MSc; MBL Teaching and learning

in geography [email protected]

c.za

(011) 471 3680

Dr Hedding, DW Senior

Lecturer

D.Phil Geomorphology heddidw@unisa.

ac.za

(011) 471 2120

Mr Vlok, AC Senior

Lecturer

MA Remote sensing / GIS

/ geographical

analysis

[email protected].

za

(011) 471 3120

Dr Du Plessis, A Lecturer D.Phil Hydro geography [email protected]

.za

(011) 471 2877

Mr Anderson, R Lecturer MSc Geomorphology [email protected]

a (011) 417 3541

Mrs De Jager, AE Lecturer MA Teaching and learning in geography; urban geography,

services provision,

tourism, quality of life

[email protected]

c.za

(011) 471 2022

Mrs Coetzee, R Lecturer MA Environmental

geography;

Geography and e-

learning

[email protected].

za

(011) 471 3437

Mr Immelman, J Lecturer MSc Remote sensing [email protected]

.za

(011) 471 2520

Ms Lombard, A Lecturer MA Environmental and

tourism geography

Lombae1@unisa.

ac.za

(011) 471 2352

Ms Nenwiini, SC Lecturer MSc Climatology [email protected]

c.za

(011) 471 2525

Mr Van Heerden,

SW

Lecturer MA Urban geography and

GIS

Vheersw1@unisa

.ac.za

(011) 471 2752

Ms Pienaar, R Lecturer BSc(Hon) Geography of

education [email protected].

za

(011) 471 2243








Physical geography

Mr Tshabalala, S Junior Lecturer

BSoSi(Hon) Transport geography [email protected]

(011) 471 3109

Mr Khanye, B Junior

Lecturer

BA(Hon) Settlement geography [email protected]

c.za

(011) 471 2065

Mrs Khotoo, A Junior

Lecturer

BA(Hon) Human geography [email protected]

.za

(011) 471 2749

Ms Nkooe, E Junior

Lecturer

BA(Hon) Human geography

Spatial ethnography

nkooees@unisa.

ac.za

(011) 471 2107

Mr Ramasunga, P Junior

Lecturer

BES(Hon) Land and agrarian

reform, livelihoods,

renewable energy,

human settlement and

land use

[email protected]

c.za

(011) 471 2106

Mr Calvert, DR Junior

Lecturer

BSc(Hon) Geomorphology [email protected]

c.za

(011) 471 2364

Fixed Term Appointments

Prof C Seethal Professor PhD Political geography

[email protected]

c.za

(011) 471 2084

Mr Boshoff Lecturer MSc Environmental issues

and impacts

[email protected]

.za (011) 670 9464

Mrs Jordaan, S Lecturer MSc Geomorphology [email protected].

za

(011) 471 2288

Mr Kabanda, T Lecturer MA Environmental

geography

kabandT@unisa.

ac.za

(011) 471 2236

Mr Manuel, K Science

Foundation BA(Hon) Urban geography [email protected]

c.za

(011) 471 2097


Name (Title, Surname, Initials) Position E-mail

Ms Steenkamp, HE Departmental secretary [email protected]

Ms Lotz, CE Technical assistant [email protected]

Ms Kuhlase, S Departmental secretary [email protected]















4. Department News

2014 saw some excellent highlights for the department, Dr David Hedding received his Phd from the University of Pretoria and then was part of the team awarded an NRF grant to study geomorphological processes on Marion Island. Dr Anja du Plessis obtained her PhD in Geography at the Unviersity of Johannesburg. Dr Ashley Gunter was invited to the Center for African Studies at the University of Edinburgh for a semester to work on his research on housing in Southern Africa and he presented 5 papers at different forums while in the UK. Prof Breetzke joined the department after working in New Zealand at the University of Cantabury, he brings with him an excellen publications record and will be an asset to the depatment. In Feburary of 2014, the Deparment hosted Dr Raghuram who is the director of the OpenSpace Research Center at Open University, Dr Raguram presented a paper to the College entitled: Migration and development in the age of Rising Powers, theoretical challenges and empirical opportunities, she also hosted a research workshop in the deparment and a critical reading group session. The department then hosted Prof Bricks at the annual African Scholar event, Prof Bricks presented a paper entitled: Local Knowledge Systems as an alternative strategy for Poverty alleviation. The department hosted the The 14

th annual Suid-

Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns postgraduate student symposium in November. Finally, the

Department of Geography in collaboration with the Alumni office hosted the 1st

Geography Alumni Event in September, Prof Elri Liebenberg presented the key note address and two alumni, Prof Joan Fairhurst and Prof Elri Lienbenerg were recognized as outstanding alumni of the Department and were presented with certificates to this effect. Prof Melanie Nicolau was promoted to Associate Professor and was seconded to the position of Director of the School of Environmental Sciences which includes the programme groups of Geography, Environmental Management, Environmental Sciences, Horticulture and Nature Conservation.


Lovasi, G. S., Pearson, A. L. & Breetzke, G. D. (2014). The independent associations of recorded crime and perceived safety with physical health for men and women in New Zealand. British Medical Journal (Open), 4:e004058.

Breetzke, G. D., Landman, K. & Cohn, E. G. (2014). Is it safer behind the gates? Crime and gated communities in South Africa, Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 29(1), 123-129.

Pearson, A. L., Ivory, V., Breetzke, G. D. & Lovasi, G. S. (2014). Are feelings of peace or depression the drivers of the relationship between neighbourhood social fragmentation and mental health in Aotearoa/New Zealand? Health & Place, 26, 1-6.

Breetzke, G. D. & Pearson, A. L. (2014). The fear factor: Examining the spatial variability of recorded crime on the fear of crime, Applied Geography, 46(2014), 45-52.

Hamann and Horn, A.C. (2014). Continuity or discontinuity? Evaluating the changing socio-spatial structure of the city of Tshwane, South Africa, Urban Forum 1-19.

Ramudzuli, M.R. and Horn, A.C. (2014). Arsenic residues in soil at cattle dip tanks in the Vhembe district, Limpopo Province, South Africa, South African Journal of Science. 101(7-8), 1-7.

Mini, S.E. (2014): Transformation of South African Cities for spatial-social Justice and Sustainability in D.P. O’Donoghue (ed) 2014: Urban transformations: Centres, Peripheries and Systems

Bentley, M.J., Cofaigh, C.Ó., Anderson, J.B., Conway, H., Davies, B., Graham, A.G.C., Hillenbrand, C.-D., Hodgson, D.A., Jamieson, S.S.R., Larter, R.D., Mackintosh, A., Smith, J.A., Verleyen, E., Ackert, R.P., Bart, P.J., Berg, S., Drunstein, D., Canals, M., Colhoun, E.A., Crosta, X., Dickens, W.A., Domack, E., Dowdeswell, J.A., Dunbar, R., Ehrmann, W., Evans, J., Favier, V., Fink, D., Fogwill, C.J., Glasser, N.F., Gohl., K., Golledge, N.R., Goodwin, I., Gore, D.B., Greenwood, S.L., Hall, B.L., Hall, K., Hedding, D.W., Hein, A.S., Hocking, E.P., Jakobsson, M., Johnson, J.S., Jomelli, V., Jones, R.S., Klages, J.P., Kristoffersen, Y., Kuhn, G., Leventer, A., Licht, K., Lilly, K., Lindow., J., Livingstone, S.J., Massé, McGlone, M.S., McKay, R.M., Melles, M., Miura, H., Mulvaney, R., Nel, W., Nitsche, F.O., O’Brein, P.E., Post, A.L., Roberts, S.J., Saunders, K.M., Selkirk, P.M., Simms, A.R., Spiegel, C., Stolldorf, T.D., Sugden, D.E., van de Putten, N., van Ommen, T., Verfaillie, D., Vyverman, W., Wagener, B., White, D.A. Witus, A.E.


Zwartz, D., (2014). A community-based geological reconstruction of Antarctic Ice Sheet deglaciation since the Last Glacial Maximum, Quaternary Science Reviews 100, 1 -9.

Hodgson, D.A., Graham, A.G.C., Roberts, S.J., Bentley, M.J., Cofaigh, C.Ó., Verleyen, E., Vyverman, W., Jomelli, V., Favier, V., Brunstein, D., Verfaillie, D., Colhoun, E.A., Saunders, K.M., Selkirk, P.M., Mackintosh, A., Hedding, D.W., Nel, W., Hall, K., McGlone, M.S., Van der Putten, Dickens, W.A. and Smith, J.A., (2014). Terrestrial and submarine evidence for the extent and timing of the Last Glacial Maximum and the onset of deglaciation on the maritime-Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands, Quaternary Science Reviews, 100, 137-158.

Pretorius, R.W., 2014. "A critical narrative of e-learning spaces for environmental sustainability in the Global South." Chapter 12 (pp. 187-198) in Azeiteiro, U.M., Leal Filho, W. and Caeiro, S., (Eds.) E-learning and education for sustainability. Peter Lang, Frankfurt.

Gunter, A., (2014): Mega events as a pretext for infrastructural development: The case of the All African Games Athletes Village, Alexandra, Johannesburg, Bulletin of Geography, 23, 39-52

Gunter, A. (2014). Renting shacks: Landlords and tenants in the informal. Urbani izziv, (25), 96-107.

De Jager AE. (2014). The importance of visual literacy for a changing Geography in Valanides, N (Ed). 2014. Reconceptualising Visual Literacy: Describing Reality, Creating Imagery and Deciphering Visuals. Loretto: IVLA

Lombard, A. & Ferreira, S. (2014). Residents’ attitudes to proposed wind farms in the West Coast region of South Africa: A social perspective from the South. Energy Policy, 66, 390-399.

Pienaar, R and T. M. McKay. (2014). Mapping Socio-Economic Status, Geographical Location and Matriculation Pass Rates in Gauteng, South Africa. Perspectives in Education, 32(1), 105-123.

Nembudani, M. and Fairhurst, UJ. (2014). Government policy, demography and primary school

enrolment in Vhembe District, Limpopo, South Africa. Education as Change, 18(1), 151-161.

Moyo, I. (2014). A Case Study of Black African Immigrant Entrepreneurship in Inner City Johannesburg

using the Mixed Embeddedness Approach. Journal of Immigrant & Refugee, Studies, 12:3, 250-273,

Liebenberg, EC (2014). Achieving the Impossible: The 1 : 500 000 Irrigation Map of South Africa,

19351937. The Cartographic Journal, 51(3), 237-248.


Name of

presenter (s)

Title of

presentation

Date of

conference/workshop

Name of

Conference/workshop

Dr Gunter, A

and Dr

Raghuram P

International study

in the global South:

linking student, staff

and institutional

mobility

25 – 29 August 2014 RGS-IBG Conference;

London

Dr Gunter, A Renting Shacks: the

prevalence of

tenancy in the

informal housing

sector in Gauteng

Province

22 – 27 June 2014 Society of South

African Geographers’

Biennial Conference

Dr Raghuram

and Dr

Gunter, A

International Branch

Campuses, an

investigation into

the

internationalisation



Biennial Conference


of HE in South

Africa

Prof Horn, A

and Mr

Hamman, C

The Growing

Discrepancy

Between School

and Residential

Populations in

Johannesburg,

South Africa

11-14 August 2014, IGU Urban

Commission, Poznan,

Poland

Prof Horn, A

and Mr

Hamman, C

Contextualizing Two

Decades of Socio-

spatial Change in

South African Cities

11-14 August 2014, IGU Urban

Commission, Poznan,

Poland

Dr Hedding,

D.W., Prof

Nel, W. and

Mr Anderson,

R.L

Aeolian process

and landforms in

the sub-Antarctic:

preliminary data

from Marion Island



Biennial Conference

Prof GD

Breetzke

Using CPTED

Principles to Inform

the Christchurch

Central City Rebuild

Post-quake

17-19 June 2014 23rd Symposium on

Environmental

Criminology and Crime

Analysis

Prof GD

Breetzke

Is it safer behind

the gates? Crime

and gated

communities in

South Africa

22-27 June 2014. Society of South


Biennial Conference

Prof GD

Breetzke

The spatial

periodicity of crime

in South Africa

14-15 August 2014 5th Local and

International Crime

Conference of the

Institute for Security

Studies

Mr Pretorius

RW and

Prof Fairhurst

The role of

Geography in multi-

inter-trans-

disciplinary study

programmes for

environmental

sustainability

3 – 5 Sept 2014 2 nd World Symposium

on Sustainable

Development at

Universities

Mr Pretorius

RW

Co authors:

Virtual learning

environments for

transformation to

3 – 5 Sept 2014 2 nd World Symposium

on Sustainable

Development at


Dr MD

Nicolau

Ms M

Nöthling

Ms AE

deJager

Ms A Du

Plessis

Mr J

Immelman

sustainability: A

case study from the

“South"

Universities

Ms Lombard,

A

Picture postcard vs

production

landscapes: A case

of wind farms in the

West Coast region

of South Africa

6-8 May 2014, Renewable Energy

Generation South

America (REGSA)

Conference on

Renewable Energy,

Energy Efficiency and

Sustainable

Development,

Florianopolis, Brazil.

Mr

Tshabalala, S

Disjointed municipal

transport: A spatial

investigation of the

impacts on

commuters in

Ekhuruleni



Student Conference

Mr Khayne, B Tenure in informal

settlements: An

investigation into

informal ownership

in Alexandra,

Johannesburg



Student Conference

6. Research Master Dissertations completed in 2014:

Student’s Name

Title of dissertation Institution Qualification

Supervisor Co-supervisor

K Dube Socio-Economic impact Assessment of Lower Gweru Irrigation Scheme in Zimbabwe

Unisa MSc Prof SE Mini

SM Foot The Place of Community Values

within Community-Based

Conservation: the case study of

Driftsands Nature Reserve, Cape

Unisa MSc Prof MD Nicolau


Town

H Rahim The social and economic

effects of the Rea Vaya bus

rapid transit system (BRT) in

the Gauteng Province

Unisa MSc Prof SE Mini Mrs GA Viljoen

R Sibanyoni

The socio-economic

challenges faced by women

waste pickers at the Five

Landfills of Tshwane

Municipality

Unisa MSc Prof SE Mini

SD Nkalanga

Evaluation of provision and

accessibility of government's

environmental programmes and

campaigns to the community of

Masibekela, a rural village in

Mpumalanga, South Africa, under

the Nkomazi Local Municipality

Unisa MA Dr L Innes Prof UJ Fairhurst

PL Malepa Visitor perceptions and

awareness of litter at the

Johannesburg Zoo

Unisa MA Mrs R Coetzee

Mr RW Pretorius

7. PhD Thesis’s completed in 2014:

Student’s Name

Title of thesis Institution Qualification

Supervisor Co-supervisor

A B Berlie Determinants of rural

household food security in

Drought-Prone areas of

Ethiopia: Case study in Lay

Gaint Woreda, Amhara

Region

Unisa PhD Dr W Bewket (Addis Ababa University)

T S Emiru Population Dynamics And Its

Impact On Land Use/Cover In

Ethiopia: The Case Of

Mandura District Of Metekel

Zone, Benshangul-Gumuz

Regional State

Unisa PhD Dr A Amsalu (AddisAbaba University)

A L Kura The Dynamics of Indigenous

knowledge pertaining to

Agroforestry systems of

Gedeo; implications for

sustainability

Unisa PhD Dr A Amsalu (AddisAbaba University)

A K Abebe Farmers Led Soil Erosion

Conservation Initiative: The

Unisa PhD Dr M Woldetsadik

(AddisAbaba University)


Case of North-Wollo Region

D Y Ayal Climate variability, farmers'

perception and adaptation

strategies: implications for

agricultural production in

Borena and East Gojjam,

Ethiopia

Unisa PhD Dr M Woldetsadik


A U Utallo Interface between Indigenous

Agricultural Knowledge And

Modern Agricultural

Technologies and Impacts on

Food Security in Gamo

Highlands: South Western

Ethiopia

Unisa PhD Dr D Tolosa


M F E Nembudani

Spatio-Temporal Dynamicsin

the Provision of Primary

School Education in Vhembe

District, Limpopo, South

Africa

Unisa PhD Prof UJ Fairhurst (Academic Associate)

E Chazireni The temporospatial

dimension of health in

Zimbabwe

Unisa PhD Dr AC Harmse

I Moyo African immigrant traders in

Johannesburg inner city,

South Africa: Deconstructing

the threatening other


Prof MD Nicolau

HH Warra Impacts of Land Use/Land

Cover Dynamics on Soil

Quality and Sustainable Land

Management Options in

Kasso Catchment, Bale

Mountains, South Eastern

Ethiopia

Unisa PhD Dr MA Ahmed (Addis Ababa Unviersity)

Prof MD Nicolau

MJ Mashaba

A Geographical Investigation

into Women Empowerment

within Makhuduthamaga

Local Municipality, Limpopo,

South Africa


Prof MD Nicolau

8. Public Lecturers

Name of

presenter (s)

Title of presentation Presented at Date

Dr Gunter, A Low Cost Housing: Property markets, informality and

redress in Post-apartheid South Africa to the Centre for

Center for African

Studies; University

29 October

2014


African Studies University of Edinburgh of Edinburgh

Dr Gunter, A Higher Education in the Global South:

Internationalisation, localisation and the edu-scape of

HE in South Africa

OpenSpace

Research Center;

Open University

12

November

2014

Dr Gunter, A A Role for Housing in Development: The neoliberal

property market in Southern African Development

Community States

Department of

Geography,

University of

Edinburgh

27

November

2014



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 GGH3701, GGH3702, GGH3703, GGH3704, GGH3705, and GGH3708. NQF Level: 8: HPGGH80, HRGGH81, GGH4802, GGH4804, and GGH4805. Know Your World: Introduction to Geography - GGH1501 Semester module NQF Level: 5 Credits: 12 Purpose:

The module introduces students to the nature and scope of geography as a science. Students will be

equipped to view the world from a geographical (spatial) perspective. Students will learn how to use

maps, aerial photographs, and remotely sensed images to interpret and understand real world

phenomena. Geographical phenomena which will be studied (on a global scale) will be selected from the

following themes: climates, ecosystems and biomes, landforms, minerals and soils, energy and water

resources, population, HIV-Aids, development and wealth, culture, and globalisation. Studying this

module will enhance geo-literacy.

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


Purpose: The aim of this module is to equip students with the required knowledge and skills to enable them to identify spatial patterns of both natural and human phenomena, as well as the spatial processes, which give rise to these patterns and change them over time. The phenomena and processes that will be studied are presented as a number of selected issues that manifest on a global scale. The causes, global patterns, consequences of, and possible solutions to these issues will also be studied. Where applicable, particular attention will be paid to how these issues manifest in both Africa and South Africa. Students will also be introduced to some of the skills, techniques, and aids that geographers use to analyse the environment and environmental problems. Our Living Earth - GGH1503 Semester module NQF Level: 5 Credits: 12

Purpose:

Provide learners with sufficient knowledge, skills and attitudes that will enable them to identify and explain

the impact of human activities on the physical environment on the global, regional and local scales and

measures that can be taken to reduce environmental degradation.

The African Challenge: People and Environment - GGH2601 Semester module NQF Level: 6 Credits: 12 Purpose: Geographers study the spatial patterns of both humans and physical phenomena. They extend their focus to spatial processes resulting from spatial patterns over a period of time. The overall purpose of this module is to introduce skills and techniques geographers use analyse the human and physical environments. Students who complete this module will acquire the knowledge and skills that will enable them to identify phenomena and processes that contribute to the challenge for a sustainable Africa. Specific focus areas include examining solutions to problematic issues and discussing how some of these challenges may be met. The Geography of Services Provision - GGH2602 Semester module NQF Level: 6 Credits: 12 Purpose: The provision of services has become an enormous challenge, as the growing needs of people need to be accommodated within the context of limited resources. The purpose of this module is to show students how the geographical perspective can contribute to dealing with the challenges we are facing regarding complex real-world problems, especially related to services provision which often have to be met within a context of limited resources. Students completing this module should therefore have the required knowledge and skills to apply a geographical perspective on basic services provision, be able to geographically evaluate basic services provision and finally apply geographical methods to the analysis of patterns in basic services provision. The Interpretation of Maps, Aerial Photographs and Satellite Images - GGH2603 Semester module NQF Level: 6 Credits: 12


Purpose: The purpose of this module is to provide learners with the necessary knowledge and skills to enable them to derive spatial data from maps, aerial photographs and satellite images and to transform the data into information which can be used to make spatial decisions to assist in solving spatial problems. People and The Natural Environment: Use and Impact (Geography) - GGH2604 Semester module NQF Level: 6 Credits: 12 Purpose: Provide learners with sufficient knowledge, skills and attitudes that will enable them to identify and explain the impact of human activities on the physical environment on the global, regional and local scales and measures that can be taken to reduce environmental degradation. Environmental Politics (Geography) - GGH2605 Semester module NQF Level: 6

Credits: 12 Purpose: Environmental politics explores the various international and national actors and organisations that shape and promote environmental cooperation on a global level. Transboundary and global environmental harms such as climate change present great challenges to our generation. The aim of this module is to expose students to the various political perspectives and issues relating to environmental matters as well as the movements, organisations and policies involved in these environmental matters. Students who complete this module should therefore be able to explain the concepts employed in the study and analysis of environmental politics as well as identify the characteristics of those concepts. Geography of Tourism - GGH2606 Semester module NQF Level: 6 Credits: 12 Purpose: This module depicts how geography can enlighten the study of tourism. Students who complete this module can interpret tourism patterns, processes and issues within a geographical context and can apply these insights to enhance the environmental sustainability of tourism destinations in a variety of contexts. Various economic, environmental and socio-cultural impacts are explored with regards to the development and management of sustainable tourism. Specifically, students will be introduced to the value of geography in a tourism career, examine the distribution of tourism resources on local, national and global spatial scales using a variety of schemes and models, evaluate the spatio-temporal tourism environment and be introduced to the importance of a positive destination image. These aspects are crucial in order to manage tourism destinations successfully and will enable students to make a useful contribution in sustainable tourism development. State of the Environment in Southern Africa – GGH3701 Semester module NQF Level: 7 Credits: 12 Purpose: After the completion of this module, the student should be able to describe and discuss the state of the people and the environment in Southern Africa. This includes the current environmental dilemma and the reasons for it; the characteristics of the various human and environmental resources; factors responsible for environmental change; impacts of such change; actions taken to promote and implement sustainable development strategies. Spatial Economic Development – GGH3702


Semester module NQF Level: 7 Credits: 12 Purpose: The purpose of this module is to provide learners with the ability to critically analyse, explain and evaluate the spatial pattern of economic development in South Africa and the processes responsible for these patterns. Students will furthermore be required to focus on possible present and future sustainable local economic development that will contribute to the reduction of poverty and the levels of inequality in South Africa. Introduction to Geographical Information Systems - GGH3703 Semester module NQF Level: 7 Credits: 12 Purpose: The purpose of this module is to provide students with an in depth understanding of how Geographical Information Systems (GIS) work. Students will be introduced to the different components and functions of GIS and learn about the application value of GIS. Students who complete this module will be able to use GIS to capture and analyse spatial data in order to communicate information to address spatial problems and issues. Development of Urban Space – GGH3704 Semester module NQF Level: 7 Credits: 12 Purpose: More than half of the world’s population is living in cities and even those who do not live in a city are influenced by urban lifestyles to some degree. This module explores the development of cities and focuses on urban structural and social morphologies, urban processes, environmental issues, mobility within urban areas, and urban development. Students who complete this module should be able to apply a geographical perspective to cities and their development. The geographical perspective is essentially spatio-temporal which implies that one needs to be able to identify spatial patterns in cities, how they change over time, interpret these and provide solutions to developmental problems in cities globally and locally. Environmental Evaluation and Impact Assessment – GGH3705 Semester module NQF Level: 7 Credits: 12 Purpose: The purpose of this module is to equip students with a solid grounding in environmental assessment processes in a variety of geographical contexts. This will enable them to interpret a variety of specialist environmental impact assessment data and reports in order to contribute to strategic, management, planning and development decisions. Students will furthermore be guided to employ critical perspectives and ethical environmental practices that are conducive to future sustainable development. Ecotourism – GGH3707 Semester module NQF Level: 7 Credits: 12 Purpose: In the absence of appropriate planning and management increased tourism can threaten the integrity of ecosystems and local cultures in sensitive natural areas - often resulting in environmental degradation. The aim of this module is therefore to equip students with the required knowledge and skills


to make an informed contribution to the development and management of ecotourism destinations or ventures. Specific focus areas include the exploration of the philosophical roots of ecotourism, the benefits of sustainable conservation, environmental interpretation, sensitivity towards and an appreciation of biodiversity and local cultures, and the planning, managing and marketing of ecotourism destinations. Environmental Awareness and Responsibility - GGH3708 Semester module NQF Level: 7 Credits: 12 Purpose: Students who complete this module will be able to describe and explain the complex interrelationships between humans and the environment. They will acquire an attitude and value system that will be of use in dealing with human-environmental interactions. They will be able to reflect on the probable impacts and consequences of human activities on the natural environment.


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 honours 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. 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. Spatio-temporal patterns of phenomena will be investigated to highlight the complexity and inter-relatedness of different types of natural and anthropogenically-induced environmental change. This holistic approach acknowledges the importance of investigating environmental change from a geographical perspective. The geography of people-resource interactions in the Global South - GGH4805 Year module NQF Level: 8 Credits: 24

The purpose of this module is to guide the student in developing his/her own voice on issues related to

the interaction between people and resource use in different regions of the Global South. This module


presents a unique regional perspective on resource use and the implications thereof, with a strong focus

on people and their roles in different spatiotemporal contexts. Specifically, students will conduct a

geographical resource analysis of current trends in people-resource interactions in the Global South; take

a position within a multitude of discourses on sustainable resource use in the Global South; frame an

authentic geographical task on resource use, its consequences and how to deal with local scale

implications; and inform role players in a chosen authentic context of uncertainties, complexities and

vulnerabilities concerning resource use.

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. 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 Postgraduate (NQF level 9):

NQF Level 9: Master of Science in Geography Full thesis. NQF level 10 : PhD in Geography Full thesis.

15. Student numbers (2014)

Level Number

First year 7 356*

Second year 6 596*

Third year 2 446*

Honours 286*


Masters 29

Phd 37

(* HEDA: provisional module enrolments per Department)


Dr Ashley Gunter email: [email protected] 011 471 3390



The University of South Africa (UNISA): Department of Environmental

Science


specialisation

E-mail Office

Telephone

Number

Professor; Willie; N Horticulture [email protected] 0114712324





Prof Mearns; K.F

Professor Sustainability [email protected]

0114712973

Mrs; Du Plessis; R

Lecturer Waste Management [email protected]

0114712584

Mr; Jordaan; M

Lecturer Remote Sensing & GIS

[email protected]

0114713222

Mrs Van den Berg; U

Lecturer Environmental

Management

[email protected]

0114713093

Mrs Van Niekerk; E

Lecturer Earth systems and

processes

[email protected]

0114712325

Ms; Baker; M

Jnr Lecturer Environmental

Management;

sustainable tourism

[email protected]

0114712926

Dr Chitakira; M

Snr Lecturer Intergrated landscape management

[email protected]

0114713220

Ms; Sehlapelo-Ibouanga;D

Lecturer Green buildings & Water Management

[email protected]

0114712293

Mrs; McKay; T

Snr Lecturer Adventure Tourism & Environmental Management

[email protected]

0116709461

Dr; Togo; M Snr Lecturer Environmental Education

[email protected]

0114713934

Prof, Tekere; M

Professor Environmental Science

[email protected]

0114712270

Ms; Matala; M

Jnr lecturer Environmental Management

[email protected]

0114712149














Prof Moja, SJ

Ass Prof Environmental Science

[email protected] 0114713878

Mr Baloyi, ND

Lecturer Environmental Management


Mr Maphangwa, K



Mr Magashoa, M



Mr Sebaiwa, MM



Prof Stoffberg, H

Ass Prof Environmental Management


Post Doc Fellows in the Department.

Surname Initials, First name Email address Tel

Dr Kamika I, Ilunga [email protected] 0116709722

Dr Lawton MC, Michelle [email protected] 0116709722

Dr Mopipi K, Keletso [email protected] 0116709722

Dr Nsubuga F, Francis [email protected] 0116709722

Dr Selvarajan Ramgenesh [email protected] 0116709722

Dr Sibanda T, Timothy [email protected] 0116709722

Dr Yessoufou K, Kowiyou [email protected] 0116709722





Hart Ms EEB, Estee

Secretary n/a [email protected] 0114712213















4. Department News

o During 2014 the Department of Environmetnal Sciences applied for and was awarded accreditation with the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP) accredition for their Bachelor of Science Degree (Bsc) in Environmental Management. The South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP) is the legislated regulatory body for Natural Science Professionals in South Africa. SACNASP recognizes and registers natural scientific practitioners and fosters the ethical practise and training of the natural scientific professions.

o Professor K. F. Mearns was awarded NRF Y2 (Young researcher) rating by the National Research Foundation Rating. A researcher in this group is recognised by all or the overwhelming majority of reviewers as having the potential to establish himself/herself as a researcher (demonstrated by recent research products).

o Professor K.F. Mearns was inaugurated as a full professor in the department of Environmental Sciences at UNISA. Prof Tekere will be inaugurated later this year.


Title of Paper Name of the

Journal/Publication

Authors

A second wave of gentrification: The case

of Parkhurst

Urbani Izziv, 25 (supp): S108-S121.

Monare, P.T Kotzé, N.J McKay, T.J.M

A series of unfortunate events: How the battle to save an urban wetland was both won and lost

Journal of Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa,

10(1) July: 149-168.

Gender-Ragubeer Y

Meeuwis, J

McKay, T.J.M

Combatting Plagiarism Using a Community of Practice Approach,

South African Journal of Higher Education, 28(4): 1315-1331.

McKay, T.J.M

Adventure Tourism in South Africa: The case of Bungee Jumping

African Journal of Physical Health Education, Recreation and Dance 20(4:1): 1473-1491

McKay, T.J.M

Waste characterisation and recycling

potential in Stellenbosch

WASTECON 20014 C M Cronjé

R du Plessis

K Mearns

Newtown Cultural Precinct driving tourism

led urban regeneration within the

Johannesburg inner-city

African Journal of Hospitality,

Tourism and Leisure Vol. 3 (2) -

(2014)

M Mbhiza

K Mearns

Household food wastage in a developing

country: A case study of Mamelodi

Township in South Africa

WASTECON 20014 F.R. Ramukhwatho,

R du Plessis

S Oelofse

The carbon footprint and embodied

energy of construction material: A

comparative analysis of South African

BRT stations.

Journal Acta Structilia

21(1)2014 Pages: 45 - 78 ISSN:

1023-0564

J Hugo,

A Barker

H Stoffberg.


Comparisons of the composition and biogeographic distribution of the bacterial communities occupying South African thermal springs with those inhabiting deep subsurface fracture water

Frontiers in Microbiology C.Magnabosco M. Tekere, CY Lau, B.Linage, O. Kuloyo, Mariana E. Errol Cason, E. van Heerden, G. Borgonie, L.Kieft, TC Onstott

An Evaluation of Electronic Waste Management in Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Limpopo Province South Africa.

Proceedings of the 20th WasteCon Conference 6-10 October 2014. pg. 519 - 526

Tshimbana T.P

Tekere M.

Savanna fire and the origins of “underground forests” of Africa.

New Phytologist 204: 201–214. DOI: 10.1111/nph.12936.

Olivier Maurin,

T. Jonathan Davies,

John E. Burrows,

Barnabas H. Daru,

Kowiyou Yessoufou,

Muthama A. Muasya,

Michelle Van der Bank

Williams Bond

Suggesting an interdisciplinary framework for the management of integrated production and conservation landscapes in transfrontier conservation areas of Southern Africa

Benkeblia, N. (ed). Agroecology, Ecosystems and Sustainability, CRP Press, pp. 266-277. In press.

Chitakira, M.

Torquebiau, E.,

Ferguson, W.

Mearns, K.

Phylogenetic exploration of South African commonly used medicinal plants (2014).

Molecular Ecology Resources (Early view). DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12310.

Kowiyou Yessoufou,

Barnabas H. Daru

Muthama Muasya.

Differences in evolutionary history translate into differences in invasion success of alien mammals in South Africa.

Ecology and Evolution 4(11): 2115-2123. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.

K.Yessoufou,

J Gere,

B H Daru

MVan der Bank



Name of

presenter

(s)

Title of

presentation

Format of

presentation

Date of

conference/workshop

Name of

Conference/workshop

K Mearns Recent

developments in

responsible

tourism in South

Africa.

Oral,

powerpoint

presentation

7 March 2014 UNISA Research and

Innovation

M Chitakira

K Mearns

Relevance of

Biodiversity-

Agriculture

Integration in

Addressing Socio-

Environmental

Concerns in

Lubombo

Transfrontier

Conservation Area

Oral,

powerpoint

presentation

25-27 June 2014 Society of South African

Geographers Conference

K Mearns Tourism induced

land use change in

Bela-Bela.

Oral,

powerpoint

presentation



GH

Stoffberg

Innovation and

Education.

Oral,

powerpoint

presentation

4-5 September 2014 ILASA 2014 National

Conference

GH

Stoffberg

Aligning Design

with Science: Tree

grids and rings in

the landscape

Oral,

powerpoint

presentation

17-24 August 2014 5th International

Symposium on

Landscape and Urban

Horticulture, August 17th-

24th, 2014, Brisbane,

Australia as part of the

29th International

Horticultural Congress

(IHC2014).

TJM McKay An Assessment of

Compliance,

Enforcement and

the Legal

Framework

pertaining to Acid

Oral,

powerpoint

presentation

27-29 August 2014 Affiliate of the

International Association

for Impact Assessment

(IAIAsa) 19th Annual

National Conference,


Mine Drainage:

The Case of

Grootvlei Gold

Mine, The South

African

K Mearns Waste

characterisation

and recycling

potential in

Stellenbosch

Oral,

powerpoint

presentation

6- 10 October 2014 WASTECON 20014

M Togo The level of

integration of

environment and

sustainability in

programmes and

practices at the

University of

Swaziland

Oral,

powerpoint

presentation

09 to 12 Sept 2014 Environmental Education

Association of Southern

Africa

R Du

Plessis

Waste

characterisation

and recycling

potential in

Stellenbosch

Oral,

powerpoint

presentation


R Du

Plessis

Household food

wastage in a

developing

country: A case

study of Mamelodi

Township in South

Africa

Oral,

powerpoint

presentation


TJM McKay Adventure and

Misadventure:

Lessons from

Everest

Oral,

powerpoint

presentation



SE Nkosi Vegetation

classification of

the major plant

communities of the

Nooitgedacht

section, Loskop

dam nature

reserve

Oral,

powerpoint

presentation

21-22 October 2014 Grassland Society of

Southern Africa


M Baker

K. Mearns

Using sustainable

tourism indicators

to manage scare

water resoruces in

the Namibiam

Tourism Indudtry:

The case of two

Wilderness Safaris

camps in Namibia

Oral,

powerpoint

presentation

27-29 August 2014 The South African

Affiliate of the

International Association

for Impact Assessment

(IAIAsa) 19th annual

national conference:

Sustaining development

for life in Southern Africa.

TJM McKay

D Machard

School choice,

school costs: the

case of inner city

Johannesburg

private schools

Oral,

powerpoint

presentation

2-5 March 2014

International Journal of

Educational Development

in Africa Symposium

SJ Moja Air Quality

Challenges in

Wesselton

Township, South

Africa”

Oral,

powerpoint

presentation

18-20 August 2014 5th International

Conference and

Exhibition on Analytical &

Bioanalytical Techniques

(CHINA)


Student’s Name



ABEBE, D K A LIFE CYCLE

ASSESSMENT ON

LIQUID BIOFUEL

USE IN THE

TRANSPORT

SECTOR IN

ETHIOPIA

UNISA MSC EMA

Prof Memory

Tekere

CHIMUTASHU, S

THE STATUS AND

IDENTIFICATION OF

IMPROVEMENTS

OF SUSTAINABLE

HAZARDOUS

WASTE

MINIMIZATION IN

A CHEMICAL

COMPANY IN

KRUGERSDORP

UNISA MSC ESC

Prof Shadung

John Moja


DEYSEL, V

THE SOCIAL

SUSTAINABILITY OF

THE TABLE

MOUNTAIN

CABLEWAY

UNISA MSC (ENV SC)

Prof Kevin

Frank Mearns

GROVE, F M

THE

BENEFICIATION OF

CARBONATE RICH

COAL SEAM

WATER THROUGH

THE CULTIVATION

OF ARTHROSPIRA

MAXIMA

(SPIRULINA)

UNISA MSC (ENV SC)

Prof Jana

Olivier

Prof

Memory

Tekere

HLANGANAYI, A

DEFORESTATION IN

CHIPURIRO LANDS

(GURUVE), SOCIO-

ECONOMIC

FACTORS AND

PATTERNS

UNISA MSC (EN

MAN)

Prof Willem

Adriaan

Jacobus Nel

KUDOMA, B

An evaluation of

clinical waste

management in

Gaborone City

Council Healthcare

facilities

UNISA MSC EMA

Prof Memory

Tekere

MADYISE, T

CASE STUDIES OF

ENVIRONMENTAL

IMPACTS OF SAND

MINING AND

GRAVEL

EXTRACTION FOR

URBAN

DEVELOPMENT IN

GABORONE

UNISA MSC EMA

Prof Shadung

John Moja

MALULEKE, P H

A review of solid

waste

management

UNISA MSC EMA

Prof Shadung

John Moja


practices in

Polokwane

MATHERS, W L

ASSESSING

WETLAND HEALTH

USING THE WET-

HEALTH

TECHNIQUE:

BENEFITS GAINED

FROM THE

COMPUTER

PROCESSING OF

SPATIAL DATA

UNISA MSC (ENV SC)

Prof Kevin

Frank Mearns

Mr Maarten

Jordaan

MNGUNI, S N E

An investigation of

the extent of

implementation of

EIA regulations

towards health

hazard prevention

at KwaMathukuza,

Newcastle

UNISA MSC EMA

Prof Shadung

John Moja

OCHONOGOR, O R

PHYTOEXTRACTION

OF CHROMIUM

AND IRON FROM

CONTAMINATED

SOIL USING

PSORALEA

PINNATA

UNISA MSC (EN

MAN)

Prof Harrison

Ifeanyichukwu

Atagana

OJUMU, A M

TRANSPORT OF

NITROGEN OXIDES

AND NITRIC ACID

POLLUTANTS OVER

SOUTH AFRICA

AND AIR

POLLUTION IN

CAPE TOWN

UNISA MSC ESC

Prof Willem

Adriaan

Jacobus Nel

Prof Richard

Martin

Hendrick

SEMENYA, K

ASSESSMENT OF

MEDICAL WASTE

MANAGEMENT

UNISA MSC EMA

Prof Shadung

John Moja


PRACTICES IN

SOME PRIVATE

MEDICAL

FACILITIES IN

PRETORIA

SINGO, N K

An assessment of

heavy metal

pollution near an

old copper mine

dump in Musina,

South Africa

UNISA MSC EMA

Prof Shadung

John Moja

Mr

Khumbudzo

Walter

Maphangwa

CHAVALALA, B

Clean technology

transition potential

in South Africa's

gold mining sector:

Case of Harmony's

Kusasalethu mine

UNISA MSC EMA

Prof Godwell

Nhamo

VORSTER, W A

Assessment and

analysis of wildfires

with the aid of

remote sensing

and GIS

UNISA MSC ESC

Mr Maarten

Jordaan

VAN STADEN, E M

A CASE STUDY TO

EVALUATE THE

SUITABILITY OF

THREE

GREYWATER

FILTRATION

SYSTEMS FOR

HOME OWNERS

WITH GARDENS IN

GAUTENG

UNISA MSC EMA

Ms Megan

Patricia Taylor

Prof Richard

Martin

Hendrick

TUCKETT, A S

A PLANT

ECOLOGICAL

STUDY AND

MANAGEMENT

PLAN FOR

MOGALE'S GATE

UNISA MSC (EN

MAN)

Prof Leslie

Robert Brown


BIODIVERSITY

CENTRE, GAUTENG

TSHIMBANA, T P

An evaluation of

electronic waste

management in Ba-

Phalaborwa Local

Municipality,

Limpopo Province,

South Africa

UNISA MSC EMA

Prof Memory

Tekere

8. PhD Thesis’s completed in 2013:

Student’s Name

Title of thesis Institution Qualification Supervisor

ASRES, Y H

Elemental analysis of

some Geological

samples using

Neutron Activation

Technique

UNISA PhD (ES) Prof.Ashok Kumar Chaubey

HOSSAIN, M T

Studies of the impact

of mycoflora

associated with

Oryza sativa (rice) in

South Africa

UNISA PhD (ES) Prof David Modise

MBAH A, N

Molecular regulation of universal stress proteins in environmentally mediated Schistosomiasis parasites

UNISA PhD (ES) Prof Omotayo Rafiu Awofolu

MINASE, N A

Assessment of Environment-Livestock interactions in Crop-Livestock Production Systems of Central Ethiopian Highlands

UNISA PhD (ES) Prof Mary Moise Masafu,

SANGO, I

An investigation of

communal farmers'

UNISA PhD (ES) Prof Godwell Nhamo


livelihoods and

climate change

challenges and

opportunities in

Makonde rural district

of Zimbabwe

UDENSI, K U

Perturbation in gene expression in arsenic treated human epidermal cells

UNISA PhD (ES) Prof Omotayo Rafiu Awofolu


The Department of Environmental Sciences is an interdisciplinary department within the

college of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences. Although the department does not

offer any undergraduate qualifications in Environmental Sciences, the discipline offers

Hounrs, qualifications in Environmental Sciences and Environmental Management, as

well as a wide spectrum of research based masters and Doctorate qualifications,

covering aspects such as environmental monitoring (Air, soil, water quality studies and

ecotoxicology) and environmental management (Biodiversity conservation, ecotourism,

water and waste management.


o Bachelor of Arts in Environmental management NQF level 7.


o BA Honours in Environmental Management NQF level 7.

o Bsc Hounours in Environmental Mangement NQF level 8.

o BsC Honours in Environmental monitoring and Modelling NQF level 8.

o MA in Environmental Science NQF level 8


o MA in Environmental Management NQF level 9.

o Msc in Environmental Management NQF level 9.

o Msc Environmental Science NQF level 9.


o Doctor of Literature and Philosophy in Environmental Management NQF level 10.


o Doctor of Literature and Philosophy in Environmental Science NQF level 10.

10. Student Numbers (2015):

Level 2015

First year +- 620

Second year +- 300

Third year None

Honours +- 1 000

Masters +- 120

Doctoral +- 65


North West University, Vaal Triangle Campus: Geography and

Environmental Studies

1. Head/Chair of Department: Prof. Dr. habil. Frank Winde , Pr. Sci. Nat.


specialisation

E-mail Office

Telephone

Number

Frank (Prof. Winde, F)

Mining related water

problems, aqueous

contaminant transport,

uranium contamination

and risk, fluvial

hydrodymanics

[email protected] 018/ 29 70 188



Rank/Position Area of specialisation E-mail Office Telephone number

Alta (Mrs. Van Heerden, A)

Temporary lecturer Environmental management

Emile (Mr. Hoffmann, E)

Temporary lecturer GIS/ Hydro-GIS, Virtual Geographical Environments, computerised water field measurements

[email protected]

3. Department News

A position for a permanent lecturer has been advertised end of 2014.


Jones JAA, Winde F (2014): Evaluating UNESCO’s International Hydrological Programme.

http://igu-online.org/evaluating-unescos-international-hydrological-programme/,

http://www.homeofgeography.org/, pp. 3

Winde F, Erasmus E (2014): Assessing risks associated with the flooding of mine voids on

underground infrastructure and water resources in and around Johannesburg (South

http://igu-online.org/evaluating-unescos-international-hydrological-programme/

http://www.homeofgeography.org/


Africa). In: Merkel BJ, Arab A (eds.): Uranium – past and future challenges. Proceedings

of the 7th

International Conference on Uranium Mining and Hydrogeology. ISBN 978-3-

319-11058-5. Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 201-210

Winde F, Erasmus E, Geipel G, Osman AAA (2014): Revisiting a case study on Uranium

exposure linked to leukaemia – preliminary results. In: Merkel BJ, Arab A (eds.): Uranium

– past and future challenges. Proceedings of the 7th

International Conference on Uranium

Mining and Hydrogeology. ISBN 978-3-319-11058-5. Springer International Publishing

Switzerland, 185-192

Winde F, Hoffmann E (2014): Virtual Geographical Environments (VGE) as A tool to map

human exposure to mining-related radionuclides. In: Merkel BJ, Arab A (eds.): Uranium –

past and future challenges. Proceedings of the 7th

International Conference on Uranium

Mining and Hydrogeology. ISBN 978-3-319-11058-5. Springer International Publishing

Switzerland, 192-200

Jones JAA, Winde F (2014): Evaluation Report of the International Hydrological Programme

Phase VII (2008-2013). In: UNESCO (2014): Evaluation of Phase VII (2008-2013) of the

International Hydrological Programme, June 2014.

http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0022/002280/228062E.pdf

Schrader A, Winde F (in press): Unearthing a hidden treasure: 60 years of karst research in the

Far West Rand. South African Journal of Science, accepted 16 August 2014, pp. 12

Schonfeldt SJ, Winde F, Albrecht C, Kielkowski D, Liefferink M, Patel M, Stoch L, Whitaker C,

Schüz J (2014): Health effects in populations living around the uraniferous gold mine

tailings in South Africa: gaps and opportunities for research. Cancer Epidemiology, 38,

628-632

Schrader A, Erasmus E, Winde F (2014): Determining hydraulic parameters of a karst aquifer

using unique historical data from large-scale dewatering by deep level mining – a case

study from South Africa. Water SA, 40 (3), 1-15

Schrader A, Winde F, Erasmus E (2014): Using impacts of deep-level mining to research karst

hydrology – a Darcy-based approach to predict the future of dried-up dolomitic springs in

the Far West Rand goldfield (South Africa). Part 1: a conceptual model of recharge and

inter-compartmental flow. Environ Earth Sci, 72, 3549-3565 DOI 10.1007/s12665-014-

3263-0

Schrader A, Winde F, Erasmus E (2014): Using impacts of deep-level mining to research karst

hydrology – a Darcy-based approach to predict the future of dried-up dolomitic springs in

the Far West Rand goldfield (South Africa). Part 2: predicting inter-compartmental flow

and final groundwater tables. Environ Earth Sci, 72, 2583-2595, DOI 10.1007/s12665-

014-3298-2

http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0022/002280/228062E.pdf



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

Name of Conference/workshop

Winde F, Erasmus E Assessing risks associated with the flooding of mine voids on underground infrastructure and water resources in and around Johannesburg (South Africa).

Oral 21-25 Sep. 2014, Freiberg, Germany.

7th International

Conference on Uranium Mining and Hydrogeology (UMH VII) & International Atomic Energy Agency – Uranium Mine Remediation Exchange Group (UMREG) Meeting 2014

Winde F, Erasmus E, Geipel G, Osman AAA

Revisiting a case study on Uranium exposure linked to leukaemia – prelimanary results.

oral presentation 21-25 Sep. 2014, Freiberg, Germany.

7th International


Winde F, Hoffmann E Virtual Geographical Environments (VGE) as A tool to map human exposure to mining-related radionuclides

oral presentation 21-25 Sep. 2014, Freiberg, Germany.

7th International


Winde F Water quality issues in dolomitic karst aquifers of South Africa: impacts of deep level gold mining.

Oral keynote address 26-28 October 2014 International Conference on sustainable utilization of water resources in developing countries. International Research Centre on Karst & Institute of Karst Geology under the aspices of UNESCO, Guilin, China

Winde F Winde F (2014): AMD in the Central Basin – an alternative view on risks and coping strategies

Oral keynote address 16 July 2014 Rand Water Forum: Acid Mine Drainage and Water Resources, 16 July 2014, Glenvista

Winde F Alternative solutions to the AMD problem in and around Johannesburg

Oral briefing session, 60 min.

5. December 2014 Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Pretoria, Natural Resources and Environment, NRE, including teleconference to Stellenbosch branch of CSIR


Student’s Name



Mr. Aljoscha Schrader

Geohydrological consequences associated with the post-mine closure flooding of dewatered karst aquifers in the Far West Rand, South Africa

NWU PhD Prof. F Winde none



Geography was introduced at the Vaal Triangle Campus (VTC) of the North-West University in

2012 as first discipline at this campus that includes a natural-science based component with the

long-term view of serving as nucleus for establishing a natural science faculty at VTC. So far

only undergraduate programmes are offered at VTC in which Geography serves as a

complementary subject for BA degrees in the humanities incl. History, Psychology, Languages,

Theology, Economics and Law. While the number of stiudents and module3s offered grew

significantly since 2012 the same, unfortunately, was not true for teaching staff, which remained

constant resulting in overstretching the limited staff from 2014 on, when the full 3 year

programme had to be offered. The programme comprises a total of 12 teaching components, 4

for each year (1st-3rd) consiting of 1 module per semester each comprising a theoretical

component and a practical. The (recently updated) curriculum consists of the following

components:

1st year: GGFS 111 – Theory: Introduction into Physical Geography (90’/week) GGFS 111 – Practical: Introductional Cartography and Mineralogy (90’/week) GGFS 121 – Theory: Introduction into Human Geography (90’/week) GGFS 121 – Practical: Basic statistics and diagramms (90’/week)

2nd year: GGFS 211 – Theory: Economic and Applied Physical Geography (90’/week) GGFS 211 - Practical: Synoptic weather maps and STATISTIKA (90’/week) GGFS 221 - Theory: Geomorphology and Hydrology (90’/week) GGFS 221 - Practical: Remote sensing and geographical field methods (90’/week)

3rd year: GGFS 311 – Theory: Introductin into GIS (90’/week) GGFS 311 – Practical: GIS data capturing and mapping (90’/week) GGFS 321 – Theory: Environmental Geography (90’/week)

GGFS 321 – Practical: Research project environmental Geography (90’/week)

Postgraduate (NQF level 8): n.a.





Level 2014 2015

First year 55 60

Second year 9 11

Third year 8 2

Honours

Masters

Doctoral

9. The name and contact details of your SSAG person for any further (and future) information: HoD, Prof. Dr. habil. Frank Winde [email protected]


University of the Free State: Geography

Vision and mission of the Department:

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.

Head/Chair of Department:


specialisation

E-mail Office

Telephone

Number

Dr Charles Barker GIS, Fluvial

geomorphology


Information about the Geographers in the Department




Bloemfontein Campus

051 401 2255

Charles Barker

Senior Lecturer

GIS, Fluvial geomorphology


Gustav Visser

Professor Urban Geography


Ruth Massey Lecturer Urban Geography and Climate change


Eldalize Kruger

Lecturer Environmental Management


Tobeka Lecturer Rural [email protected] 3521


Mehlomakulu

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

JJ Le Roux Senior Lecturer

Geomorphology [email protected] 2255

Qwa Qwa Campus

058 718 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


Samuel Adelabu

Lecturer

Physical Geography


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

Department News

At the Society of South African Geographer’s Biannual Conference, Prof. Gustav Visser was

made a Fellow of the Society. This is one of the top honors bestowed by the SSAG.

Left: Prof. Visser with his award

A number of staff members from the Bloemfontein Campus attended the Society of South

African Geographer’s (SSAG) Biannual Conference in East London. The conference was

hosted by the University of Fort Hare. The Bloemfontein Campus staff presented papers on both

physical and human Geography topics


Dr Ruth Massey and Mrs Anneri Pretorius received a grant from the SSAG to run a project that

would see 10 Bloemfontein schools receive Geography teaching and learning support material

(targeting the intermediate phase). The Green Box project is to be rolled out into 2015

Left: The contents of the Green Box

Dr JJ Le Roux joined the Bloemfontein Campus Staff. Dr Le Roux brings with him a wealth of

knowledge on geomorphology (particularly erosion). Also joining the Department, in Qwa Qwa,

was Samuel Adelabu, also a physical Geographer. Mr Adriaan van der Walt completed his

Masters degree

Dr Ruth Massey was a visiting academic at the University of Cape Town’s African Centre for

Cities during July

The Department’s GIS modules were accredited by PLATO. The University of the Free State is

now one of the few Universities in South Africa to have PLATO accredited GIS modules

The Department also started a Geography Student’s Forum which helps students with various

elements of their studies including writing, reading and exam preparation


Chapters

Visser GE. 2014. Gay and lesbian tourism practices. Edition:1st Edition In A. Lew & C.

Hall & A. Williams (eds.), The Wiley Blackwell companion to tourism, United Kingdom,

Sussex: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (pp. 435-443). 978-0-631-23564-4


Journal articles

Rex RSR, Campbell MM, and Visser GE., 2014. The on-going desegregation of

residential property ownership in South Africa: the case of Bloemfontein. Urbani izziv, 25

(Supplement), Special Issue: pp. S6 - S24

Visser GE. 2014. The film industry and South African urban change. Urban forum, 25

pp. 13 – 34

Visser GE, Rogerson C. 2014. Reflections on 25 years of Urban Forum. Urban forum,

25 pp. 1 – 11

Hay EA, Visser GE. 2014. Socio-cultural and socio-economic features of second homes

in Rosendal, South Africa. Bulletin of geography: socio-economic series, 26 pp. 157 –

166

Visser GE. 2014. Urban tourism and the de-gaying of Cape Town's De Waterkant.

Urban forum, 25 pp. 469 – 482

Rogerson C, Visser GE. 2014. A decade of progress in African urban tourism

scholarship. Urban forum, 25 pp. 407 – 417

Massey RT. 2014. Exploring counter-conduct in upgraded informal settlements: the

case of women residents in Makhaza and New Rest (Cape Town), South Africa.

HABITAT INTERNATIONAL, 44 pp. 290 – 296

Visser GE. 2014.Thinking beyond exclusionary gay male spatial frames. Life in a

changing urban landscape, Johannesburg and Stellenbosch, South Africa, 21-Jul-2013 -

26-Jul-2013

Val A, Taru T, Steininger C. 2014. New taphonomic analysis of large-bodied primate

assemblage from Cooper's D, Bloubank Valley, South Africa. SOUTH AFRICAN

ARCHAEOLOGICAL BULLETIN, 69 (100), pp. 49 – 58

Taru T, Chingombe W, Mukwada G, Van Zyl WF. 2014. What is in a grave? Conflict

between the Golden Gate Highlands National Park management and park inhabitants.

African Journal of Hospitality, tourism and Leisure (AJHTL), 3 (2), pp. 1 – 8

Claassen JHD, Mukwada G, Naidoo M, Mahasa PS. 2014. Land reform and grain

production: the case of emerging farmers in Qwaqwa, South Africa. Journal of human

ecology, 46 (2), pp. 223 – 234

Taru T, Chingombe W, Mukwada G. 2014. A bullet laden park: potential for battlefield

tourism in the Golden Gate Highlands National Park. African Journal of Hospitality,

tourism and Leisure (AJHTL), 3 (2), pp. 1 – 9


Mahasa PS, Ruhiiga M. 2014. Medical waste management practices in north eastern

Free State, South Africa. Journal of human ecology, 43 (3), pp. 439 – 450

Mukwada G, Chingombe W, Taru T. 2014. Why social acceptance in South African

solar water heater projects should shape national energy policy: the case of

Bluegumbosch. Mediterranean journal of social sciences, 5 (16), July: pp. 635 – 646

Holtman L, Mukwada G. 2014. Challenges confronting the quality of postgraduate

research supervision and its effects on time-to-degree and throughput rates: a case of a

South African University. Mediterranean journal of social sciences, 5 (6), April: pp. 179 –

190

Shoko C, Dube T, Sibanda M, Adelabu SA. 2014. Applying the surface energy balance

system (SEBS) remote sensing model to estimate spatial variations in

evapotranspiration in Southern Zimbabwe. Royal Society of South Africa

Visser GE. 2014.Thinking beyond exclusionary gay male spatial frames. Life in a

changing urban landscape, Johannesburg and Stellenbosch, South Africa, 21-Jul-2013 -

26-Jul-2013

Rex RSR, Visser GE. 2014.Current trends on residential property ownership

desegregation in Bloemfontein, South Africa. Life in a changing urban landscape,

Johannesburg & Stellenbosch, South Africa, 21-Jul-2013 - 26-Jul-2013

Hay EA, Visser GE. 2014.Perspectives on social impacts of second homes in rural

South Africa. Life in a changing urban landscape, Johannesburg & Stellenbosch, South

Africa, 21-Jul-2013 - 26-Jul-2013

Some Conference Presentation in 2013:

Name of

presenter (s)

Title of

presentation

Format of

presentation

Date of

conference/work

shop

Name of

Conference/workshop

Massey RT Climate Change and

Informal Settlement

Upgrading

Presentation June 2014 SSAG, East London,

Barker C "Missing" Surface

Drainage of the

Western Free State

June 2014 SSAG, East London,


Research Master Dissertations completed in 2013:

Student’s Name



Van Der Walt

A Spatial-

analytical investigation of

seasonal rainfall and temperature

patterns over southern Africa

UFS MSc Barker C N/A

Master Dissertations of limited scope completed in 2013:

Student’s Name



NA

PhD Thesis’s completed in 2013:

Student’s Name


NA

Short description of the curriculum presented:


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

Student Numbers (2013):

Level Number (Both campuses)

First year 297

Second year 336

Third year 359

Honours 23

Masters 6

Doctoral 1

Any other information not included above, that you would like to include in the newsletter:

NA

The name and contact details of your SSAG person for any further (and future) information:

Sandra Brits Administrator [email protected]

2184


Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University: Geosciences

1. Head/Chair of Department: Dr N. Webb


Initials)

Area of

specialisation

E-mail Office

Telephone

Number

Dr Nigel Webb

Urban Agriculture

[email protected]

041 5042028



Initials)

Rank/Position Area of Specialisation

E-mail address Office Telephone number

Prof Vincent Kakembo

Professor Physical Geography

[email protected] 504-4516

Dr Pakama Siyongwana

Senior Lecturer Urban Geography


Dr A de Wit Lecturer Environmental Management


Dr W Britz Lecturer GIS&

Cartography


Mrs LL Williams-Bruinders

Lecturer Social Sustainability, Housing Studies






Prof. AJ Christopher

Emeritus Professor Political Geography [email protected] 504-2355


Kakembo, V. and van Niekerk, S. (2014). The Integration of GIS into Demographic

Surveying of Informal Settlements: the case of Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, South

Africa, Habitat International, 44, 451-460, DOI 10.1016/j.habitatint.2014.09.004.





https://email.nmmu.ac.za/owa/redir.aspx?C=R46qIUAa2Uugn9x5hS7yImJZQMwMS9IIAbVUaUddQ871tluLaFk0KMUrUpxOhv6F6Lsj1mr6B6A.&URL=mailto%3aaj.christopher%40nmmu.ac.za


Zengeni, R., Kakembo, V. and Nkongolo, N. (2014). Historical rainfall variability in

selected rainfall stations in Eastern Cape, South Africa, SA Geog Jnl, DOI:

10.1080/03736245.2014.977811.

Kakembo, V. (2014). Less Dependency on Land, More Erosion! The Twenty-First Century

in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Professorial inaugural lecture published in

NMMU Inaugural Lecture Series, ISBN No. 978-1-920508-36-4.

Sithole, VB., Kakembo, V. (2014). Classification of sub-tropical indigenous forest species

using field Spectroscopy and Linear Discriminant Analysis. Proceedings of the 10th

International Conference of AARSE, Johannesburg, 27-31 October, 159-167.

Onsongo, F. and Webb, N.L. 2014. The Significance of Induced Abortion in Kisii, South West

Kenya. South African Journal of Demography, 15 (1): 133-163.

Siyongwana, PQ. & D Heijne. 2014. Urban insecurities and spaces of fear in a South

African Township: Case study in KwaZakhele, Port Elizabeth, In Kotze, N; Donaldson, R &

G. Visser (Eds.) Life in a Changing Urban Landscape. Proceedings of the IGU Urban

Commission Urban Challenges in a Complex World. ISBN 978–0–86970–769–2.

Chanza, N. and de Wit A. 2014: Epistemological and Methodological Framework for Indigenous

Knowledge in Climate Science. Indilinga: African Journal of Indigenous Knowledge Systems, 12(2):

203-206.

Britz,H. W. and Webb, P.(2014) The effect of an intervention using GIS-generated geo-spatial

data on the promotion of spatial cognition and spatial perspective taking in grade 11 learners,

South African Geographical Journal, http://dx.doi.org/10.80/0376245.2014.977815.

Christopher, A.J. (2014) Headlining the release of South Africa’s Census 2011 results, South

African Geographical Journal 96, 166-179.

Christopher, A.J. (2014) The religious question in the United Kingdom census 1801-2011, Journal

of Ecclesiastical History 65, 601-619.


Christopher, A.J. (2014) The “Religion” Question in British Colonial and Commonwealth Censuses

1820s-2010s, Journal of Religious History 38, 579-596.


Name of

presenter (s)

Title of

presentation

Format of

presentation

Date of

conference/workshop

Name of

Conference/workshop

Prof V. Kakembo &

E Cammeraat

Vegetation change

and the

geomorphological

response of dryland

hillslopes of the

Eastern Cape

Province, South Africa

Oral 15-18 July 2014 International Association

of Sediment and Water

Science (IASWS), Rhodes

University, Grahamstown

Prof . V. Kakembo Perpetual soil erosion

in the Eastern Cape

Province: A self-

amplifying feedback

loop

Oral 23 – 27 June, 2014 SSAG, Fort Hare

University, Alice

Dr PQ Siyongwana Vulnerability of informal

settlers in Missionvale,

Port Elizabeth, South

Africa.

Oral 23-27 June, 2014 SSAG, Fort Hare

University, Alice

Dr A de Wit and Mrs

LL Williams-

Bruinders

Making Spaces or

Building Places

Oral 18-22 August, 2014 IGU Regional Conference,

Krakow



Student’s Name



De Jager, M An analysis of soil properties associated with badland and gully erosion in rural catchments of the Ngqushwa District, Eastern Cape Province

NMMU MSc V Kakembo L. Giani

Dlamini, M. An assessment of vegetation condition of small, ephemeral wetland ecosystems in a conserved and non-conserved area of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropole.

NMMU MSc V Kakembo D. Schael & P Gama

Ndou, N.N. Relating vegetation condition to grazing management systems in the central Keiskamma catchment, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa: A GIS and remote sensing approach

NMMU MSc V Kakembo

Nagar ,M Lessons spatial planning; Post -1994 human settlement development in Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality.

NMMU MSc DR PQ Siyongwana

Adam, A Towards measuring corporate sustainability in the Nelson Mandela Bay Aotomotive Manufacturing sector.

NMMU MSc Dr AH De Wit

.Lupindo,Y. The role of sense of place in climate change adaptation: The case of Soweto-on Sea and Veeplaas

NMMU MSc Mrs LL Williams-Bruinders

Dr AH De Wit

Dada,Rehana Transformative adaption;Developing a framework for donor organization support of climate change adaption in resource poor communities

NMMU MSc Dr AH de Wit

7. Master Dissertations of limited scope completed in 2014-15:

Student’s Name




N/A

N/A

N/A


Student’s Name


Barasa, B. Modeling the hydrologic response to changes in land use and cover in River Malaba catchment, Eastern Uganda

NMMU PhD Prof. V Kakembo

Chanza,N Indigenous kwowledge and climate change; insight from Muzarabani,Zimbabwe

NMMU PhD Dr A de Wit



Economic and Settlement Geography; Geomorphology; Climatology; GIS; Society and

Environment; Soils; Development; Environmental Resource Management;

Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.


Human-Environment interaction; Environmental Impact Studies; Applied Physical

Geography; GIS; Urban Geography; Cartography; Remote Sensing.


Research theses in either human or physical geography


Research theses in either human or physical geography

10. Student Numbers (2014 and 2015):

Level 2014 2015


First year 199 304

Second year 61 65

Third year 24 42

Honours 17 12

Masters 7 4

Doctoral 3 2

11. Any other information not included above, that you would like to include in the newsletter: N/A

12. The name and contact details of your SSAG person for any further (and future) information: Dr PQ Siyongwana, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth.

University of the Western Cape: Geography and Environmental Studies


Department of Geography and Environmental Studies University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville, 7535 Telephone: +27 21 959 2421

1. Head/Chair of Department: Prof D.S. Tevera


specialisation

E-mail Office Telephone

Number

Prof Tevera, D.S. Migration, Urban

studies






Prof Brooks, S Associate Professor

Cultural geography


Dr Murray-Cooke, N

Senior Lecturer Urban studies [email protected] 0219592626

Mr McPherson, E

Senior Lecturer GIS [email protected] 0219592668

Dr Boekstein, M

Senior Lecturer Tourism studies [email protected] 0219592329

Mr Dyssel, M Lecturer Environmental

Managament


Ms Carolissen, M

Lecturer Physical

geography,Water

resources


Part-Time Teaching Staff

Dr Claasseen, J.H. Senior Lecturer Human geography,

Environmental



management





Ms Roberts, A Administrative Officer


Mr Frenchman, D

Senior Officer [email protected] 0219592155

4. Department News

Welcome to Anthea Roberts who joined the department in May as Aministrative Assistant.

Noeleen Murray was awarded (together with Leslie Witz) the 2014 Michael M. Ames Award in Innovative Museum Anthropology for the work on the Lwandle Migrant Labour Museum and the book, Hostels, Homes, Museum: Memorialising Migrant Labour Pasts in Lwandle, South Africa.

Our undergraduate and postgraduate students impressed at the SSAG Student Conference that was held in East London. Anthea's presentation on An Analysis of the Role of the "Working for Water Programme" as an Integrated Resource Management Tool in the Langeberg Catchment got an award for best paper in the environmental geography category for undergraduate and honours students. Kyle, Lauren and Farren's presentation on Give Sladanha a chance to breathe – Iron ore dust pollution challenges got an award for best poster in the environmental geography category for undergraduate and honours students.

Mandy Carolissen got an NRF Sabbatical Grant which will enable her to concentrate on her doctoral studies during 2015.

Felicity De Wet and Elsworth McPherson retired in April and June respectively after many years of excellent service to the university. Elsworth McPherson has continued lecturing on a part-time basis.

Noeleen Murray left the department in December and she will be missed by both staff and students.


Mr Michael Dyssel with some of the award winning third year students. The students are (from left): Kyle Swartz, Faeeza Fortune, Kyle Ford and Anthea Oliphant.


Boekstein, M. 2014. From illness to wellness – has thermal spring health tourism reached a new

turning point? African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, Vol. 3 (2) [Online @ http//:

www.ajhtl.com].

Boekstein, M. 2014. Tourism, health and the changing role of thermal springs – should South Africa

reposition its thermal spring tourism product? African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure,

Vol. 3 (2) [Online @ http//: www.ajhtl.com].

Boekstein, M. S. 2014. Healing waters – balneological classification of thermal springs in South

Africa. African Journal for Physical, Health Education, Recreation and Dance, Vol. 20 (2:1): 557-568.

Boekstein, M. 2014. Cape Town as Africa’s Gateway for Tourism to Antarctica – Development

Potential and Need for Regulation. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, Vol. 3 (2)

[Online @ http//: www.ajhtl.com].

Boekstein, M. S. 2014. Revitalising the Healing Tradition: Thermal Springs in the Western Cape. In:

M. Smith and L. Puczkó, Health, Tourism and Hospitality: Spas, Wellness and Medical Travel, 2nd

Edition, Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 369-373.

Brooks, S. and Kjelstrup, L. 2014. An anatomy of dispossession: Post-apartheid land rights and farm

dweller relocation in the context of a private game reserve initiative, northern KwaZulu-Natal. In

Special Issue, Farm dwellers, the forgotten people? Consequences of conversions to private wildlife

production in South Africa. Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 32 (2): 238-257.

http://www.ajhtl.com/




Brooks, S. 2014. The Myth of Timeless Africa in the Game Parks, in Clifton C. and Thomas V.

McClendon, (Eds), The South Africa Reader: Culture, History, Politics. Duke University Press, pp.509-

514.

Dyssel, M. 2014. An overview of urban-ecological challenges and changes in Bellville. Life in a

changing Urban Landscape. Proceedings of the IGU Urban commission (Urban challenges in a

complex world), Johannesburg and Stellenbosch, 21-26 July 2013.

Spierenburg, M. and Brooks, S. 2014. “Private game farming and its social consequences in post-

apartheid South Africa: contestations over wildlife, property and agrarian futures”. In Special Issue,

Farm dwellers, the forgotten people? Consequences of conversions to private wildlife production in

South Africa. Journal of Contemporary African Studies32 (2): 151-172.

Tevera, D.S. and Simelane, N. 2014. ‘Food for the Urban Poor: Safety Nets and Food-Based Social

Protection in Manzini, Swaziland’, Urban Forum, 25(2): 241-252.

Tevera, D.S. 2014. ‘Remaking Life in Transnational Urban Space: Zimbabwean Migrant Teachers in

Manzini, Swaziland’, Croatian Scientific Journal of Migration and Ethnic Themes, 30(2): 155-170.

Tevera, D.S. 2014. ‘Trading Places – Accessing Land in African Cities’. (Book Review). Authored by:

Mark Napier, Stephen Berrisford, Caroline Wanjiku Kihato, Rob McGaffin and Lauren Royston. Urban

Landmark, Somerset West, South Africa. ISBN: 978-1- 920489- 99- 1, 130 pp., Urban Africa.

6. Conference Presentations in 2014:

Name of

presenter (s)

Title of presentation Date of

conference/workshop

Name of

Conference/workshop

Boekstein, M. “Should the Gateway Also Be

the Gatekeeper? Exploring the

Role of Cape Town as

Facilitator of Tourism to

Antarctica”.

22-24 June 2014. Paper presented to the

Society of Southern African

Geographers biennial

conference, East London

Brooks, S. and

Kjelstrup, L.

“Post-apartheid land rights

and farm dweller relocation

in the context of a private

game reserve initiative,

northern KwaZulu-Natal”

22-24 June 2014. Paper presented to the

Society of Southern African

Geographers biennial

conference, East London


Brooks, S. and

Khumalo, L.

Contested understandings of

biodiversity in a South African

landscape”

24-26 January 2014. Paper presented to the

“Cultures of Biodiversity”

Conference hosted by the

University of Oslo, Oslo,

Norway.

Carolissen, M.

“Water balance dynamics of

Soetendalsvlei, a lacustrine

wetland on the Agulhas Plain,

South Africa”

September 2014.

17th SANCIAHS Hydrology

Symposium, Bellville

Carolissen, M.

“The water balance dynamics

of Soetendalsvlei: A lacustrine

wetland on the Agulhas Plain,

South Africa”

October 2014,

National Wetlands Indaba,

Lanseria

Tevera, D.S.

“Harnessing remittances and diaspora involvement for social protection of migrants and their families”.

29-30 October, 2014.

Paper presented at the SASPEN and FES International Conference on Social Protection for Migrants in the SADC: Prospects, Johannesburg.


Student’s Name

Title of dissertation Supervisor Co-supervisor

Sizaba, Z. “Backpacker tourism: An analysis of travel motivation”. (MA, full thesis).

Dr Mark Boekstein Prof Daniel Tevera

Voigt, I. “Social sustainability of golf

developments in Knysna – An

analysis of community

perceptions”. (MA, full thesis).

Dr Mark Boekstein Prof Shirley Brooks

Vrede, B

“Petroleum waste disposal challenges in selected African countries - policies,practices and prospects”. (MA, full thesis).

Dr Noeleen Murray


Arendse, G. “Private property, gentrification, tension and change at the ‘urban edge’: A study of Jamestown, Stellenbosch”. (MA, full thesis).

Dr Noeleen Murray


Undergraduate (NQF levels 5, 6 and 7): Bachelor of Arts

First Year: Introductory Human Geography (GES 111), Introductory Physical Geography (GES 121)

ESS 1: Environ. & Sustainability Studies (ESS 111), Environ. & Sustainability Studies (ESS 132)

Second Year: Geography: Catchment Studies (GES 211), Transport and Travel (GES 212), Maps and

Aerial Photographs (GES 213), Urban Studies (GES 221), Global Population Crises (GES 222), Climatology

(GES 223)

Tourism Studies: The Tourism Industry (TOU 211), Tourism & Economic Development (TOU 212),

Environmental Impacts of Tourism (TOU 221), Socio-Cultural Impacts of Tourism (TOU 222)

Third year: Contemporary Environmental Issues (GES 311), Polictical Geography of Land (GES 328),

Sustainable Rural Livelihoods (GES 313), Contemporary SA City (GES 321), Coastal Environments (GES

322), Remote Sensing & GIS (GES 323)

Tourism Studies: Tourism Planning (TOU 311), Contemporary Issues & Debates in Global Niche Tourism (TOU 341), Tourism Marketing (TOU 321), Analytical Techniques for Tourism (TOU 322)

Postgraduate: (NQF level 8): Bachelor of Arts with Honours (Full-time)

Critical Geographies of Nature and Land (GES 740), Research Project (GES 701), History and Philosophy

(GES 711), Urban Change and Policy (GES 732), Geographic Information Systems (GES 738), Advanced

Tourism & Development (TOU 741), Theoretical Perspectives of Tourism (TOU 742), Environmental

Management (GES 731)

Postgraduate: (NQF level 9): Master of Arts – by thesis. (Full-time or part-time)

Postgraduate (NQF level 10): Doctor of Philosophy – by thesis. (Full-time or part-time)


Level 2014

2015


First year 287

302

Second year 216 225

Third year 135 142

Honours

28 27

Masters

14 13

Doctoral

2 4

10. Department of Geography & Environmental Studies Seminars 2014

SEMESTER 1

PRESENTER & AFFILIATION TOPIC DATE

Pieter Uyttenhove Ghent University, Belgium

University + City Reflections on urban spatial research

6 Feb 2014

Sian Butcher

University of the Western Cape

Building market; building a suburb; building a dissertation 12 Feb 2014

Sara Dehkordi’s Free University of Berlin

Evictiions and Criminalization in the Western Cape Policies of Displacement and the Social Responses they create

20 Feb 2014

Ciraj Rassool


Remaking Cape Town: Memory Politics, Land Restitution and contests of History'

6 Mar 2014

Mandy Carolissen


The spatial and temporal dynamics of Soetendalvlei: a lacustrine wetland in the Heuningnes catchment, South Africa

13 Mar 2014

Nicola van Wilgen University of Stellenbosch

Understanding the manifestation of global change drivers in

protected areas:a case study from SANParks 27 Mar 2014

Christian Ernsten University of Cape Town

A Genealogy of Urban Design in Cape Town:

6 Moments 3 Apr 2014

Shirley Brooks University of the Western Cape

An anatomy of dispossession: Post-apartheid land rights and

farm-dweller relocation in the context of a private game

reserve initiative, northern Kwazulu-Natal

10 Apr 2014

Andries Du Toit University of the Western Cape

The Government of Poverty and the Arts of Survival: Mobile

and recombinant strategies at the margins of South African

economy

24 Apr 2014

SEMESTER 2 PRESENTER & AFFILIATION TOPIC DATE

Bradley Rink Que(e)rying Cape Town 8 May 2014


University of Cape Town Touring Africa’s ‘Gay Capital’ with the Pink Map

Heidi Grunebaum


The Village under the Forest When greening becomes an act on obliteration

24 Jul 2014

Manfred Spocter Stellenbosch University

Rural gated developments as a contributor to post–productivism in the Western Cape

31 Jul 2014

Femke Brandt University of Cape Town

Rethinking the legitimacy of land ownership in the Karoo: Farm workers and belonging through the lens of the political philosophy of ‘Agrarianism'

11 Sept 2014

Pippin Anderson University of Cape Town

Equitable urban ecologies: a study of contemporary Cape Town

18 Sept 2014

Michael Grenfell


Response of a tropical meandering river to mine waste

discharge: the Ok Tedi mine disaster in Papua New Guinea 25 Sept 2014

Razack Karriem


Land occupations, participation and the exercise of insurgent

citizenship:

An analysis of Brazil's Landless Movement

2 Oct 2014

Gareth Haysom University of Cape Town

Food and the city: Urban scale food system governance 9 Oct 2014


University of Zululand: Geography and Environmental Studies

1. Head/Chair of Department: Mr. Amos Mthembu


specialisation

E-mail Office

Telephone

Number





Prof Magi, L.M.

Professor Tourism and Recreation Geography


Mr Mthembu, A.T.

Lecturer Demographics and Community Health; Cultural and Physical Environments


Mrs Ndimande, N.P.

Lecturer Rural Geography and Environmental Management


Mr Xulu, S.

Junior Lecturer Environmental

Management,

Atmospheric

Science and

GIS


Mr Mbhamali, T.W.

Junior Lecturer Atmospheric Science


Prof Jury, M.R.

Research Fellow

Atmospheric Science

[email protected]


Name (Title, Position Area of subject E-mail Office


Surname, Initials)

specialisation (if applicable)

Telephone number

Miss Mugwena, T.

Senior Lab Assistant

GIS,

Environmental

Management

and

Atmospheric Science


Mrs Khumalo, D.

Secretary [email protected] 035 902 6318

4. Department News

The Department of Geography welcomes Miss Thendo Mugwena and Mr Thulebona Mbhamali

who has joined the Department. Miss Mugwena is a Senior Laboratory Assistant and Mr

Mbhamali is a junior lecturer. We also say farewell to Mr Hector Chikoore who has served the

Department as a lecturer for six years and has joined the other geographers in the University of

Venda.

We congratulate two colleagues who obtained higher qualifications. Mr Sifiso Xulu completed a

Master of Science degree in 2014 and Miss Thendo Mugwena completed a Master of Science

degree in 2015. Both qualifications were obtained at Stellenbosch University.

Mrs Ndimande and Mr Mthembu undertook a field trip with third year students to Mlalazi Nature

Reserve on the 16th April 2014. The field trip formed part of the practical component of the

Urban Environment and Recreation Planning module.

Mr S. Xulu undertook a field trip with honours students to Dolphin Coast Landfill Management

Company at Stanger on the 12th September 2014 to learn about the operation of landfill site.

The field trip formed part of the practical component of the Environmental Management module.

The honours students participated at the Faculty of Science and Agriculture 9th Postgraduate

Symposium which was held on the 28th October 2014.

The geography students participated in open day function organised by the University to offer

career guidance to high school learners.


Geography students and Mr Mthembu taking part in the open day function.


Jury, M.R. 2014 Climate and weather interactions in the eastern Antilles and the 2013 Christmas storm, Earth Interactions, 18, 1-20. Jury, M.R. 2014 Malawi’s Shire River fluctuations and climate, J. Hydro-meteorology 15, 2039–2049. Jury, M.R. 2014 Southern Ethiopia Rift Valley lake fluctuations and climate, Scientific Research and Essays 9, 794 – 805. Jury, M.R. 2014 Statistical prediction of summer rainfall and vegetation in the Ethiopian highlands, Advances in Meteorology doi:10.1155/2014/294639 Jury, M.R. 2014 Evaluation of coupled model forecasts of Ethiopian highlands summer climate, Advances in Meteorol doi:10.1155/2014/894318 Jury, M.R. 2014 Environmental forcing of red tides in the southern Benguela, Intl J Oceanography, doi:10.1155/2014/325321 Jury, M.R. 2014, Factors contributing to a decadal oscillation in South African rainfall, Theor Appl Climatol. doi:10.1007/s00704-014-1165-4 Jury, M.R. 2014, Evaluation of CMIP5 model simulations for the Ethiopian highlands, Intl J. Climatol. Doi:10.1002/joc.3960


Magi, LM. and Dube, CN. (2014) Geoparks and national parks in South Africa: Two sides of the same coin, International Journal of Geoheritage, Vol 2 (1) 38-55. Magi, L.M. (2014): Tourism-Related Skills Dev. Opportunities for the Indigenous Disadvantaged Communities. in the uMhlathuze Area, Indilinga Journal of Indigenous Knowledge Vol, 13 (1): 84-105. Magi, LM. & Ndimande N.P. (2014): Tourism behaviour, perceptions and meaning-making, In K.Dashper (ed): Rural Tourism: An International Perspective. Newcastle Upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing pp .283-302.



conference/workshop

Name of

Conference/workshop

Mrs Ndimande, N.P. The goose that lays a

golden slum: Examining

Disconnectedness of

Spatial Planning and the

Slummification of a

student Village at

KwaDlangezwa, South

Africa

Paper 22-27 June 2014 10th Conference of the

Society of South

African Geographers

Prof Magi, L.M. The Dukuduku

Community’s Perceptions

of Tourism-Related

Policies: Development,

Commercialisa

tion and Beneficiation

Paper 22-27 June 2014 10th Conference of the

Society of South

African Geographers



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 and pollution

Climate dynamics, weather variability and prediction


Bachelor of Bachelor of Arts (Honours) – BA Hons

Science (Honours) – BSc Hons


Master of Arts – MA

Master of Science – MSc


Doctor of Science – PhD


Level 2014 2015

First year 401 548

Second year 407 366

Third year 117 184

Honours 20 15

Masters 3 3

Doctoral 2 2



10. The name and contact details of your SSAG person for any further (and future) information: Mr A.T. Mthembu, [email protected], 035 9026329.



Rhodes University: Department of Geography


Initials)

Area of

specialisation

E-mail Office

Telephone

Number

Prof, Meiklejohn, K.I. Antarctic and

Sub-antarctic

Geomorphology

[email protected] +27466038024



Rank/Position Area of specialisation E-mail Office Telephone number

Prof, Fox, R.C.

Professor Geography of Development, Geography Education


Prof, Ellery, W.N.

Professor Wetlands and Landscape Systems


Ms, McGregor, G.K.

Lecturer GIS, Natural Resource Management

[email protected]

+27466038322

Ms, Irvine, P.M.

Lecturer Urban Geography,

Contested Spaces


Prof, Rowntree, K.

Emeritus Professor

Fluvial Geomorphology [email protected]

+27466038320

Dr, Pulley, S.J.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Fluvial Geomorphology

and Sediment Transport

[email protected]

Prof P.

Assmo

Visiting

Professor

[email protected]

Prof J.

Boelhouwers

Visiting

Professor

[email protected]

Prof I. Foster Visiting

Professor

[email protected]

Prof K. Hall Visiting

Professor

[email protected]

















Prof J. Hooke Visiting

Professor

[email protected]

Prof T. Kepe Visiting

Professor

[email protected]

Prof E. Nel Visiting

Professor

[email protected]

Dr D. Pyle Research

Associate

[email protected]

Mr B.

Cobbing

Research

Associate

[email protected]





Ms, Armstrong, G.A.

Departmental

Manager


Mr, Landman, J.

Geotechnical

Systems

Specialist

[email protected] [email protected]

+27466037454

Mr, Ngoepe, A. Senior Technical

Officer


Ms, Fouche, D. Secretary [email protected] [email protected]

+27466038319

Mr, Singata, S. Laboratory Assistant


3. Department News

New Staff and Visitors in the Department



















Prof Thembela Kepe (University of Toronto), a Visiting Professor, has visited the department three times

in the past year. His trips and research were funded by the Andrew Mellon Foundation. He has made a

valuable contribution through teaching, PhD supervision and the research projects he is involved in. He

accompanied Ms Philippa Irvine and her Honours students on their field trip to Nieu Bethesda as part of

the Small Town Geographies course. Students had a valuable field research experience and a publication

is forthcoming.

Prof Ian Foster, a Visiting Professor, led a field trip to the Karoo attended by PhD students from

Northampton University and Masters and PhD students from Rhodes University. One Northampton

student, Simon Pulley joined the Geography Department as a Rhodes University Postdoctoral Fellow

in August 2014.

Prof Kevin Hall visited the Department in May, funded by a Visiting Professorship that was awarded by

SCAR (Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research). As part of his visit he presented an open-talk on

why Antarctic research is important to our understanding of landscape processes and landforms. The

main activity during his visit was to facilitate a writing workshop for the seven students involved in the

SANAP project Landscape Processes in Antarctic Ecosystems.

In addition, we have also been visited by Prof Per Assmo (Högskolan Väst), Prof Åsa Danielsson

(Linköping University), and Dr Arthur Horowitz (United States Geological Survey) who have engaged in

various teaching activities.

Prof Etienne Nel (University of Otago) has been appointed recently as a Visiting Professor in the

department.

Awards

Members of the department have received several awards in the past year. Two of our Honours

students, Ms Michelle Kayton and Ms Naufiku Hamunime, received awards for their presentations at the

SSAG Geography Students’ Conference hosted by the University of Fort Hare in 2014. At the SSAG

conference in East London, Ms Christel Hansen, received the society’s Bronze Medal for her MSc thesis.

Prof Roddy Fox was the recipient of Rhodes University’s inaugural Internationalisation Award for his

work with the ongoing Linnaeus-Palme Exchange Programme which pairs the department with Swedish

universities.

http://www.tema.liu.se/tema-m/medarbetare/danielsson-asa?l=en


Research

The Geography Department's "Landscape Processes in Antarctic Ecosystems" NRF (National Research

Foundation) project has been extended for another three years under the guidance of Principle

Investigator, Ian Meiklejohn. The Project which has run for three years already, is part of the South

African National Antarctic Programme, followed on from an earlier project "Geomorphology and Climate

Change in Antarctica". The major research area for the project is Western Dronning Maud Land.

During the 2014/15 Austral Summer Prof Ian Meiklejohn and five postgraduate students, Christel

Hansen, Liezel Rudolph, Camilla Kotze, Jessica Rosenfels, and Gaby Ayres, sailed on the SA Agulhas II to

undertake research for the SANAP project Landscape Processes in Antarctic Ecosystems. Their research

took them to the Norwegian Troll Station and to the Ahlmannryggen Area of Western Dronning Maud

Land. This is the most women on any South African research team that has gone to Antarctica and all

acquitted themselves with distinction. Calle Borg spent 6 weeks in a collaborative project with Fort Hare

University on Marion Island as part of his PhD investigating mechanisms of frost heave and needle-ice

growth. His methodology is unique and findings are crucial to understanding sediment transfer in frost

dominated environments.

From the 15-18 July 2014 Rhodes University hosted the triennial symposium of the International

Association of Sediment and Water Science (IASWS). Conference organisers were Prof Kate Rowntree,

Emeritus Professor Geography, and Prof Ian Foster, Visiting Professor Geography, from the University of

Northampton, assisted by Prof Fred Ellery, Geography and Prof Tally Palmer, Institute for Water

Research and PhD, Masters and Environmental Water Management Honours students, responsible for

social events, registration and other smaller tasks. We had 76 delegates of which 25 were from South

Africa. Papers covered a wide range of topics including sediment tracing, water quality, biochemical

processes, riparian vegetation, and policy and governance. Key note speakers were Dr Arthur Horowitz,

USGS, Prof. Angela Gurnell, Queen Mary College, University of London, Prof. Janine Adams, NMMU and

Dr Chris Dickens, Institute for Natural Resources, Pietermaritzburg. The NRF, WRC, DEA and IASWS are

gratefully acknowledged for funding key note speakers and students. The Water Research Commission

of South Africa also supported a workshop during the conference on " Sediment impacts on aquatic

ecosystems - how can international experience inform South African research directions?” Six of our

own students presented oral or poster papers. The Honours students also attended some of the

lectures as a degree requirement; from their feedback reports they learnt a lot from the

experience. Favourable exchange rates enabled a donation from conference funds to the Rhodes

University Green Fund to offset carbon emissions of foreign delegates.


Prof. Kate Rowntree successfully competed for a R2M Water Research Commission (WRC) solicited

project on 'Improving socio-economic conditions of Ntabelanga and Okhombe communities through

integrated green innovations'. The project is lead jointly by Prof Rowntree and Dr Terry Everson from

Aquamet and the University of KwaZulu-Natal. A third major collaborator is Dr Johan von Tol, University

of Fort Hare, Agriculture. This is one of the WRC’s Flagship Lighthouses that focuses on green

innovations targeting poor communities in rural/peri-urban areas. The research will be conducted in

villages in two locations - the upper uThukela catchment and the umMzimvubu catchment. The

catchment of the proposed Ntabelanga Dam has been identified as the research village in the Tsitsa

(uMzimvubu) catchment. The main thrust of the Ntabelanga project will be landscape greening through

soil and water conservation. This is also the location of a major catchment rehabilitation project run by

the DEA’s Natural Resource Management programme (NRM). A number of researchers from the

Geography Department are active on the two closely allied research programmes. The broad nature

of the two projects encourages a synergistic approach through active collaboration with the Department

of Environmental Science and the Institute for Water Research.


Bersaglio, B. and Kepe, T. (2014) Farmers at the Edge: Property Formalisation and Urban Argriculture in

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Urban forum. 25 (2014). p.389-405.

Coetzee, M., Goss, H., Meiklejohn, C. and Mlangeni, P. (2014) A living laboratory approach in the design

of the user requirements of a spatial information platform. Town and Regional Planning. 64 (2014). p.9-

16.

Coetzee, M., Waldeck, L., le Roux, A., Meiklejohn, C., van Niekerk, W. and Leuta, T. (2014) Spatial policy,

planning and infrastructure investment: Lessons from urban simulations in three South African cities.

Town and Regional Planning. 64 (2014). p.1-8.

Cortizas, A., Sanchez, N.S., Foster, I.D.L., Singh, S., Bateman, M. and Pickin, J. (2014) Identifying evidence

for past mining and metallurgy from a record of metal contamination preserved in an ombrotrophic

mire near Leadhills, SW Scotland, UK. HOLOCENE. 24 (12). p.1719-1730.


Cowden, C., Kotze, D., Ellery, W.N. and Sieben, E.J.J. (2014) Assessment of the long-term response to

rehabilitation of the two wetlands in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. AFRICAN JOURNAL OF AQUATIC

SCIENCE. 39 (3). p.237-247.

Danckwerts, D.K., McQuaid, C.D., Jaeger, A., Mcgregor, G.K., Dwight, R., Le Corre, M. and Jaquemet, S.

(2014) Biomass consumption by breeding seabirds in the western Indian Ocean: indirect interactions

with fisheries and implications for management. ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE. 2014 (2014). p.1-

10.

Enns, C., Bersaglio, B. and Kepe, T. (2014) Indigenous voices and the making of the post-2015

development agenda: the recurring tyranny of participation. THIRD WORLD QUARTERLY. 35 (3). p.358-

375.

Grenfell, S.E., Grenfell, M.C., Rowntree, K.M. and Ellery, W.N. (2014) Fluvial connectivity and climate: A

comparison of channel pattern and process in two climatically contrasting fluvial sedimentary systems in

South Africa. GEOMORPHOLOGY. 205 (2014). p.142-154.

Kepe, T. (2014) Globalization, science, and the making of an environmental discourse on the Wild Coast,

South Africa. ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING A. 46 (2014). p.2143-2159.

Kepe, T. and Tessaro, D. (2014) Trading-off: Rural food security and land rights in South Africa. LAND USE

POLICY. 36 (2014). p.267-274.

Kuttner, A., Mighall , T.M., De Vleeschouwer, F., Mauquoy, D., Martinez Cortizas, A., Foster, I.D.L. and

Krupp, E. (2014) A 3300-year atmospheric metal contamination record from Raeburn Flow raised bog,

south west Scotland. JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 44 (2014). p.1-11.

Lennard, A.T., Macdonald, N. and Hooke, J.M. Analysis of drought characteristics for improved

understanding of a water resource system. Evolving Water Resources Systems: Understanding,

Predicting and Managing Water?Society Interactions. Bologna, Bologna. Italy. June 2014.


Mighall, T., Martinez Clark, V.R., Dold, A.P., McMaster, C., Mcgregor, G.K., Bredenkamp, C. and Barker,

N.P. (2014) Rich sister, poor cousin: Plant diversity and endemism in the Great Winterberg-–Amatholes

(Great Escarpment, Eastern Cape, South Africa). SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY. 92 (2014).

p.159-174.

Mugido, W., Blignaut, J., Joubert, M., De Wet, J., Knipe, A., Joubert, S., Cobbing, B., Jansen, J., La Maitre,

D. and van der Vyfer, M. (2014) Determining the feasibility of harvesting invasive alien plant species for

energy. SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE. 110 (11/12). p.1-6.

Masefield, V., Mcgregor, G.K. and Whitfield, A. (2014) Does estuarine health relate to catchment land-

cover in the East Kleinemonde system, South Africa? AFRICAN JOURNAL OF AQUATIC SCIENCE 39 (4).

p.395-402.

Nel, W. and Boelhouwers, J. (2014) Short Note: First observations on needle ice formation in the sub-

Antarctic. ANTARCTIC SCIENCE. 26 (3). p.327-328.

Schillereff, D.N., Chiverrell, R.C., Macdonald, N. and Hooke, J.M. (2014) Flood stratigraphies in lake

sediments: A review. EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS. 135 (2014). p.17-37.

Smith, M.W., Carrivick, J.L., Hooke, J.M. and Kirkby, M.J. (2014) Reconstructing flash flood magnitudes

using 'Structures-from-Motion': A rapid assessment tool. JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY. 519 (2014). p.1914-

1927.

Tessaro, D. and Kepe, T. (2014) 'Development' at the crossroads: biodiversity and land-use tensions on

South Africa's Wild Coast. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND WORLD

ECOLOGY. 21 (5). p.471-479.


Student’s Name




Ms R. Dwight

Geomorphic and Ambient Environmental Impacts on Lichen Distribution on Two Inland Nunataks in Western Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica

Rhodes University

MSc in Geography

Prof K.I. Meiklejohn

Ms P. Kleyn

Mapping and

prediction of

archaeological

sites of habitation

by modern

humans using GIS

and expert

mapping on the

south coast of

South Africa

Rhodes University

MSc in Geography

Ms G.K. McGregor

Mr C. Swart

Developing a GIS

Based Method for

School Site

Identification in

the Rural Eastern

Cape.

Rhodes University

MSc in Geography

Ms G.K. McGregor

Mr D. Scott

Rhodes University

MSc in Geography

Prof K.I. Meiklejohn

Mr D. Schroeder

Coastal landscape

change on the

Cape St Francis/St

Francis Bay

peninsula from

1960 to 2014

Rhodes University

MSc in Geography

Ms G.K. McGregor



Student’s Name


Dr B. van der Waal

Sediment Connectivity in the Upper Thina Catchment, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Rhodes University

PhD Prof K. Rowntree



EAR 101: Introduction to Earth Systems

This course introduces the processes that have shaped the Earth and its environment over both

geological and recent time scales. The interrelationships between the Earth, the atmosphere and

physical systems form a key theme through the course. The course is co-taught with the Department of

Geology.

GOG 102: Introduction to Global Development

This course introduces you to the spatial, political, economic, demographic and urbanisation forces that

have shaped, and been shaped by, the global development process. A key concept that runs through the

course is the nature of the relationship between people, development and the environment at global

and regional scales.

GOG 201 Space & Place in Southern Africa 1 & GOG 202 Space & Place in Southern Africa 2

These two courses examine the key processes that determine the physical and human geography of

southern Africa. Concepts, theories and examples from other regions will be used where appropriate to

help understand the southern African experience. Contemporary issues such as environmental change

and associated problems of human development will be examined. Selected human and physical

geographical perspectives are used to understand rural and urban landscapes.

GOG 301: Environment and Development in Africa


The aim of this course is to provide students with a critical understanding of the complex, interrelated

nature of the environment and development in Africa. A compulsory field weekend may be a

component of this course.

GOG 302: Geography in Theory and Practice

The aim of this course is to provide students with the theoretical background and related practical

competencies in one or more sub-disciplines within Geography, including Geographic Information

Systems (GIS). A compulsory field weekend may be a component of this course. The material presented

will comprise GIS in the 3rd Quarter. In the 4th Quarter an introduction to Remote Sensing and

Landscape Analysis will be covered.


HONOURS IN GEOGRAPHY Students are required to take the Frontiers in Geographical Thought course and select three other courses from those offered by the staff of the Department, Visiting Professors, Visiting Lecturers and Research Associates. Our courses reflect the interests of the staff members and normally include a selection from the following: African Futures, Extended Geographical Information Systems, Catchment Systems, Integrated Catchment Management, Geomorphology and Environmental Change, Small Town Geographies of South Africa, Climate Change, Extreme Events and Disasters.

HONOURS IN ENVIRONMENTAL WATER MANAGEMENT

The Honours degree in Environmental Water Management aims to produce graduates who are well

equipped to contribute to meeting the challenge of managing the nation’s water resources in a

sustainable manner. Water is our most precious resource, essential not only for human life, food supply

and economic development but also for supporting crucial ecosystems that depend on the various

freshwater bodies – rivers, lakes and wetlands – for their existence. Balancing water for human use with

the need to protect the water resource and its associated ecosystems is a major challenge that faces

water managers throughout the world, a challenge that is being addressed in South Africa through

recent legislation: the National Water Act of 1998. This Act, based on the philosophy of Integrated

Water Resource Management, represents a new way of thinking about water among water managers

and opens up exciting opportunities for careers related to sustainable management of water. We hope

that this degree in Environmental Water Management will provide you with appropriate qualifications

to enter this field

Understanding issues around water management requires an interdisciplinary approach. Honours in

Environmental Water Management is offered collaboratively by the departments of Geography and

Environmental Science, with input from the Institute for Water Research at Rhodes University.


Students are required to take four courses and complete a research project. One course is compulsory:

Integrated Catchment Management. They must also select three other courses from those offered by

the departments of Geography or Environmental Science or a cognate discipline; recommended courses

include Catchment Systems, Wetland Ecology and Management, Environmental Water Quality and

Extended Geographical Information Systems.


Masters by thesis


PhD by thesis.


Level 2014 2015

First year 201 184

Second year 50 84

Third year 44 34

Honours 16 14

Masters 13 17

Doctoral 7 6


Mission

The mission of the Department is to promote Geography within the Eastern Cape and southern Africa as

an integrative and relevant discipline that can play a central role in guiding and affecting environmental

and development related policies.

The Department aims to produce graduates who are self-motivated, independent, critical thinkers who

have acquired a specialist knowledge within a broad geographical training, and who are equipped with

the necessary skills with which to contribute to regional and national development.


Staff and students are encouraged to engage each other in both fundamental and applied research of an

international calibre that is relevant to the needs of the African continent. The Department strives to

maintain contacts with all tiers of government and community organisations, to assist and advise them

through applied research.

Contact Details and More Information

Postal Address

Geography Department

Rhodes University

P O Box 94

GRAHAMSTOWN

6140 South Africa

Telephone +27 +46 603 8319

Fax +27 +46 636 1199

Email [email protected]

Website http://www.ru.ac.za/static/departments/geography/index.php

10. The name and contact details of your SSAG person for any further (and future) information: Ms P.M. Irvine; [email protected]; +27466038053


http://www.ru.ac.za/static/departments/geography/index.php



University of Johannesburg: Geography, Environmental Management &

Energy Studies


specialisation

E-mail Office

Telephone

Number

Prof Ahmed, F GIS and Remote

Sensing

[email protected] 011-559-4628





Ms Block, EK Lecturer Population and Urban Geography; Map Skills


Mr Gregory, JJ

Junior Lecturer Creative Industries, Urban Regeniration


Dr Kelso, CJ Senior Lecturer Environmental History Climate vulnerability


Prof Kotzé, NJ

Associate Professor

Urban Geography


Prof Ledger, JA

Associate Professor

Energy Studies [email protected] 083-650-1553

Mr Milaras, M Junior Lecturer Mine Closure, Environmental Management


Dr Rampedi, IT

Senior Lecturer Environmental

Geography


Dr Rogerson, J

Lecturer Urban

Geography,

Economic

Geography


Ms Schoeman, T

Lecturer Physical

Geography,

GIS,


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Cartography,

Mapwork,

Waste

Management

Dr Tesfamichael, SG

Senior Lecturer GIS and

Remote

Sensing






Ms Enslin, EE Technician n/a [email protected] 011-559-3736

Ms Scott, MO Secretary n/a [email protected] 011-559-2433

Ms Job, W Cartographer n/a [email protected] 011-559-4423

13. Department News

Prof Nico Kotzé was appointed as Head of Department in April 2014.

Prof. Fethi Amhed resigned and moved on to University of the Witwatersrand

Prof Tertius Harmse retired after 40 years

The department currently has three (3) Post-Doctoral Reseach Fellows.

Dr Jayne Rogerson was promoted to senior lecturer


Abd Elbasit, A.M., Ojha, C.S.P., Jinbai, H., Yasuda, H., Kimura, R. & Ahmed, Z. 2014.

Relationship between rainfall erosivity indicators under arid environments: Case of

Liudaogou basin in Chinese Loess Plateau. WFL Publisher Science and Technology.

Journal of Food, Agriculture & Environment, Vol. 11 (2), April 2013.

Abutaleb, K., Taiwo, O-J., Ahmed, F. & Ngie, A. 2014. Modeling urban change using

cellurlar automata: The case study of Johannesburg, South Africa. Proceedings of the IGU

Urban Geography Commission, July 2013.

Anwar, M.A., Carmody, P., Surborg, B. & Corcoran, A. 2014. The diffusion and impacts of

information and communication technology on tourism in the Western Cape, South Africa.

Urban Forum (2014) 25:531-545.






Badenhorst, C. & Mather, C. 2014. Blogging geographies. Journal of Geography in Higher

Education, 2014.

Burgoyne, C.N. & Kelso, C.J. 2014. The Mkuze River it has crossed the fence’ (1) –

communities on the boundary of the Mkuze protected area. Bulletin of Geography. Socio-

economic Series No. 26 (2014) 51-66.

Buscher, B. 2014. Investing in Irony? Development, improvement and dispossession in

Southern African Coal Spaces. European Journal of Development Research, 1-8.

Buscher, B. 2014. Selling success: Constructing value in conservation and development.

World Development Vol. 57, 79-90, 2014.

Carmody, P. 2014. The World is Bumpy: Power, Uneven Development and the Impact of

New ICTS on South African Manufacturing.

De Beer, A., Rogerson, C.M. & Rogerson, J.M. 2014. Decent work in the South African

Tourism Industry: Evidence from Tourism Guides. Urban Forum (2014) 25:89-103.

Du Plessis, A., Harmse, T. & Ahmed, F. 2014. Quantifying and predicting the water quality

associated with land cover change: A case study of the Blesbok Spruit Catchment, South

Africa. Water 2014, 6, 2946-2968.

George, R. & Booyens, I. 2014. Township Tourism Demand: Tourists’ perceptions of

safety and security. Urban Forum (2014) 25:449-467.

Greenberg, D.A. & Rogerson, J.M. 2014. The greening of industrial property development

in South Africa. Urban izziv, vol 25, 2014.

Hunter, C. & Mearns, K. 2014. Moving house every weekend? The nature of second home

development in Dullstroom (Mpumalanga, South Africa). Proceedings of the IGU Urban

Geography Commission, July 2013.

Ishimwe, R. Abutaleb, K. & Ahmed, F. 2014. Applications of thermal imaging in agriculture

– A Review. Advances in Remote Sensing, 2014, 3, 128-140.

Kimemia, D. Vermaak, C. Pachauri, S & Rhodes, B. 2014. Burns, scalds and poisonings

from household energy use in South Africa: Are the energy poor at greater risk? Energy

for Sustainable Development 18 (2014) 1-8.

Kotze, N. & Mateka, G. 2014. Houses, services and jobs, the dilemma of the rural

population in South Africa: a case study of Nthabaseng Village. Proceedings of the IGU

Urban Geography Commission, July 2013.

Masutha, M. & Rogerson, C.M. 2014. Small enterprise development in South Africa: The

roleof business incubators. Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic series 26 (2014): 141-

155.


Mather, C. 2014. Avian influenza multiple: Enacting realisties and eealing with policies in

South Africa’s farmed ostrich sector. Journal of Rural Studies 33 (2014) 99-106.

Matinga, M.N. Clancy, J.S. & Annegarn, H.J. 2014. Explaining the non-implementation of

health-improving policies related to solid fuels use in South Africa. Energy Policy.

McKay, T.J.M. 2014. Locating South Africa within the global adventure tourism industry:

The case of bungee jumping. Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic series 24 (2014):

161-176.

McKay, T.J.M. 2014. White water adventure tourism on the Ash River, South Africa.

African Journal for Physical, Health Education, Recreation and Dance. 20 (1), March

2014, 52-75.

McKay, T.J.M. & Pienaar, R. 2014. Mapping socio-economic status, geographical location

and matriculation pass rates in Gauteng, South Africa. Perspectives in Education 2014:

32(1).

Muhire, I., Ahmed, F. & Abutaleb, K. 2014. Spatio-Temporal trends in major food crop

yields in Rwanda. Global Journal of Human-Sociol Science, 14 (4).

Muhire, I., Ahmed, F. & Abutaleb, K. 2014. Relationship between Rwandan seasonal

rainfall anomalies and ENSO events.

Muhire, I. & Ahmed, F. 2014. Spatio-temporal trend analysis of preciopitation data over

Rwanda. South African Geographical Journal.

Ngie, A., Ahmed, F. & Abutaleb, K. 2014. Remote sensing potential for investigation of

maize production: review of literature. South African Journal of Geomatics, 3 (2), 162.

Ngie, A., Abytaleb, K., Ahmed, F., Darwish, A. & Ahmed, M. 2014. Assessment of urban

heat island using satellite remotely sensed imagery: a review. South African Geographical

Journal.

Ngie, A., Abytaleb, K., Ahmed, F. & Taiwo, O-J. 2014. Spatial modelling of urban change

using satellite remote sensing: a review. Proceedings of the IGU Urban Geography

Commission, July 2013.

Oguntoke, O. Komolafe & Annegarn, H.J. 2014. 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, 03.4, 2013.

Riley, L. & Dodson, B. 2014. Gendered mobilities and food access in Blantyre, Malawi.

Urban Forum (2014) 25:227-239.

Rogerson, C.M. & Rogerson, J.M. 2014. Agritourism and local economic development in

South Africa. Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic series 26 (2014): 93-106.


Rogerson, C.M. & Rogerson, J.M. 2014. Urban tourism destinations in South Africa:

Divergent trajectories 2001-2012. Urban izziv, 25, 2014.

Rogerson, J.M. 2014. Changing hotel location patterns in Ekhurhuleni, South Africa’s

industrial workshop. Urban izziv, 25, 2014.

Rogerson, J.M. 2014. Green commercial property development in urban South Africa:

Emerging trends, emerging geographies. Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic series

26 (2014): 233-246.

Rogerson, J.M. 2014. Hotel location in Africa’s world class city: The case of

Johannesburg, South Africa. Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series No. 25 (2014):

181-196.

Rogerson, J.M. 2014. Maximising the local development potential of Nature Tourism

accommodation establishments in South Africa. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism

and Leisure Vol 3 (2) – (2014).

Rogerson, J.M. 2014. Unpacking the growth of hotel chains in Africa: Enterprises and

Patterns. Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 5 No. 14, July 2014.

Rogerson, J.M. Kotze, N. & Rogerson, C.M. 2014. Addressing South Africa’s urban

challenge. Urban izziv supplement (2014) 25.

Rogerson, J.M. & Slater, D. 2014. Urban volunteer tourism: Orphanages in Johannesburg.

Urban Forum (2014) 25:483-499.

Scheepers, H., Kotze, N. & Scheepers, L. 2014. The environmental impact of fuelwood

use by households in Bela-Bela Township, South Africa. Proceedings of the IGU Urban

Geography Commission, July 2013.

Taiwo, O.J. 2014. Determinants of peri-urban and urban agricultural locational choice

behaviour in Lagos, Nigeria. Land Use Policy 39 (2014) 320-330.

Van der Merwe, C.D. 2014. Battlefields Tourism: The status of heritage tourism in

Dundee, South Africa. Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic series 26 (2014): 121-139.

Yasuda, H., Abd Elbasit, M.A.M., Yoda, K., Berndtsson, R., Kawai, T., Nawata, H.,

Ibrahim, A.M., Inoue, T., Tsuji, W., Gamri, T.E.A., & Saito, T. 2014. Diurnal fluctuation of

groundwater levels caused by the invasive alien mesquite plant. Arid Land Research and

Management.



conference/workshop

Name of

Conference/workshop


Ms EK Block Unmasking Soweto

Renewal: A case study

of two unique streets

Powerpoint

presentation

11 – 14 August 2014 Urban Challenges in a

Complex World,

Poznan, Poland

Dr IT Rampedi 17th-18th September

2014

Attended the

Environmental Crimes

Conference at Midrand,

Gallagher Estates

Dr IT Rampedi & Adam

Sutton-Pryce

Evaluating the quality

and sustainability of

selected EIAs for coal

mining projects in the

Mpumalanga province,

South Africa

Conference paper 17-21 October 2014 Montanum University,

Leoben, Austria

Dr J Rogerson Volunteering for

Johannesburg’s

Vulnerable Children.

Conference paper 14-16 May 2014. Attended the 2014

Destination Slum! 2

conference In Potsdam,

Germany

Dr J Rogerson The Greening of South

Africa’s Commercial

Property Sector.

Conference paper 18-22 August 2014 Attended the 2014

International

Geographical Union

Regional Conference:

Changes, Challenges

and Responsibility. In

Krakow, Polan.

Dr J Rogerson 8-12 September 2014 Attended the Green

Building Convention

and pre-convention

workshops, Cape Town

Convention Centre,

Dr J Rogerson Urban Volunteer

Tourism in South

Africa.

Conference paper 9-11 December 2014 Attended the 4th

International

Conference on Tourism

Research. In Kota

Kinabalu, Sabah-

Malaysian Borneo.


Student’s Name



Daniel Boshoff

An assessment of EIA report quality pertaining to renewable energy projects in RSA

UJ MSc Geography

Dr. I.T.Rampedi

NA

Donna Wylie

Assessing the quality of basic assessments in the Mpumalanga province dealing with development actions in protected

UJ MSc Geography Dr. I.T.Rampedi

NA


areas


Student’s Name



Alex Clayton

Integrated reporting vs sustainability reporting in RSA: An analysis of the transition into a new era of corporate reporting.

UJ MSc Environmental Management

Dr. J. Rogerson

Dr. I. Rampedi

Edwynn Louw

Assessing the advantages and disadvantages of biodiversity offsets in the Northern Cape province in South Africa. A case study.

UJ MSc Environmental Management

Dr. J. Rogerson

Dr. I. Rampedi


Student’s Name




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


Level 2014 2015

Extended First year 86 (1st semester) 120 (2nd semester)

First year

Second year

Third year

Honours 65 48 (Energy)

Masters

Doctoral


North West University: Geography and Environmental Management


Initials)

Area of

specialisation

E-mail Office

Telephone

Number

Associate Prof Luke

Sandham

EIA

effectiveness in

South Africa






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 and Director School of Geo and Spatial Sciences

Climatology and climate modelling


1582

Mr. Manna Stander.

Lecturer Human Geography


Ms Carli Steenkamp

Lecturer EIA and Environmental Planning


Dr Jan-Albert Wessels

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


Associate members in the Research Unit for Environmental Science and Management

Prof Professor; Environmental [email protected] 018 299

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Francois Retief

Assessment 1586

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


[email protected]

Dr Alan Bond,

Extraordinary fellow, visiting from University of East Anglia


[email protected]





Ms Vernice Swarts

Secretary Administrative support


Ms Liesl de Swardt

GIS assistant GIS support [email protected] 018-299-1511

3. Department News

Dr Jan-Albert Wessels was capped with a PhD in May 2015.

Prof Francois Retief shared the international ‘Outstanding Service to IAIA Award’ in 2015 with

Prof Angus Morrison-Saunders in recognition of the excellent work done as co-editors of the

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal (IAPA) Journal between 2009 and 2014.

In April 2015, Prof Francois Retief took up a chair in the Research Unit for Environmental

Science and Management, with responsibility for developing new post graduate programmes .

He was succeeded by Prof Stuart Piketh as the Director of the School of Geo and Spatial

Sciences.





mailto:%[email protected]




4. 2014 - 2015 dated publications:

Peer reviewed articles

Sigudu, M. V., Du Preez, H. H, and Retief, F. (2014) ‘Application of a basic monitoring strategy

for Cryptosporidium and Giardia in drinking water’, Water SA, ISSN 1816-7950

Morrison-Saunders, A. Pope, J., Bond, A., and Retief, F. (2014) ‘Towards sustainability

assessment follow-up’, Environmental Impact Assessment Review, vol 45, pp 38-45

Bond, A., Pope, J., Morrison-Saunders, A., Retief, F., and Gunn, J. (2014) ‘Impact assessment:

Eroding benefits through streamlining?’, Environmental Impact Assessment Review, vol 45, pp

46-53

Morrison-Saunders, A. Pope, J., Gunn, J., Bond, A., and Retief, F. (2014) ‘Strengthening impact

assessment: a call for integration and focus’, Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, vol

32(1), pp 2-8

Retief, F., Bond, A., Gunn, J., Pope, J. and Morrison-Saunders, A. (2014) ‘International

perspectives on strengthening impact assessment through integration and focus’, Impact

Assessment and Project Appraisal, vol 32(1), pp 27-30

Cilliers S., Du Toit M., Cilliers J., Retief F., and Drewes E. (2014) ‘Sustainable urban

landscapes: South African perspectives on transdisciplinary possibilities’, Landscape and Urban

Planning, vol 125, pp260-270.

Wessels, J., Retief, F. and Morrison-Saunders, A. (2015) ‘Appraising the value of independent

EIA follow-up verifiers’, Environmental Impact Assessment Review, vol 50, pp178-189 DOI:

10.1016/j.eiar.2014.10.004

Marais M, Retief FP, Sandham LA and Cilliers DP. 2015. A critical evaluation of

Environmental Management Framework (EMF) report quality in South Africa. South African

Geographical Journal. 96(2): 1-17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03736245.2014.924872

Claasen N, Covic NM, Idsardi EF, Sandham LA, Gildenhuys A and Lemke S. 2015. Applying a

Transdisciplinary Mixed Methods Research Design to Explore Sustainable Diets in Rural South

Africa. International Journal of Qualitative Methods. 14 (2): 2015, 69-91.

Fleishman, E., van der Westhuizen, C.P. & Cilliers, D.P. (2015) 'Interactive-GIS-Tutor (IGIST)

integration: Creating a digital space gateway within a textbook-bound South African Geography

class?', International Journal of Education and Development using Information and

Communication Technology, 11(2):23-37

Marais, M., Retief, F., Sandham, L. A., and Cilliers, D. (2015) ‘Environmental management

frameworks: results and inferences of report quality performance in South Africa’, South African

Geographical Journal, vol 97(1), 83-99

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03736245.2014.924872


Bond, A., Morrison-Saunders, A., Gunn, J., Pope, J. and Retief, F. (2015) ‘Managing

uncertainty, ambiguity and ignorance in impact assessment by embedding evolutionary

resilience, participatory modelling and adaptive management’, Journal of Environmental

Management, vol 151, 97-104 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.12.030

Morrison-Saunders, J., Bond, A., Pope, J. and Retief, F. (2015) Demonstrating the benefits of

impact assessment for proponents, Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal Journal,

(accepted)

Morrison-Saunders, A. and Retief, F. (2015) ‘Reflections on impact assessment research

scholarship from editor and academic perspectives’, Journal of Environmental Assessment,

Policy and Management, vol 17(1), DOI: 10.1142/S1464333215500027

Pope, J., Moore, S., Retief F. and Bond, A. (2015) ‘A framework for evaluating landscape-level

mechanisms for biodiversity conservation’, Landscape and Urban Planning, (submitted)

Hallat TW, Retief, FP and Sandham LA. 2015 The quality of biodiversity inputs to EIA in areas

with high biodiversity value – experience from the Cape floristic region, South Africa. Journal of

Environmental Assessment Policy and Management, 17 (3) (September 2015) 1550025 : 1 -26.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/ /S1464333215500258

Book chapters

Retief, F.P. & Cilliers, D.P. (2014) 'The interface between environmental management and land

use management: complexities, challenges and opportunities' in Du Plessis (Ed.) Environmental

Law and Local Government in South Africa (ISBN: 9781 48510 0508)

Retief, F. and Cilliers, D. (2014) ‘The role of integrated development planning’, in Du Plessis, A.

(eds) South African Environmental Law: The Governing Function of Local Government, Juta,

Cape Town, pp 167-194

Retief, F. and Cilliers, D. (2014) ‘The environmental management and land use management

interface: complexities, challenges and opportunities’, in Du Plessis, A. (eds) South African

Environmental Law: The Governing Function of Local Government, Juta, Cape Town, pp 561-

582

Retief, F.P. & Cilliers, D.P. (2014) 'Integration of sustainability with integrated development

planning (IDP) - a key challenge for local government' in Du Plessis (Ed.) Environmental Law

and Local Government in South Africa (ISBN: 9781 48510 0508)

Retief, F. Morrison-Saunders, A., Pope, J. and Bond, A. (2015) ‘Key learning from psychology

for sustainability assessment’, in Bond, A., Morrison-Saunders, A. and Pope, J. (eds)

Sustainability Assessment Handbook, Routledge, London.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/%20/S1464333215500258

tel:978148510

tel:978148510


Nel, J., Du Plessis, A., and Retief, F. (2014) ‘Key elements for municipal action’, in Du Plessis,

A. (eds) South African Environmental Law: The Governing Function of Local Government, Juta,

Cape Town, pp 40-61

5. Conference Presentations in 2014:

Stuart Piketh, Roelof Burger and post graduate students presented several papers at the NACA and at the SASAS conferences in 2014. This group also hosted the SASAS conference in Potchefstroom in 2014.

Specific papers

Arts, J. and Retief, F. (2014) ‘A better life for the orphans of impact assessment’, IAIA

International conference, Impact Assessment for Social and Economic Development, 8-11 April,

Vina del Mar, Chile

Cilliers, D., and Retief, F. (2014) ‘The status and extent of Environmental Management

Frameworks’, IAIA International conference, Impact Assessment for Social and Economic

Development, 8-11 April, Vina del Mar, Chile

Retief, F. and King, N. (2014) ‘Biodiversity offsets in South Africa’, IAIA International

conference, Impact Assessment for Social and Economic Development, 8-11 April, Vina del

Mar, Chile

Wessels, J.A., Retief, F. and Morrison-Saunders, A. (2014). Appraising the value of

Environmental Control Officers in South Africa. Society of South African Geographers' 10th

Conference (SSAG). East London, South Africa.

De Villiers, M., Brent, A., King, N. and Retief, F. (2014) International lessons for the

incorporation of climate change considerations into environmental assessment in South Africa.

IAIA conference (South Africa chapter), Midrand, South Africa.

Hallat, T. and Retief, F. (2014) A critical evaluation of the quality of biodiversity inputs to EIAs in

areas with high conservation value – experience from the Cape Floristic Region. IAIA

conference (South Africa chapter), Midrand, South Africa

Retief, F. (2015) Key note address: ‘Megatrends and future scenarios for environmental

assessment (EA), IAIA conference (South Africa chapter), 12-14 August 2015, Drakensberg,

South Africa.

Retief, F., Morrison-Saunders, A., Pope, J. and Bond, A. (2015) ‘Key learning from Psychology

for Environmental Impact Assessment’, IAIA conference (South Africa chapter), Drakensberg,

South Africa

Retief, F., Morrison-Saunders, A., Pope, J. and Bond, A. (2015) ‘Key learning from Psychology

for Sustainability Assessment’, IAIA International conference, Impact Assessment in the Digital

Era, 20-23 April, Florence, Italy


Wessels, J., Morrison-Saunders A., and Retief, F. (2015) ‘Understanding Independent

Environmental Control Officers’, IAIA International conference, Impact Assessment in the Digital

Era, 20-23 April, Florence, Italy

Sandham L A, and Bond AJ. (2015). EIA report quality: lessons from the first 17 years in

South Africa . Impact Assessment in the Digital Era, 35th annual conference of the

International Association for Impact Assessment, Florence, Italy, 20 – 23 April



T W Hallat (2014) A critical evaluation of the quality of biodiversity inputs to Environmental Impact Assessments in areas with high biodiversity – experience from the Cape Floristic Region.’

J J Martins (2014) A critical evaluation of the challenges facing dust management within gold mining regions of South Africa.

R Alberts (2014) Municipal Solid Waste Management in the North West Province: Governance Strategies to Address Existing Performance Gaps and Capacity Constraints.

A Caddick (2015) Critical review of the quality of Environmental Authorizations in South Africa.

J L Venter (2014) The influence of geotechnical and geo-hydrological studies on EIA decision making in South Africa.

J J J Mnengwane (2014) The effectiveness of public participation in Environmental Impact Assessments.


Tarina Jordaan (2015) ‘Planning the intangible: Place attachment and public participation in South African town planning’, supervisor, PhD, North West University

Jan-Albert Wessels (2015) ‘Understanding independent Environmental Control Officers: Learning from major South African construction projects’, supervisor, PhD, North West University


Level 2014 2015

First year 230 220

Second year 130 1350

Third year 80 70

Honours 22 25

Masters 35 40


Doctoral 10 8

10. The name and contact details of your SSAG person for any further (and future) information: Prof Luke Sandham [email protected]


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