Theron, Simone Norah; Midgley, Stephanie; Hochrainer-Stigler, Stefan; Archer, Emma Rosa Mary; Tramberand, Sylvia; Walker, Sue(Springer, 2023-09)
Meeting the needs of multiple users and uses of freshwater resources is becoming progressively challenging. The response to the 2015–2018 Western Cape drought in South Africa offers lessons for both commercial crop growers ...
Exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) is associated with several cutaneous adverse effects. However, to the best of our knowledge, in South Africa there are no formal guidelines on sun protection. A group of South ...
There is limited knowledge on how people living in communal areas perceive
land use and land cover (LULC) change and the impacts it has on sustainable
access to essential ecosystem goods and services. This study used ...
Environmental justice principles are widespread at national and global levels of transition discourse, but this is sometimes irrelevant to marginalized communities. To address this issue, we apply environmental justice ...
In semi-arid regions, interactions between
biophysical and socio-economic variables are complex.
Such interactions and their respective variables
significantly alter land use and land cover, degrade
landscape’s structure, ...
Rapiya, Monde; Ramoelo, Abel; Truter, Wayne Frederick(Springer, 2023-12)
Rangelands play a vital role in developing
countries’ biodiversity conservation and economic
growth, since most people depend on rangelands for
their livelihood. Aboveground-biomass (AGB) is an
ecological indicator of ...
Prolonged exposure to high temperatures can cause heat-related illnesses and accelerate
death, especially in the elderly. We developed a locally-appropriate Healthy Environment Assessment
Tool, or ‘HEAT’ tool, to assess ...
Epidemiological studies have provided compelling evidence of associations between temperature variability (TV) and health outcomes. However, such studies are limited in developing countries. This study aimed to investigate ...
Okolie, Chukwuma; Mills, Jon; Adeleke, Adedayo; Smit, Julian; Maduako, Ikechukwu(International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2023-09)
Gradient boosted decision trees (GBDTs) have repeatedly outperformed several machine learning and deep learning algorithms in competitive data science. However, the explainability of GBDT predictions especially with earth ...
Shirvani, Amin; Landman, Willem Adolf; Barlow, Mathew; Hoell, Andrew(Wiley, 2023-02)
North American Multi-Model Ensemble (NMME) precipitation forecast skill over Iran is evaluated using Taylor diagrams and ranked probability skill scores (RPSS) as determined over a 29-year test period (1991–2019). The ...
Gharbi, Dorra; Vanker, Aneesa; Garland, Rebecca M.; Peter, Jonny(Allergy Society of South Africa (ALLSA), 2023-09)
Global and South African populations continue to increase exponentially, with large flows of persons into urban
centres. Urban air quality and bioaerosol are therefore becoming an increasingly important consideration in ...
Weed management in maize farms is a time-specific activity and requires timely detection of weed infestations. The challenge to early detection of weeds is that many dicotyledonous crops and broad-leaved weeds often display ...
Young people living in low-income settlements face numerous challenges ranging from violence to polluted environments. However, many of them find ways in which to overcome these challenges for their own growth and development. ...
Okolie, Chukwuma; Mills, Jon; Adeleke, Adedayo; Smit, Julian(International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2024-03)
The accuracy of digital elevation models (DEMs) in urban areas is influenced by numerous factors including land cover and terrain
irregularities. Moreover, building artefacts in global DEMs cause artificial blocking of ...
Tree-growing support programs are being implemented widely to enhance farmers’ involvement in land restoration schemes. However, the reasons why farmers will continue to engage in restoration activities when support programs ...
Steyn, Marilize; Claassen, Nicolaas; Forbes, Patricia B.C.(National Association for Clean Air, 2023)
The negative health and socio-economic impacts of emissions associated with domestic fuel burning are widely recognized. Although
there has been much progress in the provision of electricity to households in South Africa, ...
Ridging South Atlantic high pressure systems (ridging highs) are often accompanied by cut-off low (COL) pressure systems
aloft, but may also occur without them, in which case a linear baroclinic wave would be observed ...
Climate change is acknowledged as one of the greatest environmental and development challenges
society faces. Many organisations are now encouraged to conduct assessments of the
climate risks they will be exposed to over ...