Despite the strategic importance of community parks for low-income areas where residents are often confined into densely occupied living areas, these parks remain neglected and research about the sense of connectedness or ...

Within the Integrated Environmental Management (IEM) process, Environmental Assessment Practitioners are expected to gather information or evidence in order to formulate decisions on the suitability of development projects ...

Climate change and its negative impacts on ecosystem functioning on a global scale have recently become apparent. Climatic influences often negatively influence sensitive environments such as estuary’s ability to provide ...

Trade in agricultural commodities is beneficial economically, but it carries risks, as alien agricultural pests can be imported into new regions. To manage this challenge, inspections of agricultural produce are performed ...

Increases in global air temperatures have provided the impetus for extensive research into how thermal constraints impact species behaviour and vulnerability to climate change, with recent heat-related mortality events ...

Across the world, grasslands provide open space and resources to many wildlife species, but are under severe threat of transformation by agriculture and land-use change. Although the grassland biome of South Africa is ...

The new sustainable development agenda for 2030 was adopted in 2015 with implementation now in progress. This ambitious agenda proposed 17 goals and 169 targets in areas of significance: people, planet, prosperity, peace ...

The overall objective of the study is to plan and recommend the most appropriate city environment that can foster the dynamic interactions necessary to implement sustainable and adaptable smart city projects for the purpose ...

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