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Natural attenuation of mining pollutants in the transboundary Save River
(Elsevier Science Ltd, http://www.elsevier.com/locate/pce, 2011)The objective of the study was to investigate the role played by the natural environment in protecting the transboundary Save River from the impacts of metals derived from phosphate mining at Dorowa. The study is a follow ... -
Natural resources accounting: A tool for water resources management in Botswana
(Elsevier, http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/413/description#description, 2007)Natural Resource Accounting (NRA) has become an important environmental/natural resources management tool in recent years. It provides information on stocks of a resource available at a particular point in time and what ... -
The new role of the construction manager/client engineer/quantity surveyor
(Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors http://www.rics.org/site/download_feed.aspx?fileID=5042&fileExtension=PDF, 2009)The traditional contracting/delivery system in Botswana, introduced by the US, UK, and European educators, consultants, and practitioners, has not been working well in Botswana. The poor project delivery system results ... -
Nitrogen cycling in the soil–plant system along a precipitation gradient in the Kalahari sands
(Blackwell Publishing, 2004-01-01)Nitrogen (N) cycling was analyzed in the Kalahari region of southern Africa, where a strong precipitation gradient (from 978 to 230mm mean annual precipitation) is the main variable affecting vegetation. The region is ... -
Pollution implications of Save River water from weathering and dissolution of metal hosting minerals at Dorowa phosphate mine, Zimbabwe
(Elsevier Science Ltd, http://www.elsevier.com/locate/pce, 2010)The study set out to determine the weathering and dissolution of metal hosting minerals at Dorowa for purposes of deducing pollution potential to the nearby Save River. Phosphate rock is mined at Dorowa for the production ... -
Population, development, and waste management in Botswana: Conceptual and policy implications for climate change
(Springer http://www.springerlink.com/index/3NU5AFH2F999FM9P.pdf -, 2003)Based on government and other relevant documentation, this paper explores the conceptual linkage between population, development, and waste management in Botswana and the implications of this relationship for global climate ... -
Problems and prospects for the development of urban tourism in Gaborone and Maun, Botswana
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713413745, 2007-12)This paper draws on the tourism system framework to examine the problems and prospects of urban tourism in Gaborone and Maun, Botswana. These are young centres that have a growing number of tourist attractions, facilities ... -
Resource use conflicts: the future of the Kalahari ecosystem
(Elsevier http://www.linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0140196302910992, 2003)The Kalahari ecosystem is characterized by natural resource conflicts and land-use pressure resulting from intensification of human activities. This paper addresses three issues of concern associated with the Kalahari ecosystem ... -
The role of human factors in the degradation of natural resources in and around the Okavango Delta, Botswana
(Taylor & Francis, http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/00207233.asp, 2007)This paper draws on archival information, anecdotal evidence from local communities, in situ observations during field investigation and multi-date remotely sensed satellite imagery. The authors investigated the role of ... -
Seasonal diet preference of cattle, sheep and goats grazing on the communal grazing rangeland in the Central District of Botswana
(Academic Journals; http://www.academicjournals.org/AJAR, 2015-07-16)Diet composition, forage preference and diet overlap among of goats, sheep and cattle grazing on communal rangeland in the Central District of Botswana were evaluated to determine the potential for forage competition to ... -
Seed-bank analysis for herbaceous species along grazing gradients in the Sandveld and Hardveld grazing areas of Botswana
(Botswana College of Agriculture, http://www.bca.bw/Research/bojaasBca/InstructionToAuthors.htm, 2007)Grasses and forbs in Southern Africa have been understudied in terms of species richness and factor that affect diversity patterns. To gain a better understanding of factors affecting patterns of herbaceous plant species ... -
The socio-cultural impacts of tourism development in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
(Channel view publications, http://www.multilingual-matters.net/jtc/default.htm, 2004)The objective of this article is to assess the socio-cultural impacts of tourism development in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. This paper largely relied on the research work and reports by the author in the Okavango Delta ... -
Soil heavy metal concentration patterns at two speed zones along the Gaborone-Tlokweng border post highway, Southeast Botswana
(JASEM http://www.ajol.info/index.php/jasem/article/view/43693/27216, 2006-06)Since 1988 Botswana has been experiencing an unprecedented increase in vehicular traffic which is suspected to be having contamination effects on soils along heavily used roads in the country. This study aimed at understanding ... -
Soil resources distribution, woody plant properties and land use in a lunette dune-pan system in Kalahari, Botswana
(Academic Journals, http://www.academicjournals.org/SRE, 2008)The distribution of selected soil properties, selected woody vegetation properties, and land use in a lunette dune-pan system were investigated in the Sekoma area, which is located within the IGBP Kalahari Transect (KT) ... -
Sustainability management and tourism impacts on communities: Residents’ attitudes in Maun and Tshabong, Botswana
(AfricaJournals, https://www.ajhtl.com/, 2017)Sustainability management and especially socio-cultural sustainability of tourism is premised on community awareness, participation and deriving socio-economic benefits from tourism. The purpose of the study was to ... -
Tourists’ perceptions and their willingness to pay for park fees: A case study of self-drive tourists and clients for mobile tour operators in Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
(Elsevier http://www.linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0261517706001440, 2007)Moremi game reserve (MGR) in northern Botswana is one of southern Africa’s most popular destination because of its impressive wildlife and wilderness areas. To maintain the wilderness nature of the park and game reserve, ... -
Towards a theoretical exploration of the differential urbanisation model in Sub-saharan Africa: The Botswana case
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1467-9663, 2006)This paper investigates the extent to which the differential urbanisation model is applicable to Botswana by using empirical data obtained from periodic censuses, supportive documentary information and observations from ... -
Traditional ecological knowledge and community-based natural resource management: lessons from a Botswana wildlife management area
(Elsevier http://www.linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S014362280300033X, 2004)The advent of community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) in Botswana in the late 1980s ushered in a new paradigm in natural resource management. The strategy marked a change from state-controlled to community-controlled ... -
Urban environmental management in Botswana:towards a theoretical explanation of public policy failure
(Springer http://www.springerlink.com/index/05CM7XY4DJGUEUQL.pdf, 2001)For the last three and half decades, Botswana has been widely acclaimed to be one of sub-Saharan Africa's longest and most stable liberal democracies, coupled with and sustained by a growing economy. One of the major ... -
Urban water scarcity management: civic vs. state response in Bulawayo
(Pergamon, www.elsevier.com/locate/habitatint, 2002)In most sub-Sahara African cities, rapid urbanization has placed a heavy burden on available human, financial and socioeconomic resources. The problem has been compounded by the intricate and interactive effects of rapid ...