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Desiccation of the Gomoti River: Biophysical process and indigenous resource management in Northern Botswana
(Elsevier http://www.doi:10.1016/j.jaridenv.2005.02.001, 2005)
For at least 200 years, Gomoti River people and their neighbours lived interactively with the Okavango flood pulse system, travelling widely in dugout canoes, practicing flood recession agriculture, fishing, hunting, and ...
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 ...
Environmental problems among low income urban residents: an empirical analysis of old Naledi-Gaborone, Botswana
(Pergamon, www.elsevier.com/locate/habitatint, 2003)
This study investigates the profile, dynamics and dimensions ofenvironm ental problems at Old Naledi, a
low income urban neighbourhood in Gaborone, the capital city ofBotsw ana. It is based on documentary
and field ...
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 ...
Land tenure and management reforms in East and Southern Africa - the case of Botswana
(Elsevier Science Ltd. http://www.elsevier.com/locate/landusepol, 2000)
Since attainment of independence, almost every country in East and Southern Africa has introduced some kind of land reform
aimed at reconciling indigenous land tenure practices and those introduced by colonial regimes. ...
Energy sector policies in Botswana and their implications for global climate change
(Kluwer Academic Publishers, http://www.springerlink.com/content/102895/, 2002)
Like most African countries, Botswana contributes almost insignificantly to global greenhouse emissions (GHGs). In this context, some have argued that energy policy and legislative measures to regulate emissions in Botswana ...
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) ...
Intergenerational bargaining and wealth flows in the era of HIV/AIDS: emerging trends in Old Naledi-Gaborone, Botswana
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), http://jir.ucsur.pitt.edu/, 2008)
Based on the intergenerational wealth flows conceptual framework, this paper investigates how the AIDS pandemic threatens to disrupt the transfer of resources between generations by using a typical low income urban area ...
Characterization of agriculture-related land degradation in eastern and western parts of Botswana
(University of Botswana, http://www.ub.bw, 2005-04)
A study was carried out during 1998-2001 with the objective of, firstly, assessing the impact of cultivation on soil quality, and secondly, evaluating the effects of human and animal activities on soil erosion and range ...
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 ...