Research articles (Dept of Environmental Science): Recent submissions
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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 ... -
Cultural tourism and livelihood diversification: The case of Gcwihaba Caves and XaiXai village in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
(Taylor and Francis http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14766820902829551, 2009)This paper uses the livelihoods framework to analyse how cultural tourism can diversify livelihoods at XaiXai village in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Both primary and secondary data sources were used in this study. ... -
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, ... -
Instruments for sustainable solid waste management in Botswana
(Sage http://wmr.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/19/4/342, 2001)Sustainable solid waste management is a strategy for achieving environmental quality in both the developed and the developing world. Environmental quality is a necessary condition for an increase in per capita welfare over ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Wildlife resource utilisation at Moremi Game Reserve and Khwai community area in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
(Elsevier http://www.doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2005.03.007, 2005)This paper uses the concept of sustainable development to examine the utilisation of wildlife resources at Moremi Game Reserve (MGR) and Khwai community area (NG 18/19) in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Using both secondary ... -
Forecasting the spatial extent of the annual flood in the Okavango delta, Botswana
(Elsevier http://www.doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2003.11.010, 2004)The pristine Okavango Delta wetland of northern Botswana is potentially under threat due to water abstraction from its tributaries. We have developed a statistical model which makes it possible to predict the extent of ... -
Enclave tourism and its socio-economic impacts in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
(Elsevier http://www.doi:10.1016/j.tourman.2003.11.005, 2005)This paper draws on the dependency paradigm to explain the development of enclave tourism and its socio-economic impacts in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Using both primary and secondary data source, the study indicates ... -
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 ... -
Vulnerability assessment of the maize and sorghum crops to climate change in Botswana
(Springer http://www.springerlink.com/content/p88867543584713, 2004)This study examines the sensitivity of maize and sorghum crops to global warming in Botswana, a country with arid climatic conditions and shortfalls in locally produced grain. The vulnerability of the maize and sorghum ... -
Assessment of vegetation indexes useful for browse (forage) prediction in semi-arid rangelands
(Taylor and Francis http://www.clas.ufl.edu/lueci/southworth/RS-class-advanced/Discussion-readings/Moleele%20et%20al%202001%20Assessment%20of%20veg%20indexes%20i.pdf, 2001)Considerable signi® cance is placed on the mapping and monitoring of degraded areas in semi-arid regions of the world, including Botswana. Degraded areas include those suVering from bush encroachment, believed to result ... -
Current impact of mining alkaline rocks on Save River water quality in Zimbabwe
(Elsevier http://www.linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1464343X09000491, 2009)Alkaline rocks (phosphate deposits in particular) of igneous origin are currently being mined in Zimbabwe. Exploitation of these deposits, which are associated with metals and non-metals, provides a potential for changing ... -
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 ... -
Integrating policy, disintegrating practice:water resources management in Botswana
(Elsevier, http://www.linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1474706504001834, 2004)Botswana is generally regarded as an African success story. Nearly four decades of unabated economic growth, multi-party democracy, conservative decision-making and low-levels of corruption have made Botswana the darling ... -
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 ... -
The effects of the water management framework and the role of domestic consumers on urban water conservation in Botswana
(Routledge http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02508060802475415, 2008)This article examines the adverse effects of a fragmented water management framework and the role of domestic water users on water conservation in Gaborone, the rapidly growing capital city of Botswana. There was a major ... -
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 ... -
Environmental change and sustainability issues in the Kalahari region
(Elsevier Science Ltd, http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/622855/description#description, 2003)The collection of papers in this special edition of the Journal of Arid Environments is a sequel to a Workshop held in Maun, Botswana, in October 2000, on the theme Climate Change, Biodiversity and Multi-species Production ... -
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 ...