Essays about: "Okavango"

Found 3 essays containing the word Okavango.

  1. 1. A study of carbon, nitrogen, and biogenic silica concentrations in Cyperus papyrus, the sedge dominating the permanent swamp of the Okavango Delta, Botswana, Africa

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Giulia Lodi; [2022]
    Keywords : Okavango Delta; papyrus; total nitrogen; total organic carbon; biogenic silica; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Okawangodeltat är södra Afrikas största våtmark och en av världens minst påverkade våtmarker. Kunskapen om hur våtmarkssystemet fungerar är begränsad, särskilt vad gäller halter av näringsämnen och omsättning av näringsämnen i de dominerande våtmarksväxterna. READ MORE

  3. 2. Why do people live in high-risk rural areas? – A study of Tubu, Botswana

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Brandteknik; Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Ville Niskala; Nina Gustafsson; [2013]
    Keywords : Risk; risk perception; disaster; floods; wildlife; drought; rural; Botswana; Tubu; hazard; vulnerability; grounded theory; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : The study is based on interviews and is a qualitative study based on grounded theory and answer on why men and women live in high-risk rural areas in Tubu, Botswana. Tubu is a village in the northwestern part of Botswana close to the Okavango Delta. READ MORE

  4. 3. Land Cover Change in the Okavango River Basin : Historical changes during the Angolan civil war, contributing causes and effects on water quality

    University essay from Tema vatten i natur och samhälle

    Author : Jafet Andersson; [2006]
    Keywords : Okavango; land cover change; Angolan civil war; unsupervised classification; Normalised Difference Vegetation Index NDVI ; binary change; degree of change; water quality; agriculture;

    Abstract : The Okavango river flows from southern Angola, through the Kavango region of Namibia and into the Okavango Delta in Botswana. The recent peace in Angola hopefully marks the end of the intense suffering that the peoples of the river basin have endured, and the beginning of sustainable decision-making in the area. READ MORE