Essays about: "population movement in south Africa"

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1. 1. Evaluation of sensor techniques for detection of contaminants in greywater from showers

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Biomedicinsk teknik

   Author : Andreas Bengtsson; Kalle Andersson; [2020]
   Keywords : Greywater; Ultrasound; IR; Impedance; Detection; Shower; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : This thesis has been made in collaboration with the company Orbital Systems. The aim has been to optimize their product the Orbital shower, which is a circulating shower system. The work evaluates different sensor techniques suitable for detection of contaminants in greywater. READ MORE

3. 2. The right to the city in post-apartheid South Africa: Abahlali baseMjondolo’s struggle for land, housing and dignity

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Simon Johansson; [2019-10-01]
   Keywords : Abahlali baseMjondolo; the right to the city; citizenship; collective memory; dignity;

   Abstract : Fifty percent of the world’s population live in cities today, but predictions of the sustained urbanization trend estimates that this number will increase to seventy percent by 2050. Meanwhile, the consequences of the urban divide and the demarcations between people in the increasingly fragmented societies could be demonstrated in the case of South Africa. READ MORE

4. 3. An investigation into whether poaching creates an ecological trap for white rhinoceros in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, South Africa

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

   Author : Alice Michel; [2019]
   Keywords : ecological trap; rhinoceros; maladaptation; megaherbivore; source-sink; habitat quality; middens;

   Abstract : In an ecological trap, animals choose habitat based upon cues that once led members of their species to optimal habitat, but now lead to habitat where individual fitness is reduced because of changing conditions. The southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) is a threatened species due to poaching for its keratin horn. READ MORE

5. 4. Day Zero: the role of social movements inthe face of Cape Town’s water crisis

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Roberto Andrés Peñaloza Lanza; Laura Daniela Alzaté González; [2019]
   Keywords : Water crisis; social movements; peace and development; South Africa; Cape Town.;

   Abstract : In 2017 and 2018, the city of Cape Town, in South Africa, suffered one of the most severewater crises ever seen, becoming the first big city to face a realistic scenario of a "DayZero", the day in which the dams reach a water storage level unable to provide waterservices to other than critical services. In the wake of this emergency, severalorganisations and movements started to organise themselves to mitigate the effects ofthe drought and find a solution. READ MORE

6. 5. Day Zero: the role of social movements in the face Cape Town's water crisis

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Laura Daniela Alzate González; Roberto Andrés Peñaloza Lanza; [2019]
   Keywords : Water crisis; social movements; peace and development; South Africa; Cape Town.;

   Abstract : In 2017 and 2018, the city of Cape Town, in South Africa, suffered one of the most severe water crises ever seen, becoming the first big city to face a realistic scenario of a "Day Zero", the day in which the dams reach a water storage level unable to provide water services to other than critical services. In the wake of this emergency, several organisations and movements started to organise themselves to mitigate the effects of the drought and find a solution. READ MORE