Posts Tagged ‘Livelihoods’
Public policy and small towns in arid South Africa: The case of Philippolis
Van Niekerk, J and Marais, L (2008), Public policy and small towns in arid South Africa: The case of Philippolis (Free State, South Africa), Urban Forum, 19, 363 – 380. Abstract Internationally and in South Africa, small towns have been subjected to several external factors leading to their decline, with decentralisation processes placing increased…
Read MoreAmmunition for the ‘War on Poverty’ in South Africa
Ingle, M (2011), Ammunition for the ‘War on Poverty’ in South Africa, African Journal of Business Management 5(30):11749-11755. Abstract Poverty is a multi-faceted phenomenon that goes beyond mere paucity of income. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) reflects an understanding of poverty as human deprivation by including indices for health and education in its Human Development…
Read MoreHousehold Food Security and Hunger in Rural and Urban Communities in the Free State Province
Walsh, C, van Rooyen, F (2015), Household Food Security and Hunger in Rural and Urban Communities in the Free State Province, South Africa, Ecology of Food and Nutrition, vol. 54, Issue 2. To purchase this article, click on http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/03670244.2014.964230#.VP2JQek5DIU or request the item via ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270343362_Household_Food_Security_ and_Hunger_in_Rural_and_Urban_Communities_in_the_Free_State_Province_South_Africa or contact walshcm@ufs.ac.za. Abstract Household food security…
Read MoreRisk-factor profiles for chronic diseases of lifestyle and metabolic syndrome in an urban and rural setting in South Africa
Van Zyl, S, Van der Merwe, L, Walsh, CM, Groenewald, AJ, Van Rooyen, FC (2010), Risk-factor profiles for chronic diseases of lifestyle and metabolic syndrome in an urban and rural setting in South Africa , African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine; Vol 4, No 1 (2012), 10 pages. doi: 10.4102/phcfm.v4i1.346. Background: Chronic…
Read MoreStaging and haematological abnormalities of HIV-infected persons in the rural Free State Province of South Africa
Groenewald AJ, Walsh CM, van Wyk HJ, van Zyl S and van der Merwe LJ (2011), Staging and haematological abnormalities of HIV-infected persons in the rural Free State Province of South Africa.2011. African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine, vol 3, no. 1. Doi:10.4102/phcfm.v3i1.222. Introduction The five countries with the highest HIV…
Read MoreLinks between Ecosystem Services and Poverty Alleviation
Shackleton, C, Shackleton, S, Gambiza, J, Nel, E, Rowntree, K and Urquhart, P (2008), Links between Ecosystem Services and Poverty Alleviation: Situation analysis for arid and semi-arid lands in southern Africa, , Rhodes University, for Ecosystem Services and Poverty Reduction Research Programme: DFID, NERC, ESRC. Aim and objectives This report presents the findings of a…
Read MoreTourism management and local community participation in the Nyae Nyae San Conservancy, Northern Namibia,
Mayinoti, S (2012), Tourism management and local community participation in the Nyae Nyae San Conservancy, Northern Namibia, Masters thesis in Development Studies, Centre for Development Support, University of the Free State. Abstract The study analysed tourism activities in the Nyae Nyae San Conservancy of Northern Namibia. The focus was on local community participation in tourism…
Read MoreThe Impact of Community – Based Conservancy on Community’s Livelihoods
Iipinge, A (2009), “The Impact of Community – Based Conservancy on Community’s Livelihoods: A case of the !Khob !Naub Conservancy, Southern Namibia“, Masters in Development Studies, Centre for Development Support, University of the Free State. Abstract The !Khob !Naub Conservancy, registered and gazetted in 2003 is the largest of the four conservancies in southern Namibia.…
Read MoreThe Contribution of Municipal Commonage to Local People’s Livelihoods in Small South African Towns
Davenport, N (2008), The Contribution of Municipal Commonage to Local People’s Livelihoods in Small South African Towns, MSc thesis, Rhodes University, Grahamstown. Abstract To redress past discrepancies in land tenure, the ANC government acknowledged that land needs to be made accessible to the previously disadvantaged, announcing that commonage would be a pillar of their…
Read MoreCommunity-based conservation: Intrinsic versus extrinsic values
Ingle, M (2006), Community-based conservation: Intrinsic versus extrinsic values, in New Contree, vol. 51: 115-131. Introduction This article commences with an examination of the reasons for the enormous increase in areas under state protection worldwide, and proceeds to discover two incompatible value systems that inform this expansion. The tension between these value systems informs…
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