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Human impact on the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve
The problem investigated in this study is the environmental effect of outdoor recreation on a valuable conservation area, the Cape of Good Hope nature reserve. The approach adopted views the reserve as a business concern that produces service commodities from the resources of the natural environment...
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| author | Benkenstein, Howard |
| author2 | Fuggle, Richard Francis |
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| description | The problem investigated in this study is the environmental effect of outdoor recreation on a valuable conservation area, the Cape of Good Hope nature reserve. The approach adopted views the reserve as a business concern that produces service commodities from the resources of the natural environment. Supply of these commodities was estimated from a visitor activity profile obtained by combining traffic count data with timed observations on visitor behaviour. Demand was assessed from the results of a visitor survey and from information obtained from a literature review. The results of these investigations provided a data base for formulating a business management policy for the reserve. The findings of the study were that the shortage of open space in Cape Town and the Western Cape is a human ecological problem and that a business management policy which reinforces human behavioural links with the environment would be both an economic solution and an eco- logical solution to the current controversy surrounding matters related to conservation in the Cape of Good Hope nature reserve. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/18834 Human impact on the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve Benkenstein, Howard Fuggle, Richard Francis Grindley, J R Environmental Studies The problem investigated in this study is the environmental effect of outdoor recreation on a valuable conservation area, the Cape of Good Hope nature reserve. The approach adopted views the reserve as a business concern that produces service commodities from the resources of the natural environment. Supply of these commodities was estimated from a visitor activity profile obtained by combining traffic count data with timed observations on visitor behaviour. Demand was assessed from the results of a visitor survey and from information obtained from a literature review. The results of these investigations provided a data base for formulating a business management policy for the reserve. The findings of the study were that the shortage of open space in Cape Town and the Western Cape is a human ecological problem and that a business management policy which reinforces human behavioural links with the environment would be both an economic solution and an eco- logical solution to the current controversy surrounding matters related to conservation in the Cape of Good Hope nature reserve. 2016-04-12T14:40:19Z 2016-04-12T14:40:19Z 1982 Master Thesis Masters MSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18834 eng application/pdf Department of Environmental and Geographical Science Faculty of Science University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Environmental Studies Benkenstein, Howard Human impact on the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Human impact on the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve |
| title_full | Human impact on the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve |
| title_fullStr | Human impact on the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve |
| title_full_unstemmed | Human impact on the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve |
| title_short | Human impact on the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve |
| title_sort | human impact on the cape of good hope nature reserve |
| topic | Environmental Studies |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18834 |
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