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Drivers of land use change in the Drakensberg Mountains South Africa
Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2016.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/57296 Drivers of land use change in the Drakensberg Mountains South Africa Ferguson, J. Willem H. marykemeraai@gmail.com Blewett, Maryke UCTD Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2016. Change in land use has had major impacts on natural resources. Mountain terrains and their associated natural resources are especially vulnerable to extensive changes in land use. We evaluated climate, demographic and socio-economic changes for two study areas in the Drakensberg Mountains, as possible drivers of land use change in each study area. The most notable change in land use within the study areas was the increase in urban areas despite the fact that the study areas are located within areas dominated with primary economic activities. Trends in climate change were not consistent between the various weather stations with the majority of the weather stations experiencing no significant changes in temperature and rainfall. Although there was a relatively slow positive population growth in the two study areas, it was not a main driver of the changes in land use. We found that socio-economic factors, including increased formal employment, income and migration to urban centres were much more important in driving land use change in these rural environments. tm2016 Zoology and Entomology MSc Unrestricted 2016-10-14T07:33:09Z 2016-10-14T07:33:09Z 2016-09-01 2016 Dissertation Blewett, M 2016, Drivers of land use change in the Drakensberg Mountains South Africa, MSc Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/57296> S2016 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/57296 en © 2016 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Drivers of land use change in the Drakensberg Mountains South Africa |
| title | Drivers of land use change in the Drakensberg Mountains South Africa |
| title_full | Drivers of land use change in the Drakensberg Mountains South Africa |
| title_fullStr | Drivers of land use change in the Drakensberg Mountains South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Drivers of land use change in the Drakensberg Mountains South Africa |
| title_short | Drivers of land use change in the Drakensberg Mountains South Africa |
| title_sort | drivers of land use change in the drakensberg mountains south africa |
| topic | UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/57296 |