Browsing TD: 2008 Volume 4 No 1 by Title
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Neighbourhood effects and household responses to water supply problems in Nigerian cities
(2008)Between 1990 and 2004, Nigeria’s urban population jumped to nearly half the national population, while access to improved sources of water in urban areas dropped by nearly 15 per cent during the same period. This paper ... -
A physical environmental management perspective on municipal water supply: proposals for Tlokwe City Council
(2008)All South Africans, especially, those involved with the development and management of its water resources should be aware that South Africa is generally an arid to semi-arid region, with an average rainfall of approximately ... -
Privatisation and water governance in Africa: implications of a rights-based approach
(2008)Early in the post-independence era, the control of water resources in many African states was a task of central planning. Regrettably, water management soon became a miry adventure in most African states largely because ... -
Recent trends in South African water historiography
(2008)The discipline of water history is relatively young but since the 1990s there has been growing interest in the field. In this article an exposition is provided on the origins of the discipline of water history as a ... -
The tragedy of the water commons: the case of the Lower Orange water management area
(2008)In the human environment there is a tendency to refer to resources, such as land and water which do not specifically belong to any single individual, as the ‘commons’. Garret Hardin wrote his famous paper called: “The ... -
Water users’ associations from the users’ perspective: local water management at Thabina irrigation scheme, Limpopo, South Africa
(2008)At a time when the South African water department and a circle of water experts in the country are defining their position on water users’ associations (WUAs), this paper looks at people’s actions and perceptions of local ...