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Working for Water: a Deep Ecology Perspective (2006) - Jennifer Gouza
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Date added: 10/19/2006 |
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This essay submitted for the Sustainable Development 2006 module analyses a Working for Water Project in St. Francis Bay, Eastern Cape. She combines a sustainability framework with a deep ecology perspective to reveal new relationships within communities and between communities and natural systems. |
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Wikus Kruger - Rural Renewable Energy
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Date added: 03/04/2010 |
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Wikus Kruger - Towards an appropriate framework for South African rural renewable energy provision. Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the Mphil in Sustainable Development Planning and Management, December 2007. Based on a review of the literature on the potential of renewable energy provision in rural areas, this thesis critically reviewed a major renewable energy project in the Eastern Cape with major lessons for future projects. |
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Virginia Francis - Social Responsibility and the Pentecostal Church, Phoenix, Durban
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Date added: 03/06/2010 |
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Virginia Francis - Applying Corporate Social Responsibility Principles to the Church: A case study of the interface between the Indian Pentecostal/Charismatic Church in the Phoenix Community, Durban North (KwaZulu Natal) and Social Responsibility. Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the Mphil in Sustainable Development Planning and Management, March 2008. Based on interviews and participant observation, the research analyses the pentecostal churches in a Durban community and asks why these Churches neglect social issues in a context that is plagued by a range of very serious social problems. |
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Urszula Rust - Gender and Rural Water Services
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Date added: 03/07/2010 |
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Urszula Rust - Principles for mainstreaming gender equality in the South African rural water services sector. Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the Mphi in Sustainable Development Planning and Management, December 2007. This thesis analyses the role of women in the provision of rural water services and finds that gender roles are reinforced rather than transformed. She recommends principles and guidelines that if adopted will contribute to changes in rural water service delivery practices that will transform rather than reinforce current gender relations and roles. |
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Urban Water Resources in Windhoek, Namibia - Francois Van Rensburg
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Date added: 10/14/2006 |
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This research report was submitted as an Integrated Assignment worth 37.5% of the total mark for the Mphil. It analyses the various systems that Windhoek has developed to ensure longer-term water security, and some the problems that require solutions. |
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Tutaleni Nampila - Community Participation in Huidare Informal Settlement, Windhoek
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Date added: 10/07/2006 |
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Reviews the dynamics of community participation in Huidare Informal Settlement in Windhoek, Namibia, and contrasts this reality with the stated intentions of government policies with respect to participation. MPhil thesis, Dec 2005 |
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The Relevance, Importance and Applicability of Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility
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Date added: 08/16/2007 |
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The Relevance. Importance and Applicability of Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility: South African Case Studies by Marie-Louise Louw. This is an Mphil thesis that examines the approaches adopted by Rhodes University, Spier Wine Estate and Stellenbosch University towards social and environmental responsibility. |
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Thandeka Mbabama - Sustainable Agriculture in Developing Countries
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Date added: 02/02/2007 |
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Thandeka Mbabama: "The application of knowledge other than chemicals is the key to increasing food output on small farms in developing countries. Mixed cropping has a proven success as a strategy that can both product the food that is needed immediately and is sustainable." Thandeka Mbabama is a senior manager in the Land Bank, South Africa. This is her assignment for the Biodiversity and Sustainable Agriculture module. |
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2011 PROSPECTUS for Masters' Programme in Sustainable Development (1.01 MB)