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LIVELIHOODS HIV/AIDS Climate change NUTRITION ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT

Linking poverty, HIV/AIDS and climate change to human and ecosystem vulnerability in Southern Africa : consequences for livelihoods and sustainable ecosystem management

People in southern Africa are facing escalating levels of risk, uncertainty and consequently vulnerability as a result of
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Sunday, January 2, 2011 - 05:00
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UNIVERSITIES RESEARCH PROGRAMMES Innovation PARTNERSHIP ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NETWORKS RESEARCH CAPACITY CASE STUDIES BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Universities and Knowledge-based Development in sub-Saharan Africa: Comparing University-Firm Interaction in Nigeria, Uganda and South Africa

Research on the changing role of universities in firm learning, innovation and national economic
development has not extended systematically to low income countries of sub-Saharan Africa. Drawing on an
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Saturday, January 2, 2010 - 00:00
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COAL FOSSIL FUELS ENERGY SOURCES RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Climate change

Coal keeps getting more expensive but the sun costs nothing

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Friday, August 2, 2013 - 00:00
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VIOLENCE SEXUAL ABUSE Gender GIRLS INFORMATION DISSEMINATION MEDIA METHODOLOGY POLICY MAKING WOMEN

Using the visual to address gender based violence in rural South Africa Ethical Considerations

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Sunday, October 2, 2016 - 04:00
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VIOLENCE CASE STUDIES

Second wave of violence scholarship : South African synergies with a global research agenda

Violence is a serious public health and human rights challenge with global psychosocial impacts across the human lifespan.
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Wednesday, December 2, 2015 - 05:00
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TOURISM DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Internet ENTREPRENEURS SMALL ENTERPRISES WOMEN

Boosting tourism in South Africa's townships

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Thursday, January 2, 2003 - 00:00
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Climate change ADAPTATION Food security CLIMATE MODELLING

Crop response to climate change in Southern Africa : a scoping study

Concern over future food security in southern Africa has led to various studies that assess the
impact of climate change on crops in the region. The results vary according to applied methods and
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Sunday, January 2, 2011 - 05:00
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Negotiating human health in a rapidly changing urban environment : HIV and AIDS vulnerabilities among street traders in Warwick Junction, Durban, South Africa

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Sunday, January 2, 2005 - 00:00
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Explaining climate-sensitive decision-making : on the relationship between cognitive logic and climate-adaptive behaviour

This thesis study findings suggest four drivers of the differential perceptions of weather and climate change: short- versus long-term risk orientation; self-perceived adaptive capacity; tension between experiential and expert knowledge; and indiv
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Sunday, April 2, 2017 - 00:00
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Moving through the city : gender and floods at play; a case study in Sweet Home Farm informal settlement, Cape Town

Vulnerability is defined by UN HABITAT as a function of the way “a system is exposed, its sensitivity and its adaptive capacity relative to climatic change.” Vulnerability to floods is not gender-neutral.
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Thursday, May 2, 2013 - 04:00

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