Promoting rural industry. The case of rural industrial development program in Kenya's WesternProvince
Développement industriel ; Développement rural ; Géographie de l'Afrique ; Industrialisation ; Industrie ; Industrie rurale ; Kenya ; Petite et moyenne industrie ; Programme de développement ; Stratégie de développement ; WesternProvince
The article includes the following chapters: introduction, the setting, small industry promotion in WesternProvince, industrial promotion and real life two notes in conclusion.
The identification and mapping of vineyards in South Western Cape with the aid of Landsat data
Afrique du Sud ; Agropédologie ; Cape Province ; Géographie de l'Afrique ; Landsat ; MSS ; Pratique culturale ; Télédétection ; Utilisation du sol ; Vignoble
The influence of terrain, morphology and agricultural practices on the identification of vineyards from Landsat 5 (MSS) images of the South Western Cape for summer and spring are investigated.
Neoliberal agricultural policy versus agrarian justice : farm workers and land redistribution in South Africa's Western Cape Province
Afrique du Sud ; Agriculture commerciale ; Exploitation agricole ; Foncier ; Néolibéralisme ; Politique agricole ; Réforme foncière ; Western Cape
Agricultural policy ; Commercial agriculture ; Farm ; Land ; Neo liberalism ; South Africa ; Western Cape
problematic within the farming environment of the Western Cape. A rethinking of land redistribution in terms of smaller scale and less commercially oriented options is suggested. - (AJC)
The hunting activities of hunters in the Western Cape Province
Afrique du Sud ; Cape Province ; Chasse ; Gestion des ressources ; Loisir ; Protection de la nature
Cape Province ; Hunting ; Leisure ; Nature conservation ; Resource management ; South Africa
Hunting is examined as a form of recreation and wildlife resource management in the Western Cape. The nature, extent and participation in hunting were surveyed, with recommendations for future management. - (AJC)
Farm workers, agricultural transformation, and land reform in Western Cape Province, South Africa
Afrique du Sud ; Agriculture ; Agriculture commerciale ; Enquête ; Exploitation agricole ; Foncier ; Produit agricole ; Projet ; Réforme foncière ; Travaux agricoles ; Western Cape
Agricultural product ; Agricultural work ; Agriculture ; Commercial agriculture ; Enquiry ; Farm ; Land ; Project ; South Africa ; Western Cape
Streekgewest westelijk Noord Brabant. (Planning-district western Noord Brabant)
Contains eight articles on varying aspects of the regional economic development in this part of the province of Noord-Brabant such as the relation with the harbour regions of Rotterdam and Antwerpen, the industrialization and the demographic
Erosion and sediment yield in relation to afforestation and fire in the mountains of the Western Cape Province, South Africa
Action anthropique ; Afrique du Sud ; Bilan sédimentaire ; Boisement ; Cape Province ; Conservation des sols ; Erosion des sols ; Feu ; Montagne ; Ressource naturelle
Afforestation ; Cape Province ; Fire ; Human impact ; Mountain ; Natural resources ; Sediment budget ; Soil conservation ; Soil erosion ; South Africa
The mountains of the Western Cape Province fulfil a vital water supply function. In order to protect the supply, it is important to understand the natural soil erosion rates in the mountains and human influence upon them. The variety of management
Soil movement by frost in the Hex River mountains, Western Cape, South Africa
Afrique du Sud ; Cape Province ; Cycle gel-dégel ; Dynamique de versant ; Gel ; Montagne ; Reptation ; Solifluxion ; Transport sédimentaire ; Variation diurne
Cape Province ; Creep ; Diurnal variation ; Freeze-thaw cycle ; Freezing ; Mountain ; Sediment transport ; Slope dynamics ; Solifluction ; South Africa
Diurnal frost processes are known to be important agents of soil disturbance and sediment transport. The role of diurnal frost processes on sediment transport in two areas of the Western Cape mountains is investigated. - (AJC)
Towards generic interventions to stimulate growth potential in small towns of the Western Cape Province, South Africa
Afrique du Sud ; Classe créative ; Economie verte ; Petite ville ; Potentiel économique ; Ville ; Western Cape
Creative class ; Economic potential ; Green economy ; Small town ; South Africa ; Town ; Western Cape
low development potential. It also suggests a number of generic intervention strategies for Western Cape small towns with low development and growth potential. These include cross-boundary collaboration, renewable energy, waste recycling, investing
Present day soil frost activity at the Hexriver Mountains, Western Cape, South Africa
Afrique du Sud ; Cape Province ; Cryoturbation ; Gel ; Gel du sol ; Microclimat ; Montagne ; Périglaciaire ; Reptation ; Solifluxion
Cape Province ; Creep ; Cryoturbation ; Freezing ; Ground freezing ; Microclimate ; Mountain ; Periglacial features ; Solifluction ; South Africa
Etude du potentiel du gel du sol et des cryoturbations actives dans les Monts Hexriver, Cape Province, Afrique du Sud à partir d'un enregistrement microclimatique et de l'étude des formes liées au creep et à la solifluxion.
Beginning in 1884, 15 Jewish rural communities were established in the Prairie Provinces, especially Saskatchewan, under the auspices of the Jewish Colonization Association and its leader Baron Maurice de Hirsch. Yearnings for the urban life
Shifting inequalities in South Africa's schools : some evidence from the Western Cape
Afrique du Sud ; Education ; Etablissement scolaire ; Inégalité sociale ; Politique de l'éducation ; Système éducatif ; Western Cape
After considering the global context of educational restructuring the paper focuses on the relatively wealth province of the Western Cape in context of national policy. The legacy of residential segregation and the national policy of allowing
Marktplatzhandel in der Nordwest-Provinz Zambias (Commerce local dans la province nord-ouest de Zambie)
Accessibilité ; Commerce de détail ; Commerce rural ; Comportement d'achat ; Géographie de l'Afrique ; Marché local ; North-westernProvince ; Organisation de l'espace ; Structure commerciale ; Zambie
Etude du commerce local dans la province nord-ouest de Zambie, à partir d'une enquête sous forme d'entretiens avec les vendeurs. Le marché de Solwezi est étudié en détail, ainsi que ceux de Kabompo et de Mwinilunga.
Geographic pattern of malaria transmission : a case study from Kossi Province, Burkina Faso
The article deals with the medical geography, the epidemiology and malaria in Burkina Faso. The following case study looks at the geographic and the seasonal patterns of malaria in Kossi Province in the year 2008. Kossi Province is located
in western Burkina Faso and is situated in the very north of the Sahelo-Sudanese zone. A closer look at the link between malaria incidence and its geographic determinants shows the coherences. - (IfL)
Late Pleistocene glaciation of the Hulifang massif of Gongwang mountains in Yunnan Province
in the western part such as Diancang mountains, Yulong mountains of Yunnan Province and the glacier series are more complete than the adjacent mid-latitude regions such as Taibai mountain and Taiwan mountains and are roughly representative of climate changes
Correlation of a tephra layer in Western Greece with a Late Pleistocene eruption in the Campanian Province of Italy
The Kalodiki fen is a 2-km2 mire in a small basin within a tectonic depression in Epirus, western Greece. The basin has accumulated as much as 9 m of peat and a tephra layer appears in cores at depths ranging from 2.9 to 5.7 m. The likely age
of the tephra, its index of refraction, and its mineralogical and chemical characteristics display strong similarities to tephra from the Campanian province of Italy. Mineralogically similar tephra layers have also been reported from a peat deposit at Philippi