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Characteristics of Droughts in South Africa: A Case Study of Free State
The Free State (FS) and North West (NW) Provinces are often hard hit by droughts with impacts on water availability, farm production and livestock holdings. The South African government declared the two Provinces drought disaster areas in the 2015/2016 hydrological year. This is a major drawback, since both the Provinces play an important role to South African economy as they are a haven to ...
Characteristics of Droughts in South Africa: A Case Study of Free State
This study focused on two of the nine provinces of South Africa, FS and NW, see Figur e 1. Free State is the third largest province in South Africa in terms of land ar ea, with approximately ...
Drought in the Eastern Cape region of South Africa and trends in
The Eastern Cape is of interest not just because of the severe drought that it is currently experiencing but also because its western parts lie near the transition zone between the summer (most of southern Africa) and winter rainfall regions (southwestern South Africa, Reason et al. 2002; Blamey et al. 2018b) and because it is a region of sharp vegetation, soil moisture and topographic ...
Drought, water management, and social equity: Analyzing Cape Town
South Africa has undertaken significant progress in their water policy and infrastructure, which provides a unique case study of changing management decisions. Understanding the crisis in Cape Town requires recognizing the role of the governance system, as it provides the foundation for the management and accessibility of water.
Drought risk for agricultural systems in South Africa: Drivers, spatial
Drought impacts on South Africa's agricultural sector are recurrent; these drought events provide opportunities to learn and to improve drought risk reduction efforts. ... (Ed.), Drought Assessment, Management, and Planning: Theory and Case Studies. Natural Resource Management and Policy, vol 2, Springer, Boston, MA (1993), 10.1007/978-1-4615 ...
Characteristics of Droughts in South Africa: A Case Study of Free State
International Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 2014. The objective of this study was to characterise meteorological droughts in the Central Region of South Africa using Standardised Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) and to examine if there is a relationship between drought and El Niño events.
The Drought Regime in Southern Africa: A Systematic Review
The country with the most drought situations studied is South Africa, and the countries with fewer studies are Angola and Namibia. ... and food security, as well as case studies of specific drought events identified and characterized in previous studies [46,60,62,79,80,81,82]. The list of these methodologies includes (i) historical ...
Unprecedented droughts are expected to exacerbate urban ...
Maputo and Cape Town were chosen as instrumental case studies because both cities were recently affected by a drought and provide a case-in-point of the threat that urban droughts pose to water ...
Agricultural resilience and adaptive capacity during severe drought in
Meeting the needs of multiple users and uses of freshwater resources is becoming progressively challenging. The response to the 2015-2018 Western Cape drought in South Africa offers lessons for both commercial crop growers and policymakers to enhance resilience. The drought highlights the complex interactions between water supply for urban and agricultural uses. This study employed a mixed ...
Dimensions of drought: South African case studies
The recent drought in southern Africa has underscored the need for detailed analysis of the phenomenon. While geographers have researched the causes and impacts of drought in many African contexts, South Africa and in particular its Bantustans have not received sufficient similar attention. This paper outlines firstly the dimensions of drought in South Africa, including the biophysical and ...
Dimensions of Drought: South African Case Studies
This paper outlines firstly the dimensions of drought in. South Africa, including the biophysical and socio-economic factors. Issues such as land-use management, drought planning and relief are interrogated in the South African context. The final section of the paper highlights these debates with specific reference to case studies of.
Living with drought in South Africa: lessons learnt from the recent El
In this paper, we analyse drought management in South Africa with a focus on the current El Niño-related drought. The recent ENSO event is the most recent case study that provides an opportunity to investigate the robustness of the institutional and policy responses to address severe droughts in the country.
Cape Town's 'Day Zero' drought a sign of things to come
Today, the lakes around Cape Town are brimming with water, but it was only a few years ago that South Africa's second-most populous city made global headlines as a multi-year drought depleted ...
Perception of agricultural drought resilience in South Africa: A case
The recurring drought is a major challenge to smallholder livestock farmers in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. This study assesses the perception of smallholder livestock farmers towards agricultural drought resilience. ... Y.T., 2021, 'Perception of agricultural drought resilience in South Africa: A case of smallholder livestock ...
Drought preparedness, impact and response: A case of the Eastern Cape
Drought is a major disaster in South Africa in terms of total economic loss and number of people affected. This study investigated and analysed the preparedness, impact of and response by the farming community to the 2007/2008 drought using the Eastern Cape and Free State provinces of South Africa as case studies. Both qualitative and ...
Full article: Assessing the impact of drought stress on grasslands
Study area. The study area is located in Eastern Cape Province, the second largest province in South Africa, characterized by topographic and climatic complexity and diversity (Clark et al., Citation 2009).The mountainous region in the study area form part of the Great Escarpment Mountains and dominated primarily by grasslands, with large patches of forest on the southern aspects (Hoare ...
Assessment of Meteorological Drought and Wet Conditions Using Two
South Africa has been experiencing a series of droughts for the last few years, limiting the availability of water supply in reservoirs and impacting many sectors of the economy. These droughts have affected even the wetter eastern provinces including KwaZulu-Natal. This paper presents the results of analyses and assessment of meteorological drought across KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Province of South ...
Analysis of trends, recurrences, severity and frequency of droughts
However, little documentation exists on drought occurrence in South Africa at national, provincial and municipal administrative boundaries. This study profiles hydrological drought in OR Tambo District Municipality from 1998 to 2018, computing frequency, severity and intensity in order to show areas of high vulnerability.
Drought
This chapter provides a practical learning example as a case study from lessons learned and proposals for an integrated drought management plan for South Africa. Drought has shaped the history of most nations and countries since time immemorial. Documented droughts and drought-related events in South Africa help us today to better understand ...
Dimensions of drought: South African case studies
The recent drought in southern Africa has underscored the need for detailed analysis of the phenomenon. While geographers have researched the causes and impacts of drought in many African contexts, South Africa and in particular its Bantustans have not received sufficient similar attention. This paper outlines firstly the dimensions of drought in South Africa, including the biophysical and ...
Day Zero: Where next?
Day Zero: Where next? Cape Town may have dodged the Day Zero bullet, but all across South Africa drought and rising demand is escalating a national water crisis. As pellets of rain pounded the dry ...
Water Crisis in South Africa: Causes, Effects, And Solutions
A study completed by researchers at the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, International Food Policy Research Institute, and CGIAR found that there was a chance greater than 50% that South Africa's mid-century temperatures would experience a threefold increase over the current climate's variability range, meaning ...
South Africa has had lots of rain and most dams are full, but water
X (Twitter) Most parts of South Africa, specifically its summer rainfall areas, have received above average rainfall since October 2021. This has led to an increase in the country's national ...
Case Study Findings and Synthesis of Learnings
Book co-editors summarize learnings from the thirteen case studies focused on flooding hazard risk assessment and green recovery planning in regions across Africa, South and Southeast Asia, Middle East, and South America. Case study authors engaged in flood risk assessments and local context variable analyses including an exploration of the ...
Overview of Case Studies: Common Elements and Framework for Analysis
This chapter provides an overview and explanation of the elements of the thirteen case studies from Africa, South and Southeast Asia, South America and the Middle East. ... Ethiopia"-"Proposed Study Design for Spatio-Temporal Drought Assessment Using Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) and Adaptation Over Mantaro ...
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The Free State (FS) and North West (NW) Provinces are often hard hit by droughts with impacts on water availability, farm production and livestock holdings. The South African government declared the two Provinces drought disaster areas in the 2015/2016 hydrological year. This is a major drawback, since both the Provinces play an important role to South African economy as they are a haven to ...
This study focused on two of the nine provinces of South Africa, FS and NW, see Figur e 1. Free State is the third largest province in South Africa in terms of land ar ea, with approximately ...
The Eastern Cape is of interest not just because of the severe drought that it is currently experiencing but also because its western parts lie near the transition zone between the summer (most of southern Africa) and winter rainfall regions (southwestern South Africa, Reason et al. 2002; Blamey et al. 2018b) and because it is a region of sharp vegetation, soil moisture and topographic ...
South Africa has undertaken significant progress in their water policy and infrastructure, which provides a unique case study of changing management decisions. Understanding the crisis in Cape Town requires recognizing the role of the governance system, as it provides the foundation for the management and accessibility of water.
Drought impacts on South Africa's agricultural sector are recurrent; these drought events provide opportunities to learn and to improve drought risk reduction efforts. ... (Ed.), Drought Assessment, Management, and Planning: Theory and Case Studies. Natural Resource Management and Policy, vol 2, Springer, Boston, MA (1993), 10.1007/978-1-4615 ...
International Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 2014. The objective of this study was to characterise meteorological droughts in the Central Region of South Africa using Standardised Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) and to examine if there is a relationship between drought and El Niño events.
The country with the most drought situations studied is South Africa, and the countries with fewer studies are Angola and Namibia. ... and food security, as well as case studies of specific drought events identified and characterized in previous studies [46,60,62,79,80,81,82]. The list of these methodologies includes (i) historical ...
Maputo and Cape Town were chosen as instrumental case studies because both cities were recently affected by a drought and provide a case-in-point of the threat that urban droughts pose to water ...
Meeting the needs of multiple users and uses of freshwater resources is becoming progressively challenging. The response to the 2015-2018 Western Cape drought in South Africa offers lessons for both commercial crop growers and policymakers to enhance resilience. The drought highlights the complex interactions between water supply for urban and agricultural uses. This study employed a mixed ...
The recent drought in southern Africa has underscored the need for detailed analysis of the phenomenon. While geographers have researched the causes and impacts of drought in many African contexts, South Africa and in particular its Bantustans have not received sufficient similar attention. This paper outlines firstly the dimensions of drought in South Africa, including the biophysical and ...
This paper outlines firstly the dimensions of drought in. South Africa, including the biophysical and socio-economic factors. Issues such as land-use management, drought planning and relief are interrogated in the South African context. The final section of the paper highlights these debates with specific reference to case studies of.
In this paper, we analyse drought management in South Africa with a focus on the current El Niño-related drought. The recent ENSO event is the most recent case study that provides an opportunity to investigate the robustness of the institutional and policy responses to address severe droughts in the country.
Today, the lakes around Cape Town are brimming with water, but it was only a few years ago that South Africa's second-most populous city made global headlines as a multi-year drought depleted ...
The recurring drought is a major challenge to smallholder livestock farmers in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. This study assesses the perception of smallholder livestock farmers towards agricultural drought resilience. ... Y.T., 2021, 'Perception of agricultural drought resilience in South Africa: A case of smallholder livestock ...
Drought is a major disaster in South Africa in terms of total economic loss and number of people affected. This study investigated and analysed the preparedness, impact of and response by the farming community to the 2007/2008 drought using the Eastern Cape and Free State provinces of South Africa as case studies. Both qualitative and ...
Study area. The study area is located in Eastern Cape Province, the second largest province in South Africa, characterized by topographic and climatic complexity and diversity (Clark et al., Citation 2009).The mountainous region in the study area form part of the Great Escarpment Mountains and dominated primarily by grasslands, with large patches of forest on the southern aspects (Hoare ...
South Africa has been experiencing a series of droughts for the last few years, limiting the availability of water supply in reservoirs and impacting many sectors of the economy. These droughts have affected even the wetter eastern provinces including KwaZulu-Natal. This paper presents the results of analyses and assessment of meteorological drought across KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Province of South ...
However, little documentation exists on drought occurrence in South Africa at national, provincial and municipal administrative boundaries. This study profiles hydrological drought in OR Tambo District Municipality from 1998 to 2018, computing frequency, severity and intensity in order to show areas of high vulnerability.
This chapter provides a practical learning example as a case study from lessons learned and proposals for an integrated drought management plan for South Africa. Drought has shaped the history of most nations and countries since time immemorial. Documented droughts and drought-related events in South Africa help us today to better understand ...
The recent drought in southern Africa has underscored the need for detailed analysis of the phenomenon. While geographers have researched the causes and impacts of drought in many African contexts, South Africa and in particular its Bantustans have not received sufficient similar attention. This paper outlines firstly the dimensions of drought in South Africa, including the biophysical and ...
Day Zero: Where next? Cape Town may have dodged the Day Zero bullet, but all across South Africa drought and rising demand is escalating a national water crisis. As pellets of rain pounded the dry ...
A study completed by researchers at the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, International Food Policy Research Institute, and CGIAR found that there was a chance greater than 50% that South Africa's mid-century temperatures would experience a threefold increase over the current climate's variability range, meaning ...
X (Twitter) Most parts of South Africa, specifically its summer rainfall areas, have received above average rainfall since October 2021. This has led to an increase in the country's national ...
Book co-editors summarize learnings from the thirteen case studies focused on flooding hazard risk assessment and green recovery planning in regions across Africa, South and Southeast Asia, Middle East, and South America. Case study authors engaged in flood risk assessments and local context variable analyses including an exploration of the ...
This chapter provides an overview and explanation of the elements of the thirteen case studies from Africa, South and Southeast Asia, South America and the Middle East. ... Ethiopia"-"Proposed Study Design for Spatio-Temporal Drought Assessment Using Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) and Adaptation Over Mantaro ...