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Integrated catchment management: The Veldwachters River Project (1996- ) [Private funding]
Prof. Hannes van der Merwe


Sustainable development of highland drainage basins as special environments
(1997- ) [SU funded]
Prof. Hannes van der Merwe


Application of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) with special reference to tourism resource analysis and development
(2001-) [NRF funded]
Prof. Hannes van der Merwe


Spatial interaction between dynamic natural and human systems: river catchments, estuaries and coastal development along part of the Southern Cape coast (2001-) [NRF funded]
Prof. Hannes van der Merwe


Structural relationships of the formal and inform urban sectors in South Africa
(2009-2011) [Funding: SANPAD]
HS Geyer, P Nijkamp, R Donaldson, IJ van der Merwe, L Sandham, T de Klerk, D Cilliers, Z Simamane


A series of textbooks on urban policy commissioned by Edward Elgar (2006-2010)
H. S. Geyer (editor)
Vol. I: International Handbook of Urban Policy, Volume I: Global Contentious Issues
Vol. II: International Handbook of Urban Policy, Volume II: Issues in the Developed World
Vol. III: International Handbook of Urban Policy, Volume III: Issues in the South


Development of a Web-based land use suitability expert system for the Western Cape

Dr Adriaan van Niekerk


Quantifying land cover changes in the Winelands district from 1983 to 2003
Dr Adriaan van Niekerk


Semi-automated land cover and land use mapping from satellite imagery and ancillary data
Dr Adriaan van Niekerk


Table Mountain Park: Conservation, Responsible tourism development and Cape Town residents
Prof. Sanette Fereirra
(i) Neighbourship: Table Mountain National Park and its local communities
(ii) Evaluation of a conservation-themed environmental education experience of school children in the TMNP
(iii) illegal poaching in TMNP


Perception on crime in South Africa World Cup 2010
Prof. Sanette Fereirra


Transfrontier Parks in Southern Africa
Prof. Sanette Fereirra


Global Change Economic Crisis and Tourism
Prof. Sanette Fereirra
www.gcect.sun.ac.za


Tourism marketing research projects – conducted for CTRU (the provincial destination marketing organization)

Prof. Ronnie Donaldson


‘Black diamonds’ in the townships
Prof. Ronnie Donaldson with colleagues from UP, UFS, NMMU


Housing the elderly
Prof. Ronnie Donaldson with postdoc Dr Goldhaber and Prof N Kotze (UJ)


Race and urban park use – spin off projects from Table Mountain National Park year-long study
Prof. Ronnie Donaldson


Making of a post-apartheid city
Prof. Ronnie Donaldson
Sole author book project focusing on the transformation of the city of Polokwane


Small town geographies
Prof. Ronnie Donaldson
Co-edited book project with Prof L Marais (UF)


Theoretical understandings of gated developments in small towns
Prof. Ronnie Donaldson with postdoc Dr Goldhaber


Using remote sensing as a tool for resource assessment towards the determination of the legal compliance of surface and groundwater use [WRC funded]
Zahn Munch