Past honour student theses (2004 - 2008): | Institution | Year | Student name | Thesis topic | Download abstract | University of Cape Town | 2004 | Smith, Helen | The relationship between settlement density and informal settlement fires: A case study: Imizamo Yethu, Hout Bay and Joe Slovo, Cape Town Metropolis. | Download | Scott, Paul | Differentiating between Tsunami as hazard and tsunami as risk: A case study of the 26 December Tsunami in Phuket, Thailand. | Download | Zanner, Richard | The role of information in rural livelihoods. | Download | 2005 | Benjamin, Ameen | Concatenating nature of health risk to primary school aged children in Masiphumelele. | Download | Nicolson, Gregory | Livelihoods at risk: The multiple dimensions of vulnerability of the Hangberg subsistence fishers. | Download | Murambadoro, Miriam | Experience and exposure to fire risk: A comparison of Langa/Joe Slovo residents in hostels and those in wooden emergency houses. | Download | Pottier, Lyndal | An investigation into the levels of support mechanism access by disadvantaged HIV-positive individuals and their households. | Download | 2006 | Bauer, Janine | Susceptibility of municipal infrastructure and related services to extreme weather events in the Western Cape: A comparative study of three towns. | Download | Daams, Francisco | A study of the 2006 Overberg Fire: Application of the wildfire risk management framework to two wildflower farms and two wildflower businesses. | Download | Hackland, Louise | An integrated approach to investigating climate-driven risk: A case study of climate risks facing critical water and sanitation infrastructure in the Greater Gaansbaai area, Western Cape, South Africa. | Download | Lawson, Lyndi | Vulnerability as a component of risk: A case study of the 2006 Southern Cape floods. | Download | Pharoah, Robyn | An assessment of the city of Cape Town’s 2006 winter preparedness strategy. | Download | Roomaney, Rifqah | Risk reduction and sustainability in an artisanal fishing “community”: A case study of Hangberg, Hout Bay, Cape Town. | Download | Solomon, FJ | Developing an asset estimation methodologies for fire-prone informal settlements: Case study: Masiphumelele. | Download | 2007 | Bahry, Migret | The relationship between household livelihood profile and fire and flood-related vulnerability. | Download | Drowley, Michael | Analysis of land-use changes in the Knysna river catchment and the associated flood risks: A focus on the Salt River. | Download | Kasie, Tesfahun | A descriptive analysis of environmental health risks and household livelihoods: A case study in the informal settlement of Khayelitsha TR Section . | Download | Smith, Mark | A descriptive analysis of post-fire mitigation measures for steep slopes: A case study of Cape Town’s mudslide and mountain flood risk mitigation programme following vegetation fires in 2006. | Download | 2008 | DeBoer, Jessie | An analysis of food insecurity amongst Zimbabwean refugees in Cape Town, South Africa. | Download | Munnik, Oliver | The progression of vulnerability to informal fire risk: An Imizamo Yethu case study with a specific fire risk comparison between informal freestanding dwellings and backyard dwellings. | Download | Barrett, Laura | Vegetative debris loading as a critical risk factor for riverine damage to infrastructure: A case study of the July 2008 flood event in the Western Cape | Download |
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Past Honours Students' Thesis