Browsing Faculty of Science by Author "Gwebu, T.D."
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Energy sector policies in Botswana and their implications for global climate change
Gwebu, T.D. (Kluwer Academic Publishers, http://www.springerlink.com/content/102895/, 2002)Like most African countries, Botswana contributes almost insignificantly to global greenhouse emissions (GHGs). In this context, some have argued that energy policy and legislative measures to regulate emissions in Botswana ... -
Environmental problems among low income urban residents: an empirical analysis of old Naledi-Gaborone, Botswana
Gwebu, T.D. (Pergamon, www.elsevier.com/locate/habitatint, 2003)This study investigates the profile, dynamics and dimensions ofenvironm ental problems at Old Naledi, a low income urban neighbourhood in Gaborone, the capital city ofBotsw ana. It is based on documentary and field ... -
Intergenerational bargaining and wealth flows in the era of HIV/AIDS: emerging trends in Old Naledi-Gaborone, Botswana
Gwebu, T.D. (Taylor & Francis (Routledge), http://jir.ucsur.pitt.edu/, 2008)Based on the intergenerational wealth flows conceptual framework, this paper investigates how the AIDS pandemic threatens to disrupt the transfer of resources between generations by using a typical low income urban area ... -
Localized wood resource depletion in Botswana: Towards a demographic, institutional and cosmovisional explanation
Gwebu, T.D. (Taylor & Francis Ltd, http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/cepe, 2002)In sub-Saharan Africa, communal land resource utilization and management has reflected changes in sociocultural belief systems, population dynamics, and modes of societal administration and regulation. This paper, based ... -
Population, development, and waste management in Botswana: Conceptual and policy implications for climate change
Gwebu, T.D. (Springer http://www.springerlink.com/index/3NU5AFH2F999FM9P.pdf -, 2003)Based on government and other relevant documentation, this paper explores the conceptual linkage between population, development, and waste management in Botswana and the implications of this relationship for global climate ... -
Towards a theoretical exploration of the differential urbanisation model in Sub-saharan Africa: The Botswana case
Gwebu, T.D. (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1467-9663, 2006)This paper investigates the extent to which the differential urbanisation model is applicable to Botswana by using empirical data obtained from periodic censuses, supportive documentary information and observations from ... -
Urban water scarcity management: civic vs. state response in Bulawayo
Gwebu, T.D. (Pergamon, www.elsevier.com/locate/habitatint, 2002)In most sub-Sahara African cities, rapid urbanization has placed a heavy burden on available human, financial and socioeconomic resources. The problem has been compounded by the intricate and interactive effects of rapid ...