Thesis (M.S.)--Texas A & M University, 2003. / "Major Subject: Recreation, Park and Tourism Science." Title from author supplied metadata (automated record created on Apr. 30, 2004.). Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.)--Ohio State University. / Bibliography: leaves 160-163. Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center

Thesis (M. Arch.)--University of Hong Kong, 1994. / Includes special study report entitled: Economical laboratory construction. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Texas A & M University, 2003. / "Major Subject: Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences." Title from author supplied metadata. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Queensland, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2003. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains xi, 172 p. : ill., map. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 134-138).

Many considered the end of Soviet Communism as a sign that politics, and Left politics in particular, had been transcended in Russia and the world. Yet recent events, and this author’s own experience, contradict this vision. This paper will show that there is a radical, emancipatory, progressive Left emerging in Russia. However, this emerging politics remains unimaginable within the conventional ontology of Russian politics. This hegemonic ontology envisions an antagonism between “two Russias”: the conservative, lethargic, Eastern, rural masses and the energetic, progressive, Western, urban minority, which divides the political field among the existing actors. This paper will reject this vision and redraw the political landscape such that the contours of Russia’s emerging new Left can come to light. In this task, the author draws on the theory of Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe. Their post-Marxism emphasizes the discursive nature of socio-political dynamics and rejects the positivism of canonical Marxism. This paper affirms their basic premise, but advances a “discursive materialist” reading that explicitly rejects idealism and post-political fantasies. Through this theoretical lens it is possible not only to account for the emergence of the new Russian Left as such, but to show how its emergence works to effect a general reconfiguration of the political field. An excursion to the Turkish Gezi Park protests of 2013 vividly demonstrates the potential of Russia’s emerging Left, namely, its capacity to articulate a progressive, emancipatory populism. / Graduate

Thesis (MTech. degree in Nature Conservation ) - Tshwane University of Technology, 2007. / The tendency for male and female buffaloes to live separately outside the breeding season is termed sexual segregation. A number of hypotheses have being proposed to explain this behavior. This study, in an area with an intact predator community, strongly support the predation-risk hypothesis and attempts to clarify the function of sexual segregation in buffalo in southern Africa. It also contributes to understanding the possible consequences of selective removal of males for hunting or culling purposes.

The availability and abundance of surface water on the Manyeleti Game Reserve was quantified to provide information towards the development of a water provision policy. A total of 696 water source sites were located with a mean distance of 223.3 m apart. The water source sites (natural and artificial) were monitored seasonally to describe the seasonal availability of surface water on the Manyeleti Game Reserve. There were significant relationships between seasonal rainfall and the number of water source sites and maximum distance between sites. The large number of water sources is regulated by climatic progression and thus water provision on the Manyeleti Game Reserve follows a natural cycle linked primarily to rainfall. Water sources that dry up towards the dry seasons need to be supplied with water during drought periods in order to maintain game numbers without causing rangeland degradation. A water provision model that incorporates all the variables of the Greater Kruger Park Conservation Area, with particular reference to the smaller conservation areas within it, should become a research priority.

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