Thesis (MSc)--University of Stellenbosch, 2006. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Rural development problems faced by the impoverished communities in the Transkei, South
Africa, are numerous, and environmental degradation has already taken much of its toll. By
working at a micro-catchment-level both the socio-economic and biophysical appreciation of the
land resources were captured as encapsulated in the concept of resource management domains.
Participatory decision-making allowed functional land use goals and evaluation criteria to be
incorporated into computerised multi-criteria evaluation and multi-objective land use allocation
models in order to reach an idealised or more sustainable land use situation. In the execution of the
decision-making process seven procedural steps were followed, which are discussed in detail and
applied in the case study. Synthesis of the results emphasised the envisaged rural planning
potential of the methods used. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: In terme van plattelandse ontwikkeling staar talle probleme die behoeftige gemeenskappe van
Transkei, Suid-Afrika, in die gesig en omgewingsdegradering neem ongehinderd sy tol. Deur op ‘n
mikro-opvangsgebied vlak te werk kon beide die sosio-ekonomiese en biofisiese waarde van die
gebied se hulpbronne bepaal word en uitgebeeld word in hulpbron bestuursdomeine. Deur
deelnemende besluitneming is funksionele grondgebruiksdoelwitte en evaluasie kriteria gebruik in
gerekenariseerde meervoudige kriteria evaluering en veeldoelige grondgebruiksaanwysingsmodelle
ten einde die ideale of ‘n meer volhoubare grondgebruik situasie te verkry. Vir die
uitvoering van die besluitnemingsproses is van sewe opeenvolgende stappe gebruik gemaak en die
uitvoering daarvan word in diepte bespreek in hierdie gevallestudie. Sintese van die resultate het
die potensiaal van hierdie beoogde landelike beplanningsmetodes beklemtoon.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/16599 |
| Date | 10 1900 |
| Creators | Breytenbach, Andre |
| Contributors | Van der Merwe, J.H., University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Geography and Environmental Studies. |
| Publisher | Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | en_ZA |
| Detected Language | Unknown |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | ix, 133 leaves : ill., maps |
| Rights | University of Stellenbosch |
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