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Kotze, D. J. (David Jacobus)
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dc.contributor.author |
Naidoo, Suvania
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dc.date.accessioned |
2014-09-08T06:30:40Z |
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dc.date.available |
2014-09-08T06:30:40Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2014-03 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Naidoo, Suvania (2014) Development actors and the issues of acid mine drainage in the Vaal River system, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/13932> |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/13932 |
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dc.description.abstract |
This study focuses on Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) in the three basins of the Witwatersrand’s goldfields in the Vaal River System in South Africa. AMD has become a highly contested issue. A difference in its definition exists between two groups of role-players identified in the study: government and consultants/activists/NGOs. This study unpacks the differences in the way AMD is defined, the situation of AMD in each of the three basins and the socio-economic implications caused by AMD. A crucial finding was that these definitions determine how the issue is understood and what solutions these role-players propose. The main purpose of the study was to determine whether the South African government’s policy response was appropriate given the socio-economic impacts of AMD and imperatives of sustainable development. This study concluded that, in the policy, there was no clear indication as to what the socio-economic impacts are, and limited attention was therefore given to these impacts. |
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dc.format.extent |
1 online resource (ix, 157 leaves) |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
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dc.subject |
Acid mine drainage |
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dc.subject |
Sustainable development |
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dc.subject |
Water management |
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dc.subject |
Mining |
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dc.subject |
Socio-economic impacts |
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dc.subject |
South Africa |
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dc.subject.ddc |
363.738409682 |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Acid mine drainage -- South Africa -- Vaal River |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Mines and mineral resources -- Environmental aspects -- South Africa -- Vaal River |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Vaal River (South Arica) |
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dc.title |
Development actors and the issues of acid mine drainage in the Vaal River system |
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dc.type |
Dissertation |
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dc.description.department |
Development Studies |
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dc.description.degree |
M.A. (Development Studies) |
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