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Development actors and the issues of acid mine drainage in the Vaal River system

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dc.contributor.advisor Kotze, D. J. (David Jacobus)
dc.contributor.author Naidoo, Suvania
dc.date.accessioned 2014-09-08T06:30:40Z
dc.date.available 2014-09-08T06:30:40Z
dc.date.issued 2014-03
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> en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10500/13932
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. en
dc.format.extent 1 online resource (ix, 157 leaves)
dc.language.iso en en
dc.subject Acid mine drainage en
dc.subject Sustainable development en
dc.subject Water management en
dc.subject Mining en
dc.subject Socio-economic impacts en
dc.subject South Africa en
dc.subject.ddc 363.738409682
dc.subject.lcsh Acid mine drainage -- South Africa -- Vaal River
dc.subject.lcsh Mines and mineral resources -- Environmental aspects -- South Africa -- Vaal River
dc.subject.lcsh Vaal River (South Arica)
dc.title Development actors and the issues of acid mine drainage in the Vaal River system en
dc.type Dissertation en
dc.description.department Development Studies en
dc.description.degree M.A. (Development Studies)


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