2023 REGISTRATION
The Water Hub: From polluted water to safe reuse for growing food.
Emeritus Professor Michael Meadows Elected President of International Geographical Union
New staff appointments: EGS welcomes renowned scholar, Dr Jane Battersby
Peninsula Paddle 2020: Journey of hope
Third year EGS students produce Air Quality Information Posters during lockdown
About EGS
The Department of Environmental & Geographical Science aims to further knowledge, understanding and management of interactions between humans and their social, biological, and physical life-support systems.
The research undertaken is often interdisciplinary and covers a wide range of areas which include: vulnerability and adaption to climate change, urban food security, cultural geography, environmental change, access and benefit sharing, governance of natural resources, environmental assessment, land reform, transfrontier conservation, biodiversity, energy politics, atmospheric modelling, climate variability, sustainable development, paleoenvironments, physical geography, landscape ecology, agroecology, and urban development.
Potential career opportunities may be sought in local, provincial or national government, parastatals, non-governmental organisations, research, education, community development, and tourism.
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Frank Eckardt
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