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Contemporary military geosciences in South Africa / Hennie Smit, Jacques Bezuidenhout (editors).
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Earth sciences--South Africa.
- Earth sciences.
- Environmental management--South Africa.
- Environmental management.
- Military geography--South Africa.
- Military geography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (221 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : Sun Press, 2019.
- Summary:
- Contemporary Military Geosciences in South Africa presents the reader with chapters celebrating the scope, reach and impact of themes researched by military geoscientists. The first topics under investigation ranges from battlefield archaeology and battlefield tourism to military environmental management and the development of a unique South African spatial decision support system for military integrated environmental management. This is followed by an in-depth look at contemporary maritime factors at play in South Africa. The book is concluded by an analysis of the issues surrounding military mobility software and terrain negotiability, as well as a comprehensive examination of how geographic factors influence the distribution of natural radionuclides in a military area.
- Contents:
- Intro
- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Part 1: Historical Battlefields
- Chapter 1 - Perspectives on Battlefield Archaeology and Heritage of the Second Anglo-Boer War
- The Second Anglo-Boer War: the Context of Engagements,Memory, Heritage and Representation
- Case Studies: Colenso and Spioen Kop
- Colenso
- Spioen Kop
- Discussion
- Conclusions and a Future Research Agenda
- Chapter 2 - Battlefield Tourism at Magersfontein: The Case of Heritage Tourism in the Northern Cape, South Africa
- What is Heritage Tourism?
- Battlefield Heritage Tourism: An International Perspective
- Battlefield Tourism in South Africa - The Case of Magersfontein, Northern Cape
- Local Tourism Policy, Planning and Trends in the Magersfontein Battlefield Region
- Heritage Tourists and the Battlefield
- The Challenges for Developing Battlefield Tourism
- Conclusion
- Part 2: Environmental Management
- Chapter 3 - Monitoring of the Implementation of Environmental Managementin the Defence Force: A Comparative Analysis of Two South African National Defence Force Military Installations
- Contextual Background
- Methodology
- Results and Discussion
- Extrapolation
- Chapter 4 - Spatial Decision Support: for Military Integrated Environmental Management in South Africa
- Literature Review: Geographical Information System Application History in the Military
- Geospatial Technologies for the Military
- Multi-criteria Spatial Analysis in Geographical Information Systems
- Incorporating the Military Integrated Environmental Management Command Framework
- Operationalised Multiple-Criteria Evaluation in Military Geographical Information Systems
- Environmental Impact of Military Operations
- Geographical Database Development.
- Environmental Sensitivity Mapping
- Operational Rule Set Development
- Multiple-Criteria Evaluation: Criteria Weighting and Weighted Overlay
- Towards a Spatial Decision Support System
- Conclusion and Future Development
- Part 3: The Southern African Maritime Domain
- Chapter 5 - Maritime Southern Africa
- International Maritime Zones
- The South African Development Community
- Threats to the Southern African Development Corporation Maritime Area
- Role of the South African Navy in the Region
- South African Maritime Security Actions
- Part 4: Terrain
- Chapter 6 - Terrain Negotiability: Proposing a geographic informationsystems (GIS) Model for the South African Army
- Background
- Tools for Geographic Information Systems Modelling
- Modelling Terrain Negotiability in the South African Army
- Soil with Reference to Terrain Negotiability
- Proposed Geographic Information Systems Terrain Negotiability Model
- Chapter 7 - South African Army Mobility Modelling Software and its Future Challenges
- SANDF Mobility Software
- South African Army Mobility Model
- Mobility Simulations Limitations
- Future Developments
- Chapter 8 - The Influence of Geographic Factors on the Distribution of Natural Radionuclides
- The Study Area
- Results
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-928480-11-X
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