CONTEMPORARY MILITARY GEOSCIENCES IN SOUTH AFRICA

CONTEMPORARY MILITARY GEOSCIENCES IN SOUTH AFRICA

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Main Author: HENNIE SMIT
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] AFRICAN SUN MEDIA.
Subjects:
Earth sciences > South Africa.
Environmental management > South Africa.
Military geography > South Africa.
HISTORY / Military / General
Earth sciences
Environmental management
Military geography
South Africa
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Table of 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
  • Introduction
  • 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
  • Introduction
  • 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
  • Introduction
  • Contextual Background
  • Methodology
  • Results and Discussion
  • Extrapolation
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 4
  • Spatial Decision Support: for Military Integrated Environmental Management in South Africa
  • Introduction
  • 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
  • Introduction
  • 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
  • Conclusion
  • Part 4: Terrain
  • Chapter 6
  • Terrain Negotiability: Proposing a geographic informationsystems (GIS) Model for the South African Army
  • Introduction
  • 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
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 7
  • South African Army Mobility Modelling Software and its Future Challenges

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