Impact of Urban Expansion on Coastal Vegetation Conservation in Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa

Q4 Social Sciences

International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development Pub Date : 2023-07-24 DOI:10.4018/ijsesd.326612

T. A. Olatoye, A. M. Kalumba, S. Mazinyo, Akinwunmi Sinday Odeyemi

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The ethical clearance certificate number for this research is KUL011SOLA01. This research elucidates the conceptualization of urbanization, urban sustainability, merits of coastal vegetation, and threats to urban expansion. Furthermore, this paper focuses on the analysis of the questionnaire, of which 300 copies were distributed to different categories of individuals in the study area, out of which a total of 254 copies were returned. The results revealed that 197 (80.7%) respondents confirmed the occurrence of environmental challenges, 33 (13.5%) others stated otherwise, while 14 (5.7%) claimed ignorance. Further, the researcher sought to know the causes of coastal vegetation loss; 190 (74.8%) respondents blamed it on urban expansion, 169 (66.8%) respondents stated it was due to deforestation activities. Other views cited by the respondents in this regard and their corresponding frequencies are as follows: bush fires (132/52.0%) and conversion of ecosystem land uses for crop cultivation (112/44.1%).

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城市扩张对南非布法罗市沿海植被保护的影响

本研究的伦理许可证书编号为KUL011SOLA01。本研究阐述了城市化的概念、城市可持续性、沿海植被的优点以及对城市扩张的威胁。此外，本文重点对问卷进行了分析，对研究区域内不同类别的个体发放了300份问卷，共回收了254份问卷。结果显示，197人(80.7%)确认存在环境挑战，33人(13.5%)表示不存在，14人(5.7%)表示不知情。此外，研究人员试图了解沿海植被损失的原因;190名(74.8%)受访者将其归咎于城市扩张，169名(66.8%)受访者认为是由于森林砍伐活动。受访者在这方面引用的其他观点及其频率分别为:林火(132/52.0%)和生态系统土地转化为作物种植(112/44.1%)。

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International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development Social Sciences-Development

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