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Title GIS mapping and database management for rehabilitation planning in the Langkloof
Group Soil Physics and Land Management group
Project type thesis
Credits 24-39
Supervisor(s) Michel Riksen
Examiner(s) Coen Ritsema
Contact info
Begin date 2020/02/16
End date
Description Problem context
Efficient and effective rehabilitation is based on good spatial planning that can support farmers and rehabilitation implementors however, inadequate data and poor database management hamper the ability to do this.

Research Objective/Question
The internship will support ongoing rehabilitation and landscape mapping. The objective is to improve the GIS system and database management.

What is expected from the student (type of research)
This important work involves GIS map development and database management of existing data to support landscape-level planning and therefore requires strong GIS technical abilities.
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