Hamisai Hamandawana

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Location: Pretoria, South Africa
Work: Application of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems to Environmental Change Investigation
Biographical: H Hamandawana is a Remote Sensing/GIS specialist currently working as GeoInformatics Programme manager at the Agricultural Research Council's Institute for Climate Soil and Water, Pretoria, South Africa. He holds a PhD in Envornmental Science from the University of Botswana and has taught Environmental Science, Remote Sensing and GIS at the same University and North West University, South Africa. His resercah interests are in the application of Remote Sensing and GIS to Environmental Change Investigation. Selected publications under his name include: 1. Hamandawana, H., Chanda, R. 2010. Natural and human dimensions of environmental change in the proximal reaches of Botswana's Okavango Delta. Geographical Journal 176 (1), 58-76. 2. Conway, D., Ardoin-Bardin, S., Persechino, A., Hamandawana, H., Dieulin, C., Mahé, G., 2009. Rainfall and water resources variability in sub-Saharan Africa during the twentieth century. Journal of Hydrometeorology 10, 41-59. 3. Hamandawana, H., Chanda, R., Eckardt, F., 2008. Reappraisal of contemporary perspectives on climate change in southern Africa’s Okavango Delta sub-region. Journal of Arid Environments 72(9), 1709-1720. One of the ScienceDirect TOP25 Hottest Articles, http://top25.sciencedirect.com/subject/environmental-science/13/journal/journal-of-arid-environments/01401963/archive/19 4. Hamandawana, H., Chanda, R., Eckardt, F., 2007. Hypergame analysis and hydroconflicts in the Okavango drainage basin. Water International 32(4), 538-557. 5. Hamandawana, H., Chanda, R., Eckardt, F., 2007. The role of human factors in the degradation of natural resources in and around the Okavango Delta. International Journal of Environmental Studies 64(5), 589-605. 6. Hamandawana, H., 2007. The desiccation of southern Africa’s Okavango Delta: periodic fluctuation or long term trend? Past Global Changes 15(1), 12-13. http://de.scientificcommons.org/36228505 7. Hamandawana, H., Chanda, R., Eckardt, F., 2007. Natural and human induced environmental changes in the semi-arid distal reaches of Botswana’s Okavango Delta. Journal of Land Use Science 2(1), 57-78. 8. Hamandawana, H., Eckardt, F., Ringrose, S., 2007. Proposed methodology for georeferencing and mosaicking CORONA photographs. International Journal of Remote Sensing 28(1), 5-22. Archived in the ESRI Training and Education- Library: Journals: ITC Journal 2005, http://training.esri.com/campus/ library/ bibliography/SearchResults.cfm 9. Hamandawana, H., Eckardt, F., Ringrose, S. 2006. The use of step-wise density slicing in classifying high-resolution panchromatic photographs. International Journal of Remote Sensing 27(21), 4923-4942. http://training.esri.com/campus/library/Bibliography/RecordDetail.cfm?ID=106676. 10. Hamandawana, H., Eckardt, F., Chanda, R. 2005. Linking archival and remotely sensed data for long-term environmental monitoring. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 7(4), 284-298. One of the ScienceDirect TOP25 Hottest Articles, http://top25.sciencedirect.com/ subject/earth-and-planetary-sciences/9/journal/international-journal-of-applied-earth-observation-and-eoinformation/03032434/ archive/6. 11. Hamandawana, H., Musisi, N., Chanda, R., Eckardt, F., 2005. Population driven changes in land use in Zimbabwe's Gutu district of Masvingo province: Some lessons from recent history. Applied Geography 25, 248-270. One of the ScienceDirect TOP25 Hottest Articles, http://top25.sciencedirect.com/ subject/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/1/journal/applied-geography/01436228/archive/6/ 12. Kgathi, D.L., Sekhwela, M. B. M., Hamandawana, H., 2003. Sustainability of commercial agriculture in Chobe district, Botswana. South African Geographical Journal 85(1), 18-25. 13. Hamandawana, H., 2002. Comparative trends in land-use under different levels of population density: The case of Gutu district in Zimbabwe. South African Geographical Journal 84(2), 158-169.
Favourite Publications: 1. International Journal of Remote Sensing 2. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 3. Applied Geography 4. The Geographical Journal