0717513144 HES4810 ASS 2 2024
DISCLAIMER
The HES4810 assignment 2 2024 is a generic document that helps students to compile
their own assignments. Those who need further assistance must contact the given details:
CONTACT NUMBER:
071 751 3144
EMAIL
,0717513144 HES4810 ASS 2 2024
TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUESTION 1 .................................................................................................................. 3
Identify the environmental impacts that were experienced during Building collapse at
Geoge, Western Cape and Sandbank collapse in Ballito, Durban (10) ........................ 3
Which aspects were impacted by these environmental impacts? (10) ......................... 4
QUESTION 2 .................................................................................................................. 6
Guided by the impact mitigation hierarchy, identify, and discuss a hierarchy that can be
applied to mitigate at least five (5) of the environmental impacts that you have identified
in Question 1. (10) ....................................................................................................... 6
QUESTION 3 .................................................................................................................. 8
Read the article, and state the aim of the research, the applied methodology and the
major findings of the research. (3 marks) ..................................................................... 8
What are people's perceptions regarding the prevalence of illegal dumping sites in Low-
income neighbourhoods’ of South Africa? (5 marks) .................................................... 8
Debate (on Myunisa Discussion forum) about waste management challenges and
provide recommendations that municipalities can implement to improve waste
management within their jurisdictions. (7 marks) ....................................................... 10
QUESTION 4 ................................................................................................................ 15
REFERENCES .............................................................................................................. 17
, 0717513144 HES4810 ASS 2 2024
QUESTION 1
Identify the environmental impacts that were experienced during Building
collapse at Geoge, Western Cape and Sandbank collapse in Ballito,
Durban (10)
The building and Sandbank collapse at George and Ballito respectively have led to
massive destruction of the environment. The consequences of these unfortunate
incidents on the environment can be explained by observing the following events.
Environmental contamination
The collapse of the two buildings has contributed to environmental population. The
increased debris and rubble affected the environment by creating hide-outs for dangerous
animals such as snakes. Human activities such as recreation can also be affected by the
building collapse due to imposed psychological fear.
Water Quality Degradation
Water is considered the root for human survival. According to Ganiyu, Sable and El-Din
(2022), people can only live for three days without water. Therefore, the collapse of
Sandbank and another building at George could have affected the marine and coastal
water quality. The increment of pollutants in the water renders it unsafe and unclean for
human consumption (Xiong, Tang, Huang, Ruan, Jiang, Chen, Liu, Kang and Liu., 2020).
According to the research carried out by Ateia, Alalm, Awfa, Johnson, and Yoshimura
(2020 and the World Health Organisation, consumption of unclean water can lead to
epidemic diseases such as cholera, diarrhoea, typhoid, polio, dysentery and hepatitis A.
These diseases are dire and cause loss of life if not well catered for (Chaudhry and Malik.,
2017).
Soil Structure destruction
Soil structure refers to the way soil particles are assembled (Chaudhry and Malik., 2017).
According to the videos, the rescuing mission involved tilting of the social to save
individuals where were sipped into the group. This process involves tilting of the soil
DISCLAIMER
The HES4810 assignment 2 2024 is a generic document that helps students to compile
their own assignments. Those who need further assistance must contact the given details:
CONTACT NUMBER:
071 751 3144
,0717513144 HES4810 ASS 2 2024
TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUESTION 1 .................................................................................................................. 3
Identify the environmental impacts that were experienced during Building collapse at
Geoge, Western Cape and Sandbank collapse in Ballito, Durban (10) ........................ 3
Which aspects were impacted by these environmental impacts? (10) ......................... 4
QUESTION 2 .................................................................................................................. 6
Guided by the impact mitigation hierarchy, identify, and discuss a hierarchy that can be
applied to mitigate at least five (5) of the environmental impacts that you have identified
in Question 1. (10) ....................................................................................................... 6
QUESTION 3 .................................................................................................................. 8
Read the article, and state the aim of the research, the applied methodology and the
major findings of the research. (3 marks) ..................................................................... 8
What are people's perceptions regarding the prevalence of illegal dumping sites in Low-
income neighbourhoods’ of South Africa? (5 marks) .................................................... 8
Debate (on Myunisa Discussion forum) about waste management challenges and
provide recommendations that municipalities can implement to improve waste
management within their jurisdictions. (7 marks) ....................................................... 10
QUESTION 4 ................................................................................................................ 15
REFERENCES .............................................................................................................. 17
, 0717513144 HES4810 ASS 2 2024
QUESTION 1
Identify the environmental impacts that were experienced during Building
collapse at Geoge, Western Cape and Sandbank collapse in Ballito,
Durban (10)
The building and Sandbank collapse at George and Ballito respectively have led to
massive destruction of the environment. The consequences of these unfortunate
incidents on the environment can be explained by observing the following events.
Environmental contamination
The collapse of the two buildings has contributed to environmental population. The
increased debris and rubble affected the environment by creating hide-outs for dangerous
animals such as snakes. Human activities such as recreation can also be affected by the
building collapse due to imposed psychological fear.
Water Quality Degradation
Water is considered the root for human survival. According to Ganiyu, Sable and El-Din
(2022), people can only live for three days without water. Therefore, the collapse of
Sandbank and another building at George could have affected the marine and coastal
water quality. The increment of pollutants in the water renders it unsafe and unclean for
human consumption (Xiong, Tang, Huang, Ruan, Jiang, Chen, Liu, Kang and Liu., 2020).
According to the research carried out by Ateia, Alalm, Awfa, Johnson, and Yoshimura
(2020 and the World Health Organisation, consumption of unclean water can lead to
epidemic diseases such as cholera, diarrhoea, typhoid, polio, dysentery and hepatitis A.
These diseases are dire and cause loss of life if not well catered for (Chaudhry and Malik.,
2017).
Soil Structure destruction
Soil structure refers to the way soil particles are assembled (Chaudhry and Malik., 2017).
According to the videos, the rescuing mission involved tilting of the social to save
individuals where were sipped into the group. This process involves tilting of the soil
