Author:Savill, T; Stone, J; Venter, C; Maunder, DDate:Jun 2003Improving access and mobility of people with disabilities is an essential component of the alleviation of poverty in developing countries. Disabled people are among the most socially excluded members of society and poorly designed and ...Read more
Author:Waldeck, Louis; Van Heerden, Quintin; Holloway, Jennifer PDate:Oct 2020Confronted by poverty, income disparities and mounting demands for basic services such as clean water, sanitation and health care, urban planners in developing countries like South Africa, face daunting challenges. This paper explores the ...Read more
Author:Smith, Andrew CDate:May 2007This paper reports on the evaluation of a novel affordable system that incorporates intelligent physical blocks to introduce illiterate children in developing countries to the logical thinking process required in computer programming. Both ...Read more
Author:Faccer, K; Nahman, Anton; Audouin, Michelle ADate:May 2014The green economy concept promises to provide a concrete roadmap to the implementation of sustainable development while delivering significant social and economic benefits and reduced environmental risks. However, the concept of a green ...Read more
Author:Ramoroka, TM; Masonta, Moshe T; Kliks, ADate:May 2016The role of cheap and easy access to various telecommunication facilities is crucial for further community development. Such an observation is of particular importance for the developing countries all over the world since reliable and open ...Read more
Author:Forbes, PBC; Rohwer, ERDate:Sep 2008Air pollutants arise both from natural sources and from various anthropogenic activities, and are of concern due to their environmental impacts, including human health effects. In developing countries, atmospheric monitoring has largely focused ...Read more
Author:Turpin, M; Phahlamohlaka, Letlibe J; Marais, Mario ADate:Mar 2009The Multiple Perspectives Approach (MPA) of Mitroff and Linstone is presented here as a promising framework to analyse messy social systems in a developing world context, and in particular to analyse the social context into which information ...Read more
Author:Musee, NDate:Sep 2009In this paper, the potential impacts of nanotechnologies in developing countries are examined. Both beneficial and unanticipated risks of nanotechnologies are discussed with reference to the developing countries. Moreover, the mechanisms of ...Read more
Author:De Jager, Peta; Knoetze, Theunis P; Abbott, GDate:May 2016Hospitals are widely recognised to have complex design and engineering requirements. It might be argued that the unique functional constraints and operational demand placed upon the hospital building may counter sustainability imperatives. ...Read more
Author:Coelho, ST; Recalde, MY; Mani, SK; Stafford, William HLDate:Jan 2020This chapter presents a general overview of each region where the selected developing countries (Latin America, Africa, and Asia) are located. It includes socioeconomic figures, such as energy access, share of urban and rural population, and ...Read more
Author:Zunckel, M; Emberson, LD; Sowden, MDate:Jun 2006The Cross Border Impact Assessment Project (CAPIA) was designed to develop an understanding of regional surface ozone concentrations and their potential risk to agriculture in southern Africa. Surface ozone concentrations were estimated using ...Read more
Author:Ma, JKC; Chikwamba, Rachel K; Sparrow, P; Fischer, R; Mahoney, R; Twyman, RMDate:Dec 2005Plant-derived pharmaceuticals are poised to become the next major commercial development in biotechnology. The advantages they offer in terms of production scale and economy, product safety, ease of storage and distribution cannot be matched ...Read more
Author:Abia, ALK; Ubomba-Jaswa, Eunice; Genthe, Bettina; Momba, MNBDate:Oct 2016Although higher microbial concentrations have been reported in sediments than in the overlying water column, most quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA) studies have not clearly indicated the contribution of sediment-borne pathogens ...Read more
Author:Amezaga, JM; Harrison, J; Von Maltitz, Graham P; Tennigkeit, T; Tiwari, S; Windhorst, KDate:Jun 2009Re-Impact "Rural Energy Production from Bioenergy Projects" is a project funded by the European Union Aid Cooperation office which is promoting a sustainability assessment framework for bioenergy projects focussed on rural development in ...Read more
Author:Gibberd, Jeremy T; Sebake, SDate:May 2007The paper applies the concept of inclusive environments to an urban area in South Africa. It shows that urban space is not only used to access facilities but also accommodates a wide range of other activities. The study found that technologies ...Read more
Author:Fairbanks, DHK; Thompson, MW; Vink, DE; Newby, TS; Van den Berg, HM; Everard, DADate:Feb 2000Accurate, up-to-date information on land cover and land-use is essential for strategic planning, sustainable resource management and environmental research. A land-cover database for South Africa, Swaziland and Lesotho, designed for use in a ...Read more
Author:Du Plessis, CDate:Sep 2002Doing business in developing countries requires a thorough understanding not only of the challenges, but also of the differences of opinion that shapes people’s attitudes and choices. Working in developing countries certainly brings with it ...Read more
Author:Walters, Laticha EM; Scott, RE; Mars, MDate:Aug 2018Background: The South African public health sector embarked on a National Telemedicine System implementation program in 1999 and although unsuccessful, the Province of KwaZulu-Natal subsequently implemented teledermatology in 2003, with two ...Read more