Author:Stolter, C; Ramoelo, Abel; Kesch, K; Madibela, OR; Cho, Moses A; Joubert, DFDate:Apr 2018In light of the growing human population, the pressure on herbivores (livestock and wild herbivores) will be accelerated, resulting in a need for effective land management. To achieve this, information and knowledge about the availability and ...Read more
Author:Mturi, George AJ; Nkgapele, MDate:Jul 2013The development of improved test protocols and procedures for modified bituminous binder materials is currently been pursued by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). The determination of the cohesive strength of modified ...Read more
Author:Naidoo, M; Engelbrecht, FDate:Oct 2010Within the context of climate change over southern Africa, little is understood about the potential local response of air quality to changes in the larger scale environment. Under future climate forcing, there may be significant changes in ...Read more
Author:Mokonyama, Mathetha TDate:Nov 2009The South African built environment is forever changing with implications on the demand for travel related energy demand at a household level. Nonetheless, the development control and development planning practices in the country seldom take ...Read more
Author:Waseem, KH; Mushtaq, H; Abid, F; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI; Shaikh, A; Turan, M; Rasheed, JDate:Oct 2022Clean air is necessary for leading a healthy life. Many respiratory illnesses have their root in the poor quality of air across regions. Due to the tremendous impact of air quality on people’s lives, it is essential to devise a mechanism ...Read more
Author:Schoeman, DM; Rust, FC; Smit, Michelle ADate:Sep 2020Green House Gas (GHG) emission and its detrimental effects are by now a well-known phenomenon. Many countries are focussing on reducing their carbon footprint as a result. This has become evident in the move towards alternative, green energy ...Read more
Author:Das, Sonali; Gupta, R; Kabundi, ADate:2010This paper uses the dynamic factor model framework, which accommodates a large cross-section of macroeconomic time series, for forecasting regional house price inflation. In this study, the authors forecast house price inflation for five ...Read more
Author:Botha, Gerda N; van der Walt, ChristiaanDate:Dec 2017Since the wind power generated by a wind farm is entirely dependent on meteorological conditions (such as wind speed, wind direction, humidity etc.), accurately forecasting wind speed based on these conditions over a 1 to 24 hour time horizon ...Read more
Author:Ampadu, SIK; Lawer, AK; Anochie-Boateng, JosephDate:Aug 2015Many newly constructed asphaltic pavements in Ghana have suffered premature failures shortly after opening to traffic. In all cases, available records from the road agencies appeared to show that the roads were constructed in accordance with ...Read more
Author:Taute, B; Grobler, M; Nare, SDate:Oct 2009The world is increasingly dependent on ICT for computing, communications, transactions, commerce, data storage, entertainment and a host of other functions. Protesters, terrorists and warmongers have found the Internet to be a useful tool to ...Read more
Author:Denneman, E; Sadzik, ESDate:May 2008The discussion in this paper is based on the outcome of a detailed forensic investigation on the performance of Hot-Mix
Asphalt (HMA) on five road sections in the Gauteng province. The investigation forms part of a larger project to improve ...Read more
Author:Ngobeni, Sipho J; Venter, H; Burke, Ivan DDate:Jan 2010Over the past decade, wireless mobile communications technology based on IEEE 802.11 wireless local area networks (WLANs) has been adopted worldwide on a massive scale. However, as the number of wireless users has soared, so has the possibility ...Read more
Author:Anochie-Boateng, Joseph; Mataka, MO; Malisa, JT; Komba, Julius JDate:Nov 2015Tanzania is faced with challenges of premature failures in roads and highways. Some asphalt pavements fail prematurely in less than five years of their expected 20 years design life cycle. These failures have been identified as mostly permanent ...Read more
Author:Van Wyk, Llewellyn VDate:Jan 2006This paper analyses construction foresight studies and construction reform initiatives with a view to identifying lessons for developing countries. It notes the number of construction reform initiatives over the last 60 years, mostly in the ...Read more
Author:Le Maitre, David C; Versfeld, DBDate:Jun 1997The relationships between forest stand structure, growth and evaporation were analysed to determine whether forest evaporation can be estimated from stand growth data. This approach permits rapid assessment of the potential impacts of ...Read more
Author:Scott, DF; Gush, Mark BDate:Apr 2017South Africa is a semi-arid country with a very limited area of natural forest. The early colonial governments encouraged the establishment of plantations to supply wood for local uses, and South Africa consequently has a long history of ...Read more
Author:Van der Zel, DWDate:1988Even after 300 years of indigenous forest protection as well as 100 years of plantation forestry, no forestry map of South Africa was available. The development and availability of LANDSAT images in the early 1970s opened possibility to use ...Read more
Author:van der Zel, DWDate:1988Even after 300 years of indigenous forest protection as well as 100 years of plantation forestry, no forestry map of South Africa was available. The development and availability of LANDSAT images in the early 1970s opened up possibilities to ...Read more
Author:Van Aardt, JAN; Wynne, RH; Oderwald, RGDate:May 2006This study assessed a lidar-based, object-oriented (segmentation) approach to forest volume and aboveground biomass modeling. The study area in the Piedmont physiographic region of Virginia is composed of temperate coniferous, deciduous, and ...Read more