Author:Celliers, Louis; Taljaard, Susan; Van Ballegooyen, RDate:Oct 2012This project demonstrates ‘a new way of doing
things’ for negotiating and integrating science into coastal governance. If successful, this research could inform the reform of traditional local coastal governance institutions.Read more
Author:De Lange, Willem J; Wise, RM; Forsyth, GG; Nahman, AntonDate:Jan 2010Sustainable natural resource management requires inputs from both the natural and the social sciences. Since social and natural systems are inter-related and inter-dependent, it is essential that these data can be integrated within a given ...Read more
Author:Abdalmonem, S; Harith, MA; Amin, RM; Karsten, A; Singh, ADate:Sep 2010Determination of the optical properties of solid and liquid samples has great importance. Since the integrating sphere-based setup is used to measure the amount of reflected and transmitted light by the examined samples, optical properties ...Read more
Author:Adeleke, Jude Adekunle; Moodley, Deshendran; Rens, Gavin; Adewumi, AODate:Apr 2017Proactive monitoring and control of our natural and built environments is important in various application scenarios. Semantic Sensor Web technologies have been well researched and used for environmental monitoring applications to expose ...Read more
Author:Schmitz, P; Engelbrecht, GN; Bean, WLDate:Jul 2010The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) contracted the CSIR to investigate and propose methods to improve its logistics and inventory accounting capabilities. The CSIR proposed that a supply chain management approach should be followed ...Read more
Author:Harris, D; Viranna, N; Hill, G; Green, JDate:Nov 2009A system for the automated analysis and sorting of mineral samples has been developed to assist in the concentration of heavy mineral samples in the diamond exploration process. These samples consist of irregularly shaped mineral grains ranging ...Read more
Author:Erasmus, Louwrence D; Greeff, Abraham PDate:Jul 2017This paper proposes the integration between the domains of product development, systems engineering, enterprise engineering & architecture and the whole of society. The effort addresses the following systems engineering imperatives as per ...Read more
Author:Mashiri, M; Naude, A; Marrian, BDate:2005The paper deals with two main themes: 1) the integration and transformation of rural service delivery; and 2) role of management information and decision support systems in this process. Referring specifically to the types of rural areas, ...Read more
Author:Funke, Nicola S; Jacobs-Mata, Inga MDate:Dec 2011In South Africa, water and land reform policies have been embedded within a complex socio-political and socio-economic environment, and yet have occurred largely independently of one another. South Africa presents an interesting example of ...Read more
Author:Colvin, C; Tredoux, G; Clarke, S; Le Maitre, David C; Engelbrecht, P; Maherry, ADate:Nov 2008The groundwater group of the CSIR has led groundwater research in South Africa in three critical areas during the last three decades: nitrates in groundwater; groundwater for ecosystems; and artificial storage and recovery of groundwater. ...Read more
Author:Von Solms, S; Peach, SWDate:Jul 2014Flexible, open source network emulation tools can provide network researchers with significant benefits regarding network behaviour and performance. The evaluation of these networks can benefit greatly from the integration of realistic, network ...Read more
Author:Tazvinga, Henerica; Murambadoro, M; Mapako, MDate:Oct 2011This study indicates that it is technically feasible to combine solar home systems and biogas to meet the community's thermal needs, however more work needs to be done to arrive at the best possible financial implementation model. All ...Read more
Author:Thambiran, Tirusha; Diab, R; Zunckel, MDate:Oct 2007The combustion of fossil fuels (coal, oil and gas) and biomass for use as energy in homes, industries and motor vehicles, leads to a wide spectrum of air emissions that include nitrogen oxides (NOx), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), sulphur ...Read more
Author:Nel, JL; Turak, E; Linke, S; Brown, CDate:Mar 2011Integrated water resources management offers an ideal platform for addressing the goals of freshwater conservation and climate change adaptation. Environmental flow assessment and systematic conservation planning have evolved separately in ...Read more
Author:Abbott, GR; Parsons, SA; Maritz, Johan; Badenhorst, W; De Jager, PetaDate:Oct 2008While positive progress was being made in the latter half of last century in the treatment of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) epidemic across the world, the emergence of new drug resistant forms – multi drug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) and ...Read more
Author:Nwachukwu, SE; Chepkoech, M; Lysko, Albert A; Awodele, K; Mwangama, J; Burger, Christiaan RDate:Aug 2022The steady increase in data traffic rates and systems’ complexity have contributed to the information and communication technologies (ICT) sector’s increased energy consumption and CO 2 emissions. These pose a significant challenge to the ...Read more
Author:Nwachukwu, SE; Chepkoech, M; Lysko, Albert A; Awodele, K; Mwangama, J; Burger, Christiaan RDate:Aug 2022The steady increase in data traffic rates and systems’ complexity have contributed to the information and communication technologies (ICT) sector’s increased energy consumption and CO 2 emissions. These pose a significant challenge to the ...Read more
Author:Roos, T; Surridge-Talbot, KDate:Oct 2015Numerous economically important high temperature processes contribute to South African emissions; this is apart from the electricity generation sector which is responsible for half of South African emissions. Some are driven by fossil fuel ...Read more