Author:Van Wyk, Llewellyn VDate:Feb 2012The main purpose of this chapter is to 1) note the impacts of climate change on human settlements and vice versa, and 2) propose design and institutional strategies to improve the resilience of human settlements to withstand these impacts or ...Read more
Author:Johnson, D; Roux, KDate:Sep 2008Providing connectivity to under-serviced rural areas comes with a unique set of challenges such as the high cost of installing equipment, lack of reliable power, skill shortages and high cost of providing Internet connectivity which is mostly ...Read more
Author:Mass MediaDate:Nov 2007Originally developed in the Brundtland Report sustainability and sustainable development are now top of mind in South Africa.Read more
Author:De Wet, Febe; Dlamini, Nkosikhona; Van der Walt, Willem J; Govender, AvashnaDate:Dec 2017Creating synthetic voices that are both natural and intelligible is a daunting challenge for well-resourced languages. The challenge is much bigger for languages in which the speech and text resources required for voice development are not ...Read more
Author:Kumirai, TDate:Mar 2013This chapter assesses the impact of appropriate passive interventions on building thermal loads. The passive interventions investigated are ceiling insulation, wall insulation, attic ventilation, natural ventilation and roof absorptance and ...Read more
Author:Gbadamosi, SA; Hancke, GP; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MIDate:Oct 2020Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) is a type of low-power wide-area (LPWA) technology standardized by the 3 rd - Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) and based on long-term evolution (LTE) functionalities. NB-IoT has attracted significant ...Read more
Author:Kaszta, Z; Marino, J; Ramoelo, Abel; Wolff, EDate:Mar 2016The distribution and behaviour of African large grazers are regulated primarily from the bottom up, with some species showing clear preferences for certain vegetation types. While the African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) is sometimes considered ...Read more
Author:Hunter, L; Leeuwner, L; Smuts, SDate:Jun 1984The use of bulk resistance to compression of a randomized fibrous assembly, determined on a SAWTRI compressibility Tester,a as a measure of the crimp of staple synthetic fibres, has been investigated.Read more
Author:Steyn, Maronel; Walters, Chavon RDate:Nov 2021Globally, responsible and efficient water management is fast becoming a pressing reality for domestic users, agriculture and industry alike. The challenge is therefore to capitalise on the limited water we currently have. Solution: Bulk-scale ...Read more
Author:Von Maltitz, Graham P; Scholes, RJDate:Nov 1995Fuel wood harvesting is considered sustainable when consumption is equal to or less than production. An empirical model was developed to estimate potential fuel wood production from savannas. The model is based on the observation that in ...Read more
Author:Adedeji, KB; Hamam, Y; Abe, BT; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MIDate:Sep 2017In most water distribution systems, an appreciable volume of water is lost through leaking pipes, resulting in financial loss and environmental pollution among others. Thus, water loss constitutes a major challenge to utilities around the ...Read more
Author:Haywood, Lorren K; Boihang, MothusiDate:Sep 2020The private sector has a critical role in terms of countries being able to meet the SDGs. We evaluate the extent to which South Africa’s top 100 listed companies have responded to the SDGs, through a review of their early disclosure of the ...Read more
Author:Gous, H; Gard, J; Baltes, G; Schutte, C; Gerber, ADate:Jun 2011The range of inter-organisational innovation networks existing in the global economy today show a wide variance in structure, purpose, location, lifespan and maturity. These differences between network instantiations highlight the need for ...Read more
Author:Calteaux, Karen V; Grover, AS; Van Huyssteen, GBDate:May 2012Multilingual emerging markets hold many opportunities for the application of spoken language technologies, such as interactive voice response (IVR) systems. Designing such systems requires an in-depth understanding of the business drivers and ...Read more
Author:Mvelase, P; Dlamini, Z; Macleod, D; Dlodlo, N; Sithole, Happy MDate:May 2014Advances in Information Technology have brought about cloud computing, an evolutionary computing practice that facilitates the provisioning of computing services as a utility. Cloud computing has brought about change in the economics and ...Read more
Author:Luzipo, S; van Biljon, J; Herselman, Martha EDate:May 2015Business process adoption is one of the factors that determine an organisation's performance. While there are various factors that can have an impact on business processes adoption, this paper focuses on the impact of individual, process and ...Read more
Author:Oelofse, Suzanna HHDate:Aug 2013The preamble to the Waste Act (2008) is very clear that, as a result of this legislation, waste management in South Africa will never be the same again. This should send a clear message that ‘business as usual’ will no longer be sufficient.Read more
Author:Meissner, Richard; Jacobs-Mata, Inga M; Murambadoro, Miriam DDate:May 2018Human behaviour is one of the main forces in the utilisation of natural resources. Nowhere has the way people use water been more illustrative than in the current drought-ravaged Cape Town where calls for more prudent water behaviour has led ...Read more