Author:Mouton, F; Malan, MM; Kimppa, KK; Venter, HSDate:Nov 2015Social engineering is deeply entrenched in the fields of both computer science and social psychology. Knowledge is required in both these disciplines to perform social engineering based research. Several ethical concerns and requirements need ...Read more
Author:Erasmus, J; Jacob, M; Erasmus, Louwrence DDate:Sep 2015The South African engineering and manufacturing industries drive employment and growth in the economy, but face a large industrialisation and supplier development challenge in a globally competitive and knowledge intensive market. In order ...Read more
Author:Petrick, AJDate:1971This report discusses the importance of fuel research institute as an industrial research institution, and emphasis on how problems of direct interest to the industries served by the Institute fall directly to their responsibility to undertake ...Read more
Author:Manus, N; Manus, L; Wall, K; Otterman, ADate:Jul 2010The South African government has prioritised infrastructure asset management as a critical element in sustaining services to all. Responsibility for implementing water services lies principally with municipalities in their role as statutory ...Read more
Author:Duvenhage, F; Brent, AC; Stafford, William HLDate:Mar 2019The rapid global growth in the use of renewable energy to reduce GHG emissions and mitigate climate change, through the inclusion of large amounts of PV and wind in existing electricity grids, has highlighted certain challenges. Most critically, ...Read more
Author:Duvenhage, F; Brent, AC; Stafford, William HLDate:Mar 2019The rapid global growth in the use of renewable energy to reduce GHG emissions and mitigate climate change, through the inclusion of large amounts of PV and wind in existing electricity grids, has highlighted certain challenges. Most critically, ...Read more
Author:Celliers, Louis; Scott, D; Taljaard, Susan; Ngcoya, M; Audouin, Michelle ADate:Sep 2012In May 2011, the CSIR (Natural Resources and the Environment), in partnership with University of KwaZulu-Natal’s (UKZN) School of Development Studies (SDS, now School of Built Environment and Development Studies – SBEDS) submitted a proposal ...Read more
Author:Celliers, Louis; Scott, D; Ngcoya, M; Taljaard, SusanDate:Sep 2021Hybrid science-society approaches for knowledge production are often framed by a transdisciplinary approach. Most forms of “linear” progression of science informing policy or the “production” of knowledge as a one-way process are increasingly ...Read more
Author:Cooper, Antony K; Sebake, NDate:Oct 2018South Africa's commitment to meeting the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11, “Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable”, requires the country to have an understanding of the range of possible, likely and ...Read more
Author:Lloyd, CD; Bhatti, S; McLennan, D; Noble, M; Mans, Gerbrand GDate:Jun 2021Capturing the dynamics of population change in urban areas necessitates access to geographically fine-grained and temporally consistent data for several time points. Such data are generally not available and they must be created using standard ...Read more
Author:Gibberd, Jeremy TDate:2013It is increasingly acknowledged that current plans to implement sustainability are not achieving the scale and speed of change required. National built environment strategies to address sustainability tend to focus on large-scale programmes ...Read more
Author:Molemans, M; Van Leth, F; McKelly, David H; Wood, R; Hermans, SDate:Nov 2022Background: Individuals with a history of tuberculosis (TB) disease are at higher risk of developing a subsequent episode than those without. Considering the role of social and environmental factors in tuberculosis, we assessed neighbourhood-level ...Read more
Author:Landman, KDate:Aug 2006This paper is concerned with the relationship between peace and place. It explores how the physical space facilitates or negates the establishment of peace through the manifestation of a specific function and form, as well as its meaning for ...Read more
Author:Manzi, MSD; Hein, KAA; King, N; Durrheim, RJDate:Apr 2013First-order scale structures in the West Wits Line and West Rand goldfields of the Witwatersrand Basin (South Africa) were mapped using the high-resolution 3D reflection seismic method. Structural models constrain the magnitude of displacement ...Read more
Author:Oranje, M; Van Huyssteen, ElsonaDate:Dec 2011In this article, it is argued that South Africa’s post-1994 dream is marked by a tension between servicing and transformation – mutually supporting, but potentially also divergent set of intentions, processes and outcomes. Towards the end of ...Read more
Author:Bischof-Niemz, T; Milazi, DDate:2015Due to drastically reduced prices for Photovoltaic (PV) systems and significantly increased electricity tariffs in the last five years, embedded PV generators are now attractive for many electricity customers in South Africa as a supplement ...Read more
Author:Lindeque, MDate:Jan 2013Is it possible to develop a building that uses a net zero amount of water? In recent years it has become evident that it is possible to have buildings that use a net zero amount of electricity. This is possible when the building is taken off ...Read more
Author:Gibberd, Jeremy TDate:Dec 2021In many areas of the world, climate change is leading to higher temperatures and water scarcity. At the same time, rapid urbanisation is increasing the demand for existing water resources. As a result in many drought-stricken areas, water ...Read more
Author:Van Wyk, Llewellyn VDate:Jan 2013In its experimental work on research and development of innovative technologies for low income housing on the Innovation Site on the CSIR campus in Pretoria, the Building Science and Technology (BST) competence area identified a number of ...Read more
Author:Sweeney, M; Irwin, Barry VWDate:Sep 2017As networks have grown, so has the data available for monitoring and security purposes. This increase in volume has raised significant challenges for administrators in terms of how to identify threats in amongst the large volumes of network ...Read more