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Accessibility, affordability, and equity in long-term spatial planning: Perspectives from a developing country

Author: Van Heerden, Quintin ; Karsten, Carike ; Holloway, Jennifer P ; Petzer, Engela ; Burger, Paul AD ; Mans, Gerbrand G Date: May 2022 City planners attempt to create more equitable spaces by providing and improving access to benefits of living in cities, especially for previously disadvantaged urban communities. To this extent, evidence-based decision making is required to ... Read more
Chaining the building blocks for blockchain implementations in South Africa's public sector

Author: Van Heerden, Quintin ; Steenkamp, Anton J ; Van Heerden, M Date: Oct 2018 The emergence of the 4th industrial revolution has brought about several technological advancements in which blockchain fulfils a prominent role. To most people, the notion of blockchain is merely synonymous with the popular cryptocurrency ... Read more
Complexities in moving from commodity to vehicular flows

Author: Joubert, JW ; Van Heerden, Quintin ; Van Schoor, C Date: Jul 2013 Two main schools of thought exist in the modelling of commercial vehicle movement. Firstly, the top down commodity flow models start at an aggregate level using metrics such as Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to derive the origin-destination ... Read more
Evidence-based decision-making in supporting integrated local-level urban and climate change adaptation planning simultaneously: A simulation-optimisation approach

Author: Van Heerden, Quintin ; Van Vuuren, J Date: Dec 2022 Sustainable development is at the heart of city planning, and urbanisation plays a central role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Urbanisation, however, is interlaced with existential challenges such as climate change. The ... Read more
Integrated land use and transportation modelling and planning: A South African journey

Author: Waldeck, Louis ; Van Heerden, Quintin ; Holloway, Jennifer P Date: Oct 2020 Confronted 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
Integrated land-use and transport modelling using OTP to determine lowest cost trips

Author: Van Heerden, Quintin ; Waldeck, L Date: Oct 2015 This presentation discusses the link between economic infrastructure, that includes transport, and social infrastructure that includes social well-being and the basic necessities of people. It shows how transport models and urban models ... Read more
Large-scale multimodal transport modelling. Part 1: Demand generation

Author: Joubert, JW ; Van Heerden, Quintin Date: Jul 2013 Recent developments in agent-based transport simulation provide promising results. However, the agent-based approach is frequently criticized for its apparent dependence on vast amounts of, mostly unattainable, data. In this paper we show ... Read more
Large-scale multimodal transport modelling. Part 2: Implementation and validation

Author: Van Heerden, Quintin ; Joubert, JW Date: Jul 2013 Recent developments in agent-based transport simulation provide promising results. However, the agent-based approach is frequently criticized for its apparent dependence on vast amounts of, mostly unattainable, data. In this second paper of ... Read more
A multi-objective optimization approach for disaggregating employment data

Author: Ludick, Chantel J ; Van Heerden, Quintin Date: Jul 2022 In many countries, including South Africa, data on employment is rarely available on a downscaled level, such as building level, and is only available on less detailed levels, such as municipal level. The aim of this research was to develop ... Read more
An overview of models to support spatial planning and land use management processes: Engaging our future

Author: Le Roux, Alize ; Mans, Gerbrand G ; Van Heerden, Quintin ; Ludick, Chantel Date: Nov 2018 There is a need for models and tools, to better understand/explore the impacts of future policies on land use, to predict behaviour under specific scenarios, inputs and pressures, to study, understand and explore links and phenomenas. Urban ... Read more
The role of industrial engineering in public service delivery

Author: Van Heerden, Quintin ; Van Heerden, M Date: Oct 2017 Government institutions exercise public administration and the delivery of public services takes place at all three spheres of government. Section 195 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, requires that government service ... Read more
Using social media information in transport- and urban planning in South Africa

Author: Van Heerden, Quintin Date: Dec 2015 Transport- and urban planning often involves the use of large-scale simulation modelling with data sources that include, among others, the national census, the National Household and Travel Survey (NHTS) as well as trip diaries. Many of these ... Read more
Using the GTFS format to improve public transport data accessibility in Gauteng

Author: Koetsier, Sumarie ; Van Heerden, Quintin ; Maditse, NK Date: Oct 2017 Public transport plays an important role in cities. It is a less expensive option than private transport and could reduce congestion and improve accessibility to jobs. However, ridership could be hampered when information regarding an operator’s ... Read more

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