Author:Mashiri, MAM; Maponya, G; Chakwizira, J; Dube, SDate:Jul 2009This paper seeks to establish a baseline against which to assess the impacts of the ‘Ehlanzeni District Health Transport Function’ for the district’s healthcare service delivery output, and by extension, health and welfare outcomes. The main ...Read more
Author:Bembe, M; Dludla, Angeline G; Ngwenya, D; Mekuria, FissehaDate:Jul 2015DVB-NGH (Digital Video Broadcasting-Next Generation Handheld) is the next generation technology for mobile TV broadcasting. It integrates both satellite and terrestrial techniques, which is vital in supporting rich media content for mobile ...Read more
Author:Ittmann, HDate:Jan 2011This article is not a comprehensive overview of green logistics. What it endeavours to do is to sensitise, in a very summarised way, those involved in logistics and supply chain management about the importance of green logistics and to highlight ...Read more
Author:Nhemachena, C; Chakwizira, J; Dube, S; Mokonyama, Mathetha TDate:Jul 2011This study focused on the potential application of low-cost, integrated mobility and access technology interventions as key elements for improving socio-economic conditions and spatial livelihoods in rural areas. A feasibility was conducted ...Read more
Author:Mashiri, M; Maunder, D; Venter, C; Lakra, A; Bogopane-Zulu, H; Zukulu, R; Buiten, D; Boonzaier, DDate:Apr 2005While transport is a significant enabler of sustaining livelihoods among poor communities, it is clearly also increasingly deemed important to deliver the benefits of greater inclusion of persons with disabilities into society, enabling them ...Read more
Author:Nhemachena, C; Chakwizira, J; Dube, S; Maponya, G; Rashopola, R; Mayindi, DDate:Jul 2011This study discusses opportunities and challenges for integrating local knowledge in improving rural accessibility and mobility, within the context of supporting the Comprehensive Rural Development Programme (CRDP) initiatives in South Africa. ...Read more
Author:Botha, Adèle; Van Greunen, D; Herselman, Martha EDate:Oct 2010Applying a Mobile Human Computer Interaction (MHCI) view to the domain of education using Mobile Learning (Mlearning), the research outlines its understanding of the influences and effects of different interactions on the use of mobile ...Read more
Author:Holtmann, B; Jansen Van Vuuren, CDate:Jul 2007There is a tendency to think of road or transport safety as a separate subject from safety and security, yet the two are closely interwoven. The paper will make some of these connections, referring to local and where relevant international ...Read more
Author:Chakwizira, JDate:Nov 2009This chapter describes the relationship between transport, mobility and society. This is achieved by means of linking the social dimensions and impact of sustainable transport and mobility with approaches, principles and values of social ...Read more
Author:Chakwizira, J; Maponya, G; Nhemachena, C; Dube, SDate:01 Sep 2010A decentralised healthcare system (DHS) is a system developed to address issues of power, management and functions of local spheres of government and to address the healthcare backlogs created by the previous apartheid system. Prior to the ...Read more
Author:Rust, FCDate:Jan 2009The importance of transport and transport infrastructure was discussed in the previous chapter. Transport and transport infrastructure plays a significant role in both economic and social development. However, in the future transport officials ...Read more
Author:Mashiri, M; Maponya, G; Nkuna, Z; Dube, S; Chakwizira, J; Marrian, BDate:Jul 2008This paper seeks to unpack the relationship between mobility and accessibility on the one hand, and rural healthcare delivery on the other, within the ambit of the sustainable livelihoods approach using four villagers in the Thaba Chweu ...Read more
Author:Van Wyk, Llewellyn VDate:Jan 2011The built environment is the stage upon which we live out our daily lives: the built environment comprises urban design, land use, and the transportation system, and the patterns of human activity within this physical environment. Unfortunately, ...Read more
Author:Chakwizira, J; Mashiri, M; Nhemachena, CDate:Nov 2008This paper presents an examination and analysis of rural development struggles facing contemporary South Africa. An analytical transportation approach is used to tease out current theory, practice and obstacles to rural development sustainability. ...Read more
Author:Sampson, L; Rust, FC; Smit, Michelle ADate:Oct 2022It is estimated that 80% of the developing world’s poor live in rural areas. Low volume rural roads account for 80 to 90% of the road infrastructure in most developing countries and are critical to the access and mobility of rural communities. ...Read more