Author:Van Huyssteen, Elsona; Le Roux, Alize; Van Niekerk, Cornelia WDate:Feb 2013With the world’s urban population now estimated to be at 52% (United Nations 2012:1), towns and cities are increasingly becoming the stage where disaster risk has to be managed and mitigated. Understanding the risks and vulnerabilities in ...Read more
Author:Landman, K; Matsebe, G; Mmonwa, MDate:2009The new housing plan in South Africa promotes the development of medium density and mixed housing developments. The nature and organisation of the physical characteristics of this type of housing has been identified as one of the key factors ...Read more
Author:Cooper, Antony K; Van Huyssteen, Elsona; Das, S; Coetzee, M; Mans, Gerbrand GDate:Jul 2014A Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) is an evolving concept, essentially consisting of policies, institutional arrangements, Geographical Information Systems (GISs), data bases, networks, Web services and portals to facilitate and coordinate ...Read more
Author:Mokonyama, Mathetha TDate:Nov 2009The South African built environment is forever changing with implications on the demand for travel related energy demand at a household level. Nonetheless, the development control and development planning practices in the country seldom take ...Read more