Author:Von Maltitz, Graham PDate:2000The implementation of the International Organization for Standards (ISO) series of environmental standards (ISO 14000) within the South African forestry industry will, over time, result in a forestry management standard equal to, or superior ...Read more
Author:Ahmed, MT; Louty, NM; Osman, MAM; Godfrey, Linda KDate:Jun 2018This chapter focuses on the impacts of poorly managed waste on human health and the environment in African countries. It brings major flaws in waste management practices to the fore, including uncontrolled dumping and open burning, the most ...Read more
Author:Genthe, Bettina; Maherry, Ashton; Steyn, Maronel; Rother, A; London, LDate:Nov 2016This chapter of the Scientific Assessment focused on potential health impacts of four different shale gas development (SGD) scenarios. The scope of the study is to assess potential human health risks in the study area. International experience ...Read morecb
Author:Oelofse, Suzanna HH; Schoonraad, J; Baldwin, DDate:Nov 2016It is reported that “problems related to mining waste, may be rated as second only to global warming and stratospheric ozone depletion in terms of ecological risk” (European Environmental Bureau (EEB), 2000). The potential impacts of waste ...Read morecb
Author:Dube, S; Oluwole, FA; Lesoli, MSDate:Jan 2011The widespread transition of grasslands and savannas to shrub-lands during the last 50-100 years has elicited significant debate concerning the causes of these changes and has given rise to a number of investigations. Often the encroaching ...Read more
Author:Funke, Nicola S; Huitema, D; Petersen, ADate:Jun 2022This article contributes to the literature on environmental policy controversies. We utilize an Argumentative Discourse Analysis (ADA)-based approachto analyze the struggle for discursive hegemony that took place between competing story-lines ...Read more
Author:Musvoto, Constansia D; Nortje, Karen; De Wet, Benita; Mahumani, BK; Nahman, AntonDate:Jan 2015Globally, there are social, economic and environmental challenges related to sustainable development; these challenges include climate change, the need to feed a rapidly increasing population, high rates of poverty and environmental degradation. ...Read more
Author:Viljoen, NMDate:Sep 2012Home-based care (HBC) is an effective service model to reduce the burden on a country's health and welfare systems. In South Africa, the orphaned and vulnerable children crisis has become the focus of HBC programmes. These programmes are ...Read more
Author:Nordengen, Paul A; Roux, Michael PDate:Oct 2006This paper describes the implementation of a bridge management system (BMS) in the municipal environment, with specific reference to the City of Cape Town, the Johannesburg Roads Agency and the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality. ...Read more
Author:Nordengen, Paul A; Roux, Michael PDate:Oct 2006This paper describes the implementation of a bridge management system (BMS) in the municipal environment, with specific reference to the City of Cape Town, the Johannesburg Roads Agency and the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality. ...Read more
Author:Van de Steen, B; Vervoort, A; Napier, JAL; Durrheim, RJDate:Apr 2003This paper investigates whether a micromechanical model developed to investigate the relation between the basic failure processes at grain-scale and the macroscopic failure pattern can be applied to model the fracturing around large-scale ...Read more
Author:Mathumo, TW; Swart, TG; Focke, Richard WDate:Sep 2017The use of GNU Radio in order to explore FMCW radar is growing rapidly, where it is used for radar signal processing. In this paper we implement FMCW surveillance radar for drone detection on SDR using GNU Radio and the USRP B210. The requirement ...Read more
Author:Bogaers, Alfred EJ; Jansen van Rensburg, GJ; Marquart, R; Skatulla, SDate:Sep 2018In this paper, we outline the implementation of Hibler’s visco-plastic (VP) sea ice model into OpenFOAM, an opensource finite-volume modelling toolkit. Hibler’s visco-plastic model is arguably the most widely used description of sea ice ...Read more
Author:Chiranjan, Ashill; Duvenhage, Bernardt; Nicolls, FDate:Dec 2016Digital image processing (DIP) and computational photography are ever growing fields with new focuses on coded aperture imaging and its real world applications. Traditional coded aperture imaging systems consisted of statically coded masks ...Read more
Author:Sotenga, PZ; Djouani, K; Kurien, AM; Mwila, MartinDate:Jun 2020Internet of Things (IoT) is usually associated with the acquisition of sensor node information and controlling of things. However, the inadequateness of location information of these sensor nodes compromises the intelligence of the IoT network. ...Read more
Author:Mkuzangwe, Nenekazi NP; McDonald, Andre M; Nelwamondo, Fulufhelo VDate:Aug 2015This work implements two anomaly detection algorithms for detecting Transmission Control Protocol Synchronized (TCP SYN) flooding attack. The two algorithms are an adaptive threshold algorithm and a cumulative sum (CUSUM) based algorithm. ...Read more
Author:Dedekind, MODate:1994Turbine blades which are designed with airfoil cooling are subject to thermo-mechanical fatigue as well as creep damage. These problems arise due to thermal cycling and high operating temperatures in service. An implementation of fatigue and ...Read more