Author:Gibberd, Jeremy TDate:Oct 2011This paper discusses how the built environment can support sustainable development. It identifies the key characteristics of built environment that can be used to support sustainable development and shows how this can be developed into a set ...Read more
Author:Coelho, ST; Bouille, DH; Mani, SK; Stafford, William HLDate:Jan 2020The adequate collection and disposal of municipal solid waste (MSW) remain a challenge in developing countries as a direct consequence of inadequate practices, which in turn produce negative environmental and social impacts. In industrialized ...Read more
Author:Ndwe, TJ; Barnard, E; Foko, Thato EDate:May 2013Access to information and communication is one of the most important needs in any population group. It is generally challenging for people in the developing world to access information because the tools and the technologies used to access ...Read more
Author:Williams, Q; Greeff, M; Boshemane, S; Alberts, RDate:May 2008Both the physical and virtual aspects of our current society are designed for able-bodied people. This means that very often people with disabilities are excluded from participation and faces barriers to living independently. This paper looks ...Read more
Author:Jacobs, P; Von Solms, S; Grobler, MDate:Jul 2015Security Operation Centres (SOCs) and Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs) or Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) can play a pivotal role in the monitoring of, and response to threats, attacks and vulnerabilities in ...Read more
Author:Sikhondze, NC; Erasmus, Louwrence DDate:May 2016Most medical records are kept on paper. This makes it difficult to use the available information for management of care, measuring of quality of care and improving care delivery. The healthcare industry is mostly data driven and it depends ...Read more
Author:Venter, C; Mashiri, M; Buiten, BDate:2006It is the purpose of this chapter to advance the discourse between gender analysis and transport, specifically within the urban development context, with a view to promoting an understanding of the strategic role of transport, access and ...Read more
Author:Nahman, Anton; Wise, R; De Lange, Willem JDate:Sep 2009The paper reviews the potential contributions of environmental and resource economics (ERE) to the achievement of sustainable development in developing countries and highlights the limitations associated with applying ERE within a developing ...Read more
Author:Brent, AC; Rogers, DECDate:Jul 2002Air pollution control devices (APCDs) are not compulsory for medical waste incinerators (MWIs) in developing countries. In South Africa, combustion gases are usually vented directly to the atmosphere at temperatures greater than the formation ...Read more
Author:Oelofse, Suzanna HH; Nahman, AntonDate:Aug 2012Throughout the developed world, food is treated as a disposable commodity. Between one third and half of all food produced for human consumption globally is estimated to be wasted. However, attempts to quantify the actual magnitude of food ...Read more
Author:Fanta, GB; Pretorius, L; Erasmus, Louwrence DDate:Jun 2015The burden of disease is higher by far in developing countries than in the developed world. Although significant progress has been made towards health related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the past years, developing countries still ...Read more
Author:Nahman, AntonDate:2010Extended producer responsibility (EPR) is a policy concept aimed at extending producers’ responsibility for their products to the post-consumer stage of their products’ life cycle. One of the outcomes of an effective EPR programme is to move ...Read more
Author:Du Preez, MDate:Aug 2007The Water for Health group at the CSIR represents South Africa in an international project to demonstrate solar disinfection (SODIS) of drinking water. This project is set to demonstrate that SODIS is an effective, appropriate and acceptable ...Read more
Author:Van Wyk, Llewellyn VDate:Jan 2006This paper analyses construction foresight studies and construction reform initiatives with a view to identifying lessons for developing countries. It notes the number of construction reform initiatives over the last 60 years, mostly in the ...Read more
Author:Adedoja, G; Botha, Adèle; Ogunleye, OSDate:May 2012Mobile phones have the potential to improve education for the millions of underprivileged users in the developing world. However, the subjects of mobile learning in the developing countries have not been largely studied. This article presents ...Read more
Author:Vincent, K; Cull, T; Archer, Emma RMDate:Oct 2010It is well-known that women in developing countries tend to be more dependent on natural resources than men, and that female-headed households tend to rely more on agricultural livelihoods than male-headed households. Climate change is projected ...Read more