Author:Harvey, F; Iwaniak, A; Coetzee, S; Cooper, Antony KDate:May 2012A spatial data infrastructure (SDI) is an evolutionary concept related to the facilitation and coordination of the exchange and sharing of spatial data and services. Since its initial use, the SDI concept has shifted its focus from data sharing ...Read more
Author:Audouin, Michelle A; Lochner, Paul A; Tarr, PDate:Jan 2011On a continent where the livelihoods of the majority of Africans are closely linked to the health of the natural environment, and where poverty and land degradation has increased in recent decades, there is a critical need for sustainable ...Read more
Author:Landman, WA; Tadross, M; Engelbrecht, F; Archer, Emma RM; Joubert, ADate:Nov 2011In southern Africa, seasonal rainfall and temperature forecasts have been made for almost two decades already and these forecasts have been developed to improve the ability of users to cope with fluctuations in rainfall and temperatures on a ...Read more
Author:Archer, Emma RM; Engelbrecht, Francois A; Hänsler, A; Landman, W; Tadross, M; Helmschrot, JDate:Apr 2018Temperatures over southern Africa have been increasing rapidly over the last fi ve decades, at a rate of about twice the global rate of temperature increase. Further drastic increases, in the order of 6°C by the end of the century relative ...Read more
Author:Carroll, M; Kotzé, Paula; Van der Merwe, ADate:2012Organisations have to adapt quickly to changes, continuously investigate innovations and be flexible in order to remain competitive. The information technology (IT) landscape has evolved to enable organisations a competitive advantage and to ...Read more
Author:Leenen, Louise; Meyer, TDate:Jan 2018The Governments, military forces and other organisations responsible for cybersecurity deal with vast amounts of data that has to be understood in order to lead to intelligent decision making. Due to the vast amounts of information pertinent ...Read more
Author:Slinger, JH; Hermans, LM; Cunningham, SW; Taljaard, Susan; Van Niekerk, Lara; Vreugdenhil, HDate:Jan 2013In this paper, the authors do not examine the safety of these coastal systems and the vulnerability of estuaries to flooding from the usual engineering, environmental science or public administration perspective. Instead, the authors adopt a ...Read more
Author:Szewczuk, SDate:Oct 2014Reliable access to electricity is a basic precondition for improving people’s lives in rural areas, for enhanced healthcare and education, and for growth within local economies. Currently more than 1.5 billion people worldwide do not have ...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:Van Biljon, J; Marais, Mario ADate:May 2017The community dynamics revolve around shared interests, norms, and identities. The sustainable exchange of resources for development is only possible if the members of the community are connected and the collaboration opportunities and practices ...Read more
Author:Marais, Mario A; Van Biljon, JDate:Jun 2017Development Informatics is a multi-, inter- and transdisciplinary field encompassing various research philosophies, realities and priorities. This diversity complicates connection and collaboration between researchers in the field and that ...Read more
Author:Davis-Reddy, Claire L; Vincent, K; Mambo, JuliaDate:Oct 2017Southern Africa is susceptible to extreme weather events – particularly floods, droughts, fires and large storms, which have cost an estimated USD 10 billion in damages between 1980 and 2015 (based on data from EM-DAT). Integrating climate ...Read more
Author:Davis-Reddy, Claire L; Vincent, K; Mambo, JuliaDate:Oct 2017Southern Africa is susceptible to extreme weather events – particularly floods, droughts, fires and large storms, which have cost an estimated USD 10 billion in damages between 1980 and 2015 (based on data from EM-DAT). Integrating climate ...Read more
Author:Palaniyandy, Nithyadharseni; Kebede, Mesfin ADate:Dec 2019Energy storage technology such as batteries and supercapacitors are authoritative power sources owing to their ease of maintenance, long cycle life, flexible power, and energy features. Recently, the sodium-ion battery (SIB) has had tremendous ...Read more
Author:Balikuddembe, JK; Osunmakinde, IO; Bagula, ADate:Apr 2009Undertaking adequate risk management by understanding project requirements and ensuring that viable estimates are made on software projects require extensive application and sophisticated techniques of analysis and interpretation. Informative ...Read more
Author:Pratt, Lawrence E; Ayanna, Manjunath Basappa; Wright, Jarrad G; Fourie, RuanDate:Jul 2021The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), an entity of the Department of Science and Innovation, is a national scientific council with headquarters in Pretoria, South Africa. The CSIR Pretoria campus owns and operates 2 MW ...Read more
Author:Leyland, RDate:2014The Karoo Dolerite Suite in South Africa is an important source of road construction aggregates both as natural gravel aggregate and as a crushed rock aggregate. The reason for this is the wide distribution of the suite throughout the Karoo ...Read more
Author:Leyland, RDate:2015The Karoo Dolerite Suite in South Africa is an important source of road construction aggregates both as natural gravel aggregate and as a crushed rock aggregate. The reason for this is the wide distribution of the suite throughout the Karoo ...Read more
Author:Rashamuse, Konanani; Mathiba, Kgama; Sithole, Bishop B; Tawona, NevilleDate:Sep 2014This chapter provides the results of the research conducted in South Africa on Banana fruits - ripe, rejected at packaging site, banana peels from rejected fruits at packaging site, cattle manure collected at pasture land, fruit and vegetable ...Read more