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
Author:Roro, Kittessa T; Carter-Brown, Clinton G; Koopman, S; Mali, TDate:May 2018The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has established an integrated energy research centre to provide decision support to South African industry and policymakers, where such support will be informed by its technical research. ...Read more
Author:Davis, C; Joubert, ADate:Nov 2011Southern Africa is a predominantly semi-arid region with high rainfall variability, characterised by frequent droughts and floods. It is also widely recognised as one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change because of low levels of ...Read more
Author:Conradie, Dirk CUDate:2010This chapter describes the development of an agent based Computational Building Simulation (CBS) tool, termed KRONOS that is being used to support advanced research questions such as traffic safety assessment and user behaviour in buildings. ...Read more
Author:Venter, JP; De Waal, A; Willers, NDate:Jan 2007Forensic analysis requires a keen detective mind, but the human mind has neither the ability nor the time to process the millions of bytes on a typical computer hard disk. Digital forensic investigators need powerful tools that can automate ...Read more
Author:Oelofse, Suzanna HHDate:Sep 2010The institutional framework for government in South Africa was established in 1996 with the adoption of the first democratic Constitution. National, provincial and local government was established as three elected spheres of government, each ...Read more
Author:Eze, CN; Obodo, RM; Kebede, Mesfin A; Ezema, FIDate:Nov 2021Alkaline earth stannates are rare earth compounds with evidence of their attractive physical properties. Commonly, these rare earth complex oxide nanomaterials could be fabricated via conventional solid-state reactions such as coprecipitation, ...Read more
Author:Gebremedhin, KG; Gebremedhin, FG; Amin, MM; Godfrey, Linda KDate:Jun 2018Chapter 3 presents the state of solid waste generation and management across the African continent. The focus of this chapter is on the quantity of waste generated and its characteristics, waste delivery services, and waste infrastructure, ...Read more
Author:Rascher, J; Ashton, P; Turton, ADate:Jun 2009In order to understand more clearly the intricate linkages between HIV/AIDS and water, this chapter reviews the demographic impacts of HIV/AIDS in Africa, examines the socio-economic impacts of the disease related to water and evaluates the ...Read more