Author:Coetzee, S; Steiniger, S; Köbben, B; Iwaniak, A; Cooper, Antony KDate:May 2017The demand for geospatial data across different disciplines and organisations has led to the development and implementation of spatial data infrastructures (SDI) and the theory and concepts behind them. An SDI is an evolving concept about ...Read more
Author:Van Wyk, Llewellyn VDate:Aug 2015This chapter flows out of study (CSIR 2013b) prepared for the Presidential Infrastructure Coordinating Commission (PICC) in May 2013 which prepared a value proposition for the use of Innovative Building Technology (IBT) for the construction ...Read more
Author:Olwal, T; Masonta, Moshe T; Mekuria, Fisseha; Roux, KDate:Aug 2012Next generation fixed wireless broadband networks have immensely been deployed as mesh networks in order to provide and extend access to the internet. These networks are characterised by the use of multiple orthogonal channels. Nodes in the ...Read more
Author:Kesavan Pillai, Sreejarani; Sivakumar, D; Ray, SS; Obianom, P; Eggers, SK; Mhlabeni, TDate:Nov 2020In this study, the ability of an active film containing volatile bioactives in post-harvest disease control and preservation of quality in avocados is explored as a non-traditional treatment method. Antimicrobial transparent flexible trilayer ...Read more
Author:Thambiran, Tirusha; Naidoo, SashaDate:Oct 2017Typically, mitigation and adaptation research has been developed separately, with the mitigation research community focused on taking a global approach to limiting cumulative greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The adaptation research community, ...Read more
Author:Davis, C; Archer, Emma RM; Maserumule, R; Stevens, N; Sinden, LADate:Apr 2010This study will draw on the findings of a significant amount of research that has already taken place in the area. There is a keen desire amongst diverse stakeholders to access global change information (for example, the use of such information ...Read more
Author:Hunter, Lawrance; Fan, JDate:Nov 2014Consumers expect the garments they buy to meet a multiplicity of end use and wear conditions, and this means manufacturers need to build functionality, or multifunctionality, into the garments they produce. This chapter discusses the ways in ...Read more
Author:Frost, PE; Scholes, RJDate:2007The South African Advanced Fire Information System (AFIS) is the first near real-time satellite-based fire monitoring system in Africa. It was originally developed for, and funded by, the electrical power utility Eskom, to reduce the impact ...Read more
Author:De Villiers, ADate:Jan 2010The question addressed by this chapter is: How should advanced walling systems be planned, designed, built, refurbished, and end their useful lives, to classify as smart, sustainable, green or eco-building environments?Read more
Author:Van Niekerk, Lara; Adams, JB; Taljaard, Susan; Huizinga, Piet; Lamberth, SDate:Feb 2020The early 1990s in South Africa were characterised by a strongly hierarchical and technocratic regime where planning and development decisions regarding the environment were made at national government level with little or no public consultation ...Read more
Author:Sivakumar, V; Tesfaye, M; Alemu, W; Sharma, Ameeth; Bollig, C; Mengistu, GDate:May 2010In this study, the authors present the climatological picture of aerosols over South Africa using 20 years of Stratosphere Aerosol and Gas Experiment (SAGE-II) satellite, 6–10 years of AErosol RObatic NETwork (AERONET) and ground based mobile ...Read more
Author:Amigun, B; Kaggwa, M; Musango, J; Mutanga, Shingirirai S; Simelane, T; Stafford, William HLDate:Dec 2011This chapter presents a critical appraisal of Africa's modern energy technologies for renewable energy. It highlights issues of scale and location-specific attributes. A critical review of different renewable energies is presented, the state ...Read more
Author:Morris, EJ; Erasmus, C; O'Kennedy, Maretha MDate:Sep 2016Biopharmaceutical proteins and vaccines are traditionally produced in bacteria, eggs, yeast and animal cell cultures and are well established industries. More recently, these molecules are produced in plants and became known as biopharming. ...Read more
Author:Lötter, Johanna MDate:Oct 2017The agricultural sector in southern Africa needs to produce enough food to feed its current population of 277 million and future predicted population of over 300 million by 2025 (United Nations ESA, 2015). All of this must happen within the ...Read more
Author:Thambiran, Tirusha; Padayachi, Yerdashin RDate:Dec 2017This chapter provides an overview of the latest developments in air quality management and air pollution trends in South Africa. The critical issues of managing air quality in the context of climate change and risk and vulnerability, are also ...Read more
Author:Winkler, H; Altieri, K; Clarke, S; Garland, Rebecca M; Kornelius, G; Meas, MDate:2016Shale gas development (SGD) presents opportunities and risks with regards to air pollution and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. There is a potential opportunity to reduce emissions, if shale gas replaces ‘dirtier’ (more emissions-intensive) ...Read more
Author:Van Zyl, TDate:Feb 2014In order to frame the geospatial temporal big data conversation, it is important to discuss them within the context of the three Vs (velocity, variety, and volume) of big data. Each of the Vs brings its own technical requirements to the ...Read more
Author:Gibberd, Jeremy TDate:Dec 2020Climate change and rapid urbanisation have meant there is increasing pressure on water supplies in human settlements in South Africa. This has led to unreliable water supplies and outages. It is therefore important to understand whether there ...Read more
Author:Shatalov, MYDate:Jan 2010A study concerning the propagation of free non-axisymmetric waves in a homogeneous piezoelectric cylinder of transversely isotropic material with axial polarization is carried out on the basis of the linear theory of elasticity and linear ...Read more