Author:Toerien, DF; Grobbelaar, JU; Walmsley, RDDate:1987Interest in the mass cultivation of micro-algae as feed and foodstuff has existed since the turn of the century (Robinson and Toerien, 1962). Experiments using algae in photosynthetic research (Warburg, 1919) also led to an appreciation of ...Read more
Author:Schmitz, P; Cooper, Antony K; Davidson, A; Rossouw, KDate:2000The success of crime mapping, as described in this chapter, can be measured by the fact that the state advocate who prosecuted the case gave a seminal on the map to his colleagues. The prosecutor's seminar demonstrated that the use of the map ...Read more
Author:Barnard, E; Cloete, L; Patel, Hina MDate:2003The paper presents research aimed at overcoming barriers to citizens’ ability to access electronic government services. Our concern is specifically ‘non-connectivity’ barriers to electronic service delivery including cultural background, ...Read more
Author:Scholes, RJ; Kuper, W; Biggs, RDate:2006Biodiversity offers multiple opportunities for development and improving human well-being. It is the basis for essential environmental services upon which life on Earth depends. Thus, its conservation and sustainable use are of critical ...Read more
Author:Genthe, Bettina; Steyn, MaronelDate:2006The Health sector should play an integral part to accomplish Integrate Water Resource Management (IWRM). The overarching aim of IWRM is sustainability. Health of people and health of the environment is an outcome of IWRM through sustainability. ...Read more
Author:Fabricius, C; Scholes, RJ; Cundill, GDate:2006The Southern African Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (SAfMA, http://www.maweb.org) was undertaken at a variety of spatial scales, from the regional (with sub-Saharan Africa as the assessment area) to the local (at the scale of a village, ...Read more
Author:Wessels, Konrad JDate:2006This chapter describes the current condition of dryland systems with respect to the services they provide and the drivers that determine trends in their provision. Within the context of the mounting global concern caused by land degradation ...Read more
Author:Maree, GA; Roux, DJ; Marais, Mario ADate:Feb 2006The South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) was founded in 1945 and knowledge has always been a core asset of the organisation and is a direct determinant of the organisation’s relevance. Strategic management of ...Read more
Author:Maree, GA; Roux, DJ; Nel, JDate:Mar 2006Results from the National Spatial Biodiversity Assessment (NSBA) have highlighted the poor condition of South Africa's main rivers for conservation of biodiversity and that conservation efforts in South Africa have centred primarily on ...Read more
Author:Monteiro, Pedro MS; Van der Plas, AKDate:Sep 2006LOW variability in the Benguela is governed by varying scales of remote and local forcing linked to both Equatorial and Cape Basin systems. The nature of these nonlinear interactions is not clearly understood because scales are large and their ...Read more
Author:Wessels, Konrad J; Prince, SDate:2007Desertification is defined by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) as ‘land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas (dry-lands) resulting from various factors, including climatic variations and human ...Read more
Author:Schutte, PC; James, JPDate:2007Ergonomic surveys are conducted to identify ergonomics-related risk factors in a workplace. The surveys include elementary hazard identification, risk assessment and identification of areas where specialist ergonomics advice is required. This ...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:Ashton, PJDate:2007Recent years have been marked by a growing awareness that the world’s freshwater supplies represent a scarce and critically important resource that is also extremely vulnerable to human activities (Biswas 1993; Delli Priscoli 1998). Indeed, ...Read more
Author:Audouin, Michelle ADate:Jan 2007Unsustainable agricultural practices have had a role to play in the degradation of land on which agriculture depends. South Africa has an international obligation to develop a National Action Programme (NAP), the purpose of which is to identify ...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:Gueli, R; Liebenberg, FDate:Jun 2007Over the years, the functional gap between peacekeeping and peacebuilding (or 'post-conflict' reconstruction) has received a lot of attention because it remains a weakness in the policy framework of the United Nation (UN) conflict resolution ...Read more
Author:Kotzé, Paula; Renaud, KDate:2008It is important, for our credibility as user interface designers and educators, that we practice what we preach. Many system designers and programmers remain sceptical about the need for user-centred design. To win them over, there is need ...Read more
Author:Ribbens, H; Everitt, P; Noah, MDate:2008In South African, as is the case in most other developing countries, a significant proportion of the population walk or cycle on a daily basis to their places of work and to other destinations. Road accident casualties (fatalities and injuries) ...Read more
Author:Van Huyssteen, Elsona; Oranje, MDate:Aug 2008This chapter describes the National Spatial Development Perspective of South Africa (NSDP) District Application Project, which was initiated by the national Presidency of South Africa. In this pilot an attempt was made to test both the prospects ...Read more