Paige-Green, P2011-12-072011-12-072011-07Paige-Green, P. 2011. African regional conferences as an indicator of research trends in South Africa. 15th African Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Maputo, Mozambique, 18-21 July 2011http://www.15arcsmge-maputo2011.com/attachments/article/18/Authors%20and%20Themes.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/537315th African Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Maputo, Mozambique, 18-21 July 2011The 2011 African Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering is the 15th in the series of 4 yearly conferences. The majority of the early conferences were held in sub-Saharan Africa with significant contributions from South African researchers and practitioners. Recently, more of the conferences have been held in northern Africa with smaller South African participation. An analysis of the origin and type of papers in terms of Academic, Research, practitioner and international over the past 13 conferences has been carried out and shows interesting trends of research in relation to the available research funding in South Africa. It is clear that there is a declining trend in fundamental and basic geotechnical research in South Africa. Recommendations to overcome this problem are suggested.enGeotechnical researchSoil mechanicsGeotechnical engineeringAfrican regional conferencesSouth African research trendsConference PresentationPaige-Green, P. (2011). African regional conferences as an indicator of research trends in South Africa. The authors and IOS Press. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5373Paige-Green, P. "African regional conferences as an indicator of research trends in South Africa." (2011): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5373Paige-Green P, African regional conferences as an indicator of research trends in South Africa; The authors and IOS Press; 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5373 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Paige-Green, P AB - The 2011 African Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering is the 15th in the series of 4 yearly conferences. The majority of the early conferences were held in sub-Saharan Africa with significant contributions from South African researchers and practitioners. Recently, more of the conferences have been held in northern Africa with smaller South African participation. An analysis of the origin and type of papers in terms of Academic, Research, practitioner and international over the past 13 conferences has been carried out and shows interesting trends of research in relation to the available research funding in South Africa. It is clear that there is a declining trend in fundamental and basic geotechnical research in South Africa. Recommendations to overcome this problem are suggested. DA - 2011-07 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Geotechnical research KW - Soil mechanics KW - Geotechnical engineering KW - African regional conferences KW - South African research trends LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2011 T1 - African regional conferences as an indicator of research trends in South Africa TI - African regional conferences as an indicator of research trends in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5373 ER -