Author:Viljoen, NDate:May 2012The global economic landscape is shifting with increased focus on emerging markets that have been more resilient than their counterparts in developed countries. Countries that never featured as consumer markets in the past are suddenly appearing ...Read more
Author:Clinton, D; Cleland, A; Sanio, M; Botha, D; Wall, K; Negussey, D; Lewis, SDate:Nov 2011WFEO’s Standing Committee on Capacity Building (CCB) has over the years developed an understanding of the challenges and complexities that face the engineering community regarding capacity and sustainability issues. With the objective of ...Read more
Author:Van Niekerk, B; Leenen, L; Ramluckan, T; Maharaj, MDate:Jul 2012The Workshop on ICT Uses in Warfare and the Safeguarding of Peace is a note-worthy initiative that follows on three previous workshops: London (2007), Pretoria (2008), and Bela-Bela (2010). After the success of the workshops held in South ...Read more
Author:Millroy, L; Khati, MDate:Sep 2011HIV/AIDS and TB are among the major infectious diseases and defining public health problems in developing countries. This book aims to give an overview of the epidemiology and also provide an understanding of the pathology of these diseases. ...Read more
Author:Nortje, Karen; Musvoto, Constansia D; Murambadoro, MDate:Aug 2011On 29 August and 01 September 2011 the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in conjunction with Nkuzi Development Association held two workshops with local stakeholders in the case study area of Elim and surrounds. These ...Read more
Author:Shabangu, T; Mbecke, ZPDate:Jun 2008This handbook aims to improve knowledge of international and domestic legal framework regarding the treatment of refugee children and unaccompanied minor refugee children in South Africa. It is the first of many handbooks that the Refugee ...Read more
Author:Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, DEATDate:2004This document has been written for a wide audience. Its objective is to serve as an initial reference text. The aim is to provide an introductory information source to government authorities, environmental practitioners, nongovernmental ...Read more
Author:Monteiro, Pedro MS; Marchand, MDate:Jul 2009Catchment2Coast was an interdisciplinary research and modelling project that aimed to improve understanding of the linkages between coastal ecosystems and the adjacent river catchments. The project involved nine partner organizations from ...Read more
Author:CSIR, Natural Resources and EnvironmentDate:Feb 2008The reality of global change (including climate change) has gripped the imaginations of movie moguls, graced the agendas of international organisations such as the United Nations, and now also receives prominent attention from the international ...Read more
Author:Von Maltitz, Graham P; Stafford, William HLDate:2011Sustainable biofuel production should provide opportunities for sub-Saharan African countries and their inhabitants, especially in impoverished rural areas. Biofuel feedstock production has the potential to bring job opportunities and earnings, ...Read more
Author:Audouin, Michelle A; Govender, KDate:2004This document has been written for a wide audience. Its objective is to serve as an initial reference text. The aim is to provide an introductory information source to government authorities, environmental practitioners, nongovernmental ...Read more
Author:Masonta, Moshe T; Oyedapo, J; Girod-Genet, MDate:Nov 2010In recent years Internet usage and services, accessed through both fixed and mobile networks, have experienced rapid growth. This growth was driven by the capability of the Internet to provide many new services seamlessly to the users at any ...Read more
Author:Tazvinga, Henerica; Hove, TDate:Oct 2010Many rural areas of developing countries lack supply of electricity due to poor distribution of grid electricity and financial resources to aid grid extension. These countries usually have under capacity in electricity generation with the ...Read more
Author:Osman, ADate:Mar 2010Within this research field, projects focus on community needs, skills and extant built environments, specifically conservation-worthy environments and heritage resources as opportunity for creating sustainable communities and living environments.Read more
Author:Somerset, VSDate:May 2010Organophosphate and carbamate pesticides are powerful neurotoxins that impede the activity of cholinesterase enzyme leading to severe health effects. This study firstly reports the development, characterisation, and application of thick-film ...Read more
Author:Cloete, D; de Villiers, R; Bernstein, A; Segal, N; Altbeker, ADate:Apr 2010In this chapter, the findings of a SAICE report is discussed. Backlogs and infrastructure failures are addressed. Issues such as rehabilitation, the service delivery chain, the current role of engineering in municipalities, and possible ...Read more
Author:Amezaga, JM; Von Maltitz, Graham P; Boyes, SDate:2010Fulfilling the promise of sustainable development has become a major concern for proponents ofmodern bioenergy projects. The global land area dedicated to feedstock production, be it for liquid biofuels, solid biomass or biogas, has expanded ...Read more
Author:Scholes, BDate:2010This synthesis focuses on estimates of biodiversity change as projected for the 21st century by models or extrapolations based on experiments and observed trends. The term ‘biodiversity’ is used in a broad sense as it is defined in the ...Read more