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Accessibility, affordability, and equity in long-term spatial planning: Perspectives from a developing country

Author: Van Heerden, Quintin ; Karsten, Carike ; Holloway, Jennifer P ; Petzer, Engela ; Burger, Paul AD ; Mans, Gerbrand G Date: May 2022 City planners attempt to create more equitable spaces by providing and improving access to benefits of living in cities, especially for previously disadvantaged urban communities. To this extent, evidence-based decision making is required to ... Read more
Capacitating local governments for the digital earth vision: Lessons learnt from the role of municipalities in the South African spatial data infrastructure

Author: Siebritz, LA ; Desai, A ; Coetzee, S ; Cooper, Antony K Date: Nov 2021 The Digital Earth vision foresees the availability and accessibility of geospatial information to achieve the goals of sustainable development, economic growth and social well-being. In the case of urban areas, upto-date geospatial information ... Read more
House modifications for preventing malaria (Review)

Author: Furnival-Adams, J ; Olanga, EA ; Napier, Mark ; Garner, P Date: Jan 2021 Despite being preventable, malaria remains an important public health problem. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that overall progress in malaria control has plateaud for the first time since the turn of the century. Researchers and ... Read more
Qualitative insights into the acceptance of QGIS in South Africa

Author: Henrico, S ; Coetzee, S ; Cooper, Antony K Date: Nov 2022 We conducted a study to find out whether and why South African users accepted QGIS. In the quantitative part of the study, we found that QGIS acceptance is primarily influenced by habit, followed by facilitating conditions, price value, and ... Read more
The role of age, gender, experience, education and professional registration in acceptance of QGIS in South Africa

Author: Henrico, S ; Coetzee, S ; Cooper, Antony K Date: Oct 2021 The benefits of free and open-source software for geographical information systems, such as QGIS, are appreciated by many all over the world. However, QGIS adoption in South Africa is not primarily influenced by the benefits attributed to ... Read more
The South African Spatial Data Infrastructure – Where are the Municipalities?

Author: Siebritz, LA ; Desai, A ; Cooper, Antony K ; Coetzee, S Date: 2022 Many municipalities in South Africa, especially those in rural areas, do not have the resources to maintain the geospatial information required to deliver essential services. Conversely, National Geo-spatial Information (NGI), the national ... Read more

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