Author:Breytenbach, AndreDate:Sep 2020Humankind often needs to accurately model, identify and spatially quantify aboveground phenomena on the Earth’s surface for informed decision-making. Height data derived from digital elevation models (DEMs) is often used to achieve this. This ...Read more
Author:Mokoena, Refiloe; Mturi, George AJ; Maritz, Johan; Mateyisi, Mohau; Klein, PieterDate:Jan 2022The reliable performance of roads is crucial for service delivery, and it is a catalyst for domestic and cross-border spatial development. Paved national roads are expected to carry higher traffic volumes over time as a result of urbanization ...Read more
Author:Dunn, M; Nel, V; Van den Berg, S; Van Huyssteen, ElsonaDate:Sep 2023The aim of this paper is to show the potential value of using the constructivist grounded theory (CGT) methodology in the Urban and Regional Planning discipline. This is done by reflecting on the application of the CGT fundamentals defined ...Read more
Author:Rossouw, R; Maritz, JohanDate:Dec 2023South Africa’s historical reliance on mineral resources has established thriving towns and settlements, sustaining households for decades. However, the decline in demand for these resources and mine closures pose significant threats to the ...Read more
Author:Oranje, M; Nel, V; Van Huyssteen, ElsonaDate:Jun 2021A brief history of platinum mining traces the history of Rustenburg and its connection with platinum mining. Using secondary data from academic and media sources, it identifies the origin of many of the region’s conflicts and complexities. ...Read more
Author:Le Roux, Alize; Cooper, Antony K; Ludick, Chantel J; Arnold, Kathryn A; Mans, Gerbrand GDate:Jun 2021This chapter presents the "COVID-19 Vulnerability Dashboard" for South Africa, developed by the CSIR for the National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC). It maps vulnerability to COVID-19 for the whole of South Africa, down to the level of the ...Read more
Author:Van Heerden, Quintin; Van Vuuren, JDate:Dec 2022Sustainable development is at the heart of city planning, and urbanisation plays a central role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Urbanisation, however, is interlaced with existential challenges such as climate change. The ...Read more
Author:Van Niekerk, Cornelia W; Pieterse, Amy; Le Roux, AlizeDate:Jan 2020The Green Book is not a book, but a novel, practical online planning tool to support the adaptation of South African settlements to the impacts of climatic changes and severe events. It provides evidence of current and future (2050) climate ...Read more
Author:Ludick, Chantel J; Van Heerden, QuintinDate:Jul 2022In many countries, including South Africa, data on employment is rarely available on a downscaled level, such as building level, and is only available on less detailed levels, such as municipal level. The aim of this research was to develop ...Read more
Author:Lloyd, CD; Bhatti, S; McLennan, D; Noble, M; Mans, Gerbrand GDate:Jun 2021Capturing the dynamics of population change in urban areas necessitates access to geographically fine-grained and temporally consistent data for several time points. Such data are generally not available and they must be created using standard ...Read more
Author:Molemans, M; Van Leth, F; McKelly, David H; Wood, R; Hermans, SDate:Nov 2022Background: Individuals with a history of tuberculosis (TB) disease are at higher risk of developing a subsequent episode than those without. Considering the role of social and environmental factors in tuberculosis, we assessed neighbourhood-level ...Read more
Author:Maritz, Johan; Oranje, Mark; Van Huyssteen, Elsona; Nel, VernaDate:Jun 2021Over the past 150 years, mining has been one of the most influential shapers of economic activities, social relations, spatial development patterns, power tussles and structures, political questions and debates, institutional structures, and ...Read more
Author:Karsten, Carike; Bean, WL; Van Heerden, QuentinDate:Feb 2023There is a lack of dynamic facility location models for developing countries that consider the changes in the problem environment over time, such as patient population and population migration. Therefore, this paper focuses on using optimization ...Read more
Author:Maritz, Johan; Le Roux, Alize; Van Huyssteen, ElsonaDate:Mar 2024This chapter emphasises the merit of creating a SADC regional settlement profile. It unfolds in three segments: review of regional settlement development trends; spotlight on urban significance and the imperative of a shared settlement profile, ...Read more
Author:Komane, Rebone; Du Plessis, DJ; Van Heerden, QDate:Jul 2023Detailed transport networks providing distance or time measurements are a common way to measure levels of spatial accessibility. An often-overlooked matter is that using a single transport network does not consider how different portions of ...Read more
Author:Maritz, Johan; Mans, Gerbrand G; Ngidi, MawandiDate:Nov 2017Demography according to Matthews (2013, p. 271) is an inherently spatial science, that has not always been widely applied, yet it is critically important when spatial perspectives has to be developed that inform planning and investment ...Read more
Author:Green, Chéri A; Mans, Gerbrand G; Ngidi, Mawande; Sogoni, Zukisa; Martiz, JohanDate:Sep 2016In the search for greater equity, spatial justice and efficiency of service delivery, the concepts of central place, agglomeration, and accessibility, together with GIS principles of catchment analysis, were applied to develop service catchments ...Read more