Author:Jansen van Vuuren, A; Jansen van Vuuren, J; Venter, SDate:Jul 2012Many theorists refer to the "digital revolution" when they refer to social media and new media technologies. Internet use can also aid journalists in the mainstream media to improve their traditional reporting in terms of speed and feedback. ...Read more
Author:Labuschagne, C; Brent, ACDate:May 2007Industries are increasingly under pressure to incorporate the objectives of sustainable development into company policies and decision-making processes. This study introduces a framework of sustainability assessment criteria that are relevant ...Read more
Author:Haywood, Lorren K; De Wet, BenitaDate:Aug 2009This paper presents a theoretical framework for planning for sustainability for any proposed development project. The objective of this framework is to foster and preserve the social ecological system in which the proposed development project ...Read more
Author:Govender, K; Hounsome, RS; Weaver, AVDate:Sep 2006Sustainability Assessment is a recent addition to the environmental assessment toolbox that is not currently applied in South Africa in any formal way. However, there appear to be remarkable similarities between what is commonly proposed as ...Read more
Author:Brent, AC; Van Erck, RPG; Labuschagne, CDate:May 2007Sustainability Cost Accounting (SCA) procedure has been introduced it expresses the impacts on sustainable development associated with a developed technology, by means of a common financial denominator. This paper uses a case study to demonstrate ...Read more
Author:Brent, AC; Van Erck, RPG; Labuschagne, CDate:Nov 2006The development and management of new technologies is fundamental to the manufacturing sector as a core operational initiative. Managers of a new technology are increasingly pressurised to consider the economic, environmental, and social ...Read more
Author:Mabila, J; van Biljon, J; Herselman, Martha EDate:Oct 2017The application of mobile technology integration in schools has been widely researched. However, only a few studies have extensively examined the sustainability of mobile technology integration in resource-constrained environments. Diverse ...Read more
Author:De Jager, Peta; De Jager, PetaDate:Dec 2021The coronavirus pandemic took the world by surprise in 2020. The virus created a dire need for new processes and interventions that needed to be adapted, adopted and proven. Although Covid-19 has been dominating all local and global ...Read more
Author:De Jager, PetaDate:Jan 2024Given that cement is the third most utilized material following sand and water and its manufacture contributes an estimated 6% of global anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions, there is a need to consider recyclability, life cycle environmental ...Read more
Author:De Jager, PetaDate:Jun 2021This, the second Sustainability Handbook, sees the world still in the reactionary grip of the coronavirus. Uncertainty in South Africa continues amidst the emergence of a third wave, lingering lockdown and the promise of widely accessible ...Read more
Author:De Jager, PetaDate:Mar 2023Climate change mitigation and adaptation is at the forefront of the reasons why cities need to refocus environmental sustainability to cater for the foreseeable impacts. With the need to move towards sustainable cities, the world is shifting ...Read more
Author:De Jager, PetaDate:Sep 2023Polycrisis, a term initially coined by the French philosopher Edgar Morin and later popularised by historian Adam Tooze, haracterises a situation where multiple crises converge and interact, creating a complex and interconnected challenge. ...Read more
Author:De Jager, PetaDate:Dec 2022The South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) recently published its latest infrastructure report card. Unsurprisingly, the findings reflected that in many instances our infrastructure assets are in poor and worsening shape. At ...Read more
Author:De Jager, PetaDate:Mar 2023Climate change mitigation and adaptation is at the forefront of the reasons why cities need to refocus environmental sustainability to cater for the foreseeable impacts. With the need to move towards sustainable cities, the world is shifting ...Read more
Author:Oyesola, M; Mathe, Ntombizodwa R; Mpofu, K; Fatoba, SDate:May 2018Ever changing products, technology and competition make manufacturing a challenging task with respect to responding to market opportunities. A key technology exploited for revolutionary change in the phase of manufacturing competitiveness is ...Read more
Author:Gibberd, Jeremy TDate:Nov 2020There is a need to provide emergency accommodation for households in the event of a disaster such as flooding. In South Africa, this is catered for in the National Housing Code developed by the Department of Human Settlements in 2009. Since ...Read more
Author:Mapako, MC; Musvoto, Constansia DDate:Nov 2008The global development agenda has become increasingly focused on poverty reduction in response to the dire state of the populations of most developing country populations, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. At the top of the United Nations ...Read more
Author:Kuchena, JC; Usiri, PDate:Nov 2009Advanced Construction Technologies (ACTs) are set to become the sustainable mainstay of the construction industry due to the demand for innovative housing solutions. Like most emerging economies, South Africa from a historical perspective and ...Read more
Author:Barjis, J; Kolfschoten, G; Maritz, JohanDate:Dec 2013In developing countries, especially where a large proportion of the population still resides in rural areas, healthcare access and delivery are often poor, and can potentially benefit from innovative service models and supporting technologies. ...Read more
Author:Van Wyk, Llewellyn VDate:Apr 2010Ecological building is building in a manner that integrates the ecological, cultural, economic and political elements of social-ecological systems in an effort to define sustainability in a rapidly changing world. Ecological building is ...Read more