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A sustainable delivery approach for peri-urban and rural areas.
(2004)
Challenges of implementing Integrated Development programmes can be seen in the difficulty in aligning different departmental budgets and processes in the implementation phase of projects. This has had many implications ...
Monitoring the health of the rivers of the Durban Metropolitan Area using fresh water invertebrates. A pilot study.
(2002)
This document is aimed at all parties involved with conservation, planning and
management of rivers within the Greater Durban Metropolitan Area, South Africa.
The intentions of this study were to provide information on ...
Environmental study of the rehabilitation of the Monze-Zimba Road in Zambia.
(2001)
It is very unfortunate that despite laws that require adequate incorporation and
integration of environmental concerns at all phases of the economic developmental
projects in Zambia, the research findings of this ...
Rural road maintenance through labour-based lengthmen system in Zambia.
(2000)
Rural road maintenance has received little or no attention in Zambia for a long time,
resulting in an adverse impact on the economy. Meanwhile Road Authorities have
continued to use traditional capital-intensive periodic ...
Characterisation and management of landfill emissions under a sub- tropical climate using full-scale landfill cells.
(2002)
It is now widely understood that landfills, compnslng municipal solid wastes, typically
undergo biological degradation processes in what are referred to as Bio-Reactor Landfills.
These microbiological processes cause the ...
An investigation into the technical feasibility of using vegetated submerged bed constructed wetlands for the treatment of landfill leachate.
(2003)
Landfill leachate treatment in South Africa is still in its early stages; research has been conducted but primarily at pilot scale level. Current legislation in South Africa does not
prohibit the discharge of landfill ...
Gaseous and particulate emissions.
(2000)
The need to limit sulphur dioxide, nitrous oxides and particulate matter emissions
from fossil fuel combustion processes is now a major factor in the design,
construction and operation of plants. Over the past 5 to 10 ...
Experimental cadmium contamination of the echinoid Stomopneustes variolaris (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) : influence of dosage and distribution of the metal in the organism.
(2002)
Cd levels were measured in three different body compartments of the echinoid
Stomopneustes variolaris after exposure to concentrations of 5 ug 1l, 20 ug 1l and 50 ug
1l Cd for a period of two weeks. The body compartments ...
The impact of the affirmative procurement policy on affirmable business enterprises in the South African construction industry.
(2000)
The construction industry in South Africa is envisaged to play a pivotal role in the reconstruction of the
South African economy, via the delivery of economic and social infrastructure. The skewed ownership I
patterns ...
Application of digital imaging in measuring cross track drift of vessels entering a port.
(2002)
Durban is the busiest container port in Africa and there are plans for significant expansion during the next few years. This expansion includes the widening of the port entrance channel to accommodate larger "post-panamax" ...