With over 2 billion metric tons generated annually, global solid waste production has severe environmental consequences. Although it is not a primary Sustainable Development Goal, effective solid waste management (SWM) is ...
Khan, Zakkiya; Konigk, Raymund; Du Plessis, Chrisna(Springer, 2024-05)
Retail design authenticity has seen global brands expressing a growing interest in unique as opposed to standardised expressions of store design. To express authenticity, global brands may opt for localised retail store ...
BACKGROUND : Chronic non-communicable disease comorbidities are a major problem faced by people living with HIV (PLHIV). Obesity is an important factor contributing to such comorbidities and PLHIV face an elevated risk of ...
Engemann, Kristine; Breed, Christina A.; Brom, Peta; Pasgaard, Maya(Springer, 2024-06)
Rapid urbanization is projected for African cities at the cost of urban green space, which could jeopardize biodiversity and human benefits. Studies focusing specifically on human–green space relationships in the Global ...
A cursory glance at Italian Renaissance gardens reveals that they are populated by the beings of classical mythology. Venus, Apollo, Pegasus, Hercules, … are frozen figures in stone that have come to characterise the ...
The gardens of the Renaissance are well known for being populated by the gods and settings of Classical mythology — an iconographic tradition that originated in the cult sanctuaries of Ancient Greece and transplanted to ...
K’oyoo, Edwin; Breed, Christina A.(University of the Free State, 2024)
There have been limited efforts in using collective memory in representing public spaces and implementing urban renewal projects to maintain uniqueness. This article aims to investigate the role of urban landscape in ...
Kuipers, Marieke; Clarke, Nicholas John(Stichting OpenAccess, 2023-06-15)
In South Africa, the Dutch architect P.S. Dijkstra/
Dykstra (1884-1968) is considered an important innovator
in Protestant church design. Yet his work gets
barely a mention in Dutch historiography. His early
twentieth-century ...
Sandrock, Brian Allan Theodor(University of Pretoria, 1960)
This thesis concerns the education of
arci1itects, with one of its chosen objects to bring
into focus a particular aspect of a broad contemporary
problem - the reconciliation of technology and the
spirit. Indeed it ...
Loots (neé van Schalkwyk), Kylah-Brunhilde(University of Pretoria, 2023-08-01)
Urban Digital Twins (UDTs) have huge potential to initiate change but are not yet mature enough to be useable since many aspects of cities, such as social fabric, still need to be integrated within the models. In response ...
Prinsloo, Johan Nel(University of Pretoria, 2024-04-17)
This thesis introduces ‘topomythopoiesis’ as a distinct genre of landscape place-making that deliberately evokes myths.
A theoretical framework was developed to elucidate the relationship between myths and the gardens ...
Use of effective treatments and management programs is leading to longer survival of people with diabetes. This, in combination with obesity, is thus contributing to a rise in people living with more than one condition, ...
In this paper, we lean on experiences from South Africa as a point of departure for discussing
the unrealized potentials and complications of applying collaborative, transformative
citizen science (CS). We first show the ...
Globally extreme weather events are experienced most acutely in cities. While formal
settlements can respond to such events, informal settlements are often vulnerable and illprepared.
Sub-Saharan Africa is rapidly ...
Multifunctional green infrastructure, a key component of compact sustainable cities, is challenged
by the pressures associated with rapid urbanization. In this paper, we present a method
that uses remote sensing, GIS ...
K'oyoo, Edwin Oluoch; Breed, Christina A.(University of the Free State, 2023-12)
Urban renewal is undertaken to respond to the physical deterioration of built
forms in postcolonial Africa, with renewal works affecting current cities’ identities.
Globalisation trends have cities striving to be unique, ...
Molebatsi, John Kagiso(University of Pretoria, 2023-08)
The practice of traditional medicine, in its various forms and to varying degrees, has always been an integral part of the majority of South African’s lives. Among indigenous people, the practice of traditional medicine ...
Du Plessis, Tania(University of Pretoria, 2023-12)
Globally, researchers advocate the potential of green infrastructure applications to contribute to inclusive, safe and sustainable cities as captured by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal number 11. Socio-economic ...
K'oyoo, Edwin Oluoch(University of Free State, 2023-12)
Photo-elicitation interviews (PEIs) have been used in
landscape studies with the aim of eliciting participant
opinions through memories and feelings associated
with images. PEI was used in this study to identify
and ...