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Browsing Research Articles (Town and Regional Planning) by Author "Du Toit, Jacques Louis"
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Du Toit, Jacques Louis
(Routledge, 2016-05)
The 2010 Western Cape graduate destination survey utilised a sequential mixedmode
design in which an initial web survey was augmented with an equivalent
telephonic survey. This article examines mode effect in the Western ...
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Pieterse, Amy; Du Toit, Jacques Louis; Van Niekerk, Willemien
(Routledge, 2021)
This article reflects on the role of urban planning in climate change adaptation and the role of planning instruments in facilitating the mainstreaming of climate change adaptation. An analytical framework is introduced ...
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Wagner, Claire; Du Toit, Jacques Louis
(Routledge, 2020)
Experiential learning is touted as an effective way of imparting research skills. This suggests that master’s students undergoing training in research psychology should be exposed to managing projects and supervising ...
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Du Toit, Jacques Louis; Wagner, Claire
(MDPI Publishing, 2018-04-17)
Gated communities is a growing phenomenon in South Africa and abroad. The enclosed
and private nature of gated communities poses certain challenges to recycling. Using the Theory
of Planned Behaviour, we examine the ...
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Du Toit, Jacques Louis; Wagner, Claire
(Emerald, 2020-12)
PURPOSE : The purpose of this article is to examine the effect of housing type, relative to demographics, on householders' self-reported recycling across low-, medium- and high-density housing without recycling facilities ...
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Du Toit, Jacques Louis; Kraak, Andre; Favish, Judy; Fletcher, Lizelle
(Routledge, 2014)
Current literature proposes several strategies for improving response rates to
student evaluation surveys. Graduate destination surveys pose the difficulty of
tracing graduates years later when their contact details may ...
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Du Toit, Jacques Louis
(Sasol Library, University of the Free State, 2007-05)
This article raises the question whether spatial integration is socially sustainable in a South African context. This is an important question given that settlements remain socially unsustainable despite several years of ...
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Du Toit, Jacques Louis
(Taylor & Francis, 2010-03)
This article examines metropolitan government responses to homelessness in South Africa, including the context of responses, preparedness to respond, factors influencing responses, shelter locations, and homeless persons’ ...
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Du Toit, Jacques Louis
(Sasol Library, University of the Free State, 2010-05)
Planning knowledge is increasingly contested while publication pressure on supervisors and their students is mounting. Given these challenges, to what extent has the methodological rigour of South African master's and ...
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Du Toit, Jacques Louis; Boshoff, Nelius; Mariette, Niclesse
(Sage, 2017)
What methodologies do we write about, and what type of research do we actually conduct and build upon in planning? Since the 1980s, planners have argued for more qualitative research within an interpretative paradigm. A ...
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Wagner, Claire; Du Toit, Jacques Louis
(American Psychological Association, 2019-02)
Although literature on interdisciplinary training has shown some promise for enabling students to cross disciplinary barriers, little is known about how being mentors to near-peers in other disciplines could initiate ...
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Landman, Karina; Du Toit, Jacques Louis
(University of the Free State, Department of Town and Regional Planning, 2014)
Medium-density mixed-housing is promoted in various countries as a means toward creating more sustainable settlements. It does, however, require residents to live closer to their neighbours, share outdoor spaces, and be ...
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Du Toit, Jacques Louis; Wagner, Claire; Fletcher, Lizelle
(MDPI Publishing, 2017-11-18)
Although social factors affecting recycling have been widely researched, the effect of spatial and physical factors posed by medium-density housing, such as townhouses, is less understood. Using the Theory of Planned ...
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Du Toit, Jacques Louis; Mouton, Johann
(Routledge, 2013)
This article presents a typology of designs for social research in the built environment.
Currently there is no such typology, while the notion of ‘research
design’ is less known in the built environment compared to the ...