scholarly journals Priority water research questions for South Africa developed through participatory processes

Water SA ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 199 ◽  
Author(s):  
RM Siebrits ◽  
K Winter ◽  
J Barnes ◽  
MC Dent ◽  
M Ginster ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Water Research ◽  
Participatory Processes ◽  
Research Questions

Children and Participation in South Africa: An Overview

2008 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 327-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Moses
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Current Policy ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Participatory Processes ◽  
Children’S Participation ◽  
Children's Participation

AbstractThis paper examines the current policy and practice around children's participation in South Africa. By situating the analysis from the perspective of the socio-economic and normative context within South Africa the paper critiques current typologies of children's participation for focusing too narrowly on processes internal to participatory processes. The paper argues that theorisations of children's participation need to take account of the range of activities which are labelled as children's participation and interrogate issues around who gets to participate and why, what the purposes of the participation are and under what conditions it is possible. This requires examining participatory processes and the children involved in them in relation to adult actors within and beyond the process as well as in relation to broader socio-political and economic environments.

(Transport) history as policy lab for democratic governance

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 270-280
Author(s):  
Bert Toussaint
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Deliberative Democracy ◽  
Environment Impact ◽  
Environment Impact Assessment ◽  
Planning Framework ◽  
Participatory Processes ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The Impact

In the past decades we witnessed a rise of public participation in transport and land-use projects, and often those practices have been formalised in a solid juridical framework. In the Netherlands and other EU-countries, the cornerstones of this participatory planning framework are the Environmental Impact Study and the Environment Impact Assessment. However, historical appraisals of the impact of these instruments on participatory processes are lacking. Using the case study of the contested Dutch motorway project passing through the Amelisweerd forest (1970s), this paper aims to appraise the role of deliberative democracy concepts and practices. This paper is a plea for a novel academic agenda driven by the research questions: to what extent have participatory processes in transport, land-use and water management policies had an impact on deliberative democracy concepts and practices? Which role did citizens and users have in shaping the decision-making process?

scholarly journals Research into health, population and social transitions in rural South Africa: Data and methods of the Agincourt Health and Demographic Surveillance System1

2007 ◽  
Vol 35 (69_suppl) ◽  
pp. 8-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen Kahn ◽  
Stephen M. Tollman ◽  
Mark A. Collinson ◽  
Samuel J. Clark ◽  
Rhian Twine ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Population Change ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Social Transitions ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Basic Characteristics ◽  
The Impact

Rationale for study: Vital registration is generally lacking in infrastructurally weak areas where health and development problems are most pressing. Health and demographic surveillance is a response to the lack of a valid information base that can provide high-quality longitudinal data on population dynamics, health, and social change to inform policy and practice. Design and measurement procedures: Continuous demographic monitoring of an entire geographically defined population involves a multi-round, prospective community study, with annual recording of all vital events (births, deaths, migrations). Status observations and special modules add value to particular research areas. A verbal autopsy is conducted on every death to determine its probable cause. A geographic surveillance system supports spatial analyses, and strengthens field management. Population and sample size considerations: Health and demographic surveillance covers the Agincourt sub-district population, sited in rural north-eastern South Africa, of some 70,000 people (nearly a third are Mozambican immigrants) in 21 villages and 11,700 households. Data enumerated are consistent or more detailed when compared with national sources; strategies to improve incomplete data, such as counts of perinatal deaths, have been introduced with positive effect. Basic characteristics: A major health and demographic transition was documented over a 12-year period with marked changes in population structure, escalating mortality, declining fertility, and high levels of temporary migration increasing particularly amongst women. A dual burden of infectious and non-communicable disease exists against a background of dramatically progressing HIV/AIDS. Potential and research questions: Health and demographic surveillance sites — fundamental to the INDEPTH Network — generate research questions and hypotheses from empirical data, highlight health, social and population priorities, provide cost-effective support for diverse study designs, and track population change and the impact of interventions over time.

scholarly journals Dual Use School Community Libraries

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Genevieve Hart
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
School Library ◽  
School Community ◽  
Dual Use ◽  
Remote Region ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Community Libraries ◽  
Recent Government

The paper describes a case study of a group of six dual use school community libraries in one remote region of South Africa. The recent government sponsored LIS Transformation Charter has placed a spotlight on the backlogs in school library provision. The study, conducted in April 2009, investigates if shared libraries might help fill gaps and, if so, under what conditions. The background, research questions, methodology and site are described but only an outline of possible findings are provided here. A fuller picture will be ready for the IASL conference in September.

scholarly journals ‘Transnational Identities of the Global South Asian Diaspora in Australia, Canada, Aotearoa New Zealand, and South Africa, 1900s-1940s’

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-77
Author(s):  
Jatinder Mann ◽  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Predominantly White ◽  
South Asian ◽  
South Asian Diaspora ◽  
Transnational Identities ◽  
Asian Diaspora ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Asian Identity ◽  
Research Questions

This article addresses two key research questions: 1. Was the rhetoric about the equality of all British subjects adopted by South Asian migrants in the British Empire’s self-governing Dominions in the first half of the twentieth century? and 2. Did the experience of living in predominantly white countries encourage migrants from the Punjab and other regions in South Asia to adopt a common pan-South Asian identity? It explores these two research questions with each of the four countries of the focus of this article in turn, before making some comparisons.

scholarly journals An overview of global layered intrusions, with a special focus on the Bushveld Complex, South Africa

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
W.D. Maier ◽  
◽  
Qun-Ke Xia ◽  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Bushveld Complex ◽  
Ore Deposits ◽  
Reactive Flow ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Potential Importance ◽  
Layered Intrusions ◽  
Merensky Reef ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Water Contents

Layered intrusions host some of the world’s most important ore deposits, yet their global distribution, age, and petrogenesis remain poorly known. Here we provide an update on our current understanding and highlight some key outstanding research questions, notably on the potential importance of reactive flow. We present some preliminary data on water contents of Bushveld orthopyroxenes from which we calculated the water contents of the magma. The analysed Bushveld rocks, including the Merensky Reef, crystallised from relatively water-poor magma, similar to many other continental basalts.

The removal of litter from stormwater conduits in the developing world

1999 ◽  
Vol 39 (9) ◽  
pp. 277-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. P. Armitage ◽  
A. Rooseboom
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Exponential Growth ◽  
Drainage System ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Less Developed Countries ◽  
Substantial Agreement ◽  
Water Research ◽  
Independent Investigation ◽  
Water Courses ◽  
Laboratory Investigations

As the less developed countries (LDC's) become more developed, they have experienced an exponential growth in the production of urban litter. Unfortunately few of these countries have the infrastructure to cope with the removal of this litter, and as a result it tends to end up in the water courses. Grids cannot be placed over stormwater inlets for fear of blockage and consequential flooding. Once the litter has entered the drainage system it is difficult to remove. This paper summarises the results of three years of laboratory investigations sponsored by the Water Research Commission of South Africa into the movement of urban litter through potential trapping structures. The results show substantial agreement with those of an independent investigation carried out in Australia. It concludes that declined self-cleaning screens show the greatest promise for the removal of urban litter from most stormwater conduits and streams in the LDC's.

scholarly journals Water research paradigm shifts in South Africa

2014 ◽  
Vol 110 (5/6) ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raymond Siebrits ◽  
Kevin Winter ◽  
Inga Jacobs
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Research Paradigm ◽  
Paradigm Shifts ◽  
Water Research
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