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Showing 1 to 20 of 41 for “"Cape Metropolitan"”.
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An aggregated sustainability index for the Cape Metropolitan Area
Summary in English
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Birth weight and infant mortality in a Western Cape metropolitan area
The nature of the environment, as well as an infant's weight at birth, constitute the major risk factors associated with infant death. It is for this reason that the infant mortality rate is universally recognized as an important indicator of the health status of children, the efficacy of the …
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An exploration of disaster management in libraries in the greater Cape Metropolitan area
… and public libraries in the Greater Cape Metropolitan Area, which includes the Cape Metropolitan Area and the adjacent Stellenbosch region, and to make recommendations in this regard. A model disaster plan was developed, using the information gained from this study, to act as a …
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An assessment of management practices in Chinese family-owned SMEs in the Cape Metropolitan area
… collected from five Chinese businesses in the Cape Metropolitan area. The emphasis of the project concentrated on the establishment, expansion and growth, ownership and leadership, management structure, the impact of cultural factors and the strategy for the future as well as challenges in …
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Confronting black low cost housing delivery in the Western Cape Metropolitan Area : a critical appraisal
… of the National Housing Policy and the Cape Metropolitan Region is used as a study area. A household survey was carried out in the black low-income residential areas of this region in an effort to determine the actual housing and development needs, perceptions, socio economic …
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An assessment of the viability of labour intensive township development in the Cape Metropolitan Area
… that large township development projects in the Cape Metropolitan Area were undertaken with a purposeful exchange of machines for people. This thesis aims to assess the viability of labour intensive construction methods when applied in township development in the Cape Metropolitan Area. Case …
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Atmospheric deposition of combined nitrogen in the Cape Metropolitan Area: a threat to a species rich ecosystem?
… N deposition to the natural vegetation of the Cape Metropolitan Area (CMA). In the first approach, bulk collectors were constructed and set up at five sites around the CMA in order to trap atmospheric deposition for chemical analysis. In the second approach, moss samples collected from …
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Towards sustainability in South Africa : a study of local government sustainability planning in the Cape Metropolitan Area
… government sustainability planning using the Cape Metropolitan Area (CMA) in South Africa as a case study. A framework for local government sustainability planning is developed based on the current national and local contexts. The proposed framework places the fundamental principles of …
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An investigation of firearm-related injuries and fatalities amongst children in the Cape Metropolitan Area (2001-2006)
Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 74-79).
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The post 1994 challenges facing non-governmental organisations providing services to children in the Cape Metropolitan, South Africa
… (NGOs) providing services to children in the Cape Metropolitan, South Africa in the post 1994 period. Of key concern to this study is how NGOs after the transition to democracy in 1994 are coping with the new structures, legislation and funding challenges. The challenges that these NGOs face …
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Optimisation of water demand management opportunities in non-residential facilities within the Cape Metropolitan Area based on economic efficiency
In 1998, after spending ten years in government business, as an economist in Tanzania, four of which in departments/ministries dealing with environmental and natural resources management in the country, I made a decision to study Environmental Science. This was triggered by the fact that I noticed …
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A comparative study of municipal waste disposal practices and management in the Breede River District Council and the Cape Metropolitan Area
… occur in the Breede River District (BRD) and the Cape Metropolitan Area (CMA).
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A nitrogen budget for the Cape Metropolitan area : is nitrogen enrichment occurring in the soils of remnant patches of lowland fynbos?
… comprising 92 Red Data Book species and 14 Cape Flats endemics. A regional Nitrogen budget was constructed through the collation of existing data for the Cape Metropolitan Area. An NOx inventory has revealed that vehicles emit 66 % of the total NOx emissions into the atmosphere. The maximum …
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An assessment of the capability of the iSLP model of delivery to meet the poverty needs of the Cape Metropolitan Area
The Integrated Serviced Land Project (iSLP) was conceived in 1991 following a spate of incidents of violence in Crossroads and its surroundings in the 1980's and early 1990's. The discussion held at the time between all stakeholders resolved that an end to the violence in the affected areas could …
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The development of a strategic framework for local government transformation with specific reference to water services in the Cape metropolitan area
… to the provision of water services to the metropolitan area of Cape Town. The strategic framework provides a) a means of analysis of existing organizations and their transitional programmes, and b) a means of constructinf a new transformation strategy for an organization, which is both …
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Beneficiary participation in subsidy-based housing development : a comparative case study analysis of three housing projects in the Cape Metropolitan Area
… three subsidy-based housing developments in the Cape Metropolitan Area (CMA) has been undertaken. One of the case studies was a housing project in Philippi East that forms part of the Integrated Serviced Land Project (iSLP), while another was a cross-subsidised housing project that forms part of …
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An investigation of the needs of primary school educators in the Cape Metropolitan area working with learners who have English as a second language
… 2 and 3 educators at government schools in the Cape Metropolitan area working with English-second (or other) language (ESOL) learners, in order to inform the practice of speech-language therapists in meeting these needs.
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Social work as a scarce skill : a study of retention and turnover in government subsidized NGO's with more than five social workers in the Cape Metropolitan area
… in the non-governmental (NGO) sector of the Cape Metropolitan Area, Western Cape, South Africa. While it appears to be much needed in South Africa, social work is known to be a scarce skill with high levels of organisational turnover. The Department of Social Development issued a Draft …
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