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A review of trends in scientific coverage of water governance in South Africa and what this means for agenda-setting of public investment in water governance R&D

A review of global trends in water governance reveals a paradigm dominated by political and institutional change which becomes increasingly aligned with global shifts towards sustainability and also ... , South Africa's water governance dynamics have evolved through a period of considerable socio-political change marked by inequitable resource allocation and water scarcity. This paper presents the results

Private sector impact investment in water purification infrastructure in South Africa: a qualitative analysis of opportunities and barriers

chain and water provision system. Participants identified more barriers than opportunities and were mainly concerned about the lack of lifecycle support, the possibility of political interference and low ... become even more important. Keywords: impact investing, barriers, opportunities, water purification infrastructure, investment ready deals, political interference     INTRODUCTION In the time it

Lessons learned from operating a pre-commercialisation field-testing platform for innovative non-sewered sanitation in Durban, South Africa

political support and for enabling access to testing sites. It is noted that working in communities, with test sites in public spaces, requires technical and social sensitivity to context. It was important to ... services in the community, management contributions to running the platform and facilitating political support, and free use of space at municipal sites for storage and testing. The support from EWS was

Extending the HELP approach through the system harmonisation philosophy

integrative framework for extending HELP in irrigated catchments across the globe. The 'System Harmonisation' philosophy seeks to identify business opportunities for irrigators to become an integral part of an

Are Hospital Efficiency and Quality of Care Affordable without External Revenue?

generation. From this study, five themes emerged: working within the fiscal reality, the impact of the political environment, the focus on the mission, nongovernment revenue generation, and opportunities for ... complex systemic and political changes. However, the question remains as to what hospitals should do while waiting for changes to occur. The answer lay in generating revenue in a complementary fashion

Are Hospital Efficiency and Quality of Care Affordable without External Revenue?

generation. From this study, five themes emerged: working within the fiscal reality, the impact of the political environment, the focus on the mission, nongovernment revenue generation, and opportunities for ... complex systemic and political changes. However, the question remains as to what hospitals should do while waiting for changes to occur. The answer lay in generating revenue in a complementary fashion

Forward osmosis treatment of thermal evaporator brine stream

) connected to the DELTA V system to monitor the water flux through the membrane. This analytical balance was used when a constant feed and constant draw solution philosophy was simulated (discussed in detail

Reflections on the history of aquatic science in South Africa with particular reference to the period after 1994

-political environment. We situate aquatic science within a research question to explore why aquatic science has developed in the manner it has done, providing some of the broader environment of political ... some of the broader environment of political change, access to funding, the relevance of particular research themes at different times, and the research agenda of some prominent individual scientists. We

Reflections on the history of aquatic science in South Africa with particular reference to the period after 1994

-political environment. We situate aquatic science within a research question to explore why aquatic science has developed in the manner it has done, providing some of the broader environment of political ... some of the broader environment of political change, access to funding, the relevance of particular research themes at different times, and the research agenda of some prominent individual scientists. We

Aquatic invasive species rapid response planning partnerships in the Lake Champlain basin: Bridging international, political, social, and economic gaps

to control the introduction, spread, and impact of non-native invasive species in order to preserve the biological and ecological integrity of the Lake Champlain ecosystem independent of political ... ' concerns, provides options, fosters inter-jurisdictional cooperation, and considers social, economic, and political impacts of invasive species management. The rapid response planning process identifies lead

Aquatic invasive species rapid response planning partnerships in the Lake Champlain basin: Bridging international, political, social, and economic gaps

to control the introduction, spread, and impact of non-native invasive species in order to preserve the biological and ecological integrity of the Lake Champlain ecosystem independent of political ... ' concerns, provides options, fosters inter-jurisdictional cooperation, and considers social, economic, and political impacts of invasive species management. The rapid response planning process identifies lead

Multiple criteria decision analysis for sanitation selection in South African municipalities

values, representing changes in stakeholder involvement, resource recovery and political support for ecological sanitation. The MCDA was found to provide a guiding framework for municipal engineers in ... correctly. However, in 2015 EWS called for tenders for an emptying service in response to political pressure for equity between users of UDDTs and VIPs. Gounden and Buckley (2009) reported that the UDDT

Multiple criteria decision analysis for sanitation selection in South African municipalities

values, representing changes in stakeholder involvement, resource recovery and political support for ecological sanitation. The MCDA was found to provide a guiding framework for municipal engineers in ... correctly. However, in 2015 EWS called for tenders for an emptying service in response to political pressure for equity between users of UDDTs and VIPs. Gounden and Buckley (2009) reported that the UDDT

Assessment of long-term water demand for the Mgeni system using Water Evaluation and Planning (WEAP) model considering demographics and extended dry climate periods

transboundary water resources in the Hadeja Jama'are River Basin which is a very complex situation due to political conflicts in the region of the Tiga Dam (Mohammed et al., 2020). Furthermore, WEAP was used to

An evaluation of three evapotranspiration models to determine water fluxes over hillslopes encroached by invasive alien plants in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

from perennial springs arising from the fractured rock aquifers. As the wattle is of limited economic value and not generally consumed by livestock, there is a strong ecological and political agenda

Questioning the Nation: Ambivalent Narratives in Le Retour au désert by Bernard-Marie Koltès

must develop the traditional philosophy of French national understanding as defined by Jules Michelet, Maurice Barrès, and Ernst Renan, three thinkers credited with developing the specifically French ... Michelet is a key figure for this philosophy, and he argues that French history begins with the formalization of the French language. As he notes in his History of France, “The history of France begins with

Establishing an economically and biologically sustainable and viable inland fisheries sector in South Africa - pitfalls of "path dependence

(FAO, 2020; Gutierrez et al., 2016; Hara and Njaya, 2016; Africa Progress Panel, 2014, Tweddle et al., 2015; Béné et al., 2010), because of the political pressure not to be seen as victimising the rural ... approach used under colonialism (Malasha, 2003). In most instances, the open-access approach was also preferred from a political developmentalist and welfarist approach (Hara and Njaya, 2016; Nunan, 2014

Establishing an economically and biologically sustainable and viable inland fisheries sector in South Africa - pitfalls of "path dependence

(FAO, 2020; Gutierrez et al., 2016; Hara and Njaya, 2016; Africa Progress Panel, 2014, Tweddle et al., 2015; Béné et al., 2010), because of the political pressure not to be seen as victimising the rural ... approach used under colonialism (Malasha, 2003). In most instances, the open-access approach was also preferred from a political developmentalist and welfarist approach (Hara and Njaya, 2016; Nunan, 2014

Establishing an economically and biologically sustainable and viable inland fisheries sector in South Africa - pitfalls of "path dependence

(FAO, 2020; Gutierrez et al., 2016; Hara and Njaya, 2016; Africa Progress Panel, 2014, Tweddle et al., 2015; Béné et al., 2010), because of the political pressure not to be seen as victimising the rural ... approach used under colonialism (Malasha, 2003). In most instances, the open-access approach was also preferred from a political developmentalist and welfarist approach (Hara and Njaya, 2016; Nunan, 2014

Establishing an economically and biologically sustainable and viable inland fisheries sector in South Africa - pitfalls of "path dependence

(FAO, 2020; Gutierrez et al., 2016; Hara and Njaya, 2016; Africa Progress Panel, 2014, Tweddle et al., 2015; Béné et al., 2010), because of the political pressure not to be seen as victimising the rural ... approach used under colonialism (Malasha, 2003). In most instances, the open-access approach was also preferred from a political developmentalist and welfarist approach (Hara and Njaya, 2016; Nunan, 2014