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A participatory GIS approach to flood risk assessment of informal settlements the case of Cape Town

open access: yes, 2012
Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references.Rural-urban migrations have contributed to the steady increase in the population of Cape Town.
Musungu, Kevin
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‘Let's talk about the weather’: The activist curriculum and global climate change education

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Activist movements have garnered significant global attention on a range of sustainability issues, often involving collectives of citizens coming together. Invoked is the idea of citizens informed to act, emerging not from a common‐sense understanding of everyday life, but rather from a deep political understanding of the world—one that is ...
Richard Pountney
wiley   +1 more source

Metropolitan municipal government for greater Cape Town

open access: yes, 1982
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 480-496).The idea of this thesis was conceived as a result of experiences with the deprived areas of Greater cape Town.
Craythorne, D L
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Is the well‐known phrase ‘small is beautiful’ true of small transnational education institutions?

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The purpose of this research is to consider the potential attractiveness of operating a small international branch campus (IBC). Drawing upon resource‐based and legitimacy theories, we examine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats associated with the business model that is based on having a small institution size.
Stephen Wilkins, Joe Hazzam
wiley   +1 more source

The prospect of providing low-income medium density housing in developing countries : problems and opportunities with special reference to Cape Town, South Africa

open access: yes, 2001
Includes bibliography.It is thus proposed in this thesis that low-income medium-density developments, located appropriately in inner city areas to kick-start settlements that are integrated, compact and promote mixed land uses, as well as aspiring ...
Awe, Temitope Abidemi
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How do secondary schools in England talk about modern languages? A corpus‐assisted discourse analysis of school websites

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Situating the study within an ecological perspective on language education, this article examines how secondary schools in England present Modern Languages (MLs) on official school websites. Focusing on 44 schools in Local Authorities with the lowest percentage average entry for the Languages pillar of the EBacc, we built a text database ...
Zhu Hua, Yunpeng Du, Elin Arfon
wiley   +1 more source

An investigation into the methodology of mini-bus taxi data collection as part of the current public transport record : a case study of Stellenbosch in the Western Cape

open access: yes, 2009
Includes summary.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 80-82).The Cape Winelands District Municipality in Stellenbosch, Cape Town, commissioned Pendulum Consulting to undertake a planning study for a public transport tourism service in their area ...
Gaibe, Haniefa
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Falling pupil numbers and school closures: Setting a research agenda for a new era of precarity

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the significant phenomenon of decreasing pupil numbers in England due to lower birth rates and the impact of a school closure on a school community. It then discusses how the sociology of education might research this major issue.
Eleanor Fagan, Alice Bradbury
wiley   +1 more source

Opportunities for learning amidst concerns of misuse: Secondary teachers' uses and perceptions of artificial intelligence

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Artificial intelligence (AI) has a growing influence on planning, teaching and assessment practices in education. In New Zealand, the Ministry of Education (2024) has acknowledged AI's expanding role in schools; nevertheless, limited data exist on teachers' practices and perspectives regarding its implementation.
Mohammed Tashmeer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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