ABSTRACTS SELECTED FOR ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Theme 1 - Development within the Built Environment

Name Institute/Org Abstract Title

Tasmi Quazi

Asiye Etafuleni Inclusion Of Waste Pickers Into National And Local Government Plans

Motlokoa David Makhoabenyane & Kevin Duffy

DUT A Study Of The Determinants Of Migration To South African Inner Cities Using System Dynamics

Mrs BYC Mvuyana

MUT The Impact Of Rural-Urban Migration On The Demand For Housing In The Urban Areas

Olayemi Bakre (previously Theme 4) DUT Impact Of Water Scarcity On Rural Development: A Case Study Of Inchanga

Dave Pons (Previously Them 4) MUT Banana Pyramid scheme in Umlazi (MUT)

Theme 2 - Localising Economic Development and Job Creation

Name Institute/Org Abstract Title

Errol Douwes and Kathryn Terblanche

eThekwini Working For Ecosystems Programme - eThekwini Municipality

Dr Anneline Chetty eThekwini SMMES: A Public Or Private Affair!!

Caili Forrest eThekwini Jobs, Jobs, Jobs! : Monitoring Employment In The ethekwini Municipality

Nyasha Mboti UKZN Durban as a Film City’ Project: A collaborative UKZN and Durban Film Office (DFO) partnership for researching the extent of Durban’s ‘film-friendliness’

Ms NF Mkhizeand Prof BC Mubangizi UKZN The Impact of the expanded Public Works Programme: A case Study of eThekwini Municipality

Jennifer Houghton

UKZN Development In Context: An Exploration Of How Leaders, Locally Embedded Capital, And Networks Influence Durban’s Public Private Partnerships And Their Urban Interventions.

Linda Mbonambi

eThekwini Local Economic Development (LED) or Community Economic Development (CED): A case of the Inanda, Ntuzuma, KwaMashu (INK) region of eThekwini Municipality, Durban

Tasmi Quazi

Asiye Etafuleni Municipal Approaches To Incorporating The Informal Economy Into The Urban Fabric

Ndwakhulu Tshishonga

UKZN Reducing Dependncy And Promoting Localised Economic Development Through Co-Op Model At Cato Manor: A Compartaive Advantage

Theme 3 - Natural Environment, Climate Change, Water and Energy

Name Institute/Org Abstract Title

Bheka Nxele, Errol Douwes and Rael Hughes

eThekwini Working on Fire Programme - eThekwini Municipality

Errol Douwes and Nicci Diederichs eThekwini Buffelsdraai Landfill Site Community Reforestation Programme - eThekwini Municipality

Dr Andrew Mather eThekwini Coastal Zone Management And Rising Sea Levels

Dr Angela James UKZN Student Research and Service-Learning for Community Enhancement: Case studies

SK Sheena Kumari DUT Microbial Population Database- A Tool for Evaluating Bnr Processes In Kwazulu Natal

Mutanda T and Bux F DUT Environmental and Technical Evaluation of the Dual Use of Microalgae for Municipal Wastewater Bioremediation and Sustainable Biofuel Production

Derek Morgan eThekwini Addressing the Challenges of Energy Efficiency Demand Side Management - A Municipal Perspective

Ntandoyenkosi Malusi Mkhize UKZN Potential Amounts Of Biomass Available For Biorefinery Processing In South Africa

Theme 4 - Fostering Governance and Local Government Responsiveness

Name Institute/Org Abstract Title

Bongumusa Zondo eThekwini Engaging Children on What Matters the most is not Childrens’ Play–Lessons from Glenwood and Lovu

Bongumusa Zondo eThekwini Creating, Leading and Facilitating Change – Institutionalisation of eThekwini Long-Term Development Plan

L.F Ntuli MUT Community Participation In The Implementation Of The Integrated Development Plan With Reference To Inanda Township In The Province Of Kwazulu-Natal

Qhubokuhle Dlamini UKZN Functions of our Local Government under the New Framework and Chapter 3 of the Constitution

Udo Averweg eThekwini Towards A Municipal Information Society: ethekwini Municipality’s Metro©Onnect Project

Dr Ivan Govender DUT Monitoring And Evaluation In Municipalities: A Case Study Of KwaZulu -

Natal

Dr. Nobubele Potwana, UKZN Integrating Employee Assistance Programmes With Organisational Citizenship Behaviour

Fayth Ruffin UKZN Municipal Internationalism in Metropolitan eThekwini

Brian O’Leary, Lengolo, M. eThekwini Public Satisfaction With Services In Durban

Theme 5 - Health

Name Institute/Org Abstract Title

K Asharam UKZN Ambient Pollution and Birth Outcomes

Prishah Narsai eThekwini Variations in Housing satisfaction and health status in Four Lower socio-economic Housing Typologies in a South African Metropolitan City

Dudu Sokhela DUT Assessment Of The Experiences Of Users Of The Fast Queue

In Selected Primary Health Care Facilities, In The eThekwini Municipality.

Sheena Muttoo

UKZN A Framework For Land Use Regression Model Development To Determine Exposure Among Pregnant Women In Durban

Thembelihle Sylvia Patience Ngxongo DUT Factors Influencing Implementation of Basic Ante Natal Care Programme In Primary Health Care Clinics In eThekwini District, Kwazulu-Natal

Firoza Haffejee UKZN Poor Postnatal Visits At Local Public Sector Hospital

T Puckree UKZN Lung Function In A Selected eThekwini Community

B Cassim UKZN The Influence Of Socioeconomic And Environmental Factors On The Health Status And Quality Of Life In Older Persons In The Inanda, KwaMashu And Ntuzuma Areas Of The eTthekwini Municipality, South Africa

Theme 6 - Enhancing Social Equity

Name Institute/Org Abstract Title

Rowan Gatfield DUT Walking With Dignity: The Durban Rickshaw Renovation Project

Nontobeko Mnyanda DUT Interpreting services in SASL and isiZulu in some of the courts in KwaZulu-Natal

Theme 7 - Safety and Security

Name Institute/Org Abstract Title

Festus Maina DUT Development Of Granular-Medium-Based Impact Energy Management System

Chris Overall Ethekwini Crime Mapping And Analysis Project,Safer Cities, Ethekwini Municipality

Brian O’leary Ethekwini Crime Trends In Durban

Dr Mal Reddy DUT An Integrated Disaster Risk Assessment Model For Local Government In South Africa

Dr M. Maharaj and Ngobese, N.

DUT Client Perception Of Service Delivery In The South African Police Service Community Service Centres In The Greater Durban Area

E.D.C. Hingston & K. Naidoo UKZN Back-Analyses Studies Of The Quarry Heights Road Landslide, Durban.

Crispin Hemson DUT The Archaeology Of Violence

ABSTRACTS SELECTED FOR POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Theme 1 - Development within the Built Environment Name Institute/Org Abstract Title

Jacob Twala KZN Treasury Structure of KwaZulu-Natal Economy: a Sam Base Analysis

Theme 2 - Localising Economic Development and Job Creation Name Institute/Org Abstract Title

Prof N. Deenadayalu DUT Green Chemistry and Sustainability For Economic Development And Job Creation

E.A. Mantzaris ,Mrs. Pravina Moodliar and Ms. S. Buthelezi

MUT Univesity Activism, Rural Community Engagement, Research And Participation: A Proposed L.E.D. Initiative For The eThekwini Municipality

Dr Mandusha Maharaj DUT Blending the digital divide at Durban University of Technology with a blended learning model for marketing students: A case study at the eThekwini campus

Dr Clive Coetzee KZN Treasury City Economic Integration in KwaZulu-Natal – A Possible Growth Policy

Dr Mandusha Maharaj & Samkele Vuyokazi Mizpha Konyana

DUT Promotional Tools At Selected Universities In The Tshwane Metropolitan Region

Thandazile Mngomezulu DUT The Allocation Of Interpreting And Translation Assignments To The Qualified People

Theme 3 - Natural Environment, Climate Change, Water and Energy Name Institute/Org Abstract Title

Mutanda T, Robinson H & Bux F DUT An argument for the use of rain water harvesting as a national resource saving strategy

Refiloe Ntoi DUT A Systems Approach to Ecosystem Management in Hazelmere, South Africa

HW Bernhardt UKZN A low cost parabolic solar water heater suitable for domestic use.

Bruce Sithole UKZN Pyrolysis gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS) - a very useful tool for analysis and characterisation of organic materials in water samples

Theme 4 - Fostering Governance and Local Government Responsiveness Name Institute/Org Abstract Title

Bheki R. Mngomezulu

DUT The urban/rural divide in local government in South Africa: The case of Jozini Local Municipality

Theme 5 - Health Name Institute/Org Abstract Title

Dr Nh Gcabashe DUT Health Promotion–Educational Approach

Thabani Khumalo DUT Research On The Provision Of Interpreting Services In The Medical Sector

Theme 6 - Enhancing Social Equity Name Institute/Org Abstract Title

Cabangile N. Ngwane DUT Factors which Enhance Social Equity at the eThekwini Municipality

Ms Sathishah DUT Exploring inequality in institutional marketing to higher education by marginalised communities: Case Study at the Durban University of Technology

Theme 7 - Safety and Security Name Institute/Org Abstract Title

M. N Procter DAFF Reducing The Incidents Of Wildfires Through Hazard And Risk Mapping