given the critical role played by urban green spaces and the emergence of remote sensing as avaluable natural resource management tool, this study sought to identify trends in green spaces within thecontext of south africa’s transition period (1990 - 2000). using the city of port elizabeth as a case study, threesets of landsat - 5 thematic mapper images (1990, 1995 and 2000) were geo-processed,...

given the critical role played by urban green spaces and the emergence of remote sensing as avaluable natural resource management tool, this study sought to identify trends in green spaces within thecontext of south africa’s transition period (1990 - 2000). using the city of port elizabeth as a case study, threesets of landsat - 5 thematic mapper images (1990, 1995 and 2000) were geo-processed,...

Author Addresses: L. Barnard, Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, University of Port Elizabeth, P O Box 1600, Port Elizabeth, 6000, South Africa; [email protected] J.L. Wesson, Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, University of Port Elizabeth, P O Box 1600, Port Elizabeth, 6000, South Africa; [email protected] Permission to make digital or har...

Author Addresses: D van Greunen, Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, University of Port Elizabeth, P O Box 1600, Port Elizabeth, 6000, South Africa; [email protected] J Wesson, Department of Computer Science and Information Sy stems, University of Port Elizabeth, P O Box 1600, Port Elizabeth, 6000, South Africa; [email protected] Permission to make digital or...

Cape Colony, and towards the end of the year at Natal. It continued at various points in the beginning of 1862. Diphtheria was seen among the children of the civil population at Keisham Hoeck, in March 1862; and what is denominated ulcerated sore throat, with a tendency to catarrhal and bronchitic affections, was frequent at Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, and Fort Beaufort. Fever, mostly of the typ...

OBJECTIVES To document and compare prevalence rates of adolescent injury-related risk behaviours at six sites in South Africa. DESIGN The identical self-administered instrument was used at all sites. Prevalence rates (with 95% confidence intervals) were calculated taking the multistage cluster sampling strategy into account. SETTING AND SUBJECTS In Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth and Mank...

There is growing realization that women's health and involvement in health care are essential keys to health for all. One way in which the midwifery profession can contribute to women's health is by providing high quality care during the six week postnatal review/checkup. A study in three provincial hospitals in the Port Elizabeth area showed that the actual structure of the postnatal review fe...