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  • New life for SATS land 
    Brink, Basil; Downs, Robert (Sapoa News, 1986-03)
    This paper intends to focus attention on possibilities and processes in developing tracts of vacant, often unsightly and under-utilised transport land in our cities and suburbs
  • Critical Appraisal and the Development of Planning Theory 
    Brink, Basil Niel (1986-04)
    The article commences with an overview of the development of planning theory and culminates in an evaluation of scenarios of the relationship between the individual and the spatial environment. Andreas Faludi's book 'Planning ...
  • Johannesburg station and environs stage one report 
    Brink, Basil (Chief Director (Building Services) SA Transport Services, 1987-11)
    The purpose of the report is to provide a comprehensive spatial survey of Johannesburg's main station, also known as Park Station, and its environs. Information in the report provides a foundation on which a development ...
  • The development of the Germiston Station Precinct. 
    The editor, Planning (Planning, 1990-01)
    In 1986 an urban design Master Plan for the Germiston Station Precinct, as prepared by a multi-disciplinary team from SA Transport Services and the Germiston local authority, was approved. This article outlines the approval ...
  • Opportunities for Urban Revitalisation 
    Brink, Basil; Downs, Robert (Sapoa News, 1990-03)
    The purpose of this article is to create an awareness of commercial property development opportunities offered by transport land. Examples are presened of such developments in first world countries. A systematic approach ...
  • Park Station - an Early Johannesburg Landmark Returns to the City 
    Nuttall, Jean (building, 1990-06-25)
    In 1990 project architect Basil Brink, assisted by Stuart Douglas, Mark Hansen, Lynnsay Nuyten and Alec Johnston, designed a new transport museum for Transnet in northern Newtown. Heritage considerations of the historic ...
  • Promoting Verwoerdburg : a study in city marketing 
    Nel, Verna Joan (1994-05)
    City marketing is a recently developed process to assist communities in achieving development oriented aims. Changing economic circumstances created such a need and marketing contributed key concepts such as marketing ...
  • Parastatal Property and Planning 
    Brink, Basil (1998-01)
    The aim of this paper is to create an awareness of the challenges and opportunities that the development of parastatal properties provide for government, the business sector and built environment professionals. A distinction ...
  • Esselenpark - the Railways University in the Veld 
    Brink, Basil Niel (1998-04-07)
    Esselen Park is Transnet's (formerly the SA Railways and Harbours thereafter the SA Transport Services) relatively unknown 'university in the veld'. In this paper the planning and construction histories of Esselen Park ...
  • Satial Development Initiatives in South Africa 
    Brink, Basil Niel (1998-09-21)
    Provinces in South Africa have formulated one or more Spatial Development Initiatives (SDIs) to unlock potential and improve socio-economic conditions in their areas of jurisdiction. This paper provides an overview of these SDIs.
  • Esselenpark - The Railways University in the Veld 
    Brink, Basil (Railways Africa, 1999-02)
    The artcle outlines the planning and construction history of Esselenpark and shatters some of the myths surrounding its construction. It examines why such an anachronistic, labour intenive and expensive complex was built ...
  • Transnet land : opportunities for new urban futures 
    Brink, Basil (2000-07)
    During the late 19th and 20th century the S A Railways and Harbours, the S A Transport Services and their recent successors Transnet and the S A Rail Commuter Corporation developed several landmarks and precincts in ...
  • Green Planning Processes and Products for the Built Environment 
    Brink, Basil Niel (2006-07-27)
    Planning for a green built environment is contextualised within notions of sustainability and unsustainability. The need to create a greater awareness of green planning processes; the importance of integrating green planning ...
  • Optimizing carbon nanotube continuous production in a swirled floating catalyst chemical vapour deposition reactor 
    Iyuke, S.E.; Pienaar, H.C. vZ.; Abdulkareem, A.S.; Afolabi, A.S. (South African Chemical Engineering Congress, 2006-09-20)
    Effects of various factors affecting the rate of Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) produced in a Swirled Floating Catalyst Chemical Vapour Deposition (SFCCVD) reactor were investigated. This study was performed in a vertical silica ...
  • Newtown renewed : a review 
    Brink, Basil (2007-06-25)
    Newtown, a district in the western inner city of Johannesburg, has a long history of urban renewal of contested inner city space. The City Council of Johannesburg’s councillors, planners and consultants have guided and ...
  • The effect of impurities, smootheners and other factors on the recovery of copper from solutions 
    Ntengwa, Felix William (2008-12)
    The electrochemical refining of copper was investigated at different temperatures, distances between electrodes, different levels of overvoltage, current density, metal impurities, smootheners, electrode-active area and ...
  • Development of Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) for Telecom fuel cell applications 
    Abdulkareem, A.S.; Afolabi, A.S.; Idibie, C.A.; Iyuke, S.E. (Southern Africa Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference, 2009-09-20)
    The high cost of fuel cells compared to other energy sources creates uncertainty about the projected full scale commercialization of this device. This paper describes the synthesis of a proton exchange membrane from the ...
  • Management of water resources and human adaptation to climate change : a review 
    Molobela, I.P.; Sinha, P. (2011)
    Water is the commodity of life. Water is present everywhere and is a vital need for everyone globally. Without water, many lives will be threatened as it is required for human economic and social needs. Many challenges ...
  • Technology Management of Transportation Properties - Problems and Prospects 
    Brink, Basil; Pretorius, Jan-Harm; Pretorius, Leon (2011-04)
    Presentation Outline: 1.INTRODUCTION 2. A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO PROPERTY MANAGEMENT IN TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES 3. GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS 4. CASE STUDY FINDINGS 5. PROSPECTS FOR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT ...
  • Technology management of transportation properties : problems and prospects 
    Brink, Basil; Pretorius, Jan-Harm; Pretorius, Leon (2011-04)
    A contemporary challenge is to view transportation property as a strategic asset that could be utilized for socio-economic development. The aim of the research is to explore the key contribution of technology to improve ...

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