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A methodology for examining geotourism potential at the Kruger National Park, South Africa

- Matshusa, Khodani, Thomas, Peta, Leonard, Llewellyn

  • Authors: Matshusa, Khodani , Thomas, Peta , Leonard, Llewellyn
  • Date: 2021
  • Subjects: Geotourism , Sustainability , Geoheritage
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/482421 , uj:43746 , Citation: Matshusa, K., Thomas, P., & Leonard, L. (2021). A METHODOLOGY FOR EXAMINING GEOTOURISM POTENTIAL AT THE KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, SOUTH AFRICA. GeoJournal of Tourism and Geosites, 34(1), 209–217. https://doi.org/10.30892/gtg.34128-639 , ISSN: 2065-1198
  • Description: Abstract: In contrast to Europe, Asia and South America where geotourism is actively pursued, geotourism activities in South Africa have not to-date been a focus of tourism products. The purpose of this paper is to propose a field methodology that can be used to assess the potential for geotourism development. Existing procedures to establish geotourism site potential are reviewed and a new methodology that accounts for more characteristics than currently found in documented methods is proposed. This consists of three phases: creating a standardised manner of inventorying the sites; standardising field rank scoring for each site by geotourism value, cultural value, ecological sensitivity, accessibility, development requirements, currently available academic literature, and, developing a final multi-site database assisting the South African National Parks to preserve geoheritage sites. Based on previous studies, the Kruger National Park has geoheritage sites that could form the basis for geotourism development: therefore, the methodology was piloted in its northern regions at well-known geoheritage sites. The findings of this study intend to assist the South African National Parks, local community leaders, the private sector (including existing tour operators) and government departments in achieving a national database of geoheritage sites to ultimately be associated with sustainable tourism activity led by local communities.
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An Investigation on Achieving Sustainability in Fused Deposition Modeling via Topology Optimization

- Espach, A., Gupta, K.

Innovative and sustainable food production and food consumption entrepreneurship : A conceptual recipe for delivering development success in South Africa

- Samkange, Faith, Ramkissoon, Haywantee, Chipumuro, Juliet, Wanyama, Henry, Chawla, Gaurav

  • Authors: Samkange, Faith , Ramkissoon, Haywantee , Chipumuro, Juliet , Wanyama, Henry , Chawla, Gaurav
  • Date: 2021
  • Subjects: Sustainability , Food production and food consumption entrepreneurship , Privileged and marginalised communities
  • Language: English
  • Type: Journal article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/490531 , uj:44763 , Citation: Samkange, F.; Ramkissoon, H.; Chipumuro, J.;Wanyama, H.; Chawla, G. Innovative and Sustainable Food Production and Food Consumption Entrepreneurship: A Conceptual Recipe for Delivering Development Success in South Africa. Sustainability 2021, 13, 11049. https://doi.org/10.3390/su131911049 , DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su131911049
  • Description: Abstract: Innovative food production and food consumption entrepreneurship can be viewed as a recipe for delivering sustainable development goals to promote economic, human, and community growth among vulnerable and marginalised communities in South Africa (SA). This study critically analyses the trends and related issues perpetuating the development gap between privileged and marginalised communities in SA. It explores the link between innovative food production and food consumption entrepreneurship and underdevelopment based on sustainable development goals (SDGs). The study also generates a conceptual model designed to bridge the development gap between privileged and marginalised communities in SA. Philosophically, an interpretivism research paradigm based on the socialised interpretation of extant literature is pursued. Consistent with this stance, an inductive approach and qualitative methodological choices are applied using a combination of thematic analysis and grounded theory to generate research data. Grounded theory techniques determine the extent to which the literature review readings are simultaneously pursued, analysed, and conceptualised to generate the conceptual model. Research findings highlight the perpetual inequality in land distribution, economic and employability status, social mobility, gender equity, education, emancipation, empowerment, and quality of life between privileged and marginalised societies in SA. Underdevelopment issues such as poverty, unemployment, hunger, criminal activities, therefore, characterise marginalised communities and are linked to SDGs. Arguably, food production and food consumption entrepreneurship are ideally positioned to address underdevelopment by creating job opportunities, generating income, transforming the economic status, social mobility, and quality of life. Although such entrepreneurship development initiatives in SA are acknowledged, their impact remains insignificant because the interventions are traditionally prescriptive, fragmented, linear, and foreign-driven. A robust, contextualised, integrated, and transformative approach is developed based on the conceptual model designed to create a sustainable, innovative, and digital entrepreneurship development plan that will be executed to yield employment, generate income and address poverty, hunger, gender inequity. To bridge the gap between privileged and marginalised societies. The conceptual model will be used to bridge the perpetual development gap between privileged and marginalised societies. In SA is generated. Recommended future research directions include implementing, testing, and validating the model from a practical perspective through a specific project within selected marginalised communities.
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A stakeholder perspective on the implementation of sustainable construction practices

- Mashwama, Nokulunga Xolile, Thwala, Didibhuku, Aigbavboa, Clinton, Hamma-Adama, Mansur

An information and communication technology adoption framework for small, medium and micro-enterprises operating in townships South Africa

- Bvuma, Stella, Marnewic, Carl

Identifying barriers of sustainable construction : a Nigerian case study

- Ifije, Ohiomah, Aigbavboa, Clinton

  • Authors: Ifije, Ohiomah , Aigbavboa, Clinton
  • Date: 2020
  • Subjects: Sustainability , Barriers , Construction
  • Language: English
  • Type: Conference proceedings
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/434841 , uj:37657 , Citation: Ifije, O. & Aigbavboa, C. 2020. Identifying barriers of sustainable construction : a Nigerian case study. , DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/202031204004
  • Description: Abstract: Sustainable development has become an important part of the lives and aspect of enterprises operations globally. There is a global trend to enhance sustainable practices in all sectors and most especially the construction sectors, this study discusses the factors that best prevent the implementation of sustainable construction in the Nigeria construction industry. The study further explores and determines the reliability of how sustainability should be measured in the Nigeria construction industry. The study used both primary and secondary data to meet the set objective. The primary data were gathered through the use of a questionnaire distributed to construction professionals, contractors and clients. Indicative findings arising from the study revealed that; Building regulations and financial incentives are found to be the main drivers of sustainable construction in Nigeria and Lack of client demand and awareness and a general perception that adopting sustainable construction is expensive. The research concluded by recommending that government help with building policies to help push construction firms towards sustainable construction and also awareness campaigns should be carried out so that clients would demand and be aware of the benefits of sustainable construction.
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Mapping the landscape and structure of research on education for sustainable development : a bibliometric Review

- Hallinger, Philip, Nguyen, Vien-Thong

Mediation effect of partnership on procurement strategy factors influencing sustainable smart housing development, Nigeria

- Gambo, Nuru, Musonda, Innocent

  • Authors: Gambo, Nuru , Musonda, Innocent
  • Date: 2020
  • Subjects: Smart housing , Sustainability , Technology partnering
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/458299 , uj:40701 , Gambo, N., Musonda, I.: Mediation effect of partnership on procurement strategy factors influencing sustainable smart housing development, Nigeria.
  • Description: Abstract: Purpose - The procurement strategy challenges influencing the development of sustainable smart housing requires a holistic system approach that models the relationships between procurement strategies and sustainable smart housing development approach. This considers the use of technology partnering to ensure value for money. The purpose of the paper is to assess the mediation effect of the technology partnership on procurement strategy influencing sustainable smart housing development. Design/Methodology/Approach - This study used a quantitative approach and primary data were collected via a structured questionnaire. In total, 500 survey questionnaires were administered to project managers in the Nigerian construction industry and a stratified proportionate random sampling method was used for the selection of respondents. Findings - The results indicated that the procurement strategy influenced sustainable smart housing development in Nigeria, and the technology partnership mediates the relationship between procurement strategy and sustainable smart housing development. Research limitations/implications - This quantitative study is based on the perception of construction project managers in Nigeria. The findings serve as an awareness to the government and other stakeholders in the construction industry on the development of sustainable smart housing in Nigeria. Managerial implications – The study suggests that technology partnership reduces the effect of procurement strategy factors and hence improves development of sustainable mass smart housing infrastructure for the growing population. Practical implications – The study establishes that technology partnership mediates the relationship between procurement strategy factors and sustainable smart housing development through enhancement of smart housing development and serves as awareness to stakeholders on the factors influencing smart housing development in Nigeria. Originality/Value – Mediation roles of technology partnership minimizes procurement strategy challenges and enhances sustainable smart housing development.
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On productivity of abrasive water jet machining for miniature gear manufacturing

- Gupta, Kapil

  • Authors: Gupta, Kapil
  • Date: 2020
  • Subjects: Quality , Productivity , Sustainability
  • Language: English
  • Type: Conference proceedings
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/411272 , uj:34554 , Citation: Kapil Gupta 2020 IOP Conf. Ser.: Mater. Sci. Eng. 709 044100 , DOI:10.1088/1757-899X/709/4/044100
  • Description: Abstract: Quality, productivity, and sustainability are three major indicators to evaluate the performance of any manufacturing process. Abrasive water jet machining (AWJM), which is an advanced or nonconventional machining process possess numerous benefits over conventional and other advanced processes for manufacturing of precision engineering components. Material removal rate directly indicates about the process productivity, and often finds contradictory to quality and sustainability. This paper reports the productivity of AWJM process while manufacturing miniature gears of brass. It is a part of experimental investigation conducted to manufacture high quality miniature brass gears using AWJM process. Taguchi L9 orthogonal array based experimental study where a total of nine experiments with two replicates each was conducted to evaluate the effect of AWJM parameters on miniature gear quality, process productivity and sustainability. AWJM parameters were optimized to enhance material removal rate and an optimum value of 18.80 mm3 /min was obtained. Furthermore, AWJM was identified as a superior to conventional machining processes for manufacturing of miniature gears.
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Political ecology of water resource governance in Ghana : towards sustainable pathway for decentralization and participatory water supply in rural communities of the Savannah Region

- Bazaanah, Prosper

  • Authors: Bazaanah, Prosper
  • Date: 2020
  • Subjects: Political Ecology , Water Resource Governance , Sustainability
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/417812 , uj:35399 , Citation: Bazaanah, P. (2020). Political ecology of water resource governance in Ghana: Towards a sustainable pathway for decentralization and participatory water supply in rural communities of the Savannah Region. Int. J. Polit. Sci. Develop. 8(6) 252-279 , ISSN: 2360-784X , DOI: 10.14662/IJPSD2020.160
  • Description: Abstract: This rural-driven study utilized the liberal political framework to examine the political ecology of water resource governance as a sustainable pathway for decentralization and participatory water supply in rural communities of the Savannah Region. Methods utilized were quantitative, while the ontology and epistemology adopted the post-positivist approaches. Cross-sectional and probability approaches were used to draw a sample of 450 respondents. Self-designed questionnaires were administered while correlation and descriptive statistics were used for analysing the data. With 95% confidence interval and error margin (e) = 0.05, the decision rule for hypotheses test was stated as ‘accept null hypothesis (Ho) if p-value is greater than (˃) the alpha level (α)= 0.05 and do not accept the null hypothesis if the significant level (p-values) are less than or equal to (≤) the critical value (i.e. alpha level, α = 0.05)”. Results showed rural water systems continue to experience incessant cycle of failure, necessitating rehabilitation with resources which should have been used to provide water systems to first time beneficiaries. Training and logistical support, appropriate technologies, human resources, policy enforcement and financial capacities for engendering participatory governance have either been erratic or completely unavailable. Meanwhile, time limitation, family/occupational commitments, finance, social inequalities, knowledge levels and walking distance to decision centres, significantly influenced household’s participation in decision making on water in the communities. Since the “p-values” of the listed variables were generally less than (˂) the alpha level (α = 0.05), the null hypothesis (HO) was ruled out. Decentralized and participatory initiatives are required to transform the Community Water and Sanitation Agency into a professional, non-profit seeking and community-based public utility service-oriented organization. An effective approach for sustaining water delivery is by promoting participatory self-governance and co-management of water systems. This require a shift from the current ineffective Community Management Model (CMM) into a liberal political ecological governance model, with emphasis on synergizing international, national, local government, civil societies and community management efforts and exploration of their comparative advantages. This model should enable the decentralization of financial, human resources, administrative capacities and empowerment of the local communities to participate effectively in public water services delivery.
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The Mismatch : A Model for Sustainable Medical Device Design in South Africa

- Moseley, Ashton Margarete, Campbell, Angus Donald

  • Authors: Moseley, Ashton Margarete , Campbell, Angus Donald
  • Date: 2020
  • Subjects: Sustainability , Medical Device Design , Process Model
  • Language: English
  • Type: Conference proceedings
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/422488 , uj:36055 , Citation: Moseley, A.M. & Campbell, A.D. 2020. The Mismatch: A Model for Sustainable Medical Device Design in South Africa.
  • Description: Abstract: The medical device industry is one of the fastest-growing sectors of the global economy, however, it is dominated by high-income countries (HICs) such as The United States, Germany, Japan and China. Approximately 80% of medical devices in low-to-middle income countries (LMICs) are donated or imported (World Health Organisation 2011). Due to a mismatch between the design of these devices and the context in which they are used, approximately 40% are out of service, 70–90% never function as intended, and up to 98% are broken within five years (Prestero 2010; Malkin and von Oldenburg Beer 2013; Chan 2010). To overcome this mismatch, the World Health Organisation identifies local production as a possible way to increase the sustainability of medical devices in LMICs. South Africa’s (SA) medical device development (MDD) industry is underdeveloped and approximately 90-95% of medical devices in SA hospitals are imported or donated (SAMED n.d., Mitchell 2017). Although MDD process models have been defined, none describe the SA MDD regulatory landscape and most describe the MDD process from an engineering or business perspective rather than a design point of view. The lack of appropriate, sustainable medical devices, particularly in LMICs suggests the need for a shift towards a more human-centred, design- orientated medical device industry, which promotes local manufacture. This paper explores a study that aimed to define a design process model for paediatric Medical Device Design (MDDes) in the South African context to better enable local industrial designers to participate in the field. This paper presents key case study findings in comparison to existing MDD process literature and introduces an MDDes process model more suited to arriving at sustainable medical device outcomes in the South African context.
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The mismatch : a model for sustainable medical device design in South Africa

- Moseley, Ashton Margarete, Campbell, Angus Donald

  • Authors: Moseley, Ashton Margarete , Campbell, Angus Donald
  • Date: 2020
  • Subjects: Sustainability , Medical Device Design , Process Model
  • Language: English
  • Type: Conference proceedings
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/435454 , uj:37734 , Citation: Moseley, A.M. & Campbell, A.D. 2020. The mismatch : a model for sustainable medical device design in South Africa.
  • Description: Abstract: The medical device industry is one of the fastest-growing sectors of the global economy, however, it is dominated by high-income countries (HICs) such as The United States, Germany, Japan and China. Approximately 80% of medical devices in low-to-middle income countries (LMICs) are donated or imported (World Health Organisation 2011). Due to a mismatch between the design of these devices and the context in which they are used, approximately 40% are out of service, 70–90% never function as intended, and up to 98% are broken within five years (Prestero 2010; Malkin and von Oldenburg Beer 2013; Chan 2010). To overcome this mismatch, the World Health Organisation identifies local production as a possible way to increase the sustainability of medical devices in LMICs. South Africa’s (SA) medical device development (MDD) industry is underdeveloped and approximately 90-95% of medical devices in SA hospitals are imported or donated (SAMED n.d., Mitchell 2017). Although MDD process models have been defined, none describe the SA MDD regulatory landscape and most describe the MDD process from an engineering or business perspective rather than a design point of view. The lack of appropriate, sustainable medical devices, particularly in LMICs suggests the need for a shift towards a more human-centred, design-orientated medical device industry, which promotes local manufacture. This paper explores a study that aimed to define a design process model for paediatric Medical Device Design (MDDes) in the South African context to better enable local industrial designers to participate in the field. This paper presents key case study findings in comparison to existing MDD process literature and introduces an MDDes process model more suited to arriving at sustainable medical device outcomes in the South African context.
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Towards sustainability in municipal solid waste management in South Africa : a survey of challenges and prospects

- Adeleke, Oluwatobi, Akinlabi, Stephen, Jen, Tien-Chien, Dunmade, Israel

  • Authors: Adeleke, Oluwatobi , Akinlabi, Stephen , Jen, Tien-Chien , Dunmade, Israel
  • Date: 2020
  • Subjects: Intelligent modeling , Circular economy , Sustainability
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/461231 , uj:41072 , Citation: Adeleke, O. et al. 2020. Towards sustainability in municipal solid waste management in South Africa : a survey of challenges and prospects.
  • Description: Abstract: In most developing countries, the huge amount of unmanaged municipal solid wastes and the inefficiency of the current waste management system has resulted in an unprecedented effect on human health and the quality of the environment. The drive towards sustainability in solid waste management in South Africa has led to the promulgation of several legislations and policies directed towards increased efficiency of solid waste management strategies. However, despite the progress in South Africa’s waste management systems over the years, it is still being constantly faced with some challenges and shortcomings. To achieve sustainable development through the transition from a linear economic model to a circular economy, there is a need to revamp the waste management sector. This study presents a survey of the key physical elements of integrated waste management in South Africa. The study further discusses the challenges with major emphasis on the future directions of integrated waste management. Waste management decisions are data-driven decisions. This study identifies the lack of accurate and reliable waste-related data as one of the major factors that impede the fast-track growth towards sustainable waste management in South Africa. A data-mining approach that emphasizes intelligent modeling of waste management systems is recommended to support the national waste database which will aid waste management decisions and optimizes waste management facilities and investments. Sustainability in waste management in South Africa requires a multi-sector intervention and involvement to stimulate sustainable development in waste management.
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Context and strategy : managing Sanlam for and in change, 1945-2013

- Adri, Drotskie, Verhoef, Grietjie

Exploring patterns of sustainability stimuli of project managers

- Marnewick, Carl, Silvius, Gilbert, Schipper, Ron

  • Authors: Marnewick, Carl , Silvius, Gilbert , Schipper, Ron
  • Date: 2019
  • Subjects: Sustainability , Stimulus patterns , Project manager
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/397872 , uj:33093 , Citation: Marnewick, C., Silvius, G. & Schipper, R. 2019. Exploring patterns of sustainability stimuli of project managers. Sustainability 2019, 11, 5016; doi:10.3390/su11185016
  • Description: Abstract: Sustainable project management is becoming important and the sustainability concepts of people, the planet and profit needs to be incorporated into any type of project. This article focuses on the behavior of the project manager per se and the stimuli patterns that motivate them to adhere to sustainable project management. Three stimuli patterns are used i.e., intrinsically motivated, pragmatic and task driven. To determine which of these patterns influence a project manager, a quantitative pair-wise comparison was used. Twelve statements were used in a pair-wise comparison resulting in a combination of 66 questions. A sample of 101 project managers was analyzed to determine the stimuli patterns. The results indicate that the most prevalent stimulus pattern is the intrinsically motivated pattern with the other two patterns equally important. The results are consistent across gender, age and types of projects as well as industries. It can be concluded that for this study, project managers incorporate sustainability because they feel that it is something they should do. The motivation to consider sustainability is dominated by their behavioral beliefs and the characteristics of the project, or the opinion of others, do not play a large role. This research contributes to the larger body of knowledge with regards to sustainable project management and specifically to the human behavior of project managers. This research addresses the gap that currently exists in current literature where the focus is on the product’s sustainability and sustainable processes.
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Exploring responsible project management education

- Silvius, Gilbert, Schipper, Ron

Privatization of urban public spaces and its impact on sustainable cities and social inclusion

- Ntakana, Khululekani, Mbanga, Sijekula

  • Authors: Ntakana, Khululekani , Mbanga, Sijekula
  • Date: 2019
  • Subjects: Privatization , Inclusivity , Sustainability
  • Language: English
  • Type: Conference proceedings
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/405690 , uj:34077 , Citation: Ntakana, K. & Mbanga, S. 2019. Privatization of urban public spaces and its impact on sustainable cities and social inclusion.
  • Description: Abstract: The privatization of urban public spaces (UPS) raises questions about the sustainability of urban settings and the impact that privatization has on social inclusion and access to urban land and well developed public spaces. This paper reports and discusses findings from a critical review of local and international literature on the privatization of UPS. Although cities partner with the private sector in the planning, development, maintenance and management of UPS in attempt to build socially cohesive, environmentally friendly, and economically competitive cities, the review findings reveal that privatization is associated with the decreasing ‘publicness’ of UPS and shortcomings in the fulfilment of social and political responsibilities. Some of these shortcomings are the result of cities using privatization as a vehicle for economic development and financial revenue and not necessarily incorporating all sustainability attributes in terms of city planning and development. This paper argues that local authorities, city planning decision makers and the interests they are pursuing, influence the sustainable and socially cohesive design of cities.
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Sustainability of rural communities drinking water systems and local development projects in the Bole, West and Central Gonja Districts of the Savannah Region, Ghana

- Bazaanah, Prosper

  • Authors: Bazaanah, Prosper
  • Date: 2019
  • Subjects: Sustainability , Community Drinking Water , Sustainable Development
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/395143 , uj:32751 , Citation: Bazaanah, P. 2019. Sustainability of rural communities drinking water systems and local development projects in the Bole, West and Central Gonja Districts of the Savannah Region, Ghana. , DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18533/rss.v4i1.140 , ISSN: 2378-8569(Print)
  • Description: Abstract: This study employed the post-positivist epistemology and the cross-sectional survey to examine the factors influencing the sustainability of communities drinking water and local development projects in the Bole, West and Central Gonja Districts of the Savannah Region, Ghana. Proportionate, systematic and simple random techniques were utilised to sample 450 respondents, composed of 392 household heads and 58 officials. Data was collected, utilising self-designed and semi-structured face-to-face interviews and questionnaires. Correlation and regressions were generated to determine relationships between the variables. Results showed community participation (r= 0.576, p-value = 0.019), finance (r = 0.517, p-value = 0.006), sense of ownership (r = 0.573, p-value = 0.012), labour support (r = 0.474, p-value = 0.015), education (r = 0.469, p-value = 0.021), technology (r = - 0.436, p-value = 0.018), maintenance (r = -0.503, p-value = 0.029), water pollution (r = - 0.389, p-value =0.041) and transparency (r = - 0.250, p-value = 0.015), were significantly associated with water projects sustainability. 69.7 percent of variabilities were collectively explained by the independent variables. Since p-values were < α = 0.05, the null hypothesis (Ho) was ruled out in favour of the alternative hypothesis. With strong participation, funding, local ownership, labour, and citizen empowerment, coupled with improved facility maintenance, appropriate technologies, pollution control and good eco-governance, there is almost irresistible likelihood for water and development projects to be sustainable. Depoliticising water, democratisation and eco-friendly strategies are necessary preconditions for an inclusive, self-governing and ecologically responsible citizenship needed for sustainability of water projects at the lowest level of development.
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Validity and reliability of a transportation infrastructure sustainable performance framework : a study of transport projects in South Africa

- Okoro, Chioma Sylvia, Musonda, Innocent, Agumba, Justus Ngala

Critical planning considerations for PPP road project sustainability : a case study approach

- Okoro, Chioma, Musonda, Innocent, Agumba, Justus

  • Authors: Okoro, Chioma , Musonda, Innocent , Agumba, Justus
  • Date: 2018
  • Subjects: Public-private partnerships , Road infrastructure , Sustainability
  • Language: English
  • Type: Conference proceedings
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/278514 , uj:29890 , Citation: Okoro, C., Musonda, I. & Agumba, J. 2018. Critical planning considerations for PPP road project sustainability : a case study approach.
  • Description: Abstract: Road transport projects are complex and laden with risks and uncertainties which influence their success or otherwise; even more so, with projects involving the private sector. Private investors decide to proceed with projects based on projections of costs and benefits potentially accruing to a proposed project, which ultimately reflect the success or failure of the project. However, the risks associated with roads delivered through public-private-partnerships (PPP) are grave and if strategies are not put in place to reduce or mitigate the chances of their occurrence, the expected performance of the projects may not be realised. The current paper aims to identify critical feasibility considerations to ensure sustainability of PPP road projects. A thematic content analysis of extant literature and case study illustrations was undertaken. Journal and conference articles were sourced from databases including Academic Search Complete, ASCE Library, Google Scholar, Scopus, Taylor and Francis, Google and Science Direct. Findings revealed that joint decision-making and concessionaire selection procedure and considerations were the most important feasibility factors for PPP road projects sustainability. These factors should be taken cognisance of at the feasibility stage to ensure that mechanisms are put in place in order to realise expected project performance.
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