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Research in policy and practice · No. 92 · 2023–2024
Rainwater evidence supporting South African school-water design research
Jeremy Gibberd · CSIR · School rainwater design research
- Role
- School-water design rationale
- Host
- Jeremy Gibberd · CSIR · School rainwater design research
- Publication
- School Rainwater Harvesting Decision Support Tool · Designing School Rainwater Harvesting Systems in Water-Scarce Developing Countries
- Contribution
- School-water design rationale
- Evidence
- 2023 study: printed page 5, section 2.1 · 2024 chapter: institutional draft page 2
Research reaching practice
Related school-water design and decision-support publications cite Professor Amir’s rainwater-harvesting review.
How the research was used
The 2023 decision-support study uses the review when explaining rainwater harvesting’s potential contribution to water supply, before assessing school cases in Eastern Cape and Gauteng. A subsequent design chapter carries the evidence into discussion for school governing bodies, teachers, designers and officials. These related outputs are grouped as one research-to-design connection.
The documented contribution
2023 study: printed page 5, section 2.1 · 2024 chapter: institutional draft page 2. The review supports the water-supply rationale. The SWARUM modeller specifications are attributed to other research; Professor Amir is not credited with its algorithm, tool or school installations.
Research and coauthor credit
State of the art of rainwater harvesting systems towards promoting green built environments: a review — Ali GhaffarianHoseini; John Tookey; Amirhosein GhaffarianHoseini; Safiah Muhammad Yusoff; Norhaslina Binti Hassan. DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2015.1021097
