Prof Isaac Rampedi

Associate Professor
Name: Isaac T. Rampedi
Location: D2 Lab 344D Auckland Park Kingsway Campus
Geography Environmental Management Energy Studies Staff  Staff Members

Contact Details:
Tel: +27 (0) 11 559 2429

Email: isaacr@uj.ac.za

About Prof Isaac Rampedi

Prof. Isaac T. Rampedi undertakes research in different areas of environmental management, notably environmental assessments, environmental quality, and the sustainability of municipal solid waste (MSW) management and its recycling potential. His research on municipal waste management is asking questions about its effectiveness and efficiency and how it can be minimized by the adoption of circular economy principles that entail waste recovery via industrial symbiosis and repurposing, thus prolonging its utilization in the production value chain and lessening pressure on the extraction of virgin natural resources. Furthermore, addressing the achievement of some of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals informs many of his research objectives, including efforts to reach set targets and associated actions in keeping with the mission of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

Recent Publications

• Rampedi, Isaac Tebogo, Dorothea Christina Schoeman & Phyllis Rumbidzai Kwenda. “Survey on the waste management practices amongst small businesses in the selected townships of Gauteng province in South Africa”. Development Southern Africa. (2024) (recently accepted)
• Mashazi, Thandeka, Pieter Jacobs, Isaac Tebogo Rampedi, and Lee Ann Modley. “Conveying Science through Art: The Case of a Polluted Urban Stream in Johannesburg, South Africa.” The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social and Community Studies19, no. 1 (2024): 107.
• Azeez, Razaq Olugbenga, Isaac Tebogo Rampedi, Ayodeji Peter Ifegbesan, and Biodun Ogunyemi. “Geo-demographics and source of information as determinants of climate change consciousness among citizens in African countries.” Heliyon10, no. 7 (2024).
• Rapholo, Maropene Tebello Dinah, Isaac Tebogo Rampedi, and Fhatuwani Sengani. “Perceptions on the environmental impacts of illegal river sand mining in the Limpopo Province, South Africa.” Journal of Degraded and Mining Lands Management11, no. 4 (2024): 6285-6294.
• Rapholo, Maropene Tebello Dinah, Isaac Tebogo Rampedi, and Fhatuwani Sengani. “Tracing and Determining the Duration of Illegal Sand Mining in Specific River Channels in the Limpopo Province.” Sustainability15, no. 18 (2023): 13299.
• Rampedi, Isaac Tebogo, Kangyang Josiah Miner, & Ayodeji Peter Ifegbesan. “Informal E-waste Recycling and Related Challenges: Evidence from an Exploratory Survey in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.” The Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management49, no. 1 (2023): 50-61.
• Schoeman, Dorothea Christina & Isaac Tebogo Rampedi. “Drivers of household recycling behavior in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health19, no. 10 (2022): 6229.
• Schoeman, Dorothea Christina & Isaac Tebogo Rampedi. “Household recycling and Millennials: A case study of the city of Johannesburg, South Africa.” Development Southern Africa39, no. 6 (2022): 813-829.
• Ndou, Vhuthu & Isaac Tebogo Rampedi. “Bibliometric analysis of municipal solid waste management research: Global and South African trends.” Sustainability14, no. 16 (2022): 10229.
• Rampedi, Isaac Tebogo & Ayodeji Peter Ifegbesan. “Understanding the determinants of pro-environmental behavior among South Africans: Evidence from a structural equation model.” Sustainability14, no. 6 (2022): 3218.

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