Despite a growing recognition of the importance of designing, rehabilitating, and maintaining green infrastructure to provide essential ecosystem services and adapt to …
Urban green infrastructure is not acknowledged in the Global South for the critical social and ecological functions it can provide. Contextual design solutions and innovative approaches …
B Van Zyl, LG Lategan, EJ Cilliers… - Frontiers in Sustainable …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) intend to encourage liveable urban environments by 2030 with a main focus on strategies to achieve environmental and …
DM Jacklin, IC Brink, SM Jacobs - AQUA—Water Infrastructure …, 2021 - iwaponline.com
Abstract In South Africa, urban activities contribute high levels of pollution to rivers and groundwater via stormwater runoff. In reducing urban stormwater loads of engineered plant …
South Africa's urban population is increasing, and in parallel, urban green infrastructure has shown an increase in alien tree species, eg, mulberry (Morus sp.), oak (Quercus spp.) and …
Abstract In South Africa, rapid environmental degeneration caused by anthropogenic pollution poses a major ecological engineering problem, demanding proper resource …
Public Space and the creation thereof is as much a process as it is a product of urban design. The practice of placemaking draws on the potential of place-based …
O Sefolo, I Daniyan, K Ramdass… - … and Business for …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Climate change continues to cause undesirable impacts such as flooding, cyclone, changes in weather and temperature patterns, wild fire amongst others which affect human life …
H Kabanyegeye, NC Cizungu, HK Muteya… - 2024 - researchgate.net
This study maps and quantifies the green infrastructure of the cities of Bujumbura, Kinshasa and Lubumbashi. A remote sensing approach, in conjunction with landscape ecology …