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Are we achieving spatial transformation In South Africa? Can sub-city spatial indicators make a contribution?

Author: Maritz, Johan ; Van Huyssteen, Elsona ; Le Roux, Alize ; Pieterse, Amy ; Ndaba, Dumisani ; Mans, Gerbrand G ; Ngidi, Mawande Date: Jun 2016 With the advent of a democratic order in South Africa in 1994 a number of policy frameworks have seen the light. All of these have indicated the need to spatially transform cities and settlements – to break from the pre-1994 apartheid city. ... Read more
The bright lights of city regions - Assumptions, realities and implications of changing population dynamics: Zooming in on the Gauteng city region

Author: Pieterse, Amy Date: Sep 2014 It is well known that the city regions attract migrants from across the country because of their roles as economic engines and job baskets in South Africa. To address urbanisation implications it is imperative to better understand some of the ... Read more
Compound flooding due to interaction of waves and river discharge at Breede Estuary, South Africa

Author: Kupfer, S ; Santamaria-Aguilar, S ; Pieterse, Amy ; Lück-Vogel, Melanie ; Vafeidis, AT Date: May 2022 Recent studies on compound flooding have considered the interaction of storm-tide and fluvial or pluvial flood drivers, whereas the contribution of waves to compound flooding so far has been neglected. In this study, we investigate compound ... Read more
CSIR launches novel online climate risk profiling and adaptation tool: The Green Book

Author: Van Niekerk, Cornelia W ; Le Roux, Alize ; Pieterse, Amy Date: May 2019 The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has recently launched a state-of-the-art online climate risk profiling and adaptation tool to assist municipalities across South Africa to assess their risk and vulnerabilities, and ... Read more
The Green Book online tool: Towards climate resilient settlements

Author: Lück-Vogel, Melanie ; Pieterse, Amy ; Van Niekerk, Cornelia W Date: Sep 2022 The Green Book is as an open-access online planning tool to support local government towards climate-resilient cities and towns in South Africa (www.greenbook.co.za). It was launched in 2019. Extensive research and development took place to ... Read more
Introducing the Green Book: A practical planning tool for adapting South African settlements to climate change

Author: Van Niekerk, Cornelia W ; Pieterse, Amy ; Le Roux, Alize Date: Jan 2020 The Green Book is not a book, but a novel, practical online planning tool to support the adaptation of South African settlements to the impacts of climatic changes and severe events. It provides evidence of current and future (2050) climate ... Read more
Revising the South African guidelines for human settlement planning and design (the red book)

Author: Van Niekerk, Cornelia W ; Petzer, Engela ; Ndaba, D ; Pieterse, Amy ; Raja, A ; Kruger, Daniel M Date: Nov 2015 The Guidelines for Human Settlement Planning and Design, commonly known as the Red Book, is a South African publication aimed at providing practical guidance to built environment professionals in support of the creation of sustainable and ... Read more
Spatial Change as Drivers of Risk and Vulnerability in South Africa: Spatial trends in the 3 metropolitan cities of Gauteng

Author: Pieterse, Amy ; Van Niekerk, Cornelia W ; Le Roux, Alize ; Van Huyssteen, Elsona ; Mans, Gerbrand G ; Maritz, Johan Date: Jul 2016 Urban spatial change trends manifest most noticeably in Gauteng. This not only confirms perceptions about metros as increasingly being the spaces where the future of South Africa's youth will be determined, but also once again rings the alarm ... Read more
Spatial change as drivers of risk and vulnerability in South African cities: Spatial trends in the three metropolitan cities of Gauteng

Author: Pieterse, Amy ; Van Niekerk, Cornelia W ; Van Huyssteen, Elsona ; Maritz, Johan ; Le Roux, Alize ; Mans, Gerbrand G Date: Jul 2016 Since 1994 the South African urban landscape has been changing as a result of fundamental social, economic and political transformations. Metropolitan cities, especially, face unique challenges because of the dynamism of urban populations. ... Read more
The bright lights of city regions: Assumptions, realities and implications of changing population dynamics: Zooming in on the Gauteng city region

Author: Pieterse, Amy Date: Oct 2014 It is well known that the city regions attract migrants from across the country because of their roles as economic engines and job baskets in South Africa. To address urbanisation implications it is imperative to better understand some of the ... Read more
Water sensitive urban planning as adaptation strategy

Author: Van Niekerk, Cornelia W ; Duncker, Louiza C ; Maditse, Kea ; Davis, Claire ; Pieterse, Amy Date: Oct 2018 Cities in areas getting hotter and drier have to find alternative approaches to manage the increased demand for water versus the shrinking supply, while also climate proofing their cities. Water sensitive urban design as an adaptation strategy ... Read more
What to adapt for? Climate change risk profiles for South African cities

Author: Le Roux, Alize ; Van Niekerk, Cornelia W ; Arnold, Kathryn A ; Pieterse, Amy ; Davis, Claire L Date: Mar 2018 Climate change adaptation has increasingly been included in national policies because of the far-reaching effects climatic changes have on places and people. Read more

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