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Analysing risk and vulnerability of South African settlements: Attempts, explorations and reflections

Author: Van Huyssteen, Elsona ; Le Roux, Alize ; Van Niekerk, Cornelia W Date: Feb 2013 With the world’s urban population now estimated to be at 52% (United Nations 2012:1), towns and cities are increasingly becoming the stage where disaster risk has to be managed and mitigated. Understanding the risks and vulnerabilities in ... 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
Disaster management and risk reduction in South Africa

Author: Bruwer, A ; Van Staden, M ; Le Roux, Alize ; Van Niekerk, Cornelia W Date: Dec 2017 The 2015 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction concludes that the mortality and economic loss associated with extensive risks (minor but recurrent disaster risks) in low- and middle-income countries are trending up. In the last ... 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
The Green Book: Planning and design guidelines for adapting South African settlement to climate change

Author: Van Niekerk, Cornelia W Date: Sep 2016 The purpose of this IDRC funded project is to the develop a set of guidelines by March 2019 – called the Green Book – to adapt existing and future South African settlements to climatic changes. The Green Book is to be used as a planning and ... Read more
Human settlements

Author: Van Niekerk, Cornelia W ; Le Roux, Alize Date: Sep 2017 This chapter describes some of the key drivers and processes of vulnerability and risks in human settlements in southern Africa that pose considerable challenges, but also opportunities, for climate change adaptation. Data for the whole of ... 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
Profiling the vulnerabilities and risks of South African settlements

Author: Le Roux, Alize ; Mans, Gerbrand G ; Van Huyssteen, Elsona ; Van Niekerk, Cornelia W Date: Dec 2017 Cities, towns and settlements provide housing and livelihoods for a growing global population. Estimates indicate that in 2014, 54% of the world’s population and 40% of the population on the African continent were considered urban. African ... 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
Spatial change phenomena in SA – explorations and innovations

Author: Van Niekerk, Cornelia W ; Van Huyssteen, Elsona ; Chauvet, J-A Date: May 2014 We would like to dedicate this special edition to our beloved colleague and friend, Maria Joe Coetzee who passed away on 2 November 2014. The work depicted in this special edition is testimony of her visionary leadership, insightful contributions ... Read more
Spatial policy, planning and infrastructure investment: lessons from urban simulations in three South African cities

Author: Coetzee, M ; Waldeck, L ; Le Roux, Alize ; Meiklejohn, C ; Van Niekerk, Cornelia W ; Leuta, T Date: May 2014 This article is based on the assumption that more spatially efficient investment choices in both economic and basic infrastructure spending can make a significant impact on the equity, efficiency and sustainability of human settlements. ... Read more
Translating disaster resilience into spatial planning practice in South Africa: Challenges and champions

Author: Van Niekerk, Cornelia W Date: Mar 2013 It is highly likely that hazards and extreme climatic events will occur more frequently in the future and will become more severe – increasing the vulnerability and risk of millions of poor urbanites in developing countries. Disaster resilience ... 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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