Tag: Cities
Farms in cities: new study offers planners and growers food for thought
Study conducted by:
Jan Hugo Senior lecturer in Sustainable and Climate Responsive Architecture, University of Pretoria
Andy van den Dobbelsteen Professor of Climate Design & Sustainability,...
Research shows that streetlights contribute less to night-time light emissions in cities than expected
WHEN satellites take pictures of Earth at night, how much of the light that they see comes from streetlights? A team of scientists from...
Re-naming towns and cities is not a new thing in Africa
No, a Gqeberha is not a citizen of a province in Canada. Gqeberha is the new name for Port Elizabeth, or Ibayi in the vernacular which means “The Bay”.
Port Elizabeth...
Can Covid-19 inspire a new way of planning African cities?
Health crises are not new in Africa. The continent has grappled with infectious diseases on all levels, from local (such as malaria) to regional (Ebola)...
Renewable energy for our cities and towns
The threat and reality of load shedding in South Africa has led to increased investment by the residential and industrial private sector into renewable...
Cities, land and expropriation – what our politicians should be doing
Our politicians would do well to look at the real obstacles to the demands for urban land rather than grandstanding about expropriation without compensation.
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