Promoting Green Urban Development in African Cities : eThekwini, South Africa Urban Environmental Profile

The city of eThekwini or Durban has undergone a period of rapid urbanization that has contributed to the degradation of the city’s natural environment. Climate change is placing further strains on the city’s ability to manage the urban environment....

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	AQUATIC HABITATS FISH ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY HABITAT TYPES STORMWATER ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENTS AGRICULTURAL LAND USES ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE TOPOGRAPHY WATERWAYS STORMS DISCHARGE DRAINAGE CHANNELS HABITAT REQUIREMENTS SEDIMENT TRAPS HYDROLOGY MONITORING NUTRIENT LEVELS RESERVOIRS RAINFALL EVENTS ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION INCINERATORS COASTAL PLAIN QUALITY RECREATIONAL USE FRESHWATER WETLAND STORM RUNOFF PLANTS WILDLIFE PETROLEUM SUBTROPICAL CLIMATE INVASIVE SPECIES METROPOLITAN AREAS SWAMP CURRENTS SAND BIODIVERSITY IMPROPER DISPOSAL SPECIES WAVES RAINFALL SEA LEVEL RISE DRAINAGE FLOOD ATTENUATION FORESTRY PHOSPHORUS INDICATORS LAND OWNERSHIP COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS WATERFOWL RUNOFF EUTROPHICATION CROPS AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS LAND USE SHORES TIDAL AREAS SURFACE WATERS ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION PLANTATION POINT SOURCE POLLUTION SOURCE POLLUTION CLIMATE STORM EVENTS FRUIT LAND AREA OXYGEN LEVELS AGRICULTURE FOREST BACTERIAL LEVELS ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES DISSOLVED OXYGEN GRASSLANDS RESTORATION PROGRAMS AESTHETICS ISLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS FISHERIES DATA SETS COASTS IMPERVIOUS LAND LAND HISTORICAL WETLANDS ALGAE ANALYSIS RECREATIONAL AREAS NITROGEN OBSERVATIONS WATERSHED RIVERINE ESTUARIES DREDGING MITIGATION SAMPLING WETLAND ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION HEADWATERS RESTORATION BIOCONTROL INDUSTRIAL USE IMPERVIOUS SURFACE NATIVE SPECIES FLOODING WETLAND LOCATIONS NO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION BIRDS INVERTEBRATES LAND USES WATER RUNOFF RESTORATION ACTIVITIES COASTAL WATERS DAMS PARKS DRAINAGE SYSTEMS DATA COLLECTION ENVIRONMENTAL FUNCTIONS NUTRIENT CYCLING HABITATS HOUSING SURFACE WATER FLATS PLANT LIFE FRESHWATER WETLANDS WILDLIFE HABITAT COASTAL ZONE UPLAND AREAS MANGROVES TIDAL FLATS BAY EROSION CONTROL FOREST FLOOR BENTHIC COMMUNITIES RIVER CORRIDORS WINDS PUBLIC HEALTH STREAM HEAVY METAL HUMAN ACTIVITIES BIOMASS SEDIMENT MARINE SCIENCE MINING OPERATIONS NATIONAL FORESTS WETLAND LOSS LAND AREAS FLOODS SEDIMENTS CONSTRUCTION FOOD CHAIN COASTAL EROSION IMPERVIOUS SURFACES MACROPHYTES POINT SOURCE STORM WATER CLASSIFICATION BACTERIA PLANT SPECIES FLOODPLAINS VEGETATIVE COVER NATIONAL PARKS BEACH VEGETATION STUDIES UPLAND HABITATS CLIMATE CHANGE DISSOLVED OXYGEN LEVELS INDUSTRIAL WASTES PLANTATIONS BEACHES FRESHWATER CONSERVATION RESERVE STORM EVENT COASTAL STORMS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS FORESTS POLLUTANTS AGRICULTURAL LAND ESTUARINE RIPARIAN VEGETATION POLLUTANT LOADS FOOD AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES GEOGRAPHIC AREAS ADMINISTRATION SURFACE AREA EROSION AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY SEWAGE TREATMENT INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES ECOSYSTEMS COAST NATIVE FLORA GROUNDWATER MUNICIPAL SEWAGE SYSTEM CONSERVATION NUTRIENT LOADS ECOLOGY POLLUTION CONTROL SOILS RIVER SYSTEMS EFFLUENTS IMPERVIOUS SURFACE AREA WETLANDS IMPLEMENTATION LAND MANAGEMENT WETLAND ASSESSMENTS PRESERVATION RIVER STORMWATER RUNOFF
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Promoting Green Urban Development in African Cities : eThekwini, South Africa Urban Environmental Profile

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