Evaluating the Potential Returns to Investing in Green Urban Development in Durban
Urbanisation is taking place at an unprecedented rate throughout the world, often outpacing plans and the capacity of city managers. As a result, natural open space areas in cities are being degraded and diminished, and problems such as flooding, a...
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okr-10986-273222021-05-25T09:52:22Z Evaluating the Potential Returns to Investing in Green Urban Development in Durban Turpie, Jane Letley, Gwyneth Chyrstal, Robynne Corbella, Stefan Stretch, Derek URBAN GREEN GROWTH FINANCE ENVIRONMENT CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE FINANCE Urbanisation is taking place at an unprecedented rate throughout the world, often outpacing plans and the capacity of city managers. As a result, natural open space areas in cities are being degraded and diminished, and problems such as flooding, air and water pollution are getting worse. The environmental problems associated with increased hardened surfaces and the loss of natural areas and ecosystem services are particularly acute in developing country cities, where a lack of regulation and resources has led to poor planning, the expansion of informal settlements in high risk, marginal areas, and the inability to adequately manage the quantity and quality of surface water flows.Durban, located within the eThekwini Municipality on the east coast of South Africa, is rich in biodiversity, but faces a number of environmental and developmental challenges. Green urban development is an approach that aims to minimize the impacts of urbanization on the environment, and tackles the core problems of pollution and waste, the consumption of natural resources, the loss of urban open space and the degradation and loss of biodiversity, as well as mitigation of the urban contribution to climate change. The aim of this study was to explore, using a case study and scenario-based approach, the potential costs and benefits of undertaking a green urban development approach to address some of the main environmental issues described above, and to explore the potential tradeoffs between different types of interventions, with an emphasis on assessing the desirable balance between engineered interventions and the conservation of natural open space areas. The study focuses on three elements of green urban development, all of which impact on ecosystems and biodiversity: sewage and solid waste management, active storm water management and the conservation of natural systems and riparian corridors. 2017-06-27T14:53:49Z 2017-06-27T14:53:49Z 2017-04 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/285331498124827922/Part-II-evaluating-the-potential-returns-to-investing-in-green-urban-development-in-Durban P148662 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27322 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: City Development Strategy Economic & Sector Work Africa |
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URBAN GREEN GROWTH FINANCE ENVIRONMENT CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE FINANCE Turpie, Jane Letley, Gwyneth Chyrstal, Robynne Corbella, Stefan Stretch, Derek Evaluating the Potential Returns to Investing in Green Urban Development in Durban |
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Urbanisation is taking place at an
unprecedented rate throughout the world, often outpacing
plans and the capacity of city managers. As a result,
natural open space areas in cities are being degraded and
diminished, and problems such as flooding, air and water
pollution are getting worse. The environmental problems
associated with increased hardened surfaces and the loss of
natural areas and ecosystem services are particularly acute
in developing country cities, where a lack of regulation and
resources has led to poor planning, the expansion of
informal settlements in high risk, marginal areas, and the
inability to adequately manage the quantity and quality of
surface water flows.Durban, located within the eThekwini
Municipality on the east coast of South Africa, is rich in
biodiversity, but faces a number of environmental and
developmental challenges. Green urban development is an
approach that aims to minimize the impacts of urbanization
on the environment, and tackles the core problems of
pollution and waste, the consumption of natural resources,
the loss of urban open space and the degradation and loss of
biodiversity, as well as mitigation of the urban
contribution to climate change. The aim of this study was to
explore, using a case study and scenario-based approach, the
potential costs and benefits of undertaking a green urban
development approach to address some of the main
environmental issues described above, and to explore the
potential tradeoffs between different types of
interventions, with an emphasis on assessing the desirable
balance between engineered interventions and the
conservation of natural open space areas. The study focuses
on three elements of green urban development, all of which
impact on ecosystems and biodiversity: sewage and solid
waste management, active storm water management and the
conservation of natural systems and riparian corridors. |
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Turpie, Jane Letley, Gwyneth Chyrstal, Robynne Corbella, Stefan Stretch, Derek |
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Turpie, Jane Letley, Gwyneth Chyrstal, Robynne Corbella, Stefan Stretch, Derek |
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Turpie, Jane |
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Evaluating the Potential Returns to Investing in Green Urban Development in Durban |
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Evaluating the Potential Returns to Investing in Green Urban Development in Durban |
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Evaluating the Potential Returns to Investing in Green Urban Development in Durban |
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Evaluating the Potential Returns to Investing in Green Urban Development in Durban |
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Evaluating the Potential Returns to Investing in Green Urban Development in Durban |
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evaluating the potential returns to investing in green urban development in durban |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2017 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/285331498124827922/Part-II-evaluating-the-potential-returns-to-investing-in-green-urban-development-in-Durban http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27322 |
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