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Black Swan events and their spatial consequences

Marketing & Media

Black Swan events and their spatial consequences

Issued by AfriGIS 23 Jan 2024

Urban agriculture isn’t as climate-friendly as it seems – but these best practices can transform gardens and city farms

Agriculture

Urban agriculture isn’t as climate-friendly as it seems – but these best practices can transform gardens and city farms

Jason Hawes, Benjamin Goldstein and Joshua Newell 23 Jan 2024

Healthcare

From fatal allergies to heart attacks and cholera - the devastating health effects of global warming in Africa

Lenore Manderson 7 Sep 2023

Green buildings can boost productivity, wellbeing and health of workers

Construction & Engineering

Green buildings can boost productivity, wellbeing and health of workers

Md Sazan Rahman 3 Feb 2022

The loss of vegetation is creating a dangerous heat island over Nairobi

ESG & Sustainability

The loss of vegetation is creating a dangerous heat island over Nairobi

17 Dec 2020

Circular cities of the world: What can green infrastructure do?

Construction & Engineering

Circular cities of the world: What can green infrastructure do?

Daniel Johnson 19 Sep 2019

Green roofs, like this one in Sao Paulo, Brazil, have many benefits. Leonardo Ikeda/Shutterstock

ESG & Sustainability

How buildings in Johannesburg could benefit from green roofs

Anne Fitchett 9 Sep 2019

Circular cities of the world: What can green infrastructure do?

Construction & Engineering

Circular cities of the world: What can green infrastructure do?

Daniel Johnson 25 Jun 2019

8 firms reveal designs for Uber Air skyports

Construction & Engineering

8 firms reveal designs for Uber Air skyports

24 Jun 2019

Construction & Engineering

Making cities cooler is a no brainer - so why are we doing so little about it?

Tiziana Susca and Francesco Pomponi 2 May 2018

Cities rally around the Paris deal, a reminder that global problems can have local solutions

ESG & Sustainability

Cities rally around the Paris deal, a reminder that global problems can have local solutions

Luc Soete 27 Jun 2017

Cities may be 8°C hotter by 2100: study

ESG & Sustainability

Cities may be 8°C hotter by 2100: study

30 May 2017

James Cullis, global service group leader: water, Aurecon

Construction & Engineering

#FIDIC_GAMA2017: African engineers face a ‘wicked' trilemma

Sindy Peters 11 May 2017

ESG & Sustainability

Thinking about a sustainable retrofit? Here are three things to consider

Trivess Moore, Andrew Carre, Ralph Horne 16 Jan 2017

By Daniel Ladenhauf, Flickr, CC BY-NC

Construction & Engineering

Our cities need to go on a resource diet

André Stephan et al. 1 Dec 2016

Reflective roof and skylights on a Walmart store, Las Vegas, ,

Construction & Engineering

Green and cool roofs provide relief for hot cities, but should be sited carefully

Ashish Sharma 1 Jul 2016

Can trees really cool our cities down?

Construction & Engineering

Can trees really cool our cities down?

Roland Ennos 4 Jan 2016