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Municipal planning law for climate change mitigation in South African cities
(North-West University (South Africa)., 2022)
City inhabitants worldwide are vulnerable to the severe effects of climate change, such as floods and droughts. South African cities are no exception with the residents of cities such as the City of Tshwane and the City ...
Legal protection of 'microclimate regulation' as an urban ecosystem service in South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa), 2021)
The current trends towards living in urban areas, along with unabated urban development are critically affecting cities and city environments. Urban areas face severe challenges such as environmental degradation, ...
The informal economy for local economic development in South Africa: a constitutional law approach
(North-West University (South Africa), 2021)
The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 mandates local government to be developmentally oriented and proactively facilitate local economic development (LED). Although LED is not explicitly listed in Schedules ...
Legal reflections on private investment in green transport infrastructure in South African cities
(North-West University (South Africa), 2021)
South Africa is facing rapid urbanisation marked by challenges such as overpopulation and poor mobility associated with urban growth. Since urban mobility depends on transportation, it requires transport infrastructure ...
The Gauteng provincial biodiversity law : a critical evaluation
(North-West University, 2018)
South Africa's rich biodiversity is one of the its most celebrated assets and before the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (Constitution), little uniformity prevailed across the country concerning its ...
Culture in the pursuit of sustainable development in South Africa : a legal approach
(North-West University, 2018)
Over time, it has become evident that development that is measured by economic indices alone without consideration of other dimensions of development is ineffective and unsustainable. Concerns as to the continuous exploitation ...
Local government's role in the pursuit of the transformative constitutional mandate of social justice in South Africa
(2014)
South Africa's transition to constitutional democracy marked the end of a system of government that perpetuated injustice on the basis of race. The previous system of government, underpinned by the principle of parliamentary ...
Corporate social responsibility and related legal checks in the pursuit of environmental protection in South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa), Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)
In a developing country like South Africa, business has an important role to play in the economy. Companies also play a role in the environmental protection of South Africa's considerable natural resources and physical ...
Straddling border and legal regimes : a legal framework for transfrontier biodiversity conservation in SADC
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2015)
Traditional conservation models focus on conservation within sovereign national borders and therefore ignores the fact that biodiversity extends beyond these political boundaries. Since the Southern African Development ...
The regulation of domestic solid waste management in local government : perspectives from the Limpopo Province
(2014)
In general, the improper disposal of waste may hinder the constitutional guarantee of a right to an environment to human health or well-being. This is especially true of domestic solid waste, a particular area of the waste ...