dc.contributor.author | Muchapondwa, E | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-08-15T12:08:43Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-08-15T12:08:43Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Muchapondwa, E. 2010. A cost-effectiveness analysis of options for reducing pollution in Khayelitsha township, South Africa. TD The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, 6(2):333-358, Dec. [http://dspace.nwu.ac.za/handle/10394/3605] | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1817-4434 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10394/6900 | |
dc.description.abstract | Average levels of PM10 pollutants in Khayelitsha, a poor informal settlement nears Cape
Town, are unusually high. The contributory factors are the burning of household waste,
wood and used tyres; vehicular emissions; and dust. This paper gives guidance towards
selecting interventions for reducing these pollutants. The options include planting
windbreak trees; paving roads and walkways; using cleaner sources of energy; and
supplying additional refuse skips. Based on cost data collected from relevant municipal
departments and service providers, over a 20-year planning horizon, the following are cost
equivalents: planting between 419 and 936 windbreak trees; paving 6 685m2 of exposed
areas; replacing between 451 and 870 wood-fired meat traders’ braai (i.e. barbecue) sets
with gas braais; and providing a 6m3 refuse skip. On the basis of cost-effectiveness in
reducing PM10 pollutants, this paper ranks the interventions as follows: (1) providing gas
braai sets; (2) planting windbreak trees; (3) paving exposed areas; and (4) providing the
refuse skip. Thus, providing gas braai sets to the meat traders in Khayelitsha will
significantly reduce PM10 levels, but will also contribute to the sustained livelihoods of
some of the poor households. However, planting windbreak trees may nevertheless be
undertaken because of this option’s linkage to climate change initiatives, which open up a
wide range of potential funding opportunities. | en_US |
dc.description.uri | https://doi.org/10.4102/td.v6i2.268 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | North-West University | en_US |
dc.subject | Air pollution | en_US |
dc.subject | Cost-effectiveness | en_US |
dc.subject | Khayelitsha | en_US |
dc.subject | PM10 | en_US |
dc.subject | Pollution control | en_US |
dc.title | A cost-effectiveness analysis of options for reducing pollution in Khayelitsha township, South Africa | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |