Browsing by Subject "Environmental justice"
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Enabling green and blue infrastructure to improve contributions to human well-being and equity in urban systems
(Oxford Univ Press, 2019)The circumstances under which different ecosystem service benefits can be realized differ. The benefits tend to be coproduced and to be enabled by multiple interacting social, ecological, and technological factors, which ... -
An environmental justice perspective on the role of local government in realising the right to sanitation
(2014)The provision of adequate sanitation is an essential service. In terms of schedule 4B of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 108 of 1996 (the Constitution), such provision is a function of local government. ... -
Municipal courts and environmental justice in South African Local Government
(PER/PELJ, 2021)South African law establishes environmental justice (EJ) as among the environmental management principles to direct decision-making. EJ's inclusion as a guiding principle in the National Environmental Management Act 107 ... -
The promotion of environmental justice through the lens of civil-based environmental governance in South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2015)Civil society has a significant role to play in promoting environmental justice, particularly through the lens of civil-based environmental governance. Civil-based instruments such as public participation, access to ... -
The usable past and socio-environmental justice: From Lady Selborne to Ga-Rankuwa.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2013)This article presents a case study in forced removals and their ramifications from 1905 to 1977 from the perspective of socio-environmental history. It depicts environmental damages and misunderstandings suffered due to ...