Socio-Economic Dynamics Inhibiting Inclusive Urban Economic Development: Implications for Sustainable Urban Development in South African Cities

RM Kajiita, SM Kang'ethe - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
Globally, the need for sustainable urban development has never been more urgent than it is
now. This is because estimates indicate that more than half of the global population will be …

World's human migration patterns in 2000–2019 unveiled by high-resolution data

V Niva, A Horton, V Virkki, M Heino, M Kosonen… - Nature Human …, 2023 - nature.com
Despite being a topical issue in public debate and on the political agenda for many
countries, a global-scale, high-resolution quantification of migration and its major drivers for …

Apes and agriculture

E Meijaard, N Unus, T Ariffin, R Dennis… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Non-human great apes–chimpanzees, gorillas, bonobos, and orangutans–are threatened
by agricultural expansion, particularly from rice, cacao, cassava, maize, and oil palm …

Adapting smallholder irrigation systems to extreme events: a case of the Transforming Irrigation in Southern Africa (TISA) project in Zimbabwe

M Moyo, T Dube, A van Rooyen… - … Journal of Water …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Smallholder irrigation schemes are vulnerable to increased climate variability and change,
particularly increased water stress. This paper explores whether the introduction of …

Assessing causes and implications of climate-induced migration in Kenya and Ethiopia

W Leal Filho, DY Ayal, DD Chamma… - … Science & Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Climate-induced migration is an increasingly pressing issue in many African regions, as
rising temperatures and extreme weather events have caused the displacement of …

Decent employment and the future of agriculture. How dominant narratives prevent addressing structural issues

B Losch - Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Decent employment in agriculture is part of the general narrative about working conditions. It
is an unquestionable objective but its position high in the international agenda contributes to …

The impacts of COVID-19 and climate change on smallholders through the lens of SDGs; and ways to keep smallholders on 2030 agenda

R Ingutia - International Journal of Sustainable Development & …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This paper set out to show the impacts of COVID-19 and climate change on smallholders
through the lens of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and ways to keep smallholders …

Assessing rural-urban linkages and their contribution to territorial development: Insights from Zimbabwe's small and medium-sized cities

S Mercandalli, P Girard, B Dione, S Michel - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
In Sub-Saharan Africa, unprecedented population growth, concomitant with limited
industrialisation and job creation, have changed the configurations of rural-urban linkages in …

The impact of urbanization on economic growth in Gauteng Province, South Africa

S Jacobs, OO David… - International Journal of …, 2023 - econjournals.net.tr
The apartheid legacy molded urbanization changes in South Africa. Post-1994 people were
free to migrate to areas with greater economic activities (increased socio-economic …