Greening Africa's Cities: Enhancing the Relationship between Urbanization, Environmental Assets, and Ecosystem Services

doi:10.1596/26730

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Greening Africa's Cities: Enhancing the Relationship between Urbanization, Environmental Assets, and Ecosystem Services

dc.contributor.author	White, Roland
dc.contributor.author	Turpie, Jane
dc.contributor.author	Letley, Gwyneth Letley
dc.date.accessioned	2017-05-23T20:33:50Z
dc.date.available	2017-05-23T20:33:50Z
dc.date.issued	2017-05-23
dc.description.abstract	Africa is urbanizing late but fast. This brings many benefits but, as this report shows: thus far, urbanization in Africa, unique in a number of respects, is having deleterious and largely unchecked impacts on the natural environment; the degradation of natural assets and ecosystems within African cities carries tangible economic, fiscal and social costs; there are important opportunities to change the current environmental trajectory of African cities so that they move towards a more harmonious relationship between their natural and built environments. For this to happen, focused action is necessary.	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/26730
dc.identifier.other	P148662
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/26730
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject	CITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
dc.subject	GREEN GROWTH
dc.subject	URBANIZATION
dc.subject	ECOSYSTEMS
dc.subject	NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	HYDROLOGY
dc.subject	CONSEQUENCES
dc.subject	GREEN URBAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	URBAN FINANCE
dc.subject	GREEN FINANCE
dc.title	Greening Africa's Cities	en
dc.title.subtitle	Enhancing the Relationship between Urbanization, Environmental Assets, and Ecosystem Services	en
dc.type	Report	en
dc.type	Rapport	fr
dc.type	Informe	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
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okr.crossref.title	Greening Africa's Cities
okr.date.disclosure	2017-05-23
okr.doctype	Economic & Sector Work::City Development Strategy
okr.doctype	Economic & Sector Work
okr.externalurl	http://www.worldbank.org/en/events/2018/02/07/world-urban-forum
okr.guid	537541495770954232
okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/26730
okr.identifier.report	115281
okr.language.supported	en
okr.region.administrative	Africa
okr.region.country	Nigeria
okr.region.country	Senegal
okr.region.country	South Africa
okr.region.country	Tanzania
okr.region.country	Uganda
okr.region.geographical	Sub-Saharan Africa
okr.topic	Environment::Environmental Economics & Policies
okr.topic	Environment::Green Issues
okr.topic	Urban Development::City Development Strategies
okr.topic	Urban Development::Urban Economic Development
okr.topic	Urban Development::Urban Environment
okr.unit	Urban DRM AFR 2 (GSU19)