Greening Africa's Cities

White, Roland; Turpie, Jane; Letley, Gwyneth Letley

collection.link.79	https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/2187
collection.name.79	City Development Strategy
dc.contributor.author	White, Roland	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Turpie, Jane	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Letley, Gwyneth Letley	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2017-05-23T20:33:50Z	en_US
dc.date.available	2017-05-23T20:33:50Z	en_US
dc.date.issued	2017-05-23	en_US
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_US
dc.identifier.other	P148662	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26730	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC	en_US
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO	en_US
dc.rights.holder	World Bank	en_US
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo	en_US
dc.subject	CITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY	en_US
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY	en_US
dc.subject	GREEN GROWTH	en_US
dc.subject	URBANIZATION	en_US
dc.subject	ECOSYSTEMS	en_US
dc.subject	NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT	en_US
dc.subject	HYDROLOGY	en_US
dc.subject	CONSEQUENCES	en_US
dc.subject	GREEN URBAN DEVELOPMENT	en_US
dc.subject	URBAN FINANCE	en_US
dc.subject	GREEN FINANCE	en_US
dc.title	Greening Africa's Cities	en_US
dc.title.subtitle	Enhancing the Relationship between Urbanization, Environmental Assets, and Ecosystem Services	en_US
dc.type	Report	en_US
okr.associatedcontent	https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/26764 Toolkit of Measures for Managing Environmental Externalities in Urban Areas	en_US
okr.associatedcontent	https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/26765 A Spatial Valuation of the Natural and Semi-Natural Open Space Areas in eThekwini Municipality	en_US
okr.associatedcontent	https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/26425 Costs and Benefits of Rehabilitation of the Nakivubo Wetland	en_US
okr.associatedcontent	https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/26702 Amelioration of Flood Risk in the Msimbazi River Catchment	en_US
okr.associatedcontent	https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/26676 Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania Urban Environmental Profile	en_US
okr.associatedcontent	https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/24037 eThekwini, South Africa Urban Environmental Profile	en_US
okr.associatedcontent	https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/22941 Kampala, Uganda, Urban Environmental Profile	en_US
okr.date.disclosure	2017-05-23	en_US
okr.doctype	Economic & Sector Work :: City Development Strategy	en_US
okr.doctype	Economic & Sector Work	en_US
okr.googlescholar.linkpresent	yes
okr.identifier.report	115281	en_US
okr.region.administrative	Africa	en_US
okr.region.country	Nigeria	en_US
okr.region.country	Senegal	en_US
okr.region.country	South Africa	en_US
okr.region.country	Tanzania	en_US
okr.region.country	Uganda	en_US
okr.region.geographical	Sub-Saharan Africa	en_US
okr.topic	Environment :: Environmental Economics & Policies	en_US
okr.topic	Environment :: Green Issues	en_US
okr.topic	Urban Development :: City Development Strategies	en_US
okr.topic	Urban Development :: Urban Economic Development	en_US
okr.topic	Urban Development :: Urban Environment	en_US
okr.unit	Urban DRM AFR 2 (GSU19)	en_US

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