From ‘government’ to ‘governance’: A quantitative transition analysis of urban wastewater management principles in Stellenbosch Municipality

Malisa, R.; Schwella, Erwin; Kidd, Martin

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.04.194

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“…Arguably, this rise is also linked to rising international support for a bioeconomy transition (especially as part of the EU strategy), laying a solid foundation for the pursuit of research questions on this subject. There were mixed reports on the effectiveness and efficient transformation of natural resources during this period (Asamoah et al 2020;Gmür 2020;Malisa et al 2019;Samson et al 2018;Reetsch et al 2020). Just as the number of papers, very few case studies were conducted in the late 1990s.…”

Section: Evolution Of the Papers On The Nexus Approach In Ssamentioning

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“…In Malawi (Southern Africa), baobab fruits were reportedly processed into a variety of food and non-food products, such as fruit juice, ice-lollies, sweets, and cosmetics (Darr et al 2020), while there is semi-processing of honey in Zambia (Lowore et al 2020). Muchara et al (2016) reported the transformation of wastewater, while water is effectively produced to help in the irrigation of farm crops in South Africa (Malisa et al 2019). In reporting about forest-based bioeconomy in Madagascar, Neimark and Healy (2018) showed the production system chain from growing and wild collection of castor for the bio-oil firm, as well as exporting it for European buyers who purchase the pressed oil in bulk.…”

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“…The use of agro-forestry waste materials to produce activated carbon was reported in Malawi and Zimbabwe (Ncube et al 2011;Lisboa et al 2020). This also includes the recycling of wastewater in South Africa (Malisa et al 2019), although it was inefficiently utilized due to poor management (Muchara et al 2016). However, in Mozambique, Nanvonamuquitxo et al (2017) noted that only 44% of all wood harvest by the company was transformed, and another 56% remained in the forest as wood waste.…”

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Nexus approach and environmental resource governance in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review

2022

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Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is replete with significant environmental resources including forests, water, land, and energy; although its transition to a bio-resource economy is yet to be actualized. Consequently, there are limited socio-economic gains from resource valorization. These challenges which stall progress towards the attainment of several interlinked sustainable development goals, are rooted, among others in resource governance defects. Furthermore, the persistence of knowledge fragmentation on resource governance shades possibilities for an in-depth theorizing of the nexus approach. In this light, two questions beg for answers: (i) To what extent are governance indicators captured in empirical studies on the nexus approach in SSA? (ii) What questions and approaches should inform future research on the nexus approach in SSA? To answer these questions, this paper systematically reviews 100 peer-reviewed articles (with 154 cases) that address governance questions in nexus studies within the broad framework of bioeconomy transitioning in SSA. Using the PROFOR analytical framework, our analysis reveals the following: (1) Although sub-regional variations exist in the application of nexus thinking, the overall emphasis in SSA is on first-level resource transformation. (2) With only 5% of studies explicitly mentioning the nexus approach, there is a strong indication for nexus thinking to be prioritized in future research. (3) While efficiency is the most recurrent in the literature (69%), its assurance in resource nexus and transformation is insignificant. (4) Interlinked questions of equity, participation, transparency, and conflict management have not been sufficiently addressed in studies on the nexus approach. The paper suggests an urgent need for in-depth, multi-country, and interdisciplinary research on these governance parameters in the nexus approach, as prerequisite to advancing the science–policy intercourse in nexus thinking in SSA.

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“…A study implemented a methodology of transdisciplinary in South Africa for the assessment of urban wastewater management by Malisa, Schwella, and Kidd (2019). This research activity used reported data from a case study of Stellenbosch town along with the quantitative data collected from the participants.…”

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Wastewater treatment, reuse, and disposal‐associated effects on environment and health

Choudri

Al‐Awadhi

Charabi

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Water Environment Research

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This paper presents the review of the literature published in the year 2019 related to treatment and reuse of wastewater and effects on the environment and human health. The scientific review on the treatment and reuse of wastewaters is divided into various sections in the paper. The review sections cover wastewater management, reuse, removal of microorganisms, and chemical constituents. Besides, the review also covers research focused on wastewater treatment plants, disposal, and the management of wastewater sludge as well as biosolids in the environment.

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“…In recent years, big data collection and analysis plays an increasingly important role in urban governance [20] , [21] , [22] , [23] , [24] . Some experts have also studied the urban governance problems brought about by the COVID-19 [24] , [25] .…”

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Urban Hierarchical Open-up Schemes Based on Fine Regional Epidemic Data for the Lockdown in COVID-19

Wang

et al. 2021

Big Data Research

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During the COVID-19 outbreaking, China's lock-down measures have played an outstanding role in epidemic prevention; many other countries have followed similar practices. The policy of social alienation and community containment was executed to reduce civic activities, which brings up numerous economic losses. It has become an urgent task for these countries to open-up, while the epidemic has almost under control. However, it still lacks sufficient literature to set appropriate open-up schemes that strike a balance between open-up risk and lock-down cost. Big data collection and analysis, which play an increasingly important role in urban governance, provide a useful tool for solving the problem. This paper explores the influence of open-up granularity on both the open-up risk and the lock-down cost. It proposes an SEIR-CAL model considering the effect of asymptomatic patients based on propagation dynamics, and offered a model to calculate the lock-down cost based on the lock-down population. A simulation experiment is then carried out based on the mass actual data of Wuhan City to explore the influence of open-up granularity. Finally, this paper proposed the evaluation score (ES) to comprehensively measure schemes with different costs and risks. The experiments suggest that when released under the non-epidemic situation, the open-up scheme with the granularity refined to the block has the optimal ES. Results indicated that the fine-grained open-up scheme could significantly reduce the lock-down cost with a relatively low open-up risk increase.

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From ‘government’ to ‘governance’: A quantitative transition analysis of urban wastewater management principles in Stellenbosch Municipality

Cited by 19 publications

References 35 publications

Nexus approach and environmental resource governance in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review

Nexus approach and environmental resource governance in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review

Wastewater treatment, reuse, and disposal‐associated effects on environment and health

Urban Hierarchical Open-up Schemes Based on Fine Regional Epidemic Data for the Lockdown in COVID-19

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