Participatory Planning for Climate Compatible Development in Maputo, Mozambique

Broto, Vanesa Castán; Ensor, Jonathan; Boyd, Emily; Allen, Charlotte; Seventine, Carlos; Macucule, Domingos Augusto

doi:10.14324/111.9781910634202

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“…According to Broto et al (2015), the environmental vulnerability of self-produced settlements is closely associated with poverty and limited access to resources, soil characteristics (their compaction and limited water infiltration capacity), the coverage of built and paved surfaces, poor drainage and to tree felling. In short, given the reciprocal relationship between the two perspectives of environmental sustainability, that is, climate change, for example, is due in part to the lack of environmental conservation by mankind, resulting in increased environmental vulnerability.…”

Section: Characteristics and Environmental Problemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The environmental sustainability of Maputo self-produced settlements: The case of George Dimitrov Neighbourhood

Alves¹,

Salamay²

2019

Afr J Eng Res

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Urban environmental sustainability is currently essential to ensure a healthy society, especially in the Self-Produced Neighbourhoods (SPN), since poverty and urbanization embody their environmental problems. However, considering that the temporal construction of the SPN sets up urban tissues linked to cultural and social values of its residents, this research aims to analyse the possibility of requalifying the Maputo SPN taking advantage of the existing one in order to reach its environmental sustainability. For this purpose, a literature review of specialty and George Dimitrov Neighbourhood (GDN) in Maputo were used as a case study to understand and discuss the research question. As a result, it was found that, despite the apparent disorder of the urban tissue of the neighbourhood, GND shows a considerable morphological and social potential that can be taken advantage of in their environmental requalification. Moreover, it has been found that poverty and the scarcity or lack of adequate technical knowledge in the neighbourhood's self-construction is the main environmental problems detected. In this point of view, it was concluded that, it is possible to requalify environmentally Maputo SPN taking advantage of existing conditions. To this end, urban public policies must, in addition to effectively taking up the urgency of SPN environmental issues in their interventions, create sustainable solutions that understand the cultural and socioeconomic logics that guide self-construction and, thus, integrate strategically in this process.

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Section: Characteristics and Environmental Problemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The environmental sustainability of Maputo self-produced settlements: The case of George Dimitrov Neighbourhood

Alves¹,

Salamay²

2019

Afr J Eng Res

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“…A particular example can help to demonstrate this: a title published in a dual English/Portuguese edition by UCL Press in November 2015, Participatory Planning for Climate Compatible Development in Maputo, Mozambique (Castan Broto et al . ), has been downloaded ca. 1,500 times in over 120 countries round the world.…”

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