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DOI | 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2016.09.025 |
The challenge of urban poverty for the use of green infrastructure on floodplains and wetlands to reduce flood impacts in intertropical Africa | |
Douglas, Ian | |
2018-12-01 | |
发表期刊 | LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING |
ISSN | 0169-2046 |
EISSN | 1872-6062 |
出版年 | 2018 |
卷号 | 180页码:262-272 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | England |
英文摘要 | The rapidly expanding urban population in intertropical African cities that lives in poverty in informal settlements poses major problems for urban health, safety and risk reduction. Such settlements often encroach on floodplains and wetlands, restricting the space available to convey and store flood waters Climate change and the expansion impermeable urban surfaces are contributing to increased magnitude and frequency of flooding. The use of green infrastructure in Africa to alleviate climate change impacts, including for sustainable urban drainage, is widely advocated. Many consider that urban agriculture can be part of such green infrastructure. However, although municipal plans often envisage removal of settlements from floodplains and do not encourage urban agriculture, efforts to bulldoze dwellings and move people from the settlements close to city centres are strongly resisted and can become politically contested. Improvements in urban drainage require participatory, multi-sectoral planning and implementation. In many African cities three different levels of action occur, frequently without considering interests at any other level: municipal drainage and floodplain clearance plans; international NGO and consultant led schemes; and community-based small scale actions for immediate relief and protection. Political allegiances cut across the three levels, showing that without holistic views across all scales of the political, social, economic and environmental aspects of these intertropical African cities, widespread use of floodplain and wetland green infrastructure for flood hazard reduction will be difficult to achieve. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved |
英文关键词 | Flooding Green infrastructure Poverty Africa Political influence Informal settlements |
领域 | 资源环境 |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000449896300028 |
WOS关键词 | CLIMATE-CHANGE ADAPTATION ; PERIURBAN AGRICULTURE ; INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS ; ENVIRONMENTAL-CHANGE ; WASTE-WATER ; LAND-USE ; MANAGEMENT ; CITIES ; PARTICIPATION ; SANITATION |
WOS类目 | Ecology ; Environmental Studies ; Geography ; Geography, Physical ; Regional & Urban Planning ; Urban Studies |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Geography ; Physical Geography ; Public Administration ; Urban Studies |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/25217 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
作者单位 | Univ Manchester, Sch Environm Educ & Dev, Manchester M13 9PL, Lancs, England |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Douglas, Ian. The challenge of urban poverty for the use of green infrastructure on floodplains and wetlands to reduce flood impacts in intertropical Africa[J]. LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING,2018,180:262-272. |
APA | Douglas, Ian.(2018).The challenge of urban poverty for the use of green infrastructure on floodplains and wetlands to reduce flood impacts in intertropical Africa.LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING,180,262-272. |
MLA | Douglas, Ian."The challenge of urban poverty for the use of green infrastructure on floodplains and wetlands to reduce flood impacts in intertropical Africa".LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING 180(2018):262-272. |
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