Sustainable Development in Mining Communities: The Case of South Africa's West Wits Goldfield

Autor: Megan J. Cole, Jennifer L. Broadhurst

Publikováno v: Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, Vol 4 (2022)

There is a significant role for the mining and minerals industry to play in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at a global level, through supplying the raw materials needed for technological progress, human development and cleaner eco

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Measuring the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in mining host communities: A South African case study

Autor: Megan J. Cole, J.L. Broadhurst

Publikováno v: The Extractive Industries and Society. 8:233-243

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been adopted by countries and corporates across the world, including the major mining companies. This study contributes to the operationalisation of the SDGs in the mining industry by defining and measuri

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2020.11.012

Managing city-scale slow-onset disasters: Learning from Cape Town's 2015–2018 drought disaster planning

Autor: Nicholas Philip Simpson, Mark New, Hugh D. Cole, Kayleen Jeanne Simpson, Megan J. Cole, Gina Ziervogel

Publikováno v: International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 63:102459

Disaster planning for slow-onset city-wide shocks will be become increasingly necessary, particularly as cities face increasingly severe climate hazards. This paper provides unique insight into the disaster planning and management that was undertaken

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102459

Spatial inequality in water access and water use in South Africa

Autor: Megan J. Cole, Richard M. Bailey, Mark New, James D. S. Cullis

The importance of measuring inequalities in sustainable development is reflected in the requirement to disaggregate national data for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In this paper, piped water access, water use and water stress are mapped a

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Safe and just operating spaces for regional social-ecological systems

Autor: Elizabeth S. Jeffers, Anson W. Mackay, James G. Dyke, Ke Zhang, Terence P. Dawson, Sally Brown, John A. Dearing, Md. Sarwar Hossain, C. Patrick Doncaster, Felix Eigenbrod, Megan J. Cole, Guy M. Poppy, Björn Nykvist, Martina Flörke, Timothy M. Lenton, Sarah Cornell, Helmut Haberl, Rong Wang, Jacob Carstensen, Kate Raworth, Peter G. Langdon

Publikováno v: Dearing, J A, Wang, R, Zhang, K, Dyke, J G, Haberl, H, Hossain, M S, Langdon, P G, Lenton, T M, Raworth, K, Brown, S, Carstensen, J, Cole, M J, Cornell, S E, Dawson, T P, Doncaster, C P, Eigenbrod, F, Flörke, M, Jeffers, E, Mackay, A W, Nykvist, B & Poppy, G M 2014, ' Safe and just operating spaces for regional social-ecological systems ', Global Environmental Change, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 227-238 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.06.012
Dearing, J A, Wang, R, Zhang, K, Dyke, J G, Haberl, H, Hossain, M S, Langdon, P G, Lenton, T M, Raworth, K, Brown, S, Carstensen, J, Cole, M J, Cornell, S E, Dawson, T P, Doncaster, C P, Eigenbrod, F, Flörke, M, Jeffers, E, Mackay, A W, Nykvist, B & Poppy, G M 2014, ' Safe and just operating spaces for regional social-ecological systems ', Global Environmental Change, vol. 28, pp. 227-238 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.06.012
Global Environmental Change
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS

This article is a contribution to the PAGES Focus 4 ‘Regional Integration’ theme. ABSTRACT: Humanity faces a major global challenge in achieving wellbeing for all while simultaneously ensuring that the biophysical processes and ecosystem services

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