Excited to see an article from our collaborative effort published. 'Towards resilient African cities: Shared challenges and opportunities towards the retention and maintenance of ecological infrastructure' check it out: bit.ly/2Os0OP0 #greeninfrastructure #Africancities

simple yet effective illustration of the importance of plants in protecting soils #greeninfrastructure GCRO

Excited to see our paper out in Environment & Urbanization - the first set of results from my PhD. Explores the challenge of balancing #EnvironmentalSustainability and #SocialJustice justice in government housing developments in Gauteng journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… #QualityOfLifeSurvey #GCROQoL18

Last week we shared maps of vulnerability and risk to the spread of #covid19sa in Gauteng. We have set up a special project page to access GCRO #covid19 response outputs. We continue to upload new data insights and resources as they are developed. tinyurl.com/t7tpbdc

NEW OPEN ACCESS: Building just and sustainable cities through government housing developments journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… By Christina Culwick Fatti & Zarina Patel #Gauteng #SocialHousing #Cities

Congratulations to the team who ran the #COVID19 #NIDSCRAM survey and have published the range of associated reports. You have done such important work. Some heartbreaking findings.

Location is key. “Many informal dwellers choose to live in substandard conditions to allow easier access to work." New #openaccess paper on government housing developments in South Africa by Christina Culwick Fatti GCRO & Zarina Patel journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… #Housing #Gauteng

Looking forward to #SAACSC2020 next week. A really exciting set of sessions and presentations lined up!

Hannah Benn presenting now on the recent GCRO Occasional Paper on #Urbanagriculture in the Gauteng City-Region’s #greeninfrastructure network Download the OP here gcro.ac.za/outputs/occasi…

Read 'Towards resilient African cities: Shared challenges & opportunities towards the retention & maintenance of ecological infrastructure' here: bit.ly/3ln5rYT Pippin Anderson Christina Culwick Fatti @n_sitas Carla Washbourne Ryan Blanchard Dr. Egoh Benis Julie Goodness Ilse Kotzee 2/2

Looking forward to the ILASA webinar later this afternoon on aligning policies and #GreenInfrastructure for #Climate consciousness. Register here tinyurl.com/y2rftaky

We've extended the call for PhD position at UWC as part of our Off-grid cities project to Friday 12 March 2021. The project explores the implications of elites going off-grid for social justice and climate change. Please circulate and apply! GCRO

How just is our transition to #sustainability? GCRO's 12th Research Report is out and explores challenges of our age – #climatechange, #resourcescarcity, #socialjustice and #inequality. Available for download: gcro.ac.za/outputs/resear… #justsustainability #justtransition

Excited to have my paper on #JustSustainability published in COSUST authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S18…

Our 43rd Vignette explores if #Gauteng residents are turning to alternative #electricity and #water sources. We show that #access to alternative electricity and water is increasing significantly over time, but is more frequent in wealthier households. #OffgridSA

This piece is co-authored with Samkelisiwe Khanyile and looks at the potential impact of private investments in alternative water and electricity on social justice. GCRO #offgridSA

The gap is clearly widening between affluent households who can shield themselves from electricity and water interruptions and poorer households who cannot afford to do so. dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-0…