Land-use management system as a tool towards achieving low-carbon cities in South Africa

Abstract

English: The scientific community has to a large extent accepted that climate change is no longer a vague threat but a growing reality attributed to the build-up of greenhouse gas emissions. As urban areas are responsible for a substantial component, these emissions, reducing carbon emissions from cities, can make a significant difference in reducing global emissions. This article examines the nature and extent of greenhouse gas emissions in South Africa, and explores the contribution that spatial planning, land development and regulatory aspects of the land-use management system can make towards achieving lower carbon cities.

Afrikaans: Die wetenskap het grootliks aanvaar dat klimaatverandering nie meer ‘n vae dreigement is nie, maar ‘n werklikheid as gevolg van die vrystelling van kweekhuisgasse. Aangesien stedelike gebiede die oorsprong van baie van hierdie uitlatings is, behoort stede dus die fokus van bekampingsaksies teen die wêreldwye kweekhuisgasvrystellings te wees. Hierdie artikel bespreek die aard en omvang van kweekhuisgasvrystellings in Suid-Afrika en die rol van ruimtelike beplanning, grondontwikkeling en regulatiewe aspekte van die grondgebruikbestuurstelsel in die skep van lae koolstofstede.

SeSotho: Baahi ba tsa mahlalehlale ba amohetse ka ho otloloha hore phetoho ya boemo ba lehodimo ha e sa hlole e le tshosonyana feela empa ke nnete e holang e hokelwang ho ho dutleng ha kgaswe ya grenhouse. Ka ha dibaka tsa metsemeholo ya ditoropo e le tsona tse bakang ho dutla hona ha dikgase tsena, ho fokotsa ho dutla ha dikgase tsa moya o silafetseng (carbon emissions) metseng ya ditoropo ho ka tlisa phapano ya bohlokwa ho fokotsa ho dutla ha dikgase tsena lefatsheng lohle. Pampiri ena e tla hlahloba mokgwa esitana le ho tswela pele ho dutla ha dikgase tsena tsa greenhouse mona ho la Afrika Borwa, e ntano batlisisa thuso eo moralo wa sebaka, temo ya lefatshe esitana le dintlha tsa taolo ya mokgwa wa tsamaiso wa tshebediso ya lefatshe di ka o etsang ho fihlella metsemeholo ya ditoropo e dutlang moya o silafetseng o sa hlwekang o tlase ha ho bapiswa.