Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality
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Accessible cities 2017-2020
This project is one of four interrelated and integrated projects that form part of one programme or suite of projects. This project is the main project and it builds upon the work that has been previously done between NMBM and the City of Gothenburg. Based on the toolkit produced in the previous project we will…
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Sustainable Communities – public participation, densification and the planning of public open spaces
Sustainable Communities Planning (SCP) is a methodology developed by Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality (NMBM) designed to increase levels of sustainability and integration in the urban areas. It promotes a participatory approach to urban planning. Although the SCP methodology covers a broad spectrum of planning issues related to the Millennium Development Goals, this project aims to…
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Co-operation in air quality management and permetting between City of Göteborg and Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality
The bill of rights contained in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (Act 108 of 1996) is the cornerstone of democracy in South Africa. The Constitution places responsibility on the state to respect, protect and promote the rights of all people – including the right to an environment that is not harmful…
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Environmental Management
A partnership was initiated after a visit by the Swedish delegation to South Africa in July 2005 and a three year project started up and was funded by SALA/IDA. Two of the three project years have been carried out. The project focuses on three areas that are important for the development and management of environmental…
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Inner City Planning
The overall objective is the identification of the role of a well-conceived vision and strategic objectives for the city that will lead to strategies for the future development of the inner city areas in an optimal manner. The City of Gothenburg is organized in respect of the RiverCity Gothenburg project which has outlined a vision…
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Climate Change
The project aims to strengthen capacity around the institutionalisation of climate response considerations into municipal planning and processes in order to ensure that a city is able to effectively respond to both the challenges and opportunities arising from climate change. The project proposes to identify the barriers to ensuring effective climate response within a city,…
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Sustainable Mobility
The overall objective is to align transport and mobility policy and practices to the vision of the development of a sustainable and integrated city, accessible for all. To comprehensively change the mindset from transportation to sustainable mobility and the role that mobility plays in an integrated planning approach. The project objective is to formulate a…
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Examination of the gap between policy and implementation in local government
The overall objective is to have more effective implementation of all policies and strategies within a city context in order to improve service delivery at a local level. This in turn will ensure a more sustainable and integrated city. The project objective is to formulate a model of a sustainable urban mobility planning process aligned…