Mulala Danny Simatele
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 4098585 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Mulala Danny Simatele |
| NOMBRES | Mulala Danny |
| APELLIDO | Simatele |
| FIRMA | SIMATELE M D |
| AFILIACIONES | University of the Witwatersrand |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2161-1586 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 21 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 28 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 21 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2015 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Impact of construction and demolition waste on wetlands
Due to rapid urbanization and population growth in recent years, the global construction sector has expanded significantly, accompanied by serious environmental challenges. One of the most pressing issues is the generation of construction and demolition waste (CDW), which is heterogeneous, widespread and voluminous. This article critically examines the effects of CDW on wetland ecosystems focusing on Diepsloot and Tembisa in Johannesburg and Ekur…
Assessing the implications of organised illegal and informal mining activities on the environment in South Africa
Organised illegal and informal mining is growing globally, employing many unemployed youth, women, and children. In South Africa, rural communities see it as a means to reduce poverty and integrate into the economy. Despite numerous laws and regulations by the government and the Chamber of Mines to curb these practices due to their significant environmental implications and health risks the problems are escalating instead. Furthermore, while some…
Climate change and health in the Global South
Research on the effects of climate change on human health is essential for developing efficient mitigation and adaptation strategies in the face of an uncertain future. Although the health effects of climate change affect everyone, they have a major impact in the Global South. Consequently, there has been a notable rise in focus on research in this area in recent years, leading to a surge in publications. A scientometric analysis was conducted to…
Integrating circular economy and industrial ecology for sustainable management of construction and demolition waste in South Africa
Driven by escalating environmental degradation and extreme climate events, the 21st-century global economy now places sustainability at its core. Researchers, policymakers, global institutions and environmentalists worldwide are urging a shift to environmentally friendly waste management practices to ease environmental pressure. Although sustainable practices have emerged in key sectors like construction to reduce their harmful impacts, many rema…
Exploring the perception and awareness of the impacts of climate change on livelihoods in selected rural and urban households in Zimbabwe
It is now globally accepted that climate change has emerged as one of the key environmental threats impacting the sustainability of livelihoods for both rural and urban populations, particularly in developing countries of the South. However, both the rural and urban residents in Zimbabwe are not passive actors but are actively involved in identifying different ways to build their adaptive capacity and resilience to climate change. This study exam…
Electronic waste and environmental sustainability in Ghana
Electronic waste (e‐waste) can be defined as discarded or obsolete electronic and electrical equipment that is no longer functional or desired. Globally, e‐waste poses significant problems and threats to the environment, society and health of the population. In Ghana, this problem is more acute due to rapid technological advancement, lack of infrastructure, free trade policies and lack of sufficient coping mechanisms to manage e‐waste materials s…
Examining multifaceted constraints to just transitioning agenda in Africa
Africa as a block has developed great interest and potential to achieve just transition and low carbon economic growth. Despite the growing political commitment to the green economy and its rich natural capital endowment, the region lags behind other continents in many green growth dimensions, particularly the infusions of its vast natural resources into green economic opportunities. Furthermore, attracting funding from the private sector and int…
A bibliometric review of research on climate change in Africa
The increasing frequency and severity of climate change-related disasters have made it a dominant issue in global public policy debates. In Africa, scholarly climate change research publications have gradually evolved, reflecting growing academic engagement with the continent’s unique climate challenges. This study makes a novel contribution by conducting a bibliometric analysis that not only maps the volume of scholarly output but also explores …
Transforming climate change adaptation in South Africa
The climate change adaptation framework in South Africa encapsulates multi-layered and dimensional strategies encompassing policies, stakeholder engagements, institutional capacity building, resource allocation, research and knowledge sharing. The framework integrates localised planning, resistant infrastructure development, conservation strategies, disaster mitigation, technological innovation and resilient infrastructure. Despite this well-thou…
To live or to die
There is an array of studies documenting community preparedness to flooding in towns and cities, particularly those in countries of the developing global south. However, fewer studies have investigated how cultural and social factors influence flood preparedness. In this article, we discuss the role of cultural and social attributes and how these can influence a community’s preparedness to extreme flood events, with a focus on selected urban comm…
Asset Portfolios in Climate Change Adaptation and Food Security
Climate variability and change are projected to continue impacting many of the poor and small-scale farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. This study aimed to examine how small-scale farmers in the Gokwe South district of Zimbabwe are building their adaptive capacity and resilience against climate change and achieving food security. Primary data was collected using questionnaires both in structured and semi-structured interviews, and participatory observ…
Climate Change Adaptation for Food Security and Gendered-Land Rights in Western Kenya
This paper argues that for any community transformation to be achieved, cultural values and legal frameworks, which influence issues relating to land rights and food security, must form an integral part of any policy intervention efforts. We adopted feminism as both a methodological and an analytical framework. The dominant research paradigm was qualitative. The study sample was 184 people obtained using a systematic sampling method. Data collect…
Applying the participatory approach to assess the Water-Energy-Climate Change nexus in South Africa
This paper uses a participatory approach to assess the level of understanding of the Water-Energy-Climate Change (WECC) nexus in South Africa. The aim is to initiate the development of well-coordinated, systematic, and holistic strategies to promote efficient management of the WECC and its implications in the country. The assessment follows the learnings from the Integrated Water Resource Management framework, which promotes a participatory appro…
Climate–Urban Nexus
The changes in climatic conditions and their associated impacts are contributing to a worsening of existing gender inequalities and a heightening of women’s socioeconomic vulnerabilities in South Africa. Using data collected by research methods inspired by the tradition of participatory appraisals, we systematically discuss the impacts of climate change on marginalized women and the ways in which they are actively responding to climate challenges…
Analysis of public policies and programmes towards water security in post-apartheid South Africa
Many countries in the world, including South Africa, are water-stressed with increasing pressure on their water resources due to population growth, climate change, and inadequate funding. Post-independence in 1994, many policies and programmes were introduced by the government with the aim of promoting water management. While these policies and strategies achieved much in terms of water provision to communities and households, they failed to esta…
Unbundling of the green bond market in the economic hubs of Africa
Climate change is arguably one of the biggest challenges globally. In order for countries to meet the commitments of the Paris Agreement, climate investments need to be scaled up for adaptation and mitigation strategies. Green bonds are one of the most emerging climate finance mechanisms for large-scale climate projects and offer investment opportunities for many developing countries. Most developing countries are heavily reliant on climate funds…
Shifting the paradigm in community-based water resource management in North-West Cameroon
This paper examines practical approaches for Community-Based Water Resource Management in North-West Region, Cameroon. Empirical data collected through participatory learning and action revealed that a lesser degree of community involvement and more centralized systems of Natural Resource Management (NRM), is a major cause of unsustainable water management. A fundamental challenge in NRM is how to effectively engage and stimulate public, private …
A Comparative Analysis of Collaborative Environmental Management of Natural Resources in Sub-Saharan Africa
In Africa, rural communities thrive on social capital and tend to have a number of commonalities that force them to share natural, physical and social resources. It has been a trend in sub-Saharan Africa to have either formal or informal collaborative management agreements to manage common pool resources (CPRs) to accommodate different actors and interests. This paper draws lessons from past and contemporary collaborative schemes in Cameroon and …
Complexity and uncertainty in water resource governance in Northwest Cameroon
Scavenging for solid waste in Kinshasa
Migration as an adaptive strategy to climate variability
There is increasing consensus that the effects of extreme weather conditions in the form of drought, flooding and extreme temperature will have increasingly devastating impacts on those who depend on climate‐sensitive resources and ecosystems for their livelihoods. The most affected will be the poor in developing countries who have a low adaptive capacity to climate change due to high poverty levels. Despite these projections, there are, to date,…
A Comparative Analysis of Collaborative Environmental Management of Natural Resources in Sub-Saharan Africa
In Africa, rural communities thrive on social capital and tend to have a number of commonalities that force them to share natural, physical and social resources. It has been a trend in sub-Saharan Africa to have either formal or informal collaborative management agreements to manage common pool resources (CPRs) to accommodate different actors and interests. This paper draws lessons from past and contemporary collaborative schemes in Cameroon and …
Migration as an adaptive strategy to climate variability
There is increasing consensus that the effects of extreme weather conditions in the form of drought, flooding and extreme temperature will have increasingly devastating impacts on those who depend on climate‐sensitive resources and ecosystems for their livelihoods. The most affected will be the poor in developing countries who have a low adaptive capacity to climate change due to high poverty levels. Despite these projections, there are, to date,…
Complexity and uncertainty in water resource governance in Northwest Cameroon
Shifting the paradigm in community-based water resource management in North-West Cameroon
This paper examines practical approaches for Community-Based Water Resource Management in North-West Region, Cameroon. Empirical data collected through participatory learning and action revealed that a lesser degree of community involvement and more centralized systems of Natural Resource Management (NRM), is a major cause of unsustainable water management. A fundamental challenge in NRM is how to effectively engage and stimulate public, private …
Climate Change Adaptation for Food Security and Gendered-Land Rights in Western Kenya
This paper argues that for any community transformation to be achieved, cultural values and legal frameworks, which influence issues relating to land rights and food security, must form an integral part of any policy intervention efforts. We adopted feminism as both a methodological and an analytical framework. The dominant research paradigm was qualitative. The study sample was 184 people obtained using a systematic sampling method. Data collect…
Assessing the implications of organised illegal and informal mining activities on the environment in South Africa
Organised illegal and informal mining is growing globally, employing many unemployed youth, women, and children. In South Africa, rural communities see it as a means to reduce poverty and integrate into the economy. Despite numerous laws and regulations by the government and the Chamber of Mines to curb these practices due to their significant environmental implications and health risks the problems are escalating instead. Furthermore, while some…
Scavenging for solid waste in Kinshasa
Scavenging for solid waste in Kinshasa
Migration as an adaptive strategy to climate variability
There is increasing consensus that the effects of extreme weather conditions in the form of drought, flooding and extreme temperature will have increasingly devastating impacts on those who depend on climate‐sensitive resources and ecosystems for their livelihoods. The most affected will be the poor in developing countries who have a low adaptive capacity to climate change due to high poverty levels. Despite these projections, there are, to date,…
Complexity and uncertainty in water resource governance in Northwest Cameroon
A Comparative Analysis of Collaborative Environmental Management of Natural Resources in Sub-Saharan Africa
In Africa, rural communities thrive on social capital and tend to have a number of commonalities that force them to share natural, physical and social resources. It has been a trend in sub-Saharan Africa to have either formal or informal collaborative management agreements to manage common pool resources (CPRs) to accommodate different actors and interests. This paper draws lessons from past and contemporary collaborative schemes in Cameroon and …
Unbundling of the green bond market in the economic hubs of Africa
Climate change is arguably one of the biggest challenges globally. In order for countries to meet the commitments of the Paris Agreement, climate investments need to be scaled up for adaptation and mitigation strategies. Green bonds are one of the most emerging climate finance mechanisms for large-scale climate projects and offer investment opportunities for many developing countries. Most developing countries are heavily reliant on climate funds…
Shifting the paradigm in community-based water resource management in North-West Cameroon
This paper examines practical approaches for Community-Based Water Resource Management in North-West Region, Cameroon. Empirical data collected through participatory learning and action revealed that a lesser degree of community involvement and more centralized systems of Natural Resource Management (NRM), is a major cause of unsustainable water management. A fundamental challenge in NRM is how to effectively engage and stimulate public, private …
Analysis of public policies and programmes towards water security in post-apartheid South Africa
Many countries in the world, including South Africa, are water-stressed with increasing pressure on their water resources due to population growth, climate change, and inadequate funding. Post-independence in 1994, many policies and programmes were introduced by the government with the aim of promoting water management. While these policies and strategies achieved much in terms of water provision to communities and households, they failed to esta…
Climate–Urban Nexus
The changes in climatic conditions and their associated impacts are contributing to a worsening of existing gender inequalities and a heightening of women’s socioeconomic vulnerabilities in South Africa. Using data collected by research methods inspired by the tradition of participatory appraisals, we systematically discuss the impacts of climate change on marginalized women and the ways in which they are actively responding to climate challenges…
Applying the participatory approach to assess the Water-Energy-Climate Change nexus in South Africa
This paper uses a participatory approach to assess the level of understanding of the Water-Energy-Climate Change (WECC) nexus in South Africa. The aim is to initiate the development of well-coordinated, systematic, and holistic strategies to promote efficient management of the WECC and its implications in the country. The assessment follows the learnings from the Integrated Water Resource Management framework, which promotes a participatory appro…
To live or to die
There is an array of studies documenting community preparedness to flooding in towns and cities, particularly those in countries of the developing global south. However, fewer studies have investigated how cultural and social factors influence flood preparedness. In this article, we discuss the role of cultural and social attributes and how these can influence a community’s preparedness to extreme flood events, with a focus on selected urban comm…
Asset Portfolios in Climate Change Adaptation and Food Security
Climate variability and change are projected to continue impacting many of the poor and small-scale farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. This study aimed to examine how small-scale farmers in the Gokwe South district of Zimbabwe are building their adaptive capacity and resilience against climate change and achieving food security. Primary data was collected using questionnaires both in structured and semi-structured interviews, and participatory observ…
Climate Change Adaptation for Food Security and Gendered-Land Rights in Western Kenya
This paper argues that for any community transformation to be achieved, cultural values and legal frameworks, which influence issues relating to land rights and food security, must form an integral part of any policy intervention efforts. We adopted feminism as both a methodological and an analytical framework. The dominant research paradigm was qualitative. The study sample was 184 people obtained using a systematic sampling method. Data collect…
Climate change and health in the Global South
Research on the effects of climate change on human health is essential for developing efficient mitigation and adaptation strategies in the face of an uncertain future. Although the health effects of climate change affect everyone, they have a major impact in the Global South. Consequently, there has been a notable rise in focus on research in this area in recent years, leading to a surge in publications. A scientometric analysis was conducted to…
Integrating circular economy and industrial ecology for sustainable management of construction and demolition waste in South Africa
Driven by escalating environmental degradation and extreme climate events, the 21st-century global economy now places sustainability at its core. Researchers, policymakers, global institutions and environmentalists worldwide are urging a shift to environmentally friendly waste management practices to ease environmental pressure. Although sustainable practices have emerged in key sectors like construction to reduce their harmful impacts, many rema…
Exploring the perception and awareness of the impacts of climate change on livelihoods in selected rural and urban households in Zimbabwe
It is now globally accepted that climate change has emerged as one of the key environmental threats impacting the sustainability of livelihoods for both rural and urban populations, particularly in developing countries of the South. However, both the rural and urban residents in Zimbabwe are not passive actors but are actively involved in identifying different ways to build their adaptive capacity and resilience to climate change. This study exam…
Electronic waste and environmental sustainability in Ghana
Electronic waste (e‐waste) can be defined as discarded or obsolete electronic and electrical equipment that is no longer functional or desired. Globally, e‐waste poses significant problems and threats to the environment, society and health of the population. In Ghana, this problem is more acute due to rapid technological advancement, lack of infrastructure, free trade policies and lack of sufficient coping mechanisms to manage e‐waste materials s…
Examining multifaceted constraints to just transitioning agenda in Africa
Africa as a block has developed great interest and potential to achieve just transition and low carbon economic growth. Despite the growing political commitment to the green economy and its rich natural capital endowment, the region lags behind other continents in many green growth dimensions, particularly the infusions of its vast natural resources into green economic opportunities. Furthermore, attracting funding from the private sector and int…
A bibliometric review of research on climate change in Africa
The increasing frequency and severity of climate change-related disasters have made it a dominant issue in global public policy debates. In Africa, scholarly climate change research publications have gradually evolved, reflecting growing academic engagement with the continent’s unique climate challenges. This study makes a novel contribution by conducting a bibliometric analysis that not only maps the volume of scholarly output but also explores …
Transforming climate change adaptation in South Africa
The climate change adaptation framework in South Africa encapsulates multi-layered and dimensional strategies encompassing policies, stakeholder engagements, institutional capacity building, resource allocation, research and knowledge sharing. The framework integrates localised planning, resistant infrastructure development, conservation strategies, disaster mitigation, technological innovation and resilient infrastructure. Despite this well-thou…
Impact of construction and demolition waste on wetlands
Due to rapid urbanization and population growth in recent years, the global construction sector has expanded significantly, accompanied by serious environmental challenges. One of the most pressing issues is the generation of construction and demolition waste (CDW), which is heterogeneous, widespread and voluminous. This article critically examines the effects of CDW on wetland ecosystems focusing on Diepsloot and Tembisa in Johannesburg and Ekur…
Assessing the implications of organised illegal and informal mining activities on the environment in South Africa
Organised illegal and informal mining is growing globally, employing many unemployed youth, women, and children. In South Africa, rural communities see it as a means to reduce poverty and integrate into the economy. Despite numerous laws and regulations by the government and the Chamber of Mines to curb these practices due to their significant environmental implications and health risks the problems are escalating instead. Furthermore, while some…
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