Megan J Cole
Biographic Data
| ID | 6388142 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Megan J Cole |
| GIVEN NAMES | Megan J |
| FAMILY NAME | Cole |
| SIGNATURE | COLE M J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cape Town |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0815-7590 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 79 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Understanding vulnerability to the coal transition in Indonesia
A coal transition vulnerability index for South Africa
Coal Transition Vulnerability Index developed and mapped for South Africa. • Exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity components determined and mapped. • Most vulnerable local municipalities identified across components. • Supports placed-based strategies that go beyond one-size-fits all approach. • Evidence-based policies and responses identified. Growing concern over climate change impacts across the world has prompted significant commitment…
Profiling risk in South Africa's just transition
The global shift away from coal has major implications for South African coal mine workers. As part of efforts to support a just transition, this paper presents a national-level profile and risk assessment of over 47,000 coal workers across 33 mines in five provinces. Drawing on mine-level Social and Labour Plans (SLPs), spatial tax income data, and technical mine data, we assess education, employment status, income levels, and risk of job loss d…
Managing city-scale slow-onset disasters
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 by the City of Cape Town government in response to its most severe hydrological drought on record. It describes how risk was understood and why decisions were made on key elements of the plan, includ…
Mapping and classification of mining host communities
Measuring the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in mining host communities
Spatial variability in sustainable development trajectories in South Africa
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represents the first globally agreed framework to address human development and environmental stewardship in an integrated way. One approach to summarising national SDG status is our "barometer for inclusive sustainable development in South Africa". The barometer downscales global social and planetary boundaries to provide status and trends for 20 critical indicators of environmental stress and social depr…
Safe and just operating spaces for regional social-ecological systems
Humanity faces a major global challenge in achieving wellbeing for all, while simultaneously ensuring that the biophysical processes and ecosystem services that underpin wellbeing are exploited within scientifically informed boundaries of sustainability. We propose a framework for defining the safe and just operating space for humanity that integrates social wellbeing into the original planetary boundaries concept (Rockström et al., 2009a,b) for …
Safe and just operating spaces for regional social-ecological systems
Humanity faces a major global challenge in achieving wellbeing for all, while simultaneously ensuring that the biophysical processes and ecosystem services that underpin wellbeing are exploited within scientifically informed boundaries of sustainability. We propose a framework for defining the safe and just operating space for humanity that integrates social wellbeing into the original planetary boundaries concept (Rockström et al., 2009a,b) for …
Spatial variability in sustainable development trajectories in South Africa
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represents the first globally agreed framework to address human development and environmental stewardship in an integrated way. One approach to summarising national SDG status is our "barometer for inclusive sustainable development in South Africa". The barometer downscales global social and planetary boundaries to provide status and trends for 20 critical indicators of environmental stress and social depr…
Measuring the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in mining host communities
Profiling risk in South Africa's just transition
The global shift away from coal has major implications for South African coal mine workers. As part of efforts to support a just transition, this paper presents a national-level profile and risk assessment of over 47,000 coal workers across 33 mines in five provinces. Drawing on mine-level Social and Labour Plans (SLPs), spatial tax income data, and technical mine data, we assess education, employment status, income levels, and risk of job loss d…
Safe and just operating spaces for regional social-ecological systems
Humanity faces a major global challenge in achieving wellbeing for all, while simultaneously ensuring that the biophysical processes and ecosystem services that underpin wellbeing are exploited within scientifically informed boundaries of sustainability. We propose a framework for defining the safe and just operating space for humanity that integrates social wellbeing into the original planetary boundaries concept (Rockström et al., 2009a,b) for …
Spatial variability in sustainable development trajectories in South Africa
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represents the first globally agreed framework to address human development and environmental stewardship in an integrated way. One approach to summarising national SDG status is our "barometer for inclusive sustainable development in South Africa". The barometer downscales global social and planetary boundaries to provide status and trends for 20 critical indicators of environmental stress and social depr…
Mapping and classification of mining host communities
Measuring the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in mining host communities
Managing city-scale slow-onset disasters
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 by the City of Cape Town government in response to its most severe hydrological drought on record. It describes how risk was understood and why decisions were made on key elements of the plan, includ…
A coal transition vulnerability index for South Africa
Coal Transition Vulnerability Index developed and mapped for South Africa. • Exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity components determined and mapped. • Most vulnerable local municipalities identified across components. • Supports placed-based strategies that go beyond one-size-fits all approach. • Evidence-based policies and responses identified. Growing concern over climate change impacts across the world has prompted significant commitment…
Profiling risk in South Africa's just transition
The global shift away from coal has major implications for South African coal mine workers. As part of efforts to support a just transition, this paper presents a national-level profile and risk assessment of over 47,000 coal workers across 33 mines in five provinces. Drawing on mine-level Social and Labour Plans (SLPs), spatial tax income data, and technical mine data, we assess education, employment status, income levels, and risk of job loss d…
Understanding vulnerability to the coal transition in Indonesia
Environmental planning (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Coal (4 works) · Ecology (4 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Engineering (4 works) · Environmental resource management (4 works)