Consider the Environment in Town Planning and Housing Developments – IPPR
Edgar Brandt Windhoek-Government, including regional and local authorities, needs to ensure that urban building standards and town planning regulations enable and incentivise integrated, flexible, cost-effective and sustainable housing developments. This is according to a report released this week by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), titled ‘Housing in Namibia: Rights, Challenges and Opportunities’. The report, compiled by IPPR research associates, Pauline Ndhlovu and Dietrich Remmert, recommends clear certification processes and concise regulations in place to promote the use of alternative construction materials and methods.
A Word on Windhoek’s Emergency Water Plan
As part of the City of Windhoek’s response to the water crisis from 2015-16, the authorities drew up an ‘Emergency Water Use Scenario’. The scenario seeks to capture from which source and how much volume should be provided to meet the city’s water demand over the period of one week. Of note and as can […]
Opportunities for a Green Tourism Sector
This report looks at the potential for Namibia’s Tourism sector. Tourism is one of Namibia’s most important earners of foreign currency, and is a priority area in the fourth National Development Plan. To maximise the potential from tourism in the future, the report recommends that Namibia should: • Ensure the sustainability and viability of conservancies that […]
Namibia’s anti-corruption environment still evolving: report
Coastweek, a Chinese news website, aggregates a Xinhua report here.
