Contents of February 2008

COMMENT
Towards greener living

UPFRONT
What’s new and happening?

GREEN BUILDINGS

CITY VISIT
Brakpan – caught in a time warp?

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING & DESIGN
Freedom Park revisited

WASTE AND POLLUTION MANAGEMENT  
Hammarsdale: solution to industrial pollution?

PLANNING PERSONALITY
Ashraf Adam: governance and planning go hand in hand

BATTLE OF THE ’BURBS
Hartbeespoort Dam v Bronkhorstpruit Dam

INSPIRATION
Library uplifts Tembisa

INSULT
Tourism centre downgrades Mooi River

TREE OF THE ISSUE
Ficus cordata

Contents of April 2008

COMMENT
Clean energy: the upside of the crisis

UPFRONT
What’s new and happening?

LETTERS
Your views aired

GREEN BUILDINGS
Environment-sensitive buildings across South Africa

CITY VISIT
West Wits: a ‘retrospective township’

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING & DESIGN
What impact will Gautrain have on the urban environment?

WASTE AND POLLUTION MANAGEMENT  
Is Cape Town saving landfill space?

PLANNING PERSONALITY
Strijdom van der Merwe: a ‘land artist’

BATTLE OF THE ’BURBS
Brooklyn v Linden

INSPIRATION
Magnificent mall in Atholl

INSULT
Clarens character crumbles?

TREE OF THE ISSUE
Trichilia emitica

Contents of June 2008

COMMENT
South African cities: management will sustain rejuvenation

UPFRONT
What’s new and happening?

LETTERS

GREEN BUILDINGS
Environment-sensitive buildings across South Africa   

GREEN BUILDINGS BRIEFS

CITY VISIT
Is the rejuvenation of Johannesburg’s inner city sustainable?

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING & DESIGN
Will the Ellis Park Precinct be more than just a “pretty face”?

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING & DESIGN BRIEFS

WASTE AND POLLUTION MANAGEMENT  
Diatoms: a novel method for monitoring urban waters

IFAT international reveals trends in waste management

INSPIRATION
Lilliesleaf alters the landscape

INSULT
Buffer strips: apartheid legacy

VIEWPOINT
What do the experts say?

Contents of August 2008

COMMENT
What role does planning play in climate change?

UPFRONT
What’s new and happening?

GREEN BUILDINGS
Green Star SA rating tool previewed

GREEN BUILDING BRIEFS

CITY VISIT
Khayelitsha: a wasteland?

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING & DESIGN
Is permaculture the way forward?

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING & DESIGN BRIEFS

WASTE & POLLUTION MANAGEMENT
Mine dumps need not disfigure the cityscape.

WASTE & POLLUTION MANAGEMENT BRIEFS

INSPIRATION
We find a “sweet spot” in Illovo.

INSULT
Is Sandton becoming a blot on the urbanscape?

VIEWPOINT
What do the experts say?


Contents of October 2008

COMMENT
Is zoning an obstacle in the densification of our cities?

LETTERS
Finding sights for sore eyes in Sandton and Khayelitsha

UPFRONT
What’s new and happening?

GREEN BUILDINGS
Johannesburg’s Lifestyle Garden Centre achieves energy efficiency

GREEN BUILDINGS BRIEFS

CITY VISIT
Olievenhoutbosch: a mixed-use, mixed-income precinct under the spotlight

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING & DESIGN
Green gated communities investigated – a close look at Monaghan Farm, Parkview, Westwood and 61 on Shepherd

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING & DESIGN
Erosion minimised on Johannesburg’s Braamfontein Spruit

WASTE & POLLUTION MANAGEMENT
South Africa responds to climate change

WASTE & POLLUTION MANAGEMENT BRIEFS

INSPIRATION
The stadium at Green Point: another wonder of Cape Town

INSULT
The entrance to The Rosebank falls far short of expectation

VIEWPOINT
What do the experts say?

Contents of December 2008

COMMENT
Positive change is becoming a reality

LETTERS
Renewable energy preferred

UPFRONT
What’s new and happening?

GREEN BUILDINGS
The Olympics prompted Beijing to opt for green building and urban development

GREEN BUILDING BRIEFS

CITY VISIT
A closer look at Nasrec, Orland eKhaya and the Soweto Greening programme

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING & DESIGN
Can three separate settlements at Karatara near Knysna be integrated successfully?

WASTE & POLLUTION MANAGEMENT
An anti-pollution facility, as part of OR Tambo International's stormwater-management system, will help prevent jet-fuels spills

WASTE & POLLUTION MANAGEMENT BRIEFS

INSPIRATION
Johannesburg bursts with future potential

INSULT
But pockets of Johannesburg are still in an insulting state

VIEWPOINT
When the true cost to the environment is considered, permeable paving is not expensive