Green building policy and implementation in the city of Tshwane
Date
2015-05-26
Authors
Makhele, Liapeng Benedicta
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Implementation of sustainable measures in the built environment is increasingly
becoming common in developing countries on a city-wide scale. Buildings have been
declared as major contributors, among other sectors, to greenhouse gas emissions.
This calls for urgent action as cities are believed to have the potential to attain real
change in mitigation of climate change and global warming. The aim of the research
was to explore the challenges faced by the City of Tshwane in implementing the Green
Building Development By-Law and Policy. The approach employed was a qualitative
study which constituted a review of literature on capacity for policy implementation.
Primary and secondary data was used to explore capacity constraints and possible
success factors in policy implementation. It was established that the policy
implementation process has not been rolled out due to time constraints in producing the
implementation plan. In addition, major challenges were associated with lack of
information, communication and consultation, lack of training, and resource capacity in
some areas and an impractical top-down approach. Research revealed that most of the
middle managers and perceived implementers were not aware of the contents of the
policy. Further research would thus be recommended once implementation has been
initiated in full.
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Public administration ,City planning ,Environmental policy ,Sustainable development -- South Africa.