Understanding of the current practices, challenges and opportunities of the green economy in Limpopo Province [South Africa]

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Water Management Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.crpWater, Land and Ecosystemsen_US
cg.coverage.countrySouth Africaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ZAen_US
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Africaen_US
cg.identifier.wlethemeDecision Analysis and Informationen_US
cg.issue1en_US
cg.volume50en_US
dc.contributor.authorNhemachena, Charlesen_US
dc.contributor.authorJonas, S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKaruaihe, S.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-06T06:09:32Zen_US
dc.date.available2015-10-06T06:09:32Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/68438en_US
dc.titleUnderstanding of the current practices, challenges and opportunities of the green economy in Limpopo Province [South Africa]en_US
dcterms.abstractThe paper investigates the current practices of the green economy, and challenges and opportunities in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. The paper is based on a baseline study designed to gather data from key informants in Limpopo provincial, district and local municipalities. Twenty-three key informants in the province were interviewed. Primary data collected from key informants was supplemented by secondary data from document reviews. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse data on the current practices of green economy, and challenges and opportunities in the province. Findings from the study suggest that there is generally significant awareness of the green economy concept across the provincial district and local municipalities in Limpopo Province. However, there are gaps in terms of information gathering, storage and sharing on green economy activities in the district municipalities, provincial and national departments. The main barriers constraining the implementation of green economy initiatives in the municipalities include lack of information; shortage of workers with full knowledge on green economy; shortage of training programmes on green economy; and costs of implementation. The main recommendations from this research include the need to improve awareness of green economy activities across all levels in the province, especially with communities’ need for evidence-based research to demonstrate the potential of green economy activities that can contribute to job creation and poverty reduction; and training of officials on how the green economy can contribute to addressing developmental challenges such as service delivery, job creation, local economic development and poverty reduction.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Accessen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationNhemachena, Charles; Jonas, S.; Karuaihe, S. 2015. Understanding of the current practices, challenges and opportunities of the green economy in Limpopo Province [South Africa] Journal of Public Administration, 50(1):6-31.en_US
dcterms.extentp. 6-31en_US
dcterms.issued2015en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.subjecteconomic aspectsen_US
dcterms.subjecteconomic policyen_US
dcterms.subjectpovertyen_US
dcterms.subjectunemploymenten_US
dcterms.subjectpublic educationen_US
dcterms.subjectsustainable developmenten_US
dcterms.subjectenvironmental managementen_US
dcterms.subjectmunicipal governmentsen_US
dcterms.subjectwaste managementen_US
dcterms.subjectrecyclingen_US
dcterms.subjectenergy managementen_US
dcterms.subjectland managementen_US
dcterms.subjecttransporten_US
dcterms.subjectagricultureen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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