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Contributors / Willemien van Niekerk

Contributor

Willemien van Niekerk

South Africa

Senior researcher

Organisation

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

Expertise

  • Urban and Regional Planning

Professional Profiles

https://www.linkedin.com/in/willemien-van-niekerk-b000b114a/

Biography

Willemien is a professional planner and senior researcher in the Urban and Regional Planning research group in CSIR's Smart Places. The group conducts research into spatial change phenomena with a view to inform urban spatial planning and policy in cities and regions of South Africa. Willemien is highly experienced as the project lead on the Green Book, an online decision-support tool for local government to adapt South African settlements to climate change. She has over 20 years’ experience in working as a consultant, researcher and lecturer in a multi- and interdisciplinary environment. She has a proven track record in decision and planning support as it relates to city and regional planning and development, and in particular with regards to disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation.

Resources

by Willemien van Niekerk

Analysing risk and vulnerability of South African settlements

Human settlements

CSIR launches novel online climate risk profiling and adaptation tool: The Green Book

Natural environment, Human settlements, Education

Green Book Adaptation Actions Tool

Water and sanitation, Solid waste, Natural environment, Land, Human settlements, Energy, Construction, Built environment

Green Book Municipal Risk Profile Tool

Water and sanitation, Solid waste, Natural environment, Land, Human settlements, Health, Built environment

Green Book Story Maps

Water and sanitation, Human settlements, Energy, Built environment

GreenBook MetroView

Water and sanitation, Solid waste, Natural environment, Land, Human settlements, Built environment

Inclusive Smart Cities Appropriate to the South African Context

ICT, Human settlements, Built environment

Introducing the Green Book

Human settlements

Profiling the vulnerabilities and risks of South African settlements

Natural environment, Human settlements

Rhetoric or action

Human settlements, Built environment

Spatial policy, planning and infrastructure investment

Human settlements, Built environment

The Green Book

Natural environment, Human settlements, Built environment

Translating disaster resilience into spatial planning practice in South Africa

Natural environment, Human settlements

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