Research & Project Outputs

Happy Kayuni and Richard Tambulasi from the University of Zomba, Malawi, wrote this paper initially as their class essay for the Sustainable Development module in the MPA programme. It was later accepted for publication.

Gareth Haysom, Sustainable Agriculture Coordinator at the Sustainability Institute, published this article in Development Southern Africa based on research he conducted while studying for his Mphil in Sustainable Development Planning and Managemen t

Western Cape Sustainable Human Settlement Strategy - official policy framework of the Western Cape Provincial Government, compiled by a team coordinated by the Sustainability Institute 

A Figure/Ground Analogy for Integrating Sustainability and Planning - paper submitted by Christelle Beyers to the academic journal Town and Regional Planning on 26 OCtober 2006. This work was based on assignments written by Christelle Beyers for various modules on the Mphil programme. Keywords: sustainability, sustainable development, planning, planning systems, figure ground analogy, footprinting, infrastructure, community participation, complexity

Facilitating Energy Efficiency in the Commercial Sector by David Nicol. David Nicol is employed by the Sustainability Institute and heads up the Energy Efficiency Initiative located within the Cape Town Partnership. This reflects some of the learning from the first year of experience from this project.

This is the most recent version (September 2007) of the National Framework for Sustainable Development that has been discussed by the Cabinet Clusters but not as of now (December 2007) approved by Cabinet. The Sustainability Institute was contracted to manage the background research and Mark Swilling helped draft the document. Changes were made as various government committees and departments considered the document.

This document was adopted by the Western Cape Provincial Government as a White Paper in November 2007. It is the official policy framework for promoting sustainable growth and development in the Western Cape. Professors Mark Swilling and Martin de Wit were contracted to write the document.