Green infrastructure in Khartoum: Theoretical and defacto improvements potentials of adequacy and equitable access

0500135 - ÚVGZ 2019 SK eng A - Abstract
Alhuseen, Ahmed - Cudlín, Ondřej - Cudlín, Pavel
Green infrastructure in Khartoum: Theoretical and defacto improvements potentials of adequacy and equitable access.
GLOBAL MEGATRENDS AND LANDSCAPE. Bratislava: Slovak Academy of Sciences, 2018 - (Kozelová, I.; Kalivodová, M.; Laco, I.). s. 7-7. ISBN N.
[Global megatrends and landscape. 17.04.2018-19.04.2018, Bratislava]
Institutional support: RVO:86652079
Keywords : green infrastructure * khartoum state * equitable accessibility * urban-plan development
OECD category: Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)
http://www.uke.sav.sk/wp-content/uploads/zbornik-abstraktov-Regioresources-2018-Smolenice.pdf

Internationally, urban green spaces are one among fourteen measures of quality of life. Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, holds remarkably variant green infrastructure elements; however, their adequacy and equitable accessibility are questionable. The situation of green infrastructure in Khartoum is influenced by three significant consequences: i) Khartoum state incubates almost 1/3 of Sudan’s population, ii) an increase in temperature of 1.5°C and iii) a significant decrease in precipitation predicted by 2050 climate change scenario. Additionally, there is a huge literature vacuum concerning the typology of green infrastructure elements and analysis of their accessibility in Sudan. Examples of defacto and hypothetical improvements derived from analysis of the state of the art and review of similar case studies involve the following three approaches: 1. Governance and urban-plan development: institutional arrangements, urban plans developments, and landscape planning that manage and ensure the incorporation of green infrastructure into urban development and follow equity, equality, and quality of life principles. 2. Allocation of financial and land resources: trade-off investment options in green infrastructure for the Khartoum state municipality and land tenure and land ownership systems. 3. High-quality spatial data provision and handling for its role in inventorying and typifying the existing green infrastructure. Moreover, their vital role in site selection of the underprivileged urban areas.
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