Laudika Kandjinga

The Namibia University of Science and Technology · Architecture and Spatial Planning

The safety of neighbourhoods remains challenging in developing countries due to several dynamics. This article explores the role of urban planning for safer neighbourhoods in two low-income neighbourhoods in the city of Windhoek. The study focuses on several crime attractors and generators influencing housebreaking incidents in two neighbourhoods....

Purpose This community based initiative seeks to increase communities’ adaptive capacity through the development of resilient farming practices and improved natural resource management in the face of climate change. Integrating the basic aspects on climate information, the project toolkit had two main objectives; firstly it increases community awar...

Green Economy Sectoral Study: BioTrade currently represents around 4.5 per cent of contribution to Namibian GDP. This comprises contributions from Indigenous Natural Products (0.15 per cent); Wildlife (1.08 per cent); Agriculture: Indigenous Crops and Vegetables (0.97 per cent) and Livestock Breeds (1.62 per cent); Indigenous Fisheries and Marine R...

It is possible, but by no means automatic, that trade and investment flows and trade liberalization might support the achievement of environment and development goals. But this will require close integration of policies in all three areas, as well as mainstreaming and addressing their needs systematically. That integration could take place in the c...

Southern African regional and national level climate change projections for Namibia suggest that significant climate change-related impacts are likely in the future. The government recognises that addressing adaptation at the local level i.e. through Community-based Adaptation (CBA) is a key to future sustainable development. In 2008 a Climate Chan...