Frontiers in Sustainable Cities | Cities in the Global South

Original Research

Accepted on 04 Apr 2025

A MODEL FOR HUMAN SETTLEMENT DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT IN THE FREE STATE PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA

in Cities in the Global South

Sive Dintsi
Sijekula Mbanga
John Julian Smallwood

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1484194

Mini Review

Accepted on 01 Apr 2025

PLANNING APPROVAL OF HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS: CASE STUDY OF THE CITY OF JOHANNESBURG AND TSHWANE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITIES OF SOUTH AFRICA

in Cities in the Global South

Nonhlanhla Bc Buthelezi
George Onatu
Clinton O Aigbavboa

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1468965

Original Research

Published on 31 Mar 2025

Nuanced perspectives on the challenges, prospects and opportunities confronting sustainable access to potable water and sanitary services in South Africa’s Nompumelelo community

in Cities in the Global South

Shadreck Muchaku
Leocadia Zhou

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1560630

443 views

Original Research

Published on 19 Mar 2025

Investigating the impact of property characteristics, cost of living, and environmental factors on rental prices in Baidoa’s climate-affected real estate market: a hybrid approach using hedonic regression and neural networks

in Cities in the Global South

Mohamed Ibrahim Nor
Buba Audu
Abdullahi Dahir Mohamed

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1511761

647 views

Hypothesis and Theory

Published on 28 Feb 2025

The last urban frontier—assessing hotspots of urban change associated with LCLUC in Africa

in Cities in the Global South

Melinda Laituri
Orion S. E. Cardenas-Ritzert
Jody C. Vogeler
Shahriar Shah Heydari
Melissa R. McHale

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1529440

366 views

Policy and Practice Reviews

Published on 18 Feb 2025

Strategies for the dynamization of sustainable business ecosystems—a view from Medellin’s SMEs

in Cities in the Global South

Santiago Cadavid Ochoa
Luis Miguel Gomez Serna
Jhon Wilder Zartha Sossa
Gina Lía Orozco Mendoza

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1476967

509 views

Original Research

Published on 13 Feb 2025

Transforming Kenya’s addressing landscape: use case models approach to a responsive National Addressing System

in Cities in the Global South

Isaac Kipkemoi
Innocent Osoro Ngare

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1411904

603 views

Brief Research Report

Published on 06 Jan 2025

Applying a decolonization paradigm to planning theory for inclusion and equity

in Cities in the Global South

Dane Buttner
Verna Nel
Thulisile Ncamsile Mphambukeli

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2024.1475883

682 views

Original Research

Published on 14 Nov 2024

The effects of informal land markets on urban land development in rapidly growing urban areas: the case of Sululta town, Ethiopia

in Cities in the Global South

Birhanu Girma Abebe
Birhanu Uma Dadi
Adane Obsie Bifa

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2024.1457336

1,571 views

Original Research

Published on 14 Oct 2024

A functional trait-based assessment of urban street tree selection for Ethiopia

in Cities in the Global South

Gebretsadik Tamene
Henrik Sjöman
Åsa Ode Sang
Kumelachew Yeshitla
Birhanu Belay
Ergua Tesfaye
Anna Levinsson

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2024.1451930

1,949 views

Original Research

Published on 12 Jun 2024

Wellbeing, infrastructures, and energy insecurity in informal settlements

in Cities in the Global South

Federico Caprotti
Jiska de Groot
Norman Mathebula
Catherine Butler
Mascha Moorlach

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2024.1388389

2,173 views
2 citations

Original Research

Published on 11 Jun 2024

Navigating urbanization implications: effects of land expropriation on farmers’ livelihoods in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

in Cities in the Global South

Yeshitla Agonafir Ayenachew
Birhanu Girma Abebe

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2024.1385309

2,772 views
5 citations

Original Research

Published on 26 Apr 2024

Modeling urban expansion in Zahedan’s dry climate: insights from the SLEUTH model

in Cities in the Global South

Najmeh Satari
Malihe Erfani
Fatemeh Jahanishakib

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2024.1357350

1,630 views
2 citations

Original Research

Published on 03 Apr 2024

Three attributes determining land values in three selected housing estates in Uyo, Nigeria

in Cities in the Global South

Chukwuemeka O. Iroham
Hilary I. Okagbue
Inimfon F. Ekanem
Nkolika J. Peter
Olugbemisola W. Samuel
Sunday E. Nto
Saheed Isiaka
Adedayo F. Adedotun

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2024.1384945

1,708 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 23 Feb 2024

Flood risk reduction and resilient city growth in sub-Saharan Africa: searching for coherence in Accra's urban planning

in Cities in the Global South

Martin Oteng-Ababio
Jytte Agergaard
Lasse Møller-Jensen
Manja H. Andreasen

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2024.1118896

3,590 views
5 citations

Editorial

Published on 19 Feb 2024

Editorial: Reviews in cities in the Global South: 2022

in Cities in the Global South

Ruzana Sanusi
Lutfun Nahar Lata
Swasti Vardhan Mishra
Deljana Iossifova

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2024.1356965

1,242 views