Frontiers in Sustainable Cities | Cities in the Global South

Brief Research Report

Accepted on 23 Sep 2025

Urban innovation in the informal city: overlapping infrastructures, co-production and sector coupling in a South African informal settlement

in Cities in the Global South

Federico Caprotti
Jiska de Groot
Catherine Butler
Whitney Pailman
Norman Mathebula
Hendrik Schloemann
Alex Densmore

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1654705

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Original Research

Published on 15 Sep 2025

The ripple effect of flooding near one of the more prominent urban rivers in the Gauteng Province, South Africa

in Cities in the Global South

Tlou D. Raphela

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1656985

1,026 views

Policy and Practice Reviews

Published on 08 Sep 2025

Municipal governance and planning toward addressing housing problems to improve access to adequate housing in Maseru and Johannesburg: an exploratory factor analysis

in Cities in the Global South

Ramapulane Mphanya
Trynos Gumbo
George Onatu
Aurobindo Ogra

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1611464

1,278 views

Review

Published on 06 Aug 2025

Urbanization and habitat loss: an overview of rapidly growing cities in Saudi Arabia

in Cities in the Global South

Bedur Faleh A. Albalawi

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1636228

3,737 views

Original Research

Published on 24 Jul 2025

Palm oil fluctuations and urban vulnerability in pursuit of sustainable industrial cities of the Global South

in Cities in the Global South

Nina Yuslaini
Sri Maulidiah
Ahmad Harakan

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1580197

2,844 views

Original Research

Published on 20 Jun 2025

Local government response to urban biodiversity conservation challenges within a global biodiversity hotspot

in Cities in the Global South

Cameron T. McLean
Debra C. Roberts
Rob Slotow

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1513673

3,004 views

Original Research

Published on 02 Jun 2025

Implementing cultural heritage conservation and energy sustainability in the UNESCO World Heritage site of Jaipur city, India

in Cities in the Global South

Harsh Vardhan Bhati

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1548279

4,034 views

Original Research

Published on 27 May 2025

Ecosystem approach to sustainable neighborhoods: applicability of environmental and urban sustainability indicators in informal neighborhoods

in Cities in the Global South

Jose Hinostroza-Martinez
María Custodio
Jesus Chavez-Villarroel

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1518694

3,564 views

Original Research

Published on 29 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 Smallwood

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1484194

3,728 views

Mini Review

Published on 29 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 B. C. Buthelezi
George O. Onatu
Clinton O. Aigbavboa

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

doi 10.3389/frsc.2025.1468965

6,530 views

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

2,658 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

2,387 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

2,383 views
3 citations

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

1,157 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

1,733 views
1 citation

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

1,936 views
1 citation