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Maputo’s coastline in mutation. Current infrastructure impacts in Costa do Sol’s landscape
Publication . Beja da Costa, Ana; Mazzolini, Anna
Costa do Sol coastal plains were Maputo’s last non-urbanized area and are
now rapidly changing. The new Circular de Maputo (Maputo ringroad)
blocks natural water flows, compromising the mangrove ecosystems
while opening the way for this to become Maputo’s next urbanized
area. The article analyzes the impacts of the Circular on Costa do
Sol’s original landscape and provides a discussion based on the opportunities
that such infrastructure offers or denies to the city, as on the
meaning of its natural capital as part of the city’s green infrastructure
On the Coastline: The Genesis of Green Infrastructure Towards a Future Sustainable Landscape for the City of Maputo, Mozambique
Publication . Beja da Costa, Ana; Ribeiro, Luís
Cities in Africa, where the most remarkable forthcoming developments in the overall pattern of
urbanization are expected, and quite notably in Sub-Saharan cities such as Maputo, experience
accelerating population increases that stress urban infrastructures beyond capacity, and increase pressure
on existent valuable ecosystems. In the city’s coastal plains, the recently constructed Maputo ring road
and Katembe bridge are drawing urban development towards the last stretch of vacant land of the
Municipality, compromising the flood plains and mangrove ecosystems.
This paper aims to refine the planning discourse by systematizing urban strategies associated to green
infrastructure functions, having mangrove wetlands as central element. This is achieved by mapping urban
tissue and current land uses in relation to mangrove ecological land suitability classes, in order to give
concrete spatial solutions for each urban condition. The definition of different types of green
infrastructures based on mangrove ecology are outlined, to be implemented within the current land
occupation context and that can support future scenarios of SLR.
The research explores green infrastructure planning applied to Maputo as a strategy to accommodate
current and future urban development challenges, not only as urban biophysical networks that can create
socio-ecological networks that improve urban resilience through a stewardship of urban ecosystems, but
also as an ecosystem-based approach for adaptation to climate change
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