Driving force

Pressure

Impact

Policy

Technical

Education

• Overcrowding
• Inadequate service delivery
• Poverty
• Unmanaged waste

• Irregular service

• Blocked sewerage systems
• Illegal dumping
• Littering
• Burning of refuse creating air pollution
• Increase in pest and related diseases.
• Increase in diarrhoea and skin diseases.

• Housing allocation strategy
• Population policy

• Advice and demonstrations on maintenance of service provision.

• Environmental education and awareness on healthy homes and healthy neighbourhoods.

• Overcrowding
• Poverty
• Informal businesses
• Overloading of infrastructure
• Inadequate infrastructure
• Informal traders

• Illegal dumping
• Littering
• Burst and overflowing sewer pipes,
• the enforcement of health by-laws

• Improve service provision throughout Greater Jhb, especially in the poor areas,
• Population policy

• Advice on maintenance of buildings
• Maintenance & information kiosk for CBD buildings

• Healthy buildings programme
• Higher level of environmental awareness is needed.
• Advocacy programme for upliftment of the CBD
• Popular educational strategies.
• Community participation strategy.

• water pollution
• litter

• Leachate
• Waste and litter

• Illegal dumping

• sustainable approach to waste management
• incentives for recycling
• markets for recycling

• Household recycling containers

• Waste minimization marketing and education programme.
• Recycling and waste minimization strategies for various target groups.
• Curriculum education