Layer 2: Biophysical characteristics

2.2. Trees

Title Type Author(s) Year
Tree cover loss in City of Johannesburg Dataset Global Forest Watch Google 2019
State of Green Infrastructure in the Gauteng City-Region Report Gauteng City-Region Observatory (GCRO) 2013
Tree cover in City of Johannesburg Dataset Global Forest Watch Googlel 2010

2.3. Biodiversity

Title Type Author(s) Year
City of Johannesburg - Water, Biodiversity and Open Space Presentation City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality 2016
Post-mining landscapes within the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality: Assessing the opportunity to create Stone paper from rock wastes (Builder’s rubble, mine tailings and mine dumps). Report Resources et al. 2016
City of Johannesburg Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (2015) Report For the City of Johannesburg and Consultants) 2015

2.4. Bodies of water

Title Type Author(s) Year
City of Johannesburg - Water, Biodiversity and Open Space Presentation City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality 2016
Hydrological Heritage Overview: Johannesburg: Gold in the Rand, Water from the Land Report A publication of the Water Research Commission of South Africa Matthys A. Dippenaar (with photographic contribution by Gerrit Burger) 2015

2.5. Average temperatures

Title Type Author(s) Year
Rainfall and Temperatures Webpage World Meteorological Organization

2.6. Rainfall

Title Type Author(s) Year
Rainfall and Temperatures Webpage World Meteorological Organization

2.7. Mineral deposits

Title Type Author(s) Year
Post-mining landscapes within the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality: Assessing the opportunity to create Stone paper from rock wastes (Builder’s rubble, mine tailings and mine dumps). Report Resources et al. 2016

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