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Respondent Stakeholder
Causal
Mechanism Path
Respondent’s motivation
Of what is it a case or an
occurrence?
Long- or
Short-term
Positive
(+) or
Negative
(−)
Ideational to
Agential to
Structural
The intent is, rather, around biodiversity
conservation in terms of their mandate
under Section 24 of the Constitution where
people have the right to a clean
environment
Biodiversity if the main
driver of the municipality’s
Constitutional mandate
Long-term
+
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Watch Interest
Group
Ideational to
Material to
Agential
Green infrastructure is a ‘buzzword’
people use to get access to funding without
delivering what is necessary
The politicsof policy
influencing
Short term
−
Ideationalto
Material to
Agential to
Ideational
Green infrastructure is natural and
man-made systems that enable and
enhance nature’s ability to provide goods
and services; that allow nature to correct
imbalances
A specific interpretation of
what green infrastructure
ought to be and do
Short term
+
Material to
Ideational to
Agential
Natural forests, large bodies of water, the
atmosphere and the earth’s crust provide
vital goods and services and humans are
impairing all these resources in the name
of economic and social development
An observation-based
perception that humans are
damaging the earth
Long-term
−
Agential to
Material to
Agential
The introduction of green infrastructure at
a vast scale would help to correct the
imbalances
A believe that humans could
reverse their impact on the
earth through green
infrastructure
Long-term
+
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