Original ResearchPublished 2 October 2026Land-use dynamics and multi-scenario projections in a mountainous ecological barrier: ecosystem service value responses and spatial sensitivityShutao Zhou · Yingqi Lin · Chulun Sun · Weina ZhouFrontiers in Environmental Sciencedoi 10.3389/fenvs.2026.1942894
Original ResearchPublished 23 September 2026Cross-sensor urban land-cover characterization using hyperspectral and multispectral satellite imagerySawaid Abbas · Zohaib · Nawai Habib · Faisal Mueen Qamer · Majid NazeerFrontiers in Remote Sensingdoi 10.3389/frsen.2026.1908768
Original ResearchPublished 18 September 2026Beyond gentrification: urban rent and foundational liveability in Southern European intermediate citiesAngelo Salento · Vanessa Corrado · Carlotta Ebbreo · Vincenzo Latronico · Antonello Podda · Valeria SaiuFrontiers in Sociologydoi 10.3389/fsoc.2026.1923781
Original ResearchPublished 15 September 2026Household food waste behavior in informal communities: a secondary analysis through the COM-B frameworkPromise Ebuzeme Eze · Delia Oosthuizen · Julia MofokengFrontiers in Sustainable Resource Managementdoi 10.3389/fsrma.2026.1921659
Original ResearchPublished 3 September 2026Using urban nitrate-rich groundwater for peri-urban irrigation in Dakar, Senegal: an evaluation of water quality concernsMandiaye Diene · Abdoulaye Pouye · Viviana Re · Cheikh B. Gaye · Richard G. Taylor · Seynabou C. FayeFrontiers in Waterdoi 10.3389/frwa.2026.1869408
Original ResearchPublished 12 August 2026Policy promises and sanitation realities: analysing WASH practice constraints in a South African peri-urban settlementShadreck Muchaku · Leocadia Zhou · Mhlangabezi Slayi · Merishca Naicker · Nyasha Esnath Chiuta · Admire DzveneFrontiers in Environmental Healthdoi 10.3389/fenvh.2026.1862734
Original ResearchPublished 30 July 2026When alcohol is easier to access than toilets: water, sanitation and hygiene exclusion and infrastructural inequality in Nompumelelo, South AfricaShadreck Muchaku · Leocadia Zhou · Mhlangabezi Slayi · Merishca Naicker · Nyasha Chiuta · Admire DzveneFrontiers in Human Dynamicsdoi 10.3389/fhumd.2026.1858768
Community Case StudyPublished 11 May 2026Infrastructural inequity in urban expansion: water, sanitation, and waste in the city of Polokwane's dormitory locations of Juju Valley and Mamahule ParkPhuti Alfred Patrick MabothaFrontiers in Sustainable Resource Managementdoi 10.3389/fsrma.2026.1802504
ReviewPublished 22 April 2026Assembling rurality in transition: a conceptual framework for understanding rural transformation in South AfricaPhindokuhle Sikhosana · Yandisa Bavulele MashalabaFrontiers in Sustainable Resource Managementdoi 10.3389/fsrma.2026.1772880
Membrane Science and TechnologyPublished 29 August 2025A review on combined solar-membrane systems for wastewater treatment in AfricaAbdoul Wahab Nouhou Moussa · Adel Zrelli · Boukary Sawadogo · Rachida CheminiFrontiers in Membrane Science and Technologydoi 10.3389/frmst.2025.1638191
MalariaPublished 27 June 2025Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum infection in school-aged children in urban and peri-urban schools of Bamako, MaliMahamoudou Toure · Fousseyni Kane · Daouda Sanogo · Soumba Keita · Bourama Keita · Abdoul Zamilou Aro · Moussa Keita · Drissa Konate · Sory I. Diawara · Alpha S. Yaro · Aissata Kone · Mahamadou Magassa · Salim Kante · Cheick O. Tangara · Karamoko Tangara · Hamady Coulibaly · Bourema Cisse · Sidibe M’Baye Thiam · Amadou S. Traore · Jeffrey G. Shaffer · Nafomon Sogoba · Mahamadou Diakite · Seydou DoumbiaFrontiers in Malariadoi 10.3389/fmala.2025.1596496