Afghanistan Built Environment

Afghanistan Built Environment is a selection of articles and podcasts about green building, construction, biodiversity and more in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan Built Environment

Transforming Landscapes: The Qush Tepa Canal and Northern Afghanistan’s Ecosystems

Afghanistan Constructive Voices · Data Report Transforming Landscapes: The Qush Tepa Canal and Northern Afghanistan’s Ecosystems — the 2026 report A 285-kilometre channel is being cut across a desert that already produces the region’s dust storms, fed by a river already in decline. The engineering question and the ecological question have separate answers — and […]

Jackie De Burca · 8/24/2025

Afghanistan Built Environment

Afghanistan Biodiversity: Animal and Plant Species and What Is Under Threat

Afghanistan Constructive Voices · Country Data Report Afghanistan Biodiversity: what the country still has, and what is under threat Afghanistan is not a species-rich country, and it has never claimed to be. What it holds instead is a set of ecosystems found almost nowhere else, roughly 1,500 plant species that exist only within its borders, […]

Jackie De Burca · 4/9/2024

Afghanistan Built Environment

Afghanistan Biodiversity and the Built Environment

Afghanistan Constructive Voices · Country Data Report Afghanistan Biodiversity and the Built Environment: the pressure has moved into the cities Afghanistan is still overwhelmingly rural — around 27% of its people live in cities. But the country is urbanising at roughly 4% a year, four out of five urban Afghans live in unplanned settlements, and […]

Jackie De Burca · 2/29/2024

Afghanistan Built Environment

Green Building Afghanistan: Sustainable Future of Architecture

Afghanistan Constructive Voices · Country Data Report Green Building in Afghanistan: what actually works, and what the numbers say In a country where domestic electricity generation runs at roughly 250 megawatts and most families burn coal or scrap to survive the winter, green building is not a certification exercise. It is a question of whether […]

Jackie De Burca · 9/7/2023