Cape of storms : sharing the coast in the face of turbulent, rising seas
Date
2013
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African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town
Abstract
Increasingly stormy seas and sea level rise are beginning to show up the existing fault lines in the engineered, social and institutional strata of the South African coastline. Amidst a legacy of dispossession of black South Africans, privileged access for wealthy whites, and a balancing act of emerging risks, this impressive bulletin and backgrounder asks: who gets to use the coast? A draft policy has been incorporated into Cape Town City’s Spatial Development Framework. Municipal structures are working with provincial authorities to formalise it in terms of the Integrated Coastal Management Act.
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Bulletin or Newsletter
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Keywords
SOUTH AFRICA, SEA LEVEL RISE, CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION, COASTAL AREAS, RESILIENCE, URBAN ENVIRONMENT, CAPE TOWN, SOUTH OF SAHARA, COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, URBANIZATION