Flooding in Cape Town's informal settlements : collaborative capacity, community leadership and the conditions for settlements to move towards adaptation

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2013

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Routledge

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Residents of informal settlements are particularly vulnerable to environmental hazards, as they lack proper infrastructure and homes are often built with inferior materials. This paper discusses how micro-political dynamics affect action necessary to mitigate flooding, by comparing three flood-prone informal settlements in Cape Town. Collaboration and cross-scale interaction (interaction between communities and local governments) is never simple, as it relates to governance and political dynamics. Factors that impact on the collaborative capacity of informal settlements are: location of the settlement, external connections and networks, and internal consolidation. How these intertwine and combine in different places matters for effective collaborative action.

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FLOODING, INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS, VULNERABILITY, COLLABORATIVE CAPACITY, CAPE TOWN, FLOODS, PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, CLIMATE CHANGE, VULNERABLE GROUPS, ADAPTATION TO CHANGE, DISASTER MANAGEMENT, SOUTH AFRICA--CAPE TOWN

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Drivdal, L. (2013). Flooding in Cape Town's informal settlements: Collaborative capacity, community leadership and the conditions for settlements to move towards adaptation. South African Geographical Journal

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http://hdl.handle.net/10625/53004

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