Collecting flooding and vulnerability information in informal settlements : the governance of knowledge production
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2012
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It is well documented that informal settlement residents are particularly vulnerable to
flooding, and many suggest improved collaboration is needed to improve the situations.
Reason being, that sustainable change will require a varied set of knowledge. This means that
stakeholders from different spheres with different economic and political interests are likely
to be involved.
This paper will look into processes of knowledge production by applying a nodal governance
framework to analyse the interaction between researchers, local communities, local
government and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in the production of survey
data/GIS knowledge of two specific informal settlements in Cape Town, South Africa, prone
to flooding.
The production of knowledge at a local scale is critical to effective governance, but the
gathering of this data is a complex process ‘flavoured’ with the differing perspectives and
objectives of the various ‘actors’ involved. This shapes the outcomes of knowledge
production and needs to be carefully considered in the survey process.
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Journal Article (peer-reviewed)
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SOUTH AFRICA--CAPE TOWN, GOVERNANCE, KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT, INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS, RURAL URBAN MIGRATION, NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, FLOODING
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Musungu, K., Drivdal, L., & Smit, J. (2016). Collecting flooding and vulnerability information in informal settlements: the governance of knowledge production. South African Geographical Journal, 98(1), 84–103. https://doi.org/10.1080/03736245.2015.1117013