Juliette Dixon2014-08-072014-08-072013-05http://hdl.handle.net/10625/53006Due to copyright restrictions, this item cannot be sharedVulnerability is defined by UN HABITAT as a function of the way “a system is exposed, its sensitivity and its adaptive capacity relative to climatic change.” Vulnerability to floods is not gender-neutral. Vulnerability to environmental hazard is understood and experienced differently according to gender. Not only are floods a stressor, they reflect human made infrastructure, and can be seen to provoke the disaster. This research examines the situation of poor women as breadwinners and caregivers in their communities when floods occur; they are most often the poorest of the urban poor, the most exposed and least resilient.application/pdfenVULNERABILITYGENDER SENSITIVE ANALYSISFLOODSFEMINISMSOUTH AFRICAURBAN POORMOBILITYGENDER DISCRIMINATIONPOVERTYWOMEN'S ROLEENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTPHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURECLIMATE CHANGEADAPTATION TO CHANGESOUTH AFRICA--CAPE TOWN--SWEET HOME FARMThesis