Embedded Files
Fox, Ashley, Gina Ziervogel, and Suraya Scheba. 2023. “Strengthening Community-Based Adaptation for Urban Transformation: Managing Flood Risk in Informal Settlements in Cape Town.” Local Environment 28 (7): 837–51. https://doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2021.1923000.
Presented by Louisa Bacon, Will Levy, Bernadette Osborn, and Thomas Sullivan
Activity: Exploring Khayaelitsha and applicability of reblocking as adaptive transformation in other informal Cape Town settlements
Discussion questions:
Does this case study support transformative adaptation?
Do shadow spaces allow overseers to do more? How does this relate to our case study?
What could implications be of shadow spaces becoming formalized? Could resilience be a factor?
If communities cannot mobilize to raise 20% of costs up front, can reblocking efforts still be considered a mechanism of adaptive transformation?
Further Reading
Further Reading
Abiodun, B. J., T. O. Mogebisa, B. Petja, A. A. Abatan, and T. R. Roland. 2020. “Potential Impacts of Specific Global Warming Levels on Extreme Rainfall Events Over Southern Africa in CORDEX and NEX-GDDP Ensembles.” International Journal of Climatology 40 (6): 3118–3141.
Yiftachel, O. 2009. “Theoretical Notes on ‘Gray Cities’: The Coming of Urban Apartheid?.” Planning Theory 8: 87–99.
Ziervogel, G. 2020. “Climate Urbanism Through the Lens of Informal Settlements.” Urban Geography 1–5. doi:10.1080/02723638.2020.1850629
Ziervogel, G., L. Pasquini, A. Taylor, and M. New. 2019. “Climate Change Challenges in African Cities: Four Perspectives onProgress and Opportunities.” In Mainstreaming Climate Change in Urban Development: Lessons from Cape Town,edited by D. Scott, M. New, and H. Davies, 11–39. Cape Town: UCT Press.
Ziervogel, G., J. Waddell, W. Smit, and A. Taylor. 2016. “Flooding in Cape Town’s Informal Settlements: Barriers to Collaborative Urban Risk Governance.” South African Geographical Journal 98 (1): 1–20.
Seminar Notes
Seminar Notes
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