Challenges to disaster risk reduction: A study of stakeholders’ perspectives in Imizamo Yethu, South Africa
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Summary, in English
South Africa is a complex and dynamic society, with overwhelming and increasing problems with disaster risk in the vulnerable urban communities in and around its rapidly growing metropolitan centres. The purpose of this study is to improve the understanding of the challenges for disaster risk reduction in such communities. It focuses on the case of Imizamo Yethu, in the Western Cape, in order to build theory that is grounded in the empirical realities of stakeholders involved in disaster risk reduction there. The result points towards five interrelated key challenges, which must be concurrently addressed through large-scale development efforts. Without such investments, it is unlikely that disaster risks can be reduced to tolerable levels.
Department/s
- Lund University Centre for Risk Assessment and Management (LUCRAM)
- Centre for Societal Resilience
- Division of Risk Management and Societal Safety
Publishing year
2011
Language
English
Pages
443-452
Publication/Series
Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies
Volume
3
Issue
2
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Document type
Journal article
Publisher
AOSIS
Topic
- Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
Keywords
- Disaster risk reduction
- development
- South Africa
- urban
- vulnerable
- community
Status
Published
Research group
- LUCRAM (Lund University Center for Risk Analysis and Management
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 2072-845X