Sometimes I think the shack was better : examining flood-risk in subsidised housing areas in Cape Town.

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dc.contributor.advisorOldfield, Sophieen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorHolloway, Ailsaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorPharoah, Robynen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-31T08:01:15Z
dc.date.available2014-07-31T08:01:15Z
dc.date.issued2013en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the extent, nature and impact of flooding in informal and subsidised housing areas on the Cape Flats. Drawing on constructivist arguments regarding the subjectivity of risk as a concept, I examine how flooding and risk are conceptualised locally and internationally, and how well these framings compare with people's experiences in subsidised housing areas in Cape Town. I show that flooding remains a significant challenge in subsidised housing areas. Flood-risk has a strong built environment component; the very dwellings that should help to improve people's lives serve instead to transform and perpetuate risk, undermining the developmental objectives of the housing programme. In so doing, I interrogate assumptions about risk, hazard and vulnerability, and the lessons for theory and practice.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationPharoah, R. (2013). <i>Sometimes I think the shack was better : examining flood-risk in subsidised housing areas in Cape Town</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Environmental and Geographical Science. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4794en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationPharoah, Robyn. <i>"Sometimes I think the shack was better : examining flood-risk in subsidised housing areas in Cape Town."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4794en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationPharoah, R. 2013. Sometimes I think the shack was better : examining flood-risk in subsidised housing areas in Cape Town. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Pharoah, Robyn AB - This thesis examines the extent, nature and impact of flooding in informal and subsidised housing areas on the Cape Flats. Drawing on constructivist arguments regarding the subjectivity of risk as a concept, I examine how flooding and risk are conceptualised locally and internationally, and how well these framings compare with people's experiences in subsidised housing areas in Cape Town. I show that flooding remains a significant challenge in subsidised housing areas. Flood-risk has a strong built environment component; the very dwellings that should help to improve people's lives serve instead to transform and perpetuate risk, undermining the developmental objectives of the housing programme. In so doing, I interrogate assumptions about risk, hazard and vulnerability, and the lessons for theory and practice. DA - 2013 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2013 T1 - Sometimes I think the shack was better : examining flood-risk in subsidised housing areas in Cape Town TI - Sometimes I think the shack was better : examining flood-risk in subsidised housing areas in Cape Town UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4794 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/4794
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationPharoah R. Sometimes I think the shack was better : examining flood-risk in subsidised housing areas in Cape Town. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, 2013 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4794en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Environmental and Geographical Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEnvironmental and Geographical Scienceen_ZA
dc.titleSometimes I think the shack was better : examining flood-risk in subsidised housing areas in Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis
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