Navigating extreme weather events: An anthropological investigation

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dc.contributor.advisorMorreira, Shannon
dc.contributor.authorPerin, Ridah
dc.date.accessioned2026-01-16T09:57:22Z
dc.date.available2026-01-16T09:57:22Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.date.updated2026-01-15T12:11:12Z
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this study was to investigate how do people respond to extreme weather events (EWEs), paying special attention to heavy rainfall. The data and literature gathered unearths strategies and tactics embedded in the social structure of the area of Crawford. These strategies and tactics are either manipulated or reconfigured in patterns of individuality, to gauge what necessary actions are required to mitigate the impacts of heavy rainfall. These approaches were used to answer the foundational question of this study, what roles do existing social relationships play in people's perceptions and responses to extreme weather events? By utilising qualitative research techniques, this study argues that residents of a middle-income neighbourhoods like Crawford respond, adapt and prepare for extreme rainfall in individualised manners. Contrary to areas of less socioeconomic standing who utilise communal strategies such as conviviality to address the challenges heavy rainfall brings.
dc.identifier.apacitationPerin, R. (2025). <i>Navigating extreme weather events: An anthropological investigation</i>. (). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Environmental Humanities. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42586en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationPerin, Ridah. <i>"Navigating extreme weather events: An anthropological investigation."</i> ., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Environmental Humanities, 2025. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42586en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationPerin, R. 2025. Navigating extreme weather events: An anthropological investigation. . University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Environmental Humanities. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42586en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Perin, Ridah AB - The aim of this study was to investigate how do people respond to extreme weather events (EWEs), paying special attention to heavy rainfall. The data and literature gathered unearths strategies and tactics embedded in the social structure of the area of Crawford. These strategies and tactics are either manipulated or reconfigured in patterns of individuality, to gauge what necessary actions are required to mitigate the impacts of heavy rainfall. These approaches were used to answer the foundational question of this study, what roles do existing social relationships play in people's perceptions and responses to extreme weather events? By utilising qualitative research techniques, this study argues that residents of a middle-income neighbourhoods like Crawford respond, adapt and prepare for extreme rainfall in individualised manners. Contrary to areas of less socioeconomic standing who utilise communal strategies such as conviviality to address the challenges heavy rainfall brings. DA - 2025 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Weather KW - Rainfall LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2025 T1 - Navigating extreme weather events: An anthropological investigation TI - Navigating extreme weather events: An anthropological investigation UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42586 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/42586
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationPerin R. Navigating extreme weather events: An anthropological investigation. []. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Environmental Humanities, 2025 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42586en_ZA
dc.language.isoen
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisher.departmentEnvironmental Humanities
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanities
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subjectWeather
dc.subjectRainfall
dc.titleNavigating extreme weather events: An anthropological investigation
dc.typeThesis / Dissertation
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
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