Analysing urban flood risk in low-cost settlements of George, Western Cape, South Africa : investigating physical and social dimensions

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dc.contributor.advisorHolloway, Ailsaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBenjamin, Mogammad Ameenen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-31T08:02:53Z
dc.date.available2014-07-31T08:02:53Z
dc.date.issued2008en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes abstract.
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 195-209).
dc.description.abstractThe main theoretical question of the research concerns the importance of considering both the physical and social dimensions of urban flood risk. The following analytical questions are therefore considered: i) What constitutes urban flooding? ii) What processes influence the urban flood hazardscape? iii) What makes people vulnerable to urban flooding? iv) How does one assess urban flood risk? A realist and constructivist society-environment epistemology are considered. In particular, the platform generated through the aforementioned epistemologies for opening up the opportunity to incorporate an integrated hazardscape and vulnerability paradigm for integrated urban flood risk management is considered. The research adopts an analytical framework that includes elements of the Pressure and Release model, the Sustainable Urban Development framework and the Extended Alternative Adjustments framework to study flood risk in lowcost settlements. The research incorporates a review of the damage following three extreme weather events over George during 2006 and 2007. It selects a worst affected low-cost settlement for further flood risk analysis. In the flood risk assessment the research investigates the flood hazardscape of the settlement and physical adjustments undertaken by residents. Human flood vulnerability and vulnerability adjustments undertaken by the residents are also investigated. The research adopts a participatory hazardscape methodological approach drawing from hydrological methods within the physical sciences and qualitative methods from within the social sciences. Both primary and secondary sources are considered. The findings allow for a guiding Urban Flood Risk Circulation framework that explains the importance of considering both the flood hazardscape and human vulnerability in urban flood risk management.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationBenjamin, M. A. (2008). <i>Analysing urban flood risk in low-cost settlements of George, Western Cape, South Africa : investigating physical and social dimensions</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Environmental and Geographical Science. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4823en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationBenjamin, Mogammad Ameen. <i>"Analysing urban flood risk in low-cost settlements of George, Western Cape, South Africa : investigating physical and social dimensions."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4823en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBenjamin, M. 2008. Analysing urban flood risk in low-cost settlements of George, Western Cape, South Africa : investigating physical and social dimensions. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Benjamin, Mogammad Ameen AB - The main theoretical question of the research concerns the importance of considering both the physical and social dimensions of urban flood risk. The following analytical questions are therefore considered: i) What constitutes urban flooding? ii) What processes influence the urban flood hazardscape? iii) What makes people vulnerable to urban flooding? iv) How does one assess urban flood risk? A realist and constructivist society-environment epistemology are considered. In particular, the platform generated through the aforementioned epistemologies for opening up the opportunity to incorporate an integrated hazardscape and vulnerability paradigm for integrated urban flood risk management is considered. The research adopts an analytical framework that includes elements of the Pressure and Release model, the Sustainable Urban Development framework and the Extended Alternative Adjustments framework to study flood risk in lowcost settlements. The research incorporates a review of the damage following three extreme weather events over George during 2006 and 2007. It selects a worst affected low-cost settlement for further flood risk analysis. In the flood risk assessment the research investigates the flood hazardscape of the settlement and physical adjustments undertaken by residents. Human flood vulnerability and vulnerability adjustments undertaken by the residents are also investigated. The research adopts a participatory hazardscape methodological approach drawing from hydrological methods within the physical sciences and qualitative methods from within the social sciences. Both primary and secondary sources are considered. The findings allow for a guiding Urban Flood Risk Circulation framework that explains the importance of considering both the flood hazardscape and human vulnerability in urban flood risk management. DA - 2008 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2008 T1 - Analysing urban flood risk in low-cost settlements of George, Western Cape, South Africa : investigating physical and social dimensions TI - Analysing urban flood risk in low-cost settlements of George, Western Cape, South Africa : investigating physical and social dimensions UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4823 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/4823
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationBenjamin MA. Analysing urban flood risk in low-cost settlements of George, Western Cape, South Africa : investigating physical and social dimensions. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, 2008 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4823en_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.titleAnalysing urban flood risk in low-cost settlements of George, Western Cape, South Africa : investigating physical and social dimensionsen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMSocScen_ZA
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