Challenges to Disaster Risk Reduction - a study of stakeholders' perspectives in Imizamo Yethu, South Africa
(2011) In LUTVDG/TVBB—5358--SE VBR920 20111Division of Fire Safety Engineering
Risk Management and Safety Engineering (M.Sc.Eng.)
Division of Risk Management and Societal Safety
- Abstract
- The concept of disaster risk reduction has gained more and more attention since the end of the 20th century due to the exponential increased loss of human lives and material losses, without any evidence of increased number of hazardous events. Instead of just managing disastrous events, a greater emphasis has been put on prevention efforts; an understanding of underlying drivers and vulnerabilities, and rapid urbanisation have been identified as one of the major factors shaping nations’ risks. The Disaster Management Act of South Africa offers a comprehensive framework for disaster risk reduction but the complex context of South Africa offers a range of challenges to fully implement the legislation. The rapid, and uncontrolled, community... (More)
- The concept of disaster risk reduction has gained more and more attention since the end of the 20th century due to the exponential increased loss of human lives and material losses, without any evidence of increased number of hazardous events. Instead of just managing disastrous events, a greater emphasis has been put on prevention efforts; an understanding of underlying drivers and vulnerabilities, and rapid urbanisation have been identified as one of the major factors shaping nations’ risks. The Disaster Management Act of South Africa offers a comprehensive framework for disaster risk reduction but the complex context of South Africa offers a range of challenges to fully implement the legislation. The rapid, and uncontrolled, community growth of Imizamo Yethu, one of many informal settlements in South Africa, has resulted in multiple risks for the residents. This report investigates the challenges to disaster risk reduction from the stakeholders’ of Imizamo Yethu’s perspectives. The identified challenges can be grouped into five different categories: rapid community growth, lack of land, conflicting development agendas, institutional capacity and community risk behaviour. It is suggested that even though physical measures are put in place it is essential that it be supported by education to give people a chance to manage the risks facing them. (Less)
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- author
- Roth, Annsofie LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- VBR920 20111
- year
- 2011
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- disaster risk reduction, urbanisation, informal settlements, urban hazards, vulnerability, South Africa, Western Cape, the Disaster Management Act of 2002, grounded theory, Imizamo Yethu
- publication/series
- LUTVDG/TVBB—5358--SE
- report number
- 5358
- ISSN
- 1402-3504
- language
- English
- id
- 1888342
- date added to LUP
- 2011-04-06 16:49:26
- date last changed
- 2020-12-03 14:26:07
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