Title: Participatory multi-criteria evaluation and GIS: An application in flood risk analysis
Abstract: Many of the rural-urban migrants in Cape Town have settled in informal settlements because they cannot afford to rent or buy decent housing. A number of these settlements are however located on poorly drained land that is often prone to flooding after prolonged rainfall. However, current flood risk management techniques implemented by the authorities of the Cape Town City Council (CTCC) are not designed to support informal settlements. In fact, owing to inadequate information about the levels of flood risk within the individual informal settlements the CTCC has often implemented inappropriate remedies within such settlements. This study sought to investigate a participatory methodology that the CTCC could use to improve flood risk assessment in informal settlements.
Publication Year: 2013
Publication Date: 2013-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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