http://hdl.handle.net/10204/901 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:51:10 GMT 2013-06-20T08:51:10Z http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6805 Title: Mainstreaming disaster resilience into planning practice in South Africa: challenges and champions Authors: Faling, W Abstract: This paper outlines a conference presentation on disaster resilience in South Africa. The paper presents disasters caused by the combination of a hazard and vulnerability. An emphasis on resilience, rather than just disaster response and recovery has become a mainstream idea in disaster reduction. As vulnerability to disasters progressively increases, an urban risk divide is developing in cities that is unjust, polarised, divided and fragmented. The poor are largely priced out of safe areas and are concentrated in severely vulnerable and unsafe spaces where they struggle to survive along the fault lines of urban risk. Description: Association of European Schools of Planning (Aesop), Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 13 July 2012 Sun, 01 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6805 2012-07-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6700 Title: An M&E system for measuring compliance of rural water and sanitation projects with South African policy, design standards and norms Authors: Duncker, L; Wilkinson, M Abstract: Enshrined in the South African Constitution is the right of all South Africans to an environment that is not harmful to their health or well-being and to have access to sufficient food and water. In fulfilling its role as regulator, in 2006 the National Department of Water Affairs initiated the development of a Strategy and a Framework for Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting on water and sanitation projects. A key element was a Spot Check Assessment that was developed and piloted by the CSIR to obtain a snapshot view of the compliance of rural water and sanitation projects to policy requirements and design norms and standards. Description: 2012 Water and Health Conference: Science, Policy and Innovation, Chapel Hill, NC, USA, January 2012 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6700 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6682 Title: Analysing risk and vulnerability of South African settlements: Attempts, explorations and reflections Authors: Faling, W; Van Huyssteen, E; Le Roux, A Abstract: This is a presentation paper on the development of multi-criteria indicators for integrated assessment of socio-economic vulnerability at a regional level. An indication is provided of some first steps in interpreting projections for environmental risks and hazards in terms of possible implications for settlements at this regional level. The presentation concludes with some reflections on the challenges and breakthroughs experienced within this exercise, as well as implications for on-going and future research. This paper contributes to the current discourse and body of research by providing an overview of, and reflection on, innovative attempts at exploring the vulnerability of settlements in South Africa in a more integrated and place specific way, as conducted within the ambit of the South African Risk and Vulnerability Atlas (SARVA). Description: Biennial Southern Africa Society for Disaster Reduction Conference, North West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa, 10-12 October 2012 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6682 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6633 Title: Analysing risk and vulnerability of South African settlements: Attempts, explorations and reflections Authors: Van Huyssteen, E; Le Roux, A; Van Niekerk, W Abstract: With the world’s urban population now estimated to be at 52% (United Nations 2012:1), towns and cities are increasingly becoming the stage where disaster risk has to be managed and mitigated. Understanding the risks and vulnerabilities in these complex socio-ecological systems thus becomes of utmost importance to be able to intervene in the underlying root causes, dynamic pressures and unsafe conditions. In this paper, the authors share their experience in, and reflect on, recent attempts at exploring integrated and place-specific risk and vulnerability analyses of settlements in South Africa. An overview is first provided of the attempt to develop multi-criteria indicators for integrated assessment of socio-economic vulnerability at a regional level. Secondly, an indication is provided of some first steps in interpreting projections for environmental risks and hazards in terms of possible implications for settlements at this regional level. The paper concludes with some reflections on the challenges and breakthroughs experienced in this exercise, as well as implications for on-going and future research. Description: Copyright: 2013 The authors. Licensee: AOSIS OpenJournals. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License. The license allows redistribution and reuse of all articles on the condition that Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies is appropriately credited. Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6633 2013-02-01T00:00:00Z