Mambo, JuliaMurambadoro, Miriam D2018-06-222018-06-222017-12Mambo, J. and Murambadoro, M.D. 2017. Municipal vulnerability to climate change. South African Risk and Vulnerability Atlas: Understanding the Social & Environmental Implications of Global Change, pp. 112-120978-0-992236-06-9https://www.csir.co.za/sites/default/files/Documents/CSIR%20Global%20Change%20eBOOK.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/10275Chapter published in South African Risk and Vulnerability Atlas: Understanding the Social & Environmental Implications of Global Change (2017). 2nd editionSouth Africa, like the rest of Africa, is considered highly vulnerable to climate change and variability as well as to global change. Climate change is and will continue to be an issue of concern in the development of the country. South Africa faces increased frequencies of extreme weather events, such as floods, hailstorms, heavy rain and winds, veld fires, snow, dry spells and drought (DEA 2013a). This vulnerability is worsened by the interaction between the multiple non-climatic stressors that occur at various spatial scales (affecting geographical areas differently) and which have the potential to worsen vulnerability to climate and global change (DEA et al. 2012). Existing climatic risks in South Africa are a result of stressors resulting from social, economic and political processes that have generated challenges associated with service delivery, access to clean water, sanitation and energy, rapid urbanisation, increased poverty, land use transformation and diseases such as TB and those related to the HIV virus.enClimate changeGlobal changeSouth African climate risksBook ChapterMambo, J., & Murambadoro, M. D. (2017). Municipal vulnerability to climate change., <i>Worklist;20001</i> AFRICAN SUN MeDIA. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10275Mambo, Julia, and Miriam D Murambadoro. "Municipal vulnerability to climate change" In <i>WORKLIST;20001</i>, n.p.: AFRICAN SUN MeDIA. 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10275.Mambo J, Murambadoro MD. Municipal vulnerability to climate change.. Worklist;20001. [place unknown]: AFRICAN SUN MeDIA; 2017. [cited yyyy month dd]. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10275.TY - Book Chapter AU - Mambo, Julia AU - Murambadoro, Miriam D AB - South Africa, like the rest of Africa, is considered highly vulnerable to climate change and variability as well as to global change. Climate change is and will continue to be an issue of concern in the development of the country. South Africa faces increased frequencies of extreme weather events, such as floods, hailstorms, heavy rain and winds, veld fires, snow, dry spells and drought (DEA 2013a). This vulnerability is worsened by the interaction between the multiple non-climatic stressors that occur at various spatial scales (affecting geographical areas differently) and which have the potential to worsen vulnerability to climate and global change (DEA et al. 2012). Existing climatic risks in South Africa are a result of stressors resulting from social, economic and political processes that have generated challenges associated with service delivery, access to clean water, sanitation and energy, rapid urbanisation, increased poverty, land use transformation and diseases such as TB and those related to the HIV virus. DA - 2017-12 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Climate change KW - Global change KW - South African climate risks LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2017 SM - 978-0-992236-06-9 T1 - Municipal vulnerability to climate change TI - Municipal vulnerability to climate change UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10275 ER -