Faling, WTempelhoff, JWNVan Niekerk, D2012-08-232012-08-232012-06Faling, W, Tempelhoff, JWN and Van Niekerk, D. 2012. Rhetoric or action: Are South African municipalities planning for climate change? Development Southern Africa, vol. 29(2), pp 241-2570376-835Xhttp://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0376835X.2012.675695http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6062Copyright: 2012 Routledge. This is an ABSTRACT ONLYIn 2008 the South African National Disaster Management Centre commissioned a study into measures taken by local municipalities to plan for climate change. Two areas were selected for their dissimilar climatic challenges: the //Khara Hais Municipality, a semi-desert area in the Northern Cape Province plagued by droughts and severe weather events, and the George Municipality, an area in the Western Cape Province plagued by droughts, the rising sea level and flash floods. It was found that despite South African laws and regulations requiring local government to take action to reduce the risk of disasters, planning for climate change is still no more than sophisticated rhetoric in the two municipalities. This lack of urgency can be ascribed to local municipalities having other more pressing developmental priorities. It would, however, be short-sighted of municipalities not to plan for climate change, as major setbacks in hard-won economic and social development follow a disaster.enSouth African municipalitiesKhara Hais MunicipalityClimate changeSouth African National Disaster Management CentreDisaster managementDroughtsKhara Hais MunicipalityArticleFaling, W., Tempelhoff, J., & Van Niekerk, D. (2012). Rhetoric or action: Are South African municipalities planning for climate change?. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6062Faling, W, JWN Tempelhoff, and D Van Niekerk "Rhetoric or action: Are South African municipalities planning for climate change?." (2012) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6062Faling W, Tempelhoff J, Van Niekerk D. Rhetoric or action: Are South African municipalities planning for climate change?. 2012; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6062.TY - Article AU - Faling, W AU - Tempelhoff, JWN AU - Van Niekerk, D AB - In 2008 the South African National Disaster Management Centre commissioned a study into measures taken by local municipalities to plan for climate change. Two areas were selected for their dissimilar climatic challenges: the //Khara Hais Municipality, a semi-desert area in the Northern Cape Province plagued by droughts and severe weather events, and the George Municipality, an area in the Western Cape Province plagued by droughts, the rising sea level and flash floods. It was found that despite South African laws and regulations requiring local government to take action to reduce the risk of disasters, planning for climate change is still no more than sophisticated rhetoric in the two municipalities. This lack of urgency can be ascribed to local municipalities having other more pressing developmental priorities. It would, however, be short-sighted of municipalities not to plan for climate change, as major setbacks in hard-won economic and social development follow a disaster. DA - 2012-06 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - South African municipalities KW - Khara Hais Municipality KW - Climate change KW - South African National Disaster Management Centre KW - Disaster management KW - Droughts KW - Khara Hais Municipality LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2012 SM - 0376-835X T1 - Rhetoric or action: Are South African municipalities planning for climate change? TI - Rhetoric or action: Are South African municipalities planning for climate change? UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6062 ER -