Incorporating local participation and GIS in assessing flood vulnerability in informal settlements : Masiphumelele case study

The case study applies a GIS-based methodology to assess the vulnerability of Masiphumelele, to both wetland flooding and coastal storm surges. This informal settlement, south of Cape Town has rapidly expanded since its inception 20 years ago, and large numbers of economic migrants largely from the Eastern Cape have swelled the population and over-whelmed the local infrastructure. The settlement is now expanding northwards in a largely uncontrolled fashion into an ecologically important wetland.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Division of Geomatics

Year dc:date.issued

2011

Author dc:creator

• Tyler, Rebecca

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Smit, Julian

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10922

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10922