Is science enough? Examining ways of understanding, coping with and adapting to storm risks in Johannesburg

Water SA

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-66

  Fatti, Christina Elizabeth ^a   Vogel, Coleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adaption and development planning; Citizen science; Climate change; Johannesburg; Policy response; Thunderstorm trends

Indexed keywords

RAIN; RISK PERCEPTION; STORMS; THUNDERSTORMS;

CITIZEN SCIENCE; CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS; COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING; DEVELOPMENT PLANNING; HISTORICAL WEATHER DATUM; JOHANNESBURG; PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PERCEPTION; RAINFALL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STORM; THUNDERSTORM; WEATHER;

GAUTENG; JOHANNESBURG; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 79251606550     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 18167950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v37i1.64107     Document Type: Article

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