Perceptions and responses to urban flood risk: Implications for climate governance in the South

Applied Geography

Volumn 36, Issue , 2013, Pages 13-22

  Fatti, Christina Elizabeth ^a   Patel, Zarina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Global South; Governance; Risk perceptions; Urban flood risk

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CAPACITY BUILDING; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PERCEPTION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RAINFALL; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84871411822     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2012.06.011     Document Type: Article

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