Collecting flooding and vulnerability information in informal settlements: The governance of knowledge production

South African Geographical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 84-103

  Musungu, Kevin ^a   Drivdal, Laura ^b   Smit, Julian ^b  

^a CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

actors; collaboration; governance; informal settlements; knowledge creation

Indexed keywords

FLOODING; GIS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; KNOWLEDGE; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; VULNERABILITY;

CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 84958059182     PISSN: 03736245     EISSN: 21512418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03736245.2015.1117013     Document Type: Article

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