The power of collaborative governance: Managing the risks associated with flooding and sea-level rise in the City of Cape Town
This project aims to understand and strengthen the governance system that determines how risks associated with flooding and sea-level rise are addressed in the city of Cape Town, South Africa, by:
- facilitating a shared understanding of the nature and perceptions of the risk of flooding and sea level rise in the City of Cape Town;
- assessing existing and alternative approaches to climate change risk management in the city, to guide the development of adaptation planning;
- building on existing civic and City of Cape Town initiatives to develop multi-institutional knowledge platforms around urban flooding and sea level rise;
- assessing the nature of adaptive capacity and improved climate change decision-making that emerges during the project, with a focus on improved relationships and information flows between academia, civil society and the respective units within the City of Cape Town.
ACC's partners on this project include:
Centre of Criminology, University of Cape Town (UCT)
Department of Environmental and Geographical Science (EGS), UCT
Cape Urban Observatory, UCT School of Architecture, Planning & Geomatics
The City of Cape Town's Environmental Resources Management Department
Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)
LaquaR Consultants
Slum Dwellers International (SDI)
The project runs from January 2010 to December 2012 and is funded through the IDRC's Climate Change Adaptation in Africa programme.
