Managing city scale disasters: From Cape Town’s 2015-2018 drought disaster planning

Managing city scale disasters: From Cape Town’s 2015-2018 drought disaster planning

Authors

  • Paulin Paul ktu
  • Ammu Sara Mathew

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6361561

Keywords:

Drought,slow-onset,city-wide, climatic change, slowonset, adaptation, prediction, management

Abstract

Disaster planning for city-wide shocks became extremely
neccessary specifically as cities face severe climatic problems. The
paper provides a distinctive perception to the disaster planning and
management which has taken in the Cape Town city as its most
acute drought that ever happened in the town’s history. It mainly
describes how risk was managed and understood by the
government, which included the risk prioritizing and mitigation,
design of points and location of distribution of water rations for the
people. This paper also includes the individuals experiences and
communicate with the officials for management planning.

Published

2023-02-23

How to Cite

Paulin Paul, & Ammu Sara Mathew. (2023). Managing city scale disasters: From Cape Town’s 2015-2018 drought disaster planning . National Conference on Emerging Computer Applications, 4(1), 123–125. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6361561
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