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- Title
Assessing local government's response to black women's vulnerability and adaptation to the impacts of floods in the context of intersectionality: The case of eThekwini metropolitan municipality, South Africa.
- Authors
Udo, Fidelis; Naidu, Maheshvari
- Abstract
This article assesses how adaptation governance within the eThekwini (Durban) metropolitan municipality, KwaZulu‐Natal Province of South Africa, addresses the vulnerability and adaptation of black African women to flood impacts within the municipality. The article argues that there is an intersectional lens through which black local women's experiences of vulnerability to the impact of climate change disasters need to be understood and addressed. Qualitative research methodologies were employed to collect data through semi‐structured interviews and focus group discussions with local black African women from four areas in Durban who have experienced frequent floods over the past years. Personnel from eThekwini municipality's Environmental Planning and Climate Protection Department and Disaster Management Department were also interviewed. The feminist political ecology perspective was used to unpack the nuances in power relations that engendered black African women's vulnerability and adaptation to flood impacts within the municipality. The study's findings revealed that the overall vulnerability experiences of black African women in Durban are shaped by factors relating to the lack of an 'intentionally gendered' approach to adaptation governance in the municipality. Adopting an intentional approach to adaptation governance is essential to inform policies responding to local black Africans' vulnerability and adaptation experiences within the study's context.
- Subjects
SOUTH Africa; DURBAN (South Africa); BLACK Africans; ENVIRONMENTAL protection planning; BLACK women; POLITICAL ecology; PHYSIOLOGICAL adaptation; LOCAL government
- Publication
Environmental Policy & Governance, 2024, Vol 34, Issue 1, p31
- ISSN
1756-932X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/eet.2053