Examining Community and Government Responses to Floods in South African Informal Settlements | Chapter 4 | Recent Research Advances in Arts and Social Studies Vol. 3

The aims concerning this study were to examine societies’ responses to flood in informal conclusions of South Land of the Sahara and the existing government blueprints to mitigate the impact of floods on poor societies in informal settlement of On west side when facing north Africa. In order to be responsible to the above research objective, this study used the existent secondary concerning qualities not quantities data. These include visual and audio entertainment transmitted via radio waves and videos from materials shared on YouTube channels policies as well as TV news situated online and diverse classifications of articles convenient online. These sources held victims of flood testimonies, expert’s study as well as official reports.The findings have proved that despite repeated incident of flood in informal settlements, societies have not grown collective strategy to put oneself in the place of another floods. It was evident that the response is willing and un-coordinated. That means that skilled are no educational and training possible to assist communities handle floods where they occur.Weak assets and form of livelihoods undertaken by casual dwellers, do not allow ruling class to recover from flood effectively. The judgments have also shown that the management intervened, still, the interventions have not happened effective in addressing the latent problems that lead to exposure to flood. This means that government mediation is reactive alternatively pre-emptive.  The study recommends long term policy, if challenges related to flood in informal conclusions are to be addressed. While this study exposed some important judgments, as a desk-based study, it presents few limitation. It is main that further study is conducted that includes people and those affected by floods.

Author(s) Details:

Joseph Rudigi Rukema,
School of Social Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Sinazo Nomsenge,
School of Social Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

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