The aim of this report is to provide data and a descriptive understanding of flooding in one particular settlement that is affected: Egoli, in the Philippi Horticultural Area, Cape Town. By avoiding long theoretical discussions, this report provides empirical insight both for academics as well as for a wider audience on how such hazards, and other problems that are connected to this, are dealt with.
Egoli is one of the few informal settlements located in Philippi Horticultural Area, which is sparsely populated since most of the area is designated to farming. As the map below shows, it looks much like an island of informal settlers, and contrasts how informal settlements in urban Cape Town usually are imagined. According to community leaders, most of these informal settlements are on private land and some are facing eviction charges.
Resource collections
- Floods
- Learning from crises
- Topics
- UN Habitat - Urban Response Collection
- Urban Response - Urban Crisis Preparedness and Risk Reduction
- Urban Response Collection - Community Engagement and Social Cohesion
- Urban Response Collection - Economic Recovery
- Urban Response Collection - Environment and Climate Change
- Urban Response Collection - Housing, Land and Property
- Urban Response Collection - Urban Crisis Response, Recovery and Reconstruction
- Urban Response Collection - Urban Resilience
