Neighbourhood responses to drought in the Western Cape

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dc.contributor.authorRule, Stephen
dc.contributor.authorParker, Saahier
dc.contributor.authorMajikijela, Yamkela
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-23T10:45:17Z
dc.date.available2021-09-23T10:45:17Z
dc.date.issued2021-10
dc.description.abstractAn extreme drought event occurred in the Western Cape when the mean level of water supply dams declined to 28% of capacity in August 2017 (Odendaal 2019). Our survey of 240 households and 71 businesses identified neighbourhood variations in response to the drought and to local government restrictions in water usage, and in the methods of adaptation that were implemented to mitigate the impact of the disaster. Whereas water consumption declined dramatically in comparison with drought responses in other contexts (Shaw et al. in Am Water Works Assoc 84(10):34–41, 1992, https://doi.org/10. 1002/j.1551-8833.1992.tb05862.x; Miller and Buys in Soc Nat Resour 21(3):244–257, 2008; Buurman et al. in Int J Water Resour Dev 33(1):31–50, 2017, https:// doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2016.1138398; Okaka and Odhiambo in S Afr Geogr J 100(3):378–393, 2018), significant variations in attitude and behaviour emerged between respondents of Western Cape neighbourhoods with different socio-economic profiles. Middle class and older households and waterintensive businesses or organisations were more likely to report substantial decreases in water usage and to be critical of official interventions than were poorer or younger households and small businesses.en_US
dc.identifier.citationRule, S. et al. (2021). Neighbourhood responses to drought in the Western Cape. GeoJournal. 86. 10.1007/s10708-020-10185-5.en_US
dc.identifier.uriDOI: 10.1007/s10708-020-10185-5
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/6800
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringeren_US
dc.subjectDroughten_US
dc.subjectAdaptationen_US
dc.subjectNeighbourhooden_US
dc.subjectWater restrictionsen_US
dc.subjectConservationen_US
dc.titleNeighbourhood responses to drought in the Western Capeen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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