Understanding resilience capitals, agency and habitus in household experiences of water scarcity, floods and fire in marginalized settlements in the Cape Flats, South Africa
Understanding resilience capitals, agency and habitus in household experiences of water scarcity, floods and fire in marginalized settlements in the Cape Flats, South Africa
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了解南非开普平原边缘化住区缺水、洪水和火灾家庭经历中的复原力资本、机构和习惯
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10.1016/j.ssaho.2023.100710
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2023
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Ncube S
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Ncube S
在大多数低收入和中等收入国家，很大一部分城市人口居住在非正规住区。由于住房质量差、居住区布局密集以及缺乏降低风险的基础设施，非正规住区准备最薄弱，面临气候变化问题的风险也更高。南非开普弗拉兹地区定居点的边缘社区面临着一系列环境危害和风险，包括经常发生大规模火灾、局部洪水和供水不稳定。本文介绍了一项对来自该地区三个经济边缘化定居点的 600 名参与者进行的家庭调查的结果。本文探讨了不同形式的资本如何在形成这些经历和反应中发挥作用，并利用这些来考虑权力结构和定居点居民中特定类型习惯的形成。结果表明，文化（知识）资本是在所有三个地点实现复原力和适应能力的最重要资本之一。研究结果显示了资本形式之间复杂的相互作用以及认识所有权、控制权和权力结构的重要性。我们的研究结果还说明，反复暴露于风险会如何塑造风险接受的习惯，以及如何专注于应对而不是改变。这项研究的见解进一步增强了对社区复原力的了解，这可能为低收入和中等收入国家城市气候变化复原力的政策制定和机构减少灾害风险战略提供信息。
A significant percentage of the urban population in most low- and middle-income countries live in informal settlements. Due to poor quality housing, dense settlement patterns and lack of risk reducing infrastructure, informal settlements are least prepared and at higher risk for climate change issues. Marginalized communities in settlements in the Cape Flats region of South Africa face a range of environmental hazards and risks including recurrent large-scale fires, localised flooding and inconsistent access to water. This paper presents findings from a household survey with 600 participants from three economically marginalized settlements in this region. The paper explores how different forms of capital come into play in the shaping of these experiences and responses and uses these to consider power structures and the creation of particular types of habitus amongst settlement residents. Results show that cultural (knowledge) capital is one of the most important capitals enabling resilience and adaptive capacities across all three sites. Findings show the complex interplay of forms of capital and the importance of recognizing ownership, control and power structures. Our findings also illustrate how repeated exposure to risk can shape a habitus of risk acceptance and a focus on coping rather than change. Insights from this study further enhance knowledge of community resilience that could potentially inform policy development and institutional disaster risk reduction strategies for climate change resilience of cities in low- and middle-income countries.
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