Quarry Road West informal settlement, which comprises of over 1030 informal s, is located on the narrow floodplain of the Palmiet River which is prone to flooding after heavy rainfall.
In April 2019, a staggering 240 homes in the informal settlement were lost in a major flood. This doesn't even begin to capture the pain from losing personal possessions, among them ID cards and family photographs. Zondani, …
This paper presents a governance assessment for Quarry Road West informal settlement, Durban, South Africa, in relation to flood risk by applying the Capital Approach Framework.
Using Quarry Road West informal settlement, the study employed a convergent parallel mixed-methods approach which involved a survey (n = 359), interviews with key informants (n = 8) and a focus group discussion (n = 1). The study findings reveal that flood vulnerability in the study area is not only a result of the proximity of the ...
'The study will also benefit society by showing the position of s with high and low flood vulnerability in the Quarry Road West informal settlement in the Palmiet River Catchment area in Durban,' said Membele.
Quarry Road West informal settlement is a precarious settlement, as it is located on the narrow floodplain of the Palmiet River adjacent to a major freeway and secondary roads (Figures 5 and...
Quarry Road West informal settlement is exposed to high environmental risk, is politically and socially well organised and it displays high levels of social cohesion and identity, which makes it a good case study to explore data justice (Sim et al 2019). Perhaps what is most important, is that at the outset of the PCRP, state officials could ...
The study was conducted in Quarry Road West informal settlement located in Durban, South Africa. A mixed-method approach that involved a survey (n = 359), interviews with key informants ...
Adopting a gendered approach, this paper draws on the empirical case of Quarry Road West, an informal settlement located in Durban, and uses a qualitative method - ology. Residents have access to Community Ablution Blocks, free shared sanitation facilities provided by the eThekwini Municipality. This paper argues that restricted
VULNERABILITY AT QUARRY ROAD WEST INFORMAL SETTLEMENT IN DURBAN, KWAZULU-NATAL Garikai Martin Membele A thesis submitted to the School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, in fulfilment of the academic requirements for the
The Quarry Road West informal settlement risk map (see Fig. 8) represents the spatial construction of risk by community mapmakers and verified by the community. Armed with GPS devices, community researchers divided themselves into equal groups of four (as per the sub-settlements), ...
Making Informal Settlements 'Visible' Through Datafication: A Case Study of Quarry Road West Informal Settlement, Durban, South Africa CATHERINE SUTHERLAND, BAHLE MAZEKA, SIBONGILE BUTHELEZI, DUDZILE KHUMALO and PATRICK MARTEL 2019 Published in collaboration with, and with the financial support of, the University of Manchester's
The Quarry Road West Informal Settlement (QRWIS) which is located in the city of Durban, South Africa is selected as a case study. Description: A thesis submitted in fulfillment of the …
is playing in building social and environmental justice in Quarry Road West informal settlement, Durban, South Africa. Quarry Road West informal settlement, which comprises approximately 1083 s, is located on the Palmiet River, in the urban core of Durban (see Figure 1).
Quarry Road West informal settlement is located in the centre of Durban and the Palmiet River floodplain. It lies between Eastings 303,250 and 303,750 and between Northings 6,701,000 and 6,701,700 (Fig. 1). According to Williams, Costa [102] the informal settlement is also located close to major transport routes and residential suburbs.
Adopting a gendered approach, this paper draws on the empirical case of Quarry Road West, an informal settlement located in Durban, and uses a qualitative methodology. Residents have access to Community Ablution Blocks, free shared sanitation facilities provided by the eThekwini Municipality. This paper argues that restricted access to the ...
QuArry roAd west InForMAL settLeMent, durbAn Quarry Road West is an informal settlement located in the urban core of Durban, or its administrative entity eThekwini Municipality, South Africa. It is officially home to 550 s or approximately 1,640 residents, though unofficial figures are twice as high.
Network Process in mapping ood vulnerability in an informal settlement. The study was conducted in Quarry Road West informal settlement located in Durban, South Africa. A mixed-method approach that involved a survey (=359), interviews with key n informants (n= 10) and focus group discussions (n= 2) was used in this study. This study's
Economic conditions that leads to illegal electricity connections at Quarry Road Informal Settlement in South Africa. Ms. Mawuena Geyevu [email protected] Dr. Zamokuhle Mbandlwa ... Quarry Road West had roughly 600 squatter settlements four years ago. Currently, there are already around 1500 shacks, and
The Quarry Road West Informal Settlement (QRWIS) which is located in the city of Durban, South Africa is selected as a case study. Description: A thesis submitted in fulfillment of the academic requirements for the degree of Master in Architecture, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2023.
research, conducted in the Quarry Road West informal settlement. However, this understanding and knowledge needs to be scaled up to be useful to resilience building at the city, regional, national or global scale.(12) The particular historical and geographical contexts of specific informal settlements change how the relations among risk,
Findings of this study also revealed that connecting electricity in Quarry Road Informal Settlement has since become a norm. It has since become an acceptable act to connect electricity illegally ...
Community-based mapping methodology for climate change adaptation: a case study of Quarry Road West informal settlement, Durban, South Africa. In B. P. Cobbinah & M. Addaney (Eds.), The Geography of Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Africa. (pp. 57–99). Palgrave McMillan. McFarlane, C. (2019). The politics of urban sanitation: making claims ...
Road West informal settlement is located on the narrow floodplain of the Palmiet River, in close proximity to an extensive road network (Figure 1). Although the history of flooding is not...
Methodology 2.1 Description of the study area Quarry Road West informal settlement is located between Eastings 303250 and 303750, Northings 6701000 and 6701700 in the city of Durban. ...
Quarry Road West informal settlement is located on the narrow floodplain of the Palmiet River, in close proximity to an extensive road network (Figure 1). Although the history of flooding is not well documented, due both to the recent history and lack of data recording in informal settings, there are various media accounts of the Palmiet River ...
veranda in the Quarry Road West Informal Settlement. Figure 8 illustrates an example of family . plot sharing in an informal settlement in Mexico. Govender and Shaikjee 211.
Quarry Road West informal settlement reflects the challenges produced by the collective impact of both rapid urbanization in a context of poverty and significant housing and service backlogs in Durban, and the …
FUTURE RESEARCH AGENDA ..... 32 REFERENCES ..... 33 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ..... 36 ABOUT THE AUTHORS ..... 36 Manchester Centre for Development Informatics Working Paper 83 1 Making Informal Settlements 'Visible' Through Datafication: A Case Study of Quarry Road West Informal Settlement, Durban, South Africa Catherine Sutherland, Bahle Mazeka ...
'The study will also benefit society by showing the position of s with high and low flood vulnerability in the Quarry Road West informal settlement in the Palmiet River Catchment area in Durban,' said Membele. 'This helps decision-makers to formulate appropriate policy and strategic plans for reducing the threat of flooding.
Quarry Road West informal settlement is exposed to high environmental risk, is politically and socially well organised and it displays high levels of social cohesion and identity, which makes it a good case study to explore data justice (Sim et al 2019). Perhaps what is most important, is that at the outset of the PCRP, state officials could ...
Quarry Road West informal settlement at an elevation of 18 metres above . mean sea level. The catchment, described as steep and undulating, is 37 square . kilometres in extent and heavily urbanized.