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Navigating extreme weather events: An anthropological investigation
The aim of this study was to investigate how do people respond to extreme weather events (EWEs), paying special attention to heavy rainfall. The data and literature gathered unearths strategies and tactics embedded in the social structure of the area of Crawford. These strategies and tactics are eit...
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| author | Perin, Ridah |
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| description | The aim of this study was to investigate how do people respond to extreme weather events (EWEs), paying special attention to heavy rainfall. The data and literature gathered unearths strategies and tactics embedded in the social structure of the area of Crawford. These strategies and tactics are either manipulated or reconfigured in patterns of individuality, to gauge what necessary actions are required to mitigate the impacts of heavy rainfall. These approaches were used to answer the foundational question of this study, what roles do existing social relationships play in people's perceptions and responses to extreme weather events? By utilising qualitative research techniques, this study argues that residents of a middle-income neighbourhoods like Crawford respond, adapt and prepare for extreme rainfall in individualised manners. Contrary to areas of less socioeconomic standing who utilise communal strategies such as conviviality to address the challenges heavy rainfall brings. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/42586 Navigating extreme weather events: An anthropological investigation Perin, Ridah Morreira, Shannon Weather Rainfall The aim of this study was to investigate how do people respond to extreme weather events (EWEs), paying special attention to heavy rainfall. The data and literature gathered unearths strategies and tactics embedded in the social structure of the area of Crawford. These strategies and tactics are either manipulated or reconfigured in patterns of individuality, to gauge what necessary actions are required to mitigate the impacts of heavy rainfall. These approaches were used to answer the foundational question of this study, what roles do existing social relationships play in people's perceptions and responses to extreme weather events? By utilising qualitative research techniques, this study argues that residents of a middle-income neighbourhoods like Crawford respond, adapt and prepare for extreme rainfall in individualised manners. Contrary to areas of less socioeconomic standing who utilise communal strategies such as conviviality to address the challenges heavy rainfall brings. 2026-01-16T09:57:22Z 2026-01-16T09:57:22Z 2025 2026-01-15T12:11:12Z Thesis / Dissertation Masters Masters http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42586 en eng application/pdf Environmental Humanities Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Weather Rainfall Perin, Ridah Navigating extreme weather events: An anthropological investigation |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Navigating extreme weather events: An anthropological investigation |
| title_full | Navigating extreme weather events: An anthropological investigation |
| title_fullStr | Navigating extreme weather events: An anthropological investigation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Navigating extreme weather events: An anthropological investigation |
| title_short | Navigating extreme weather events: An anthropological investigation |
| title_sort | navigating extreme weather events an anthropological investigation |
| topic | Weather Rainfall |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42586 |
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