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Mainstreaming sustainable adaptation to climate change into municipal planning: An analysis from the Eastern Cape, South Africa

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  • Darika Santhia
  • Sheona Shackleton
  • Taryn Pereira

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Municipalities are well positioned to support adaptation of vulnerable people to climate change; however, they seldom integrate climate change into their planning for social development. The building of adaptive capacity for sustainable adaptation requires that municipalities understand and mainstream climate change into their plans, and develop context-specific adaptation strategies that address existing social development issues. A desktop analysis was conducted to compare the planning landscape in six District Municipalities in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, focusing on Municipal Integrated Development Plans (IDPs). A scoring system was developed for comparing the IDPs of the municipalities, based on levels of context-specific information about climate change, mainstreaming of climate change with other development concerns, and vertical integration across district and local municipalities, amongst other themes. Overall, the mainstreaming of climate change in municipal IDPs in the Eastern Cape remains weak, and requires critical attention if sustainable adaptation is to be achieved.

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  • Darika Santhia & Sheona Shackleton & Taryn Pereira, 2018. "Mainstreaming sustainable adaptation to climate change into municipal planning: An analysis from the Eastern Cape, South Africa," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 35(4), pages 589-608, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:deveza:v:35:y:2018:i:4:p:589-608
    DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2018.1488583
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    1. Va Dany & Louis Lebel, 2020. "Integrating Concerns with Climate Change into Local Development Planning in Cambodia," Review of Policy Research, Policy Studies Organization, vol. 37(2), pages 221-243, March.

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