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Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Vulnerability among Rural Areas and Small Towns in South Africa: Exploring the Role of Climate Change, Marginalization, and Inequality by Abrams, Amber L., Carden, Kirsty, Teta, Charles, Wågsæther, Katinka

“…Access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH)—including drainage-services—is essential for public health and socio-economic development, but access remains…”
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A Community of Practice Approach to Planning Water Sensitive Cities in South Africa by Carden, Kirsty, Fell, Jessica

“…As South African cities urbanise alongside climate change, resource constraints, and socio-economic challenges, water sensitive (urban) design (WSD) is slowly…”
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Groundwater governance for improving city water resilience in Cape Town, South Africa by Faragher, Tamsin P. T., Carden, Kirsty

“…Until recently, Cape Town, South Africa's second largest city relied entirely on surface water for water supply. Low rainfall between 2015 and 2018 caused…”
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Editorial: Governing hybrid urban infrastructure—The co-production of decentralized, nature-based and localized solutions by Herslund, Lise, Carden, Kirsty, Mguni, Patience

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Evaluation of Water Governance Processes Required to Transition towards Water Sensitive Urban Design—An Indicator Assessment Approach for the City of Cape Town by Madonsela, Boipelo, Koop, Stef, Van Leeuwen, Kees, Carden, Kirsty

“…In the face of water related risks resulting from climate change and rapid urbanization, water resources in South African cities have increasingly come under…”
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Method and process towards developing a Health Vulnerability Index (HVI) for Extreme Weather Events (EWEs) for local residents in South Africa by Abrams, Amber, Asmall, Taherah, Hlahla, Sithabile, Carden, Kirsty, Dalvie, Mohamed Aqiel

“…An increase in incidence and amplitude of extreme weather events (EWEs) linked to climate change, has resulted in greater human exposure and vulnerability to…”
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Stormwater harvesting: Improving water security in South Africa’s urban areas by Fisher-Jeffes, Lloyd, Winter, Kevin, Carden, Kirsty, Armitage, Neil P.

“…The drought experienced in South Africa in 2016 – one of the worst in decades – has left many urbanised parts of the country with limited access to water, and…”
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Pathways to water resilient South African cities – from mono-functional to multi-functional stormwater infrastructure by Mclachlan, Julia, Tanyanyiwa, Craig T., Schneuwly, Rachelle, Carden, Kirsty, Armitage, Neil P., Abrams, Amber, Mguni, Patience, Herslund, Lise Byskov

“…In light of rapid population growth and climate-change pressures on water resources, there is an urgent need in many African cities to shift to more resilient,…”
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A water sensitive urban design framework for South Africa by Lloyd Fisher-Jeffes, Kirsty Carden, Neil Armitage

“…South Africa (RSA) is a ‘developing country’ still facing the challenge of providing basic water services to a significant proportion of the population. Water…”
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Understanding resilience capitals, agency and habitus in household experiences of water scarcity, floods and fire in marginalized settlements in the Cape Flats, South Africa by Ncube, Sikhululekile, Wilson, Anna, Petersen, Leif, Black, Gillian, Abrams, Amber, Carden, Kirsty, Dick, Liezl, Dickie, Jennifer, Gibson, Lesley, Hamilton-Smith, Niall, Ireland, Aileen, Lamb, Guy, Mpofu-Mketwa, Tsitsi, Piper, Laurence, Swanson, Dalene M.

“…A significant percentage of the urban population in most low- and middle-income countries live in informal settlements. Due to poor quality housing, dense…”
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The adverse health effects associated with drought in Africa by Asmall, Taherah, Abrams, Amber, Röösli, Martin, Cissé, Guéladio, Carden, Kirsty, Dalvie, Mohamed Aqiel

“…Droughts are associated with several health effects and Africa is uniquely vulnerable. Despite this, there has been no previous review of the literature on the…”
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Towards water resilience through Nature‐based Solutions in the Global South? Scoping the prevailing conditions for Water Sensitive Design in Cape Town and Johannesburg by Mguni, Patience, Abrams, Amber, Herslund, Lise Byskov, Carden, Kirsty, Fell, Jessica, Armitage, Neil, Dollie, Aa’isha

“…Water Sensitive Design (WSD) is gaining attention as a Nature-based Solution (NbS) to urban water problems. It incorporates green infrastructure with…”
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Living the life of floods: Place-based learning in an Anthropocene harmscape by Wilson, Anna, Dick, Liezl, Ncube, Sikhululekile, Dickie, Jen, Abrams, Amber, Black, Gillian, Blair, Nicola, Carden, Kirsty, Hamilton-Smith, Niall, Lamb, Guy, Mpofu-Mketwa, Tsitsi, Petersen, Leif, Robertson, George

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Diarrhoea among Children Aged under Five Years and Risk Factors in Informal Settlements: A Cross-Sectional Study in Cape Town, South Africa by Nguyen, Thi Yen Chi, Fagbayigbo, Bamidele Oladapo, Cissé, Guéladio, Redi, Nesre, Fuhrimann, Samuel, Okedi, John, Schindler, Christian, Röösli, Martin, Armitage, Neil Philip, Carden, Kirsty, Dalvie, Mohamed Aqiel

“…Background: There is limited data on the association between diarrhoea among children aged under five years (U5D) and water use, sanitation, hygiene, and…”
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A water sensitive urban design framework for South Africa by Armitage, Neil, Carden, Kirsty, Fisher-Jeffes, Lloyd

“…South Africa (RSA) is a ‘developing country’ still facing the challenge of providing basic water services to a significant proportion of the population. Water…”
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The use and disposal of greywater in the non-sewered areas of South Africa : Part 1 - Quantifying the greywater generated and assessing its quality by Kahonde, Justine, Rivett, Ulrike, Sichone, Owen, Winter, Kevin, Armitage, Neil, Carden, Kirsty

“…The potentially negative impacts from greywater disposal are felt most strongly in those areas where water supply services and on-site sanitation have been…”
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The use and disposal of greywater in the non-sewered areas of South Africa : Part 2 - Greywater management options by Winter, Kevin, Armitage, Neil, Sichone, Owen, Carden, Kirsty

“…Greywater has been identified as a key area of research in South Africa owing to the fact that service delivery in low-income areas largely consists of on-site…”
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