Day zero
Subtitle: one city's response to a record-breaking drought
By: Leonie Joubert & Gina Ziervogel
Contributors: Ziervogel, Gina, 1975-; University of Cape Town. African Climate and Development Initiative; Mapula Trust
Publisher: [publisher not identified]
Published: 2019
Place of publication: [South Africa}
Language: eng
Number of pages: 52
ISBN-13: 9780620839488
Subjects: Droughts; Drought management; Government policy; Citizen participation; Water-supply; Management; Climatic changes; Sécheresses; Gestion de la sécheresse; Politique gouvernementale; Participation des citoyens; Eau; Approvisionnement; Gestion; Climat; Changements
Description: "The three-year drought that hit Cape Town was the local expression of the global climate change emergency. It shows what happens when the normal demands of running a city, with its many development challenges, collide with a climate 'shock' like this one. The lessons learned from how the City and its residents responded are relevant globally, as major cities around the world face growing populations and ever-shrinking resources in the face of a changing climate."--Back cover.