Gina Ziervogel
Gina Ziervogel is an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental and Geographical Science at the University of Cape Town. Her work has focused on climate change adaptation, resilience and development through the lens of water and governance. She is particularly interested in transdisciplinary projects that bring together civil society, government and academics to address problems collaboratively and creatively. Gina has published widely and been involved in national and international initiatives related to climate change adaptation, including the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Assessment Report 6. For a full list of publications see http://www.egs.uct.ac.za/egs/staff/academic/ziervogel
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Anna Taylor, Anton Cartwright, Di Scott, Gina Ziervogel, Liza Rose Cirolia October 10, 2019Mainstreaming Climate Change in Urban Development
Cape Town’s drought crisis grabbed global headlines in 2018 and its causes and solutions were – and continue to be — hotly debated. But managing water shortages and other climate change impacts have been integrated into the city’s urban policy-making for some time, in response to rapid urbanisation and uncertainty about the exact nature, timing […]
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Gina Ziervogel, Anton Cartwright, Anna Taylor, Warren Smit June 19, 2015Rising Waters: Working together on Cape Town’s flooding
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Gina Ziervogel March 20, 2019IN THE PRESS: Cape Town drought a lesson for SA
During National Water Week this week, the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) African Centre for Cities (ACC) released a new paper which warns that the Cape Town drought has powerful climate-change adaptation lessons for other South African municipalities. (more…)
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Gina Ziervogel March 18, 2019IN THE PRESS: Vital lessons learnt from the drought
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Gina Ziervogel March 14, 2019Cape Town drought delivers powerful lessons to cities on climate adaptation
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Gina Ziervogel March 20, 2019
IN THE PRESS: Cape Town drought a lesson for SA
During National Water Week this week, the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) African Centre for Cities (ACC) released a new paper which warns that the Cape Town drought has powerful climate-change adaptation lessons for other South African municipalities. (more…)
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Gina Ziervogel February 20, 2019Unpacking the Cape Town drought: Lessons learned
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Warren Smit, Gina Ziervogel September 30, 2013Learning to Swim: Strengthening Flooding Governance in the City of Cape Town