
Dr. Gina Ziervogel
Dr Gina Ziervogel is a geographer by training, with 12 years of experience in the field of adaptation and vulnerability to global environmental change. She is a lecturer in the Department of Environmental and Geographical Science at the University of Cape Town. She completed her PhD in Geography at the University of Oxford in 2002 after completing her BSc in Environmental and Geographical Science at the University of Cape Town and her Honours in Environmental Water Management at Rhodes University.
Her research focuses on adaptation to climate change in the development context of rural and urban southern Africa.
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Dr. Gina Ziervogel, Anton Cartwright, Anna Taylor, Warren Smit
June 19, 2015Rising Waters: Working together on Cape Town’s flooding
The Flooding in Cape Town under Climate Risk (FliCCR) Project book explores the challenges and opportunities of collaborative governance as a way to get a broader group of stakeholders involved in flooding responses.
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Warren Smit, Dr. Gina Ziervogel
September 30, 2013Learning to Swim: Strengthening Flooding Governance in the City of Cape Town
Vulnerability to flooding is a growing concern in cities of the South, where resources are concentrated and poor people often settle in flood prone areas.