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T H E T I M E L I N E December January - August September

2014 2013

Durban was selected as one of the first 32 cities included in the Rockefeller Foundation’s international 100 Resilient Cities Programme Durban’s scoping exercise Launch 100 RC in Durban

A C I T Y O N T H E E D G E

Africa

Population

3.44 million

South Africa Durban

Area Water provision Inequality Employment Housing backlog

80.7% 74.7%

Environment

31% 2297 sq.km 0.61 406 581

• f households have

access to safe drinking water Gini coefficient

• f the Municipal area is included in the Durban Metropolitan Open Space System

Durban is located in a biodiversity hotspot

THE DURB AN CON TE XT

W H O D I D W E S P E A K T O ?

O U R P R O C E S S

‘Experts’ Municipal Sectors Critical Thinkers

Input from critical thinkers What were the perspectives of the Municipal sectors? What was the expert view? What did the residents think?

Residents

E N G A G I N G T H E C O N C E P T O F C H A N G E

Change Future/Present

Bad G ood

New and unpredictable outcomes

E xis t ing and ne w driv e rs of change

GOODS BADS STATUS QUO

Community perspectives snapshot: 230 Representative of demographics and area

E M E R G I N G K E Y T H E M E S

The most prevalent themes from the community perspective snapshot

S U M M A R Y

• Crime - increasing
• Employment (and poverty) – Rapid urbanisation and not enough jobs
• Transport – Inefficient and costly
• Drugs – Violence and decline in social cohesion
• Infrastructure – Positive (e.g. stadium and roads)
• Housing – Insufficient housing
• *Education – Build skills and capacity to produce economically active citizens
• Mindset – A prevailing negative mindset in the citizens of Durban
• Acknowledgement of the need to change – we need to do things differently

*- cross-cutting issue

* A cross-cutting issue

O U T C O M E S F R O M T H E ‘ E X P E R T ’ I N T E R V I E W S

• Rapid urbanisation - impacts on

service delivery, housing and employment

• Life-sustaining infrastructure - Water

crisis – need for new approaches

• Housing shortage - how do we face

informality and develop existing creativity in informal settlements?

• Public transport - a key resilience issue

in terms of connectivity, equality, social solidarity and increased

• pportunities
• Poverty - the growing divide between

rich and poor

S O C I O - E C O N O M I C

“Many problems flow from people not being able to think past the need to survive. People cannot think about ‘doing things differently’ until they are out of survival mode.” eThekwini Municipal Official

“One of the biggest challenges has been the growing distrust of many people at a grassroots level, in governance in general and the governance of the city… We have gone past the dream stage of trusting politicians.” – Civil society representative

• The need for good governance and

trustworthy leadership

• A growing skills shortage within the

Municipality and the need for forward thinking, mentoring and succession planning

• Recurrent theme was the

unsustainable tension between a shrinking rates base and a growing demand for services

• Partnerships and collaboration -

private/public/NGO, also at a regional level

G O V E R N A N C E C H A L L E N G E S

• Climate change - an important reality

for Durban

• Digout port - polar view: negative

environmental and social impacts but potentially positive economic impacts

• Water quantity and quality – concerns

will limit existing and future development opportunities

E N V I R O N M E N T

“We are already experiencing the effects of climate change… but I predict that the greatest changes will not be climate-related but land-use related and these will be felt most strongly by Durban’s population.” - Academic

I N P U T S F R O M M U N I C I P A L S E C T O R E N G A G E M E N T

• Build human resourcefulness
• Political gatekeepers who control

access to resources and build dependence on government

• Infrastructure as a foundational

element

• Strengthening the role of communities

in building resilience

• The need to build champions to lead

the resilience process

K E Y I D E A S

“People must realise that they have it in themselves to create a different environment, a different city. It’s perhaps one of the key areas that we have to address because if we can unlock that resourcefulness, then the ideas are going to flow. “ – Municipal official

I N P U T S F R O M C R I T I C A L T H I N K E R S

• Durban is a ‘city in crisis’ or a ‘city on the edge’– we don’t have the basic building

blocks of our society in place/unfullfilled societal needs

• How do we rebuild the ‘societal fabric’ that allows us to stand together in the face
• f change?
• The need for brave and visionary leadership willing to try new things and learn from

failure

• Strategic opportunities in:
• Building leadership capacity to deal with unpredictability
• The water/biodiversity link
• Accessible and environmentally sustainable transport
• Address and eliminate inequality

K E Y I N P U T S

• The role of a stable and capacitated local government administration in leading

key processes

• Building a broad-based understanding of resilience challenges through simple,

engaging and accessible forms of communication

• We can’t tackle everything – what gives us most leverage?

K E Y I N P U T S

O U R E M E R G I N G U N D E R S T A N D I N G O F R E S I L I E N C E

EMERGING UNDERSTANDING OF RESILIENCE

There are many potential contributing factors to the state of resilience.

O U R E M E R G I N G U N D E R S T A N D I N G O F R E S I L I E N C E

Water

Livelihood Equality Basic Needs Strong Leadership

Employment

Human Wellbeing Efficient Transport Ecological Integrity

Partner- ships Social Cohesion

New York Dakar Surat Durban There are many points of entry if we are going to build increased resilience

O U R E M E R G I N G U N D E R S T A N D I N G O F R E S I L I E N C E

Water

Livelihood Equality Basic Needs Strong Leadership

Employment

Human Wellbeing Efficient Transport Ecological Integrity

Social Cohesion Partner- ships

DISASTER RISK

LEADERSHIP

Inter-linkages will result in streams

• f action

O U R E M E R G I N G U N D E R S T A N D I N G O F R E S I L I E N C E

Durban

LEADERSHIP

Inter-linkages will result in streams

• f action

O U R E M E R G I N G U N D E R S T A N D I N G O F R E S I L I E N C E

Durban

Strengthening the economy by reducing costs and travel time Reduced environmental Impact Building social cohesion

LEADERSHIP

TRANSPORT

Providing access to opportunities & employment Reducing inequality & segregation

Inter-linkages will result in streams

• f action

O U R E M E R G I N G U N D E R S T A N D I N G O F R E S I L I E N C E

Durban

LEADERSHIP

Sequestering carbon Risk reduction eg. floodwater attenuation Water provision Job creation & the green economy New partnerships for management

Inter-linkages will result in streams

• f action

O U R E M E R G I N G U N D E R S T A N D I N G O F R E S I L I E N C E

Durban

• Reduced spatial footprint
• More cost effective
• Additional space and resources

can be invested in our natural capital - more sustainable rate

• f return

LEADERSHIP

TRANSPORT

W H A T M I G H T R E S I L I E N C E M E A N F O R D U R B A N ?

L O C A L L Y R E L E V A N T

COLLAPSE

• We need to develop a locally relevant

understanding of resilience

• Ensure that our resilience journey is an

iterative and reflective one

• Need to be prepared to respond to a

spectrum of change: good/bad; short- term/long-term

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RESISTANCE RESILIENCE: Preserving, restoring

• r improving

systems TRANSFORMATION: System entirely replaced – can be small and local or widespread COLLAPSE P a t h w a y s P o s i t i v e N e g a t i v e T r a n s i t i o n T r a n s i t i o n T r a n s i t i o n

A B R O A D E R J O U R N E Y

Resilience as a part of a broader journey towards transformation

Source: Solecki, Dorsch and Pelling (in press)

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