Risk and Development Annual Review (RADAR), Western Cape 2010

This publication reviews disaster incidents in the Western Cape of South Africa and identifies trends between 2003 and 2008. It is the first of its kind detailing disaster events and critical risk reduction issues for a wide range of public sector, emergency services and development planning professionals and practitioners of the Western Cape, as one of the most disaster prone provinces in South Africa. It sets the trend for enhancing all aspects of disaster risk reduction and related management initiatives in South Africa and is intended to be used accross all disciplines, sectors and levels of government to draw policy and implementation lessons and to forge the necessary collaborative systems for the implementation of the recommendations of the report, within the development planning processes across all spheres of government.

It contains:
- Chapter 1: introducing RADAR
- Chapter 2: 'Cabo das Tormentas' - Cape of Storms (stormy weather, wildfires, harsh droughts and many different types of flood)
- Chapter 3: Municipalities bear the brunt
- Chapter 4: A complex urban disaster: The social violence of 2008
- Chapter 5: When storms collide
- Chapter 6: Emerging resources - linking up with local 'movers and shakers'
- Chapter 7: From counting cost to protective planning