Building Healthier Cities: Communities' Evolving Relationship With the River

Sibongile Buthelezi, Researcher at University KwaZulu-Natal, talks about communities' relationship with the river in the aftermath of flooding.

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  • Production Year 2024
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Interview transcript:Engaging with the communities is a crucial point.What we found before the climate change started, they said that they have a good relationship with the river, but now since these floods coming, they don't like to be near that river.That river was a service before for them.They said life was very easy.They used the water from the river, they washed with the water, they cooked with the water, but now they can't rely on the river since the weather changed.


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