Community-Based Mapping Methodology for Climate Change Adaptation: A Case Study of Quarry Road West Informal Settlement, Durban, South Africa

Abstract

Participatory community-based mapping (PCBM) is a social learning process that develops understanding, knowledge and skills that empower and capacitate vulnerable communities to engage with the state and other actors around future development challenges including climate change. It therefore can provide a valuable platform to negotiate and design climate adaptation interventions. This chapter presents a PCBM process undertaken in Quarry Road West informal settlement, Durban South Africa, to build research capacity and co-produce knowledge to address climate risks. It reflects on the methodology developed to produce an inclusionary risk map, which included building the research capacity of local residents to identify new pathways for climate adaptation.