Report on flooding in the informal settlement, 'The Graveyard Pond', Philippi, Cape Town, 2010 - 2011

The aim of this report is to provide data and a descriptive understanding of the flooding in one particular settlement that is particularly badly affected: Graveyard Pond in Philippi, Cape Town. By avoiding long theoretical discussions, this report provides empirical insight both for academics as well as for a wider audience.
Graveyard Pond (GP) is one of the approximately 350 informal settlements in Cape Town, as counted in 2008 (CoCTGIS Department count 2011). In the industrial area of Philippi there are, according to the same 2008 count, approximately 55 informal settlements. Research on informal settlements in Cape Town has exposed that these settlements vary greatly, particularly in location, physical form, size, rural-urban linkage, internal poverty and vulnerability.