Dr. Gina Ziervogel

Senior Lecturer
Room 4.03.1
Tel: 021-6504796
email:gina@csag.uct.ac.za

DPhil (Oxford), Hons (Rhodes), Bsc (UCT)

Academic Profile

Dr Gina Ziervogel is a geographer by training, with 12 years of experience in the field of adaptation and vulnerability to global environmental change. She is a Senior lecturer in the Department of Environmental and Geographical Science researching issues related to development in a context of climate change. Through this she has focused on a number of areas including municipal adaptation strategies, institutional barriers to adaptation, flood governance, water and food security. Gina completed her PhD in Geography at the University of Oxford in 2002 after completing her BSc at the University of Cape Town and her Honours in Environmental Water Management at Rhodes University.

Research Interests

Vulnerability and adaptation to climate change
Integrating climate information into planning
Southern African development under climate change
Urban environmental governance
Applied research

Selected Publications

Frayne, B., Moser, C. and Ziervogel, G. (eds). (2012) Climate change, assets and food security in southern African cities. Routledge. Abingdon, U.K.
Wågsæther, K. and Ziervogel, G. (2011). Bridging the communication gap: An exploration of the climate science-water management interface. Environment. 53. 3. 33-43.
Quinn, C.H., Ziervogel, G., Takama, T., Taylor, A. and Thomalla, F. (2011) Coping with multiple stresses in rural South Africa. Ecology and Society. 16 (3): 2. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol16/iss3/art2/
Ziervogel, G. and Ericksen, P. (2010). Adapting to climate change to sustain food security. WIRES Climate Change. 1. 525-540.
Ziervogel, G, Shale, M. and Du, M (2010). Climate change adaptation in a developing country context: The case of urban water supply in Cape Town. Climate and Development. 2. 94-110.
Ziervogel, G., Johnston, P., Matthew, M. and Mukheibir, P. (2010) Using climate information for supporting climate change adaptation in water resource management in South Africa. Climatic Change. 103. 3-4. 537-554.
Ziervogel G and Zermoglio F (2009) Climate-change scenarios and the development of adaptation strategies in Africa: challenges and opportunities. Climate Research, 40(2-3): 133-146.
O'Brien K, Quinlan T and Ziervogel G (2009). Vulnerability interventions in the context of multiple stressors: lessons from the Southern Africa Vulnerability Initiative (SAVI).Environmental Science and Policy. 12 (1) 23-32.
Ziervogel, G. and Drimie, S. (2008). The integration of support for HIV/AIDS and livelihood security: District level institutional analysis in southern Africa. Population and Environment. 28. 3-4.
Ziervogel, G., Nyong, A., Osman-Elasha, B. Conde, C., Cortés, S. and Downing, T. (2008) 'Household food security and climate change: comparisons from Nigeria, Sudan, South Africa and Mexico'. In Leary, Conde, Kulkarni, Nyong and Pulhin. Climate Change and Vulnerability. Earthscan.
Ziervogel, G. and Taylor, A. (2008). Feeling Stressed: Integrating Climate Adaptation with Other Priorities in South Africa. Environment. 50, 2. 32-41.
Mukeibir, P. and Ziervogel, G. (2007). Developing a Municipal Adaptation Plan (MAP) for climate change: the city of Cape Town. Environment & Urbanization. 19(1).
Ziervogel, G., Bharwani, S. and Downing, T.E. (2006). Adapting to climate variability: pumpkins, people and policy. Natural Resource Forum. 30 (4). 294-305.

Please see my personal webpage for a list of my publications