City of Cape Town

Flood Risk Analytics

Choose an analysis domain. They share the same Fathom Global 3.0 flood-hazard modelling across coastal, fluvial and pluvial perils, for every return period and climate scenario. Road infrastructure, informal settlements, property rates and a response-cost calculator.

First version prepared by the World Bank for discussion.

Road infrastructure

Which of the city's 110,125 road segments flood, and how deeply, under any scenario, with expected-annual roadworks and per-suburb views.

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Informal settlements

Flood exposure across all 326 settlements, shaded by the share of each that floods under any scenario, with whole-settlement and flooded-footprint population and household counts.

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Property rates

Rateable value and rates income exposed to flooding across the City's 776 suburbs (about 31% of City revenue), by scenario, return period and depth.

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Response cost

Enter your unit repair and support costs by flood depth, and get the cost of response for every return period, with an expected annual cost for budgeting.

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Overview and guide

The context behind this tool from the World Bank briefing, the key findings, and how to read and navigate the map.

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Roads: City of Cape Town Open Data ยท Hazard: Fathom Global 3.0