This paper spotlights post-disaster relief provision in Johannesburg, South Africa, following the floods of 2016 in a bid to explore how local government and non-governmental actors in the country conceive of compounding vulnerability and conflict within urban disaster governance. It reveals the diverse strategies employed to navigate violent conflict during the cyclical occurrence of disaster and reconstruction that the predominantly migrant population experiences in the Setswetla informal settlement, adjacent to the Alexandra township in northern Johannesburg. Rendered visible in moments of disaster and recovery are the spatial politics and multidimensional nature of conflict. These phenomena unfold across various levels of urban governance and in the affected community and effectively construct a disaster citizenship that makes risk reduction and community cohesion impossible in the eyes of disaster managers. This research, based on a set of expert interviews, integrates conflict and disaster studies to shed light on how the conflict–disaster interface materialises, and is operationalised, in an urban setting.

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风险、脆弱性和务实的必然性：南非约翰内斯堡的冲突-灾难关系和城市治理

本文重点介绍了 2016 年洪灾后南非约翰内斯堡的灾后​​救援提供，以探讨该国地方政府和非政府行为者如何构想在城市灾害治理中加剧脆弱性和冲突。它揭示了在与约翰内斯堡北部亚历山德拉镇相邻的 Setswetla 非正式定居点中，主要移民人口经历的周期性灾难和重建期间为应对暴力冲突而采用的多种策略。在灾难和恢复的时刻，空间政治和冲突的多维性质变得可见。这些现象在城市治理的各个层面和受影响的社区中展开，并有效地构建了一种灾害公民，在灾害管理者的眼中，降低风险和社区凝聚力是不可能的。这项研究基于一组专家访谈，整合了冲突和灾难研究，以阐明冲突-灾难界面如何在城市环境中实现和运作。