A dataset of community perspectives on living conditions and disaster risk management in informal settlements: A case study in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa

This article describes a dataset of community perspectives on living conditions and disaster risk management in Khan Road, a nonserviced informal settlement, located in Pieter-maritzburg, the capital of KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. The data were collected by local community re-searchers via a structured questionnaire of 159 informal dwellers conducted between August and September 2022, using mobile phones via KoboToolbox. The dataset was anal-ysed using exploratory data analysis (EDA) techniques. This household survey is part of a research project aiming to de-velop an evidence base of opportunities, risks and vulner-abilities related to housing construction and resource management in incremental upgrading of informal settlements in South Africa. This dataset can be used by local practi-tioners and policymakers involved in decision-making for in-formal settlement upgrading and help them prioritise re- sources and upgrading interventions based on what informal dwellers need. Furthermore, this cleaned dataset could support the analysis of further South African data guiding the development of digital platforms as a realtime resource management tool or guide the enhancement of existing theoretical frameworks in the field of participatory design and co-production used by academic scholars.(c) 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc.