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Academic publishing in disaster risk reduction: past, present, and future
Alexander, David; Gaillard, J.C.; Van Niekerk, Dewald; Kelman, Ilan; Marincioni, Fausto (Wiley, 2020)Nowadays there are approximately 80 Anglophone journals that deal primarily with disaster risk reduction (DRR) and allied fields. This large array signals a sustained, if uneven, growth in DRR scholarship but also competition ... -
An exploration of objectivism and social constructivism within the context of disaster risk
Chipangura, Paul; Van Niekerk, Dewald; Van der Waldt, Gerrit (Emerald Insight, 2016)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to understand the meaning of social constructivism and objectivism within the context of disaster risk from which disaster risk policy can be analysed. In particular, the paper attempts ... -
An institutional model for collaborative disaster risk management in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region
Tau, Mmaphaka; Van Niekerk, Dewald; Becker, Per (Springer Open, 2016)This article presents and argues for a collaborative model for disaster risk management in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). The research employed a qualitative study through a literature review and empirical ... -
Building national and local capacity for disaster risk management in Cameroon
Ashu, Richard E.A.; Van Niekerk, Dewald (Emerald, 2019)Purpose – A new framework to support the national and local capacity building plan for disaster risk management (DRM) in Cameroon is presented. For the past 30 years, after the general re-organisation of the civil ... -
Capacity development for participatory disaster risk assessment
Van Niekerk, Dewald; Van Riet, Gideon (2012)In this paper a large-scale community-based disaster risk-assessment project, undertaken in the Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality in the North-West Province of South Africa, is evaluated. In contrast to other disaster ... -
The capacity of personnel in disaster risk management in South African municipalities
Wentink, Gideon J.; Van Niekerk, Dewald (AOSIS, 2017)Since 1994, fundamental transformation in South Africa in terms of disaster risk reduction taken place. The transformation process led to the promulgation of the Disaster Management Act (57/2002) (DMA) that introduced a ... -
The capacity of personnel in disaster risk management in South African municipalities
Wentink, Gideon J.; Van Niekerk, Dewald (AOSIS, 2017)Since 1994, fundamental transformation in South Africa in terms of disaster risk reduction taken place. The transformation process led to the promulgation of the Disaster Management Act (57/2002) (DMA) that introduced a ... -
Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction integration: strategies, policies, and plans in three Australian local governments
Forino, Giuseppe; Van Niekerk, Dewald; Von Meding, Jason; Brewer, Graham (Elsevier, 2017)Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) integration is a pressing concern for Australia. Normative instruments such as Strategies, Policies, and Plans are among the principal ways that Local ... -
Coping with drought: Indigenous knowledge application in rural South Africa
Chigeza, Shingairai; Roos, Vera; Van Niekerk, Dewald (New Dawn, 2010) -
Coping with drought: Indigenous knowledge application in rural South Africa
Chigeza, Shingairai; Roos, Vera; Van Niekerk, Dewald (New Dawn, 2010) -
A critical analysis of the South African Disaster Management Act and Policy Framework.
Van Niekerk, Dewald (Wiley, 2014)The promulgation of the South African Disaster Management Act No. 57 of 2002 and the National Disaster Management Policy Framework of 2005 placed South Africa at the international forefront by integrating disaster risk ... -
The December 2004-January 2005 floods in the Garden Route region of the Southern Cape, South Africa
Tempelhoff, Johan; Van Niekerk, Dewald; Van Eeden, Elize; Gouws, Ina; Botha, Karin; Wurige, Rabson (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2009)The December 2004-January 2005 floods in the Garden Route region of the Southern Cape in South Africa have had a significant impact on local development and economic activities, tourism products andlocal institutions. This ... -
Disability and disaster risk reduction as an incongruent matrix: lessons from rural Zimbabwe
Lunga, Wilfred; Bongo, Paradzayi Pathias; Van Niekerk, Dewald; Musarurwa, Charles (OASIS, 2019)The policy thrust of disaster risk reduction initiatives is in many instances tailored towards able-bodied people. This is at the expense of those challenged in many facets such as physically, mentally and other forms of ... -
Disability and disaster risk reduction as an incongruent matrix: lessons from rural Zimbabwe
Lunga, Wilfred; Van Niekerk, Dewald; Bongo, Paradzayi Pathias; Musarurwa, Charles (AOSIS, 2019)The policy thrust of disaster risk reduction initiatives is in many instances tailored towards able-bodied people. This is at the expense of those challenged in many facets such as physically, mentally and other forms of ... -
Disaster resilience and complex adaptive systems theory: finding common grounds for risk reduction
Coetzee, Christo; Van Niekerk, Dewald; Raju, Emmanuel (Emerald, 2016)Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to explore the emergence of resilience into the contemporary discourse of disaster risk. As a counter position to the current status quo in defining and addressing resilience, this ... -
Disaster resilience framework indicators for a city’s disaster resilience planning strategy
Terblanche, Tanja; De Sousa, Luiza O.; Van Niekerk, Dewald (OASIS, 2022)Determining the level of a city’s disaster resilience and developing a disaster resilience strategy is an important process towards understanding the current and potential future risk of cities. However, the process of ... -
Disaster risk problem framing: insights from societal perceptions in Zimbabwe
Chipangura, Paul; Van Niekerk, Dewald; Van der Waldt, Gerrit (Elsevier, 2017)As disasters are on the rise with devastating consequences, understanding the dynamics of disaster risk problem framing is crucial because the way in which a problem is framed circumscribes the search for solutions to that ... -
Disaster risk problem framing: insights from societal perceptions in Zimbabwe
Chipangura, Paul; Van Niekerk, Dewald; Van der Waldt, Gerrit (Elsevier, 2017)As disasters are on the rise with devastating consequences, understanding the dynamics of disaster risk problem framing is crucial because the way in which a problem is framed circumscribes the search for solutions to that ... -
Emergent system behaviour as a tool for understanding disaster resilience: the case of Southern African subsistence agriculture
Coetzee, Christo; Van Niekerk, Dewald; Raju, Emmanuel (Elsevier, 2016)Prominent international policy documents such as the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 and contemporary academic discourses on disasters reiterate the importance of understanding and prioritising ... -
An exploration of the tractability of the objectivist frame of disaster risk in policy implementation in Zimbabwe
Chipangura, Paul; Van Niekerk, Dewald; Van der Waldt, Gerrit (OASIS, 2019)Despite the growing evidence pointing towards disaster risk as a social construction, the objectivist frame still dominates the conceptual frameworks constructed around disaster risk in Zimbabwe. As disasters continue to ...