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    From disaster relief to disaster risk reduction: a consideration of the evolving international relief mechanism 

    Van Niekerk, D (2008)
    Disaster risk reduction is an ever-growing concept and finds its application within various disciplines. This article investigates the development of disaster risk reduction and some of the most important aspects which ...
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    Land tenure insecurity, vulnerability to climate-induced disaster and opportunities for redress in southern Africa 

    Chagutah, Tigere (OASIS, 2013)
    Land tenure is an important variable impacting on vulnerability to climate-related disaster. Land tenure insecurity is widespread in southern Africa and manifests itself in a number of ways that accentuate vulnerability ...
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    Managing corporate identities of non-profit organisations in the social welfare sector 

    Holtzhausen, Lida (OASIS, 2013)
    Present-day South Africa is characterised by many societal and developmental issues, such as HIV awareness and prevention, child-headed households, environmental protection, poverty alleviation, violence and victim aid. ...
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    Invasive plant species and their disaster-effects in dry tropical forests and rangelands of Kenya and Tanzania 

    Obiri, John F (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2011)
    Invasive plants are a hazard in the tropical dry forests and rangelands of East Africa. Although often not reported, they have increasingly created disasters that have affected the environment and socio-economic wellbeing ...
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    Investigating the significance of disaster information management 

    Mutasa, Mukundi (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2013)
    Disaster information informs disaster risk management interventions. However, it is the systematic management of this key resource that has not yet been fully embraced. In some cases, information is still haphazardly ...
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    Governance of disaster risk reduction in Cameroon: the need to empower local government 

    Bang, Henry N. (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2013)
    The impact of natural hazards and/or disasters in Cameroon continues to hit local communities hardest, but local government lacks the ability to manage disaster risks adequately. This is partly due to the fact that the ...
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    Field note from Pakistan floods: preventing future flood disasters 

    Oxley, Marcus (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2011)
    Unusually heavy monsoon rains in Northern Pakistan have caused disproportionate levels of extreme flooding and unprecedented flood losses across the entire Indus River basin. Extensive land use changes and environmental ...
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    Challenges to disaster risk reduction: a study of stakeholders’ perspectives in Imizamo Yethu, South Africa 

    Roth, Ann-Sofie; Becker, Per (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2011)
    South Africa is a complex and dynamic society, with overwhelming and increasing problems with disaster risk in the vulnerable urban communities in and around its rapidly growing metropolitan centres. The purpose of this ...
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    A revision of communication strategies for effective disaster risk reduction: A case study of the South Durban basin, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 

    Skinner, Chris; Rampersad, Renitha (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2014)
    The study examined how effective forms of communication are, or could be, impacting themore traditional forms of emergency and disaster management communication throughthe print and electronic media and how an integrated ...
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    Contingency planning in southern Africa: Events rather than processes? 

    Mabaso, Elias; Manyena, Siambabala B (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2013)
    With the increasing frequency, magnitude and impact of disasters, there is growing focus on contingency planning as a tool for enhancing resilience. Yet, there is little empirical evidence that reflects on the practice of ...
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    AuthorBecker, Per (3)Van Niekerk, Dewald (3)Chagutah, Tigere (2)Obiri, John F (2)Abrahamsson, Marcus (1)Bang, Henry N. (1)Bongo, Paradzayi Pathias (1)Botha, Doret (1)Chipo, Mundavanhu (1)Coetzee, Christo (1)... View MoreSubject
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