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Inadequate stakeholder management and its effect on a coherent sinkhole risk management strategy: the case of the Merafong Local Municipality, South Africa
(AOSIS Publishing, 2016)
The Merafong Local Municipality (MLM) has historically suffered financial and human losses because of the presence of dolomite and the consequent formation of sinkholes. There is a great need for the MLM to address the ...
Exposing the profiteers of globalisation, disaster, conflict and detention
(AOSIS Publishing, 2016)
Expanding the disaster risk management framework: Measuring the constructed level of national identity as a factor of political risk
(AOSIS Publishing, 2016)
Political risk is identified as a dominant risk category of disaster risk management (DRM)
which could negatively affect the success of those measures implemented to reduce disaster
risk. Key to political risk is the ...
Insurance mechanisms for tropical cyclones and droughts in Pacific Small Island Developing States
(AOSIS Publishing, 2016)
One group of locations significantly affected by climate-related losses and damage is the Small
Island Developing States (SIDS). One mechanism aiming to reduce such adverse impacts is
insurance, with a wide variety of ...
Perception-based analysis of climate change effect on forest-based livelihood: The case of Vhembe District in South Africa
(AOSIS Publishing, 2016)
Forests are vulnerable to climate change and are also major sources of livelihood for many
rural households in Africa. This study examines rural people’s perceptions of climate change
impacts on forest-based livelihoods ...
Modelling non-stationary annual maximum flood heights in the lower Limpopo River basin of Mozambique
(AOSIS Publishing, 2016)
In this article we fit a time-dependent generalised extreme value (GEV) distribution to annual
maximum flood heights at three sites: Chokwe, Sicacate and Combomune in the lower
Limpopo River basin of Mozambique. A GEV ...
Developing a community-centred malaria early warning system based on indigenous knowledge: Gwanda District, Zimbabwe
(AOSIS Publishing, 2016)
Malaria continues to be a major public health problem in Sub-Saharan Africa despite efforts that have been made to prevent and control the disease for many decades. The knowledge on prediction and occurrence of the disease ...
Indigenous knowledge for disaster risk reduction: An African perspective
(AOSIS Publishing, 2016)
Indigenous knowledge is valuable knowledge that has helped local communities all over the
world survive for generations. This knowledge originates from the interaction between
members of the community and the environment ...
A review of children’s participation in disaster risk reduction
(AOSIS Publishing, 2016)
Children are often excluded from disaster risk reduction (DRR) activities, yet they are one of the most vulnerable groups to disasters. As a result, they experience physical, psychological and educational vulnerabilities. ...
Coastal erosion management in Accra: combining local knowledge and empirical research
(AOSIS Publishing, 2016)
Coastal erosion along the Accra coast has become a chronic phenomenon that threatens both life and property. The issue has assumed a centre stage of national debate in recent times because of its impact on the coastal ...