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Indigenous practices of environmental sustainability in the Tonga community of southern Zambia
(AOSIS Publishing, 2016)
Culture plays a significant role in conserving the environment. The purpose of this study was to explore the measures that have been employed by the Tonga people of southern Zambia to sustain their local biophysical ...
Application of Standardized Precipitation Index to assess meteorological drought in Bangladesh
(AOSIS Publishing, 2016)
Bangladesh is one of the vulnerable countries of the world for natural disasters. Drought is one of the common and severe calamities in Bangladesh that causes immense suffering to people in various ways. The present research ...
The Port Alfred floods of 17–23 October 2012: A case of disaster (mis)management?
(AOSIS Publishing, 2016)
An intense cut-off low weather system, more commonly known regionally as a ‘black southeaster’,
caused severe flooding in Port Alfred and the surrounding coastal areas from 17 to
23 October 2012. Unconfirmed reports of ...
A review of studies on community based early warning systems
(AOSIS Publishing, 2016)
Community-based early warning systems involve community driven collection and analysis
of information that enable warning messages to help a community to react to a hazard and
reduce the resulting loss or harm. Most early ...
Public and private partnership in disaster risk management
(AOSIS Publishing, 2016)
Private and public partnerships are defended by both guidelines for action and legal frameworks for disaster risk management. The objective of this study is to identify a framework for action that allows joint collaborative ...
Public health policy in a time of change and disaster in South Africa: 1910–1920
(AOSIS Publishing, 2016)
With the establishment of the Union of South Africa in 1910, the central focus of the newly appointed government was to alter and consolidate the policies of the pre-Union colonies that differed materially in many respects ...
Onshore preparedness for hazardous chemical marine vessel accidents: a case study
(AOSIS Publishing, 2016)
Hazardous and noxious substances (HNS) are widely transported in marine vessels to reach every part of the world. Bulk transportation of hazardous chemicals is carried out in tank container–carrying cargo ...