Browsing Jàmbá: 2021 Volume 13 No 1 by Subject "Resilience"
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Disaster resilient village-based approach to disaster risk reduction policy in Indonesia : a regulatory analysis
(OASIS, 2021)This article will address the disaster resilience village (DRV) approach as a disaster preparedness method in Indonesia. This scheme became operational in 2012, exactly 5 years after disaster management legislation was ... -
Evoking the epistemology of climate governance through indigenous knowledge systems for sustainable development in rural Zimbabwe
(OASIS, 2021)This article seeks to establish the role of indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) in climate governance in pursuit of sustainable development in rural Zimbabwe. Rural communities in the developing world suffer the most from ... -
Perception of agricultural drought resilience in South Africa : a case of smallholder livestock farmers
(OASIS, 2021)Worldwide drought has significance and continues to pose long-lasting effects on the agricultural sector, including South Africa. The recurring drought is a major challenge to smallholder livestock farmers in the Northern ... -
The post-war era in Nigeria and the resilience of Igbo communal system
(OASIS, 2021)The Igbo people survived a civil war that raged between 1967 and 1970 and that devastated their land and reduced their population because of more than three million deaths. They were confronted with the challenges of ... -
Private companies and community collaboration : towards building disaster resilience in Diepsloot, Johannesburg, South Africa
(OASIS, 2021)The responsibility for building community resilience cannot and should not rest with the public sector alone. It requires all sectors to collaborate for the benefit of the entire community. Specifically, it is important ... -
Tool development to measure the resilience of water supply systems in Tanzania : economic dimension
(OASIS, 2021)The world has experienced devastating disasters causing severe human life and economic losses, which is estimated to be 68.5% of the global economic losses between 2005 and 2017. Natural disasters are of great concern – ...