Browsing Research Output by Subject "Vulnerability"
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A Comparative study of coping strategies used by food secure and food insecure households
(Social Sciences Research Society, 2017)Food security has become a priority in many developing countries and is considered a fundamental human right. Food security can be defined as "when all people, at all times, have physical, social, and economic access to ... -
Developing a contamination susceptibility index for the Goreangab Dam in Namibia
(Elsevier, 2020)The convenience and quality of life provided by dams is highly dependent on the quality of the retained water. Human intervention plays an important role in defining the quality of the retained water as expanding human ... -
Disability and disaster risk reduction as an incongruent matrix: lessons from rural Zimbabwe
(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 risk problem framing: insights from societal perceptions in Zimbabwe
(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
(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 ... -
An empirical exploration of the capabilities of people with disabilities in coping with disasters
(Springer, 2020)While the capability approach is increasingly being adopted for evaluating well-being and social justice in the field of human development, this approach in disaster research has remained scarce. This research thus seeks ... -
Frequency and extent of employing food insecurity coping strategies among rural households: determinants and implications for policy using evidence from Swaziland
(Springer, 2016)With the advent of climate change, the quest of improving household food security levels in developing countries where the majority predominantly relies on rain-fed agriculture continues to be a challenge. While some ... -
GIRRL power! Participatory Action Research for building girl-led community resilience in South Africa
(Sage, 2019)This article aims to crystallize the contributions of the Girls in Risk Reduction Leadership (GIRRL) Program in building resilient communities through the integration of adolescent girls into local level decision-making ... -
Intrusion detection in Bluetooth enabled mobile phones
(IEEE, 2015)Bluetooth plays a major role in expanding global spread of wireless technology. This predominantly happens through Bluetooth enabled mobile phones, which cover almost 60% of the Bluetooth market. Although Bluetooth mobile ... -
Land tenure insecurity, vulnerability to climate-induced disaster and opportunities for redress in southern Africa
(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 ...