Browsing Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences by Subject "Vulnerability"
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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 ... -
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 ... -
Persistent precarity and the disaster of everyday life: homeless people’s experiences of natural and other hazards
(Springer, 2019)Knowledge of how homeless people deal with natural hazards and disasters is sparse and there is a remarkable absence of homeless people in policies and practices for disaster risk reduction (DRR). This article aims at ...