Browsing Jàmbá: 2018 Volume 10 No 1 by Title
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Regional disaster risk management strategies for food security: Probing Southern African Development Community channels for influencing national policy
(OASIS, 2018)Natural disasters and food insecurity are directly interconnected. Climate change related hazards such as floods, hurricanes, tsunamis, droughts and other risks can weaken food security and severely impact agricultural ... -
Seismic vulnerability assessment to earthquake at urban scale: a case of Mostaganem city in Algeria
(OASIS, 2018)The focus of this study was the seismic vulnerability assessment of buildings constituting Mostaganem city in Algeria. Situated 320 km to the west of Algiers, Mostaganem city encompasses a valuable cultural and architectural ... -
Social and structural vulnerability as a barrier in HIV and/or AIDS communication campaigns: perceptions of undergraduate students at a South African tertiary institution
(OASIS, 2018)The multicultural nature of a higher academic institution comprising students from different backgrounds can either negatively or positively influence student behaviour. Students might engage in high-risk practices, which ... -
Statistical analysis of annual maximum daily rainfall for Nelspruit and its environs
(OASIS, 2018)Nelspruit and its environs frequently experience extreme high annual maximum daily rainfall (AMDR) events resulting in flood hazards. These flood hazards have caused flood disasters that have resulted in loss of property ... -
Traditional ecological knowledge and flood risk management: a preliminary case study of the Rwenzori
(OASIS, 2018)The shift from flood protection to flood risk management, together with recent arguments on incorporating culture in managing risk, underscores the application of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) in managing disasters ... -
Twenty years of community-based disaster risk reduction experience from a dryland village in Indonesia
(OASIS, 2018)Academics and practitioners often argue indirectly that all the roads to community resilience should be paved with community-based disaster risk reduction (CBDRR) approach. Communitybased approach to resilience building ... -
Urban fire risk control: house design, upgrading and replanning
(OASIS, 2018)Urbanisation leads to house densification, a phenomenon experienced in both planned and unplanned settlements in cities in developing countries. Such densification limits fire brigade access into settlements, thereby ...