Browsing Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies by Title

The December 2004-January 2005 floods in the Garden Route region of the Southern Cape, South Africa

Tempelhoff, Johan; Van Niekerk, Dewald; Van Eeden, Elize; Gouws, Ina; Botha, Karin; Wurige, Rabson (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2009)

The December 2004-January 2005 floods in the Garden Route region of the Southern Cape in South Africa have had a significant impact on local development and economic activities, tourism products andlocal institutions. This ...

Delineating risk zones and evaluation of shelter centres for flood disaster management along the Pahang River Basin, Malaysia

Isahak, Anizan; Reza, Mohammad I.H.; Siwar, Chamhuri; Ismail, Shaharuddin M.; Sulaiman, Norela; Hanafi, Zulkifli; Zainuddin, Mohd S.; Taha, Mohd R. (OASIS, 2018)

Shelter centres are important locations to safeguard people from helpless situations and are an integral part of disaster risk reduction (DRR), particularly for flood DRR. The establishment of shelter centres, and their ...

Determinants of property damage recovery time amongst households affected by an extreme flood event in Metro Manila, Philippines

Francisco, Jamil Paolo (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2014)

This study identified the factors that influence household recovery following an extreme flood event, measured in terms of the length of time to repair, rebuild or replace damaged private property. Data was obtained through ...

Developing a community-centred malaria early warning system based on indigenous knowledge: Gwanda District, Zimbabwe

Macherera, Margaret; Chimbari, Moses J. (AOSIS Publishing, 2016)

Malaria continues to be a major public health problem in Sub-Saharan Africa despite efforts that have been made to prevent and control the disease for many decades. The knowledge on prediction and occurrence of the disease ...

Disability and disaster risk reduction as an incongruent matrix: lessons from rural Zimbabwe

Lunga, Wilfred; Bongo, Paradzayi Pathias; Van Niekerk, Dewald; Musarurwa, Charles (OASIS, 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 event: Window of opportunity to implement global disaster policies?

Manyena, Siambabala B (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2013)

Disasters have been predominantly construed as destructive events causing loss of lives, livelihoods and hard-won development. Much less attention has been paid to the constructive nature of disasters as creating potential ...

Disaster risk assessment at Roburnia Plantation, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Makhado, Rudzani A; Saidi, Amani T (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2013)

This study reports about disaster risk assessment undertaken at Roburnia Plantation, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. Both quantitative and qualitative approaches were followed to collect data. A total of eight experienced ...

Disaster risk management: disciplinary status and prospects for a unifying theory

Van der Waldt, Gerrit (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2013)

The purpose of this paper is to explore the disciplinary status of Disaster Risk Management (DRM) as an emerging, applied, social science and to consider prospects for the establishment of a unifying theory or philosophical ...

Disaster risk reduction in Iraq

Al-Shamsi, Mustafa T.M. (OASIS, 2019)

Iraq is at risk of multiple hazards including both natural and man-made calamities. Little effort had been made before 2003 to address the disaster risk; even though many legislations enacted to provide a relief in the ...

Disaster risk reduction in the Omusati and Oshana regions of Namibia

Amadhila, Elina; Shaamhula, Loide; Van Rooy, Gert; Siyambango, Nguza (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2013)

Namibia often experiences heavy rains in the north and north-eastern parts of the country, which results in severe flooding. For this reason, the country has endorsed the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) which seeks to ...

Disaster risk reduction through school learners’ awareness and preparedness

Rambau, Takalani S; Beukes, Lukas D; Fraser, William (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2012)

In 2006, the ISDR (International Strategy for Disaster Reduction) (2007) initiated a campaign called Disaster Risk Reduction Begins at School to encourage the integration of disaster risk education into school curricula ...

Disaster risk reduction: cases from urban Africa [Review]

Faling, Willi (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2010)

Very little has been written on the growing number of urban disaster risk hotspots, or the integration of disaster risk reduction and human settlement planning in Africa aside from publications by the World Bank, United ...

Disasters in ‘development’ contexts: contradictions and options for a preventive approach

Hewitt, Kenneth (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2013)

The relations of development and disaster offer a starting point for an overview of disaster risk reduction (DRR) in African contexts. A social vulnerability approach is adopted with its goal of improving conditions for ...

The double tragedy of agriculture vulnerability to climate variability in Africa: How vulnerable is smallholder agriculture to rainfall variability in Ghana?

Derbile, Emmanuel K.; File, Dramani J.M.; Dongzagla, Alfred (AOSIS Publishing, 2016)

This article analysed vulnerability of smallholder agriculture to climate variability, particularly the alternating incidences of drought and heavy precipitation events in Ghana. Although there is an unmet need for ...