Browsing Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies by Title
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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 ... -
Landslide susceptibility on selected slopes in Dzanani, Limpopo Province, South Africa
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2014)Inherent soil properties and anthropogenic activities on slope faces are considered potential recipes for landslide occurrence. The objectives of this study were to physically characterise unconsolidated soils and identify ... -
Le développement humain local dans les contextes de crise permanente : l’expérience des femmes au Sahara Occidental
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2009)Les femmes sahraouies sont des agents actifs dans la dynamique sociale des camps de réfugiés, au sein desquels elles ont défini un certain nombre de stratégies de résolution de problèmes pour surmonter les obstacles liés ... -
Les victimes silencieuses des crises humanitaires et l’(in)sécurité de leurs activités économiques : etude de cas parmi les migrants de deux villes tchadiennes
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2009)Lorsqu’une catastrophe humanitaire fait la une des médias, la communauté internationale se mobilise à réduire les conséquences les plus sérieuses. La population du Tchad connaît cependant des crises endémiques qui ne sont ... -
Letter from the director of the African Centre for Disaster Studies
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2009)The African Centre for Disaster Studies (ACDS) has come a long way since its inception in 2002. Not only has the Centre found a new home within the Research Focus Area: Sustainable Social Development, but its staff component ... -
A letter from the Director of the African Centre for Disaster Studies - The different faces of vulnerability: are we making any impact at all?
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2006)Vulnerability is the common cause of the immense disaster risk present on the African continent. -
Letter from the Editor
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Linking risk communication and sustainable climate change action: a conceptual framework
(OASIS, 2019)Combating climate change is one of the critical goals under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agenda. This is on account that several of the targets under the climate change action overlap and impinge targets ... -
Linking rural community livelihoods to resilience building in flood risk reduction in Zimbabwe
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2009)The increasing occurrence of disastrous flooding events and the mounting losses in both life and property values in Zimbabwe have drawn attention to the flooding situation in the country, especially the rural areas. This ... -
Livelihood resilience and adaptive capacity: a critical conceptual review
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2012)The concepts resilience and adaptive capacity have gained currency in ecology, climate change, disaster risk reduction and related development discourse; yet there has been almost an absence of clarity in the understanding, ... -
Livelihood vulnerability index analysis: An approach to study vulnerability in the context of Bihar
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2014)Vulnerability is the capacity to anticipate, cope with, resist and recover from the impact of natural disasters. Floods add to the distressed conditions of the poor and vulnerable people in Bihar. Floods have a different ... -
Local communities and health disaster management in the mining sector
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2013)Mining activities throughout the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have impacted on the health and safety of mining communities for many decades. Despite the economic contribution of mining to surrounding ... -
Local governance in disaster risk reduction in Cameroon
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2012)At the 2005 World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction held in Hyogo, Japan, 168 countries including Cameroon adopted the Hyogo Framework for Action, committing to take action to reduce human and socio-economic disaster ... -
Local human development in contexts of permanent crisis: women’s experiences in the Western Sahara
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2009)Sahrawi women are active agents in the social dynamics of the refugee camps, in which they have developeda number of coping strategies to overcome the hardships of a deteriorating humanitarian situation. Since the outbreak ... -
Local worlds: Vulnerability and food insecurity in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa
(OASIS, 2020)The overwhelming finding is that after more than a decade of democracy, the Eastern Cape (EC) province remains trapped in structural poverty. This shows in all aspects of its demographic, health and socio-economic profiles. ... -
Mainstreaming biodiversity and wildlife management into climate change policy frameworks in selected east and southern African countries
(AOSIS Publishing, 2016)The Rio+20 outcomes document, the Future We Want, enshrines green economy as one of the platforms to attain sustainable development and calls for measures that seek to address climate change and biodiversity management. ... -
Making space for experiential knowledge in climate change adaptation? Insights from municipal planning officers in Bohol, Philippines
(OASIS, 2018)Climate change is a global phenomenon that has multiple local effects on people and places. Yet, climate change knowledge often travels uncomfortably across scales and needs constant re-interpretation as it is applied in ... -
Managing corporate identities of non-profit organisations in the social welfare sector
(OASIS, 2013)Present-day South Africa is characterised by many societal and developmental issues, such as HIV awareness and prevention, child-headed households, environmental protection, poverty alleviation, violence and victim aid. ... -
Managing flood disasters on the built environment in the rural communities of Zimbabwe: lessons learnt
(OASIS, 2018)This article is about managing flood disasters affecting the built environment in the rural communities of Zimbabwe. Using Tsholotsho district in Matabeleland North province as a case study, the authors argue that flooding ... -
Managing wetlands for disaster risk reduction: a case study of the eastern Free State, South Africa
(OASIS, 2018)This article investigated the knowledge and practice of a nature-based solution to reduce disaster risks of drought, veld fires and floods using wetlands in the eastern Free State, South Africa. A mixed research method ...
