Browsing Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies by Author "Van der Waldt, Gerrit"
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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 ... -
An exploration of the tractability of the objectivist frame of disaster risk in policy implementation in Zimbabwe
Chipangura, Paul; Van Niekerk, Dewald; Van der Waldt, Gerrit (OASIS, 2019)Despite the growing evidence pointing towards disaster risk as a social construction, the objectivist frame still dominates the conceptual frameworks constructed around disaster risk in Zimbabwe. As disasters continue to ... -
Public management and disaster risk reduction: potential interdisciplinary contributions
Van der Waldt, Gerrit (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2009)This article investigates the interdisciplinary nature of Disaster Risk Reduction as an emerging field of study. The development of this field of study is interpreted within the context of the evolution of Public Management ...