Browsing Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies by Issue Date
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Social resilience: the forgotten dimension of disaster risk reduction
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2006)The current thinking in the Disaster Risk Reduction field emphasizes assessment and reduction of vulnerability and especially social vulnerability as an important factor in mitigating the effects of disasters. In the process ... -
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Towards a methodology for the use of geo-information technology in disaster assessment
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2006)Disaster assessment entails the description of disaster events and their impact on human lives, property and the environment. Information is a vital component of this process, and geo-information technology in particular ... -
The need for an integrated disaster risk reduction management strategy in North African cities: a case study of urban vulnerability in Algiers (Algeria)
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2006)For the North African countries, geological, environmental and technological hazards constitute a constant threat to human life and property, sometimes causing major economic losses and disruption. The rapid urbanization, ... -
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. -
Reducing disaster risk through vulnerability assessment: an agricultural perspective
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2006)A growing population, economic and environmental losses due to natural or human-made disasters, provides the need for a systematic approach to the management of risks. It is generally accepted that a multi-disciplinary ... -
Incorporating HIV/AIDS considerations into vulnerability assessments for disaster risk reduction
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2006)The paper briefly highlights the link between HIV/AIDS and vulnerability, the latter being a focus point of DRR. In particular it investigates in which ways HIV/AIDS contributes to the vulnerability (for the purposes of ... -
Use of satellite images to map flood extension around the city of Saint Louis in the Senegal River Estuary
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2006)The traditional method of landsat satellite data combination and the gathering of important information made it possible to produce a Geographical Information System to monitor floods in the lower estuary of the Senegal ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Towards improved public awareness for climate related disaster risk reduction in South Africa: a participatory development communication perspective
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2009)Southern Africa has frequently been struck by damaging climate hazards which increasingly continue to threaten sustainable development efforts. Ominously, climate models predict that the incidence of major ‘wet’ events, ... -
Geographic information systems based demarcation of risk zones: the case of the Limbe Sub-Division – Cameroon
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The December 2004-January 2005 floods in the Garden Route region of the Southern Cape, South Africa
(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 ... -
The contribution of ineffective urban planning practices to disaster and disaster risks accumulation in urban areas: the case of former Kunduchi quarry site in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2009)This study examined the link between urban planning practices and disaster risks. The study used the former Kunduchi Quarry Site within the City of Dar es Salaam to demonstrate how laxity in enforcing the laid down planning ... -
Grasping the hydra: the need for a holistic and systematic approach to disaster risk reduction
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2009)This article stresses the significance of recognising interdependencies between factors determining disaster risk in any attempts to integrate disaster risk reduction in international development cooperation. It bases its ... -
Cotton farmers’ vulnerability to climate change in Gokwe District (Zimbabwe): impact and influencing factors
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2009)This study analyzes the vulnerability of cotton farmers to climate change in a cotton growing district in Zimbabwe. The vulnerability indicators studied include cotton output and farmers’ livelihoods from cotton farming. ... -
Public management and disaster risk reduction: potential interdisciplinary contributions
(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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
The silent victims of humanitarian crises and livelihood (in)security: a case study among migrants in two Chadian towns
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2009)Once a humanitarian disaster receives coverage in the global media, the international community usually mobilises to reduce the most severe consequences. However people in Chad are experiencing endemic crises that are ...
