Browsing Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies by Issue Date
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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, ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
The risk society: towards a new modernity [Review]
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2009)The present review discusses one of the pioneer projects authored by Ulrich Beck, regarding risk perception issues, which was originally titled Risikogesellshaft, Auf dem weg in eine andere Moderne or in English The society ... -
Editorial
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2009)When O’Keefe, Wisner and Westgate (1976) in their now seminal article wanted to “take the naturalness out of natural disasters” the response from the broader academic and development communities was not very positive. How ... -
Foreword
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2009)The conditions prevailing in the world, where fast growing populations are coupled with rapidly expanding urbanization and a general increase in poverty levels, are greatly aggravating the disaster risks and vulnerabilities ... -
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 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 ... -
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 ... -
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, ... -
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 ... -
Geographic information systems based demarcation of risk zones: the case of the Limbe Sub-Division – Cameroon
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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 ... -
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 ...
