Browsing Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies by Subject "Households"
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Cities and floods: a pragmatic insight into the determinants of households’ coping strategies to floods in informal Accra, Ghana
(OASIS, 2019)Floods are common events that confront many cities in the developing world. Ghana, a developing country, is persistently challenged with flood events, especially in its major cities. In informal Accra, for instance, despite ... -
Effects of climate change on pastoral households in the Harshin District of the Somali Region, Ethiopia
(OASIS, 2022)This study was conducted in the Harshin District of the Somali Region, Ethiopia, to understand the climate change trends, their consistency with pastoralists’ perceptions and their effects on pastoral households. The ... -
Social work assessment of climate change: case of disasters in greater Tzaneen municipality
(OASIS, 2018)Climate-change-induced disasters such as floods, heavy storms, tornadoes and extreme lightning are becoming more frequent in Africa generally and in South Africa specifically. Several factors contribute to Africa’s high ...