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Tracking the evolution of the disaster management cycle: a general system theory approach
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2012)
Officials and scholars have used the disaster management cycle for the past 30 years to explain and manage impacts. Although very little understanding and agreement exist in terms of where the concept originated it is the ...
Investigating the significance of disaster information management
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2013)
Disaster information informs disaster risk management interventions. However, it is the systematic management of this key resource that has not yet been fully embraced. In some cases, information is still haphazardly ...
A revision of communication strategies for effective disaster risk reduction: A case study of the South Durban basin, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2014)
The study examined how effective forms of communication are, or could be, impacting themore traditional forms of emergency and disaster management communication throughthe print and electronic media and how an integrated ...
The role of public participation in disaster risk reduction initiatives : the case of Katlehong township
(OASIS, 2022)
Disaster risk reduction (DRR) has become a policy priority worldwide and in line with this
trend, the South African Disaster Management Act and National Disaster Management Framework
prioritise DRR in efforts to build ...
Communities’ perceptions of health hazards induced by climate change in Mount Darwin district, Zimbabwe
(OASIS, 2019)
Climate change contributes toward many global challenges, such as increases in diseases in some communities, thereby accelerating health hazards to disasters. Establishing the extent to which local communities understand ...
Traditional knowledge system in disaster risk reduction: exploration, acknowledgement and proposition
(OASIS, 2019)
The last 60 years have witnessed advanced technological innovation for disaster risk reduction (DRR) with the invention of high-resolution satellite imagery, digital cartography and modern engineering building techniques ...
How to improve public participation in disaster risk management: a case study of Buein Zahra, a small city in Iran
(OASIS, 2019)
Identifying and providing basic solutions using a collaborative approach in earthquake stricken cities of Iran has not yet been addressed. This article focuses on an area of practice and views disaster risk management from ...
Household disaster management capacities in disaster prone II area of Mt. Slamet
(OASIS, 2019)
Disaster prone II in Mt. Slamet, Indonesia presents the highest risk for human settlement. To live in this natural disaster-prone area, specific household characteristics are essential. Household capitals and transformation ...
Drivers for coping with flood hazards: beyond the analysis of single cases
(OASIS, 2019)
Flood risks continue to pose serious threats to developing countries with dire ramifications for livelihoods. Yet, contemporary research on determinants for coping with flood hazards is driven mostly by individual cases ...
Disaster risk reduction : integrating sustainable development goals and occupational safety and health in festival and event management
(OASIS, 2022)
The purpose of this article is to develop a theoretical disaster risk reduction model, creating
a virtuous cycle of knowledge and action across the festival and events industry, based on
occupational safety and health ...