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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...