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Disaster risk reduction in the Omusati and Oshana regions of Namibia
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2013)
Namibia often experiences heavy rains in the north and north-eastern parts of the country, which results in severe flooding. For this reason, the country has endorsed the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) which seeks to ...
Land tenure insecurity, vulnerability to climate-induced disaster and opportunities for redress in southern Africa
(OASIS, 2013)
Land tenure is an important variable impacting on vulnerability to climate-related disaster. Land tenure insecurity is widespread in southern Africa and manifests itself in a number of ways that accentuate vulnerability ...
Managing corporate identities of non-profit organisations in the social welfare sector
(OASIS, 2013)
Present-day South Africa is characterised by many societal and developmental issues, such as
HIV awareness and prevention, child-headed households, environmental protection, poverty
alleviation, violence and victim aid. ...
Disaster event: Window of opportunity to implement global disaster policies?
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2013)
Disasters have been predominantly construed as destructive events causing loss of lives, livelihoods and hard-won development. Much less attention has been paid to the constructive nature of disasters as creating potential ...
Contingency planning in southern Africa: Events rather than processes?
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2013)
With the increasing frequency, magnitude and impact of disasters, there is growing focus on contingency planning as a tool for enhancing resilience. Yet, there is little empirical evidence that reflects on the practice of ...
Perceptions of water access in the context of climate change by rural households in the Seke and Murewa districts, Zimbabwe
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2013)
The objective of the study was to assess perceptions of rural household heads with regard to various aspects of water access and climate change, and to evaluate whether there were significant differences in perceptions of ...
Local communities and health disaster management in the mining sector
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2013)
Mining activities throughout the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have impacted on the health and safety of mining communities for many decades. Despite the economic contribution of mining to surrounding ...
Preliminary assessment of the gender aspects of disaster vulnerability and loss of human life in South Africa
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2013)
South Africa has reached a medium level of human development and has a heterogeneous situation with respect to disaster risk management. In this article, a preliminary assessment of the gender aspects of disaster vulnerability ...
Dynamics of configuring and interpreting the disaster risk script: experiences from Zimbabwe
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2013)
People in Zimbabwe have been faced with disasters in different forms and at various levels. When people experience hazard events and disasters, they perceive these phenomena through lenses that are largely shaped by their ...
Views from the frontline: a critical assessment of local risk governance in South Africa
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2013)
In 2005 the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction introduced the ‘Hyogo Framework for Action’ (HFA) aimed at mainstreaming disaster risk reduction. Subsequently, the ‘Global Network for Disaster ...