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The impact of flood disasters on child education in Muzarabani District, Zimbabwe
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2014)
The increase in flood intensity and frequency poses a threat to community infrastructure and affects the total well-being of children in regard to: access to food, health, school attendance, access to clean water and ...
A rights-based analysis of disaster risk reduction framework in Zimbabwe and its implications for policy and practice
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2013)
This paper examines closely the institutional arrangements for disaster risk reduction from a rights-based perspective. In Zimbabwe, the disaster risk reduction framework and the ensuing practice have not yet accommodated ...
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 ...
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 ...
Livelihood resilience and adaptive capacity: a critical conceptual review
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2012)
The concepts resilience and adaptive capacity have gained currency in ecology, climate change, disaster risk reduction and related development discourse; yet there has been almost an absence of clarity in the understanding, ...