‘Prevention is better than cure’: Assessing Ghana’s preparedness (capacity) for disaster management
Author(s): Martin Oteng-Ababio
Volume: 5
Issue: 2
Year: 2013




Dynamics of configuring and interpreting the disaster risk script: Experiences from Zimbabwe
Author(s): Pathias P. Bongo | Paul Chipangura | Mkhokheli Sithole | Funa Moyo
Volume: 5
Issue: 2
Year: 2013




Synergies across the natural resources management fields in Southern Africa: Disaster Risk Reduction and One Health
Author(s): Clara Bocchino | Richard Burroughs
Volume: 5
Issue: 2
Year: 2013




Land tenure insecurity, vulnerability to climate-induced disaster and opportunities for redress in southern Africa
Author(s): Tigere Chagutah
Volume: 5
Issue: 2
Year: 2013




Disaster Risk Management: Disciplinary status and prospects for a unifying theory
Author(s): Gerrit van der Waldt
Volume: 5
Issue: 2
Year: 2013




Communication management during the veld fires of 23 August 2011 in the Tlokwe Local Municipality: A cautionary tale
Author(s): Magrita N. Wiggill
Volume: 5
Issue: 2
Year: 2013




Parallel structures for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in Southern Africa
Author(s): Per Becker | Marcus Abrahamsson | Magnus Hagelsteen
Volume: 5
Issue: 2
Year: 2013




Analysing risk and vulnerability of South African settlements: Attempts, explorations and reflections
Author(s): Elsona van Huyssteen | Alize le Roux | Willemien van Niekerk
Volume: 5
Issue: 2
Year: 2013




Investigating the significance of disaster information management
Author(s): Mukundi Mutasa
Volume: 5
Issue: 2
Year: 2013




Local communities and health disaster management in the mining sector
Author(s): Freek Cronjé | Suzanne Reyneke | David van Wyk
Volume: 5
Issue: 2
Year: 2013




Views from the Frontline: A critical assessment of local risk governance in South Africa
Author(s): Doret Botha | Dewald van Niekerk
Volume: 5
Issue: 2
Year: 2013




An exploration of the role of communication during the in-crisis situation
Author(s): Tanya le Roux
Volume: 5
Issue: 2
Year: 2013




Governance of disaster risk reduction in Cameroon: The need to empower local government
Author(s): Henry N. Bang
Volume: 5
Issue: 2
Year: 2013




A Framework for Rapid Impact Assessment with special reference to wildfires
Author(s): Isak D. Jansen Van Vuuren
Volume: 5
Issue: 2
Year: 2013




Managing corporate identities of non-profit organisations in the social welfare sector
Author(s): Lida Holtzhausen
Volume: 5
Issue: 2
Year: 2013




Preliminary assessment of the gender aspects of disaster vulnerability and loss of human life in South Africa
Author(s): Roman Tandlich | Tatenda G. Chirenda | Chandra S.S. Srinivas
Volume: 5
Issue: 2
Year: 2013




Awareness campaigns as survival tools in the fight against gender-based violence in peri-urban communities of Bulawayo in Zimbabwe
Author(s): Glory Damba | Wilfred Lunga | Charles Musarurwa
Volume: 5
Issue: 2
Year: 2013




A rights-based analysis of disaster risk reduction framework in Zimbabwe and its implications for policy and practice
Author(s): Pathias P. Bongo | Paul Chipangura | Mkhokheli Sithole | Funa Moyo
Volume: 5
Issue: 2
Year: 2013




Disasters in ‘development’ contexts: Contradictions and options for a preventive approach
Author(s): Kenneth Hewitt
Volume: 5
Issue: 2
Year: 2013




Assessing the impact of sea-level rise on a vulnerable coastal community in Accra, Ghana
Author(s): Kwasi Appeaning Addo | Michael Adeyemi
Volume: 5
Issue: 1
Year: 2013




Disaster risk reduction in the Omusati and Oshana regions of Namibia
Author(s): Elina Amadhila | Loide Shaamhula | Gert van Rooy | Nguza Siyambango
Volume: 5
Issue: 1
Year: 2013




Disaster event: Window of opportunity to implement global disaster policies?
Author(s): Siambabala B. Manyena
Volume: 5
Issue: 1
Year: 2013




Perceptions of water access in the context of climate change by rural households in the Seke and Murewa districts, Zimbabwe
Author(s): Shakespear Mudombi | Mammo Muchie
Volume: 5
Issue: 1
Year: 2013




Translating disaster resilience into spatial planning practice in South Africa: Challenges and champions
Author(s): Willemien van Niekerk
Volume: 5
Issue: 1
Year: 2013




Disaster risk assessment at Roburnia Plantation, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Author(s): Rudzani A. Makhado | Amani T. Saidi
Volume: 5
Issue: 1
Year: 2013




Acknowledgement to reviewers of Volume 4, Issue 1
Author(s): Editorial Office
Volume: 4
Issue: 1
Year: 2012




Recurrent drought in the Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality of the North West Province in South Africa: An environmental justice perspective
Author(s): Gideon van Riet
Volume: 4
Issue: 1
Year: 2012




Evaluating earthquake disaster risk management in schools in Rungwe Volcanic Province in Tanzania
Author(s): Evaristo Haulle
Volume: 4
Issue: 1
Year: 2012




Short-term shoreline evolution trend assessment: A case study in Glefe, Ghana
Author(s): Kwadwo Y. Amoani | Kwasi Appeaning−Addo | Wahab S. Laryea
Volume: 4
Issue: 1
Year: 2012




Building collaboration through shared actions: The experience of the Global Network for Disaster Reduction
Author(s): Terry Gibson
Volume: 4
Issue: 1
Year: 2012




Tracking the evolution of the disaster management cycle: A general system theory approach
Author(s): Christo Coetzee | Dewald van Niekerk
Volume: 4
Issue: 1
Year: 2012




Drought preparedness, impact and response: A case of the Eastern Cape and Free State provinces of South Africa
Author(s): Makala J. Ngaka
Volume: 4
Issue: 1
Year: 2012




Local governance in disaster risk reduction in Cameroon
Author(s): Buh-Wung Gaston | Aka F. Tongwa | Clementine Burnley | Zouh T. Isabella
Volume: 4
Issue: 1
Year: 2012




Disaster Risk Reduction through school learners’ awareness and preparedness
Author(s): Takalani S. Rambau | Lukas D. Beukes | William Fraser
Volume: 4
Issue: 1
Year: 2012




Household attitudes and knowledge on drinking water enhance water hazards in peri-urban communities in Western Kenya
Author(s): Kimongu J. Kioko | John F. Obiri
Volume: 4
Issue: 1
Year: 2012




Livelihood resilience and adaptive capacity: A critical conceptual review
Author(s): Admire M. Nyamwanza
Volume: 4
Issue: 1
Year: 2012




Flooding, flood risks and coping strategies in urban informal residential areas: The case of Keko Machungwa, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Author(s): Tumpale Sakijege | John Lupala | Shaaban Sheuya
Volume: 4
Issue: 1
Year: 2012




Field note from Pakistan floods: Preventing future flood disasters
Author(s): Marcus Oxley
Volume: 3
Issue: 2
Year: 2011




Invasive plant species and their disaster-effects in dry tropical forests and rangelands of Kenya and Tanzania
Author(s): John F. Obiri
Volume: 3
Issue: 2
Year: 2011




The vulnerable state of the Ghana coast: The case of Faana-Bortianor
Author(s): Martin Oteng-Ababio | Kwadwo Owusu | Kwasi Appeaning Addo
Volume: 3
Issue: 2
Year: 2011




Challenges to disaster risk reduction: A study of stakeholders’ perspectives in Imizamo Yethu, South Africa
Author(s): Ann-Sofie Roth | Per Becker
Volume: 3
Issue: 2
Year: 2011




Corruption: The hidden perpetrator of under-development and vulnerability to natural hazards and disasters
Author(s): James Lewis
Volume: 3
Issue: 2
Year: 2011




Urban and rural dimensions in post-disaster adjustment challenges in selected communities in Kwara State, Nigeria
Author(s): Raheem Usman Adebimpe
Volume: 3
Issue: 2
Year: 2011




Community perceptions and response to flood risks in Nyando District, Western Kenya
Author(s): Hellen Nyakundi | Stephen Mogere | Isaac Mwanzo | Andre Yitambe
Volume: 3
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




Disaster Risk Reduction: Cases from urban Africa
Author(s): Willi Faling
Volume: 3
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




The Hyogo Framework for Action and its implications for disaster management and reduction in Africa
Author(s): Dejo Olowu
Volume: 3
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




Values in risk perception - Studying the relationship between values and risk perception in three countries
Author(s): Henrik Nordenstedt | Jelena Ivanisevic
Volume: 3
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




Assessing urban fire risk in the central business district of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Author(s): Yohannes Kachenje | Jacob Kihila | Huba Nguluma
Volume: 3
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




Population vulnerability and disaster risk reduction: A situation analysis among the landslide affected communities in Kerala, India
Author(s): Sunil Damodaran Santha | Ratheeshkumar Kanjirathmkuzhiyil Sreedharan
Volume: 3
Issue: 1
Year: 2010



