Browsing Jàmbá: 2015 Volume 7 No 1 by Title
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Reflective practitioners: The importance of critical thought for change agents
(AOSIS Publishing, 2015)Investment of resources in international development continues to grow, but evidence suggests that progress is patchy and that parameters such as losses resulting from disasters of all scales continue to grow. It is suggested ... -
Vulnerability assessments, identity and spatial scale challenges in disaster-risk reduction
(AOSIS Publishing, 2015)Current approaches to vulnerability assessment for disaster-risk reduction (DRR) commonly apply generalised, a priori determinants of vulnerability to particular hazards in particular places. Although they may allow for ... -
When nature frowns: a comprehensive impact assessment of the 2012 Babessi floods on people’s livelihoods in rural Cameroon
(AOSIS Publishing, 2015)Floods are the most common natural disasters worldwide. Much of the growing literature on the impact of floods, especially in developed countries, and to a lesser extent in rural areas of developing countries, concentrates ...