Browsing Research Output by Subject "Disaster"

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    • Disability and disaster risk reduction as an incongruent matrix: lessons from rural Zimbabwe 

      Lunga, Wilfred; Van Niekerk, Dewald; Bongo, Paradzayi Pathias; Musarurwa, Charles (AOSIS, 2019)
      The policy thrust of disaster risk reduction initiatives is in many instances tailored towards able-bodied people. This is at the expense of those challenged in many facets such as physically, mentally and other forms of ...

    • Mitigating the socio-economic consequences of mine closure 

      Ackerman, M.; Van der Waldt, G.; Botha, D. (SAIMM, 2018)
      An analysis of trends in the mining industry in South Africa reveals a general lack of understanding among mining companies of the significant socio-economic consequences that mine closure may have on affected communities. ...