Browsing Jàmbá: 2009 Volume 2 No 1 by Title
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Letter from the director of the African Centre for Disaster Studies
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2009)The African Centre for Disaster Studies (ACDS) has come a long way since its inception in 2002. Not only has the Centre found a new home within the Research Focus Area: Sustainable Social Development, but its staff component ... -
Linking rural community livelihoods to resilience building in flood risk reduction in Zimbabwe
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2009)The increasing occurrence of disastrous flooding events and the mounting losses in both life and property values in Zimbabwe have drawn attention to the flooding situation in the country, especially the rural areas. This ... -
Public management and disaster risk reduction: potential interdisciplinary contributions
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2009)This article investigates the interdisciplinary nature of Disaster Risk Reduction as an emerging field of study. The development of this field of study is interpreted within the context of the evolution of Public Management ...