Browsing Jàmbá: 2009 Volume 2 No 3 by Title
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Field note from Tajikistan compound disaster - a new humanitarian challenge?
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2009)During the winter of 2007-2008 the Central Asian country of Tajikistan experienced an unusually cold winter which led to shortages of electricity, water and heating as well as food losses and these impacts occurred at the ... -
From marginality to further marginalization: experiences from the victims of the July 2000 Payatas trashslide in the Philippines
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2009)Victims of disasters are disproportionately drawn from the marginalized segments of society. Disaster victims are marginalized geographically because they live in hazardous places, socially because they are members of ... -
“I work all the time- He just waits for the animals to come back” - Social impacts of climate changes: a Greenlandic case study
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2009)Understanding human adaptation to climate changes is one of the most important research issues within the area of global environmental change, accounting for the fact that people worldwide are currently adapting to their ... -
An introduction to neglected disasters
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2009)This theme issue of Jàmbá takes up the question of neglected disasters. It is an important topic because the world is changing, disasters are changing, and theory is changing. All these changes call for a re-assessment of ... -
Le développement humain local dans les contextes de crise permanente : l’expérience des femmes au Sahara Occidental
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2009)Les femmes sahraouies sont des agents actifs dans la dynamique sociale des camps de réfugiés, au sein desquels elles ont défini un certain nombre de stratégies de résolution de problèmes pour surmonter les obstacles liés ... -
Les victimes silencieuses des crises humanitaires et l’(in)sécurité de leurs activités économiques : etude de cas parmi les migrants de deux villes tchadiennes
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2009)Lorsqu’une catastrophe humanitaire fait la une des médias, la communauté internationale se mobilise à réduire les conséquences les plus sérieuses. La population du Tchad connaît cependant des crises endémiques qui ne sont ... -
Local human development in contexts of permanent crisis: women’s experiences in the Western Sahara
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2009)Sahrawi women are active agents in the social dynamics of the refugee camps, in which they have developeda number of coping strategies to overcome the hardships of a deteriorating humanitarian situation. Since the outbreak ... -
Resettlement of communities - The case study of Jaguaribara: a resilient community (Northeast of Brazil)
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2009)This paper examines the displacement of the inhabitants of Jaguaribara (Northeast Brazil) who were resettled due to the construction of the “Castanhao”. #e Government planned a new city to shelter the inhabitants from “Old ... -
The silent victims of humanitarian crises and livelihood (in)security: a case study among migrants in two Chadian towns
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2009)Once a humanitarian disaster receives coverage in the global media, the international community usually mobilises to reduce the most severe consequences. However people in Chad are experiencing endemic crises that are ...