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The Legal Relevance of Nature based Solutions for Sustainable Urban Development in South African Secondary Cities
(PER/PELJ, 2022)
South Africa, like many other countries worldwide, strives for sustainable development. Increasing urbanisation and climate change are two of the main drivers of the global pursuit of sustainable development. Nature-based ...
Trends in African philosophy and their implications for the Africanisation of the South Africa history caps curriculum : a case study of Odera Oruka philosophy
(The South African Society forHistory Teaching (SASHT) under the patronage of the North-West University, 2022)
A Kenyan philosopher, Henry Odera Oruka (1944-1995), conceptualised and articulated the six trends in African philosophy. These are ethno-philosophy, nationalistic-ideological philosophy, artistic ( or literary philosophy), ...
Environmental Stewardship: Confluence of Law and Religion?
(PER/PELJ, 2022)
Why should we bear responsibility for the degradation of the environment? A wide range of responses is on offer to this question. Common to them all is that they are all rooted in one or the other ontological and epistemic ...
Mindset as a resilience resource and perceived wellness of first responders in a South African context
(OASIS, 2022)
The global increase in frequency and intensity of disasters and emergency situations has a
major disruptive effect on societies that is especially visible in Africa, where conflict, poverty,
diseases and social unrest ...
A framework for librarians to inform the citizenry during disasters : reflections on the COVID-19 pandemic
(OASIS, 2022)
Globally, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has wreaked havoc on human lives and
socio-economic activities at an unimaginable scale. African countries have not been spared
from this debacle – as evidenced by media ...
Transportation infrastructure planning in supporting disaster mitigation : case study in Mount Gamalama
(OASIS, 2022)
Effective mitigation planning is needed for communities living in areas prone to disasters,
including natural calamities such as volcanic eruptions. The development of disaster
evacuation routes in disaster-prone areas, ...
Assessment of community-based flood early warning system in Malawi
(OASIS, 2022)
One of the major natural hazards the world is facing these days are floods. Malawi has not
been spared. Floods have affected the countries’ socio-economic developmental plans. River
gauges have been installed along major ...
Social workers’ intervention during natural hazards
(OASIS, 2022)
Social work profession is anchored on theory and practice and has both primary and
secondary methods of interventions. The knowledge base of social work is constituted by
values, principles, theories, skills and techniques. ...
Natural hazard insurance demand : a systematic review
(OASIS, 2022)
The mitigation of natural hazard costs such as loss of property, life, crops and medical costs
can be achieved through the adoption of insurance. It is, however, not clear whether there is
corresponding demand for insurance ...
A Reply to Camilla Pickles' Pregnancy Law in South Africa: Between Reproductive Autonomy and Foetal Interests
(PER/PELJ, 2022)
Camilla Pickles' Pregnancy Law in South Africa: Between Reproductive Autonomy and Foetal Interests (Pregnancy Law) aims at providing a less adversarial angle related to the pregnant woman and the unborn within her by moving ...