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dc.contributor.authorNcube-Phiri, Siduduziwe
dc.contributor.authorChipo, Mundavanhu
dc.contributor.authorMucherera, Blessing
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-03T07:33:55Z
dc.date.available2015-11-03T07:33:55Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationNcube-Phiri, S., Mundavanhu, C. & Mucherera, B. 2014. The complexity of maladaptation strategies to disasters: The case of Muzarabani, Zimbabwe. Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies, 6(1):1-11 [http://dspace.nwu.ac.za/handle/10394/8847]en_US
dc.identifier.issn1998-1421
dc.identifier.issn2072-845X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/14924
dc.description.abstractOver the past decade disasters have increased both in complexity and multiplicity, worseningthe plight of vulnerable communities the world over. Many communities have devised copingmechanisms to mitigate the impact, but communities such as Muzarabani in Zimbabweremain susceptible to disasters. This article seeks to analyse whether the coping measuresapplied make the communities safe from or vulnerable to disasters. Information was obtainedthrough interviews, questionnaires and observations from four villages in Chadereka in theMuzarabani district. The results of this study indicated that households, government andnon-governmental organisations have come up with different mitigation strategies, suchas growing crops along river beds, livestock production, raised granaries and doorsteps,flood evacuation shelters and other emergency services. Research revealed that althoughviable, some of the strategies increased the community’s vulnerability. This article thereforerecommends sustainable utilisation of resources, and collaborative efforts to address the rootcauses, dynamic pressures and unsafe conditions in order to reduce the vulnerability of poorcommunities to natural disasters.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://doi.org/10.4102/jamba.v6i1.145
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAOSIS OpenJournalsen_US
dc.subjectDisasteren_US
dc.subjectVulnerabilityen_US
dc.subjectDisaster risk reductionen_US
dc.subjectMitigation strategiesen_US
dc.subjectSustainabilityen_US
dc.titleThe complexity of maladaptation strategies to disasters: The case of Muzarabani, Zimbabween_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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