Jàmbá: 2018 Volume 10 No 1: Recent submissions
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Seismic vulnerability assessment to earthquake at urban scale: a case of Mostaganem city in Algeria
(OASIS, 2018)The focus of this study was the seismic vulnerability assessment of buildings constituting Mostaganem city in Algeria. Situated 320 km to the west of Algiers, Mostaganem city encompasses a valuable cultural and architectural ... -
The contribution of indigenous knowledge to disaster risk reduction activities in Zimbabwe: a big call to practitioners
(OASIS, 2018)This article examined the contribution of indigenous knowledge to disaster risk reduction activities in Zimbabwe. The current discourse underrates the use of indigenous knowledge of communities by practitioners when dealing ... -
The political ecology of stakeholder-driven climate change adaptation: case study from Ntalale ward, Gwanda district, in Zimbabwe
(OASIS, 2018)Vulnerable rural communities face climate change-related shifts in rainfall patterns, particularly droughts and floods. The study investigated how Ntalale ward households in Gwanda district of Zimbabwe interpret climate ... -
A geographic information system-based approach of flood hazards modelling, Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal, India
(OASIS, 2018)From the beginning of civilisation, human beings have preferred living on the river banks which have been the most vulnerable areas of flood hazards and consequent disasters. During the monsoon period, in many developing ... -
Statistical analysis of annual maximum daily rainfall for Nelspruit and its environs
(OASIS, 2018)Nelspruit and its environs frequently experience extreme high annual maximum daily rainfall (AMDR) events resulting in flood hazards. These flood hazards have caused flood disasters that have resulted in loss of property ... -
Economic migration and the socio-economic impacts on the emigrant’s family: a case of Ward 8, Gweru Rural district, Zimbabwe
(OASIS, 2018)Gweru Rural district in the Midlands province of Zimbabwe has witnessed an increasing number of outward migrations of breadwinners, leaving behind a desperate environment for families. This study was motivated by the ... -
Flooding and poverty: two interrelated social problems impacting rural development in Tsholotsho district of Matabeleland North province in Zimbabwe
(OASIS, 2018)Flooding and poverty are the two social problems that have coexisted within the rural communities of Tsholotsho district. As a result, both problems have negatively affected and disrupted the everyday pattern of lives of ...
