Jàmbá: 2021 Volume 13 No 1: Recent submissions
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Tackling climate change through craft development : the case of rural women in uPhongolo Local Municipality
(OASIS, 2021)Climate change is a global phenomenon that is affecting all humanity. Bearing the harshest brunt of environmental, social and economic shocks are the world’s poorest and those in vulnerable conditions such as women in ... -
Interfacing vector-borne disease dynamics with climate change : implications for the attainment of SDGs in Masvingo city, Zimbabwe
(OASIS, 2021)This study used a mixed-methods research design to examine the sensitivity of vector-borne disease (VBD) patterns to the changes in rainfall and temperature trends. The research focused on malaria in Masvingo Province, ... -
Investigating the prevention and mitigatory role of risk communication in the COVID-19 pandemic : a case study of Bloemfontein, South Africa
(OASIS, 2021)The South African disaster response activities surpass risk reduction since the implementation of the Disaster Management Act 57 of 2002 (DMA) and the National Disaster Management Framework of 2005 (NDMF). Risk reduction, ... -
COVID-19 disaster response : South African disaster managers’ faith in mandating legislation tested?
(OASIS, 2021)For the first time in the history of the Disaster Management Act, 57 of 2002, South Africa declared COVID-19 an epidemiological disaster. Section 3 and 27(1) of this Act activated the responsible Minister in consultation ... -
‘Local community-based disaster management’ the transformation of religious and local wisdom values in preparation to deal with natural hazards in West Sumatra, Indonesia
(OASIS, 2021)Community based disaster management (CBDM) empowers communities to be actively engaged and be pro-active in disaster management. The involvement of the community is one of the keys to success in disaster management, ... -
Key elements of disaster mitigation education in inclusive school setting in the Indonesian context
(OASIS, 2021)Children with special needs are one of the most vulnerable groups when disasters occur. They are often excluded from any risk reduction conducted during such situations; therefore, introducing disaster mitigation education ... -
Managing health disasters and Civil–Military Cooperation : a case of COVID-19 in Pakistan
(OASIS, 2021)As an institution, the Pakistan Army has been playing a significant role in dealing with emergencies and disasters facing the nation. The novel coronavirus disease, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) COVID-19, was ... -
Disaster resilient village-based approach to disaster risk reduction policy in Indonesia : a regulatory analysis
(OASIS, 2021)This article will address the disaster resilience village (DRV) approach as a disaster preparedness method in Indonesia. This scheme became operational in 2012, exactly 5 years after disaster management legislation was ... -
Perception of agricultural drought resilience in South Africa : a case of smallholder livestock farmers
(OASIS, 2021)Worldwide drought has significance and continues to pose long-lasting effects on the agricultural sector, including South Africa. The recurring drought is a major challenge to smallholder livestock farmers in the Northern ... -
‘Too many mice make no lining for their nest’ – Reasons and effects of parallel governmental structures for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in Southern Africa
(OASIS, 2021)Many African countries face escalating challenges of increasing disaster risk and anticipated impacts of climate change. Although disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) are tightly linked and ... -
A system dynamics approach for understanding community resilience to disaster risk
(OASIS, 2021)The Western Cape is a dynamic province that is disaster-prone, particularly the vulnerable urban communities in and around its environs. Such communities are more vulnerable to wildfire, flooding, pandemic, natural and ... -
Vulnerability of rural households to climate-induced shocks in Lokka Abaya district, Sidama zone, southern Ethiopia
(OASIS, 2021)This study was conducted in rural communities of Lokka Abaya district, Sidama zone, southern Ethiopia to assess vulnerability status of men and women households to climate-induced shocks and stress. This article is based ... -
Participation of communal cattle farmers in drought risk reduction in Southern Zimbabwe
(OASIS, 2021)Communal cattle farming has remained the mainstay of many rural livelihoods in Zimbabwe and beyond. This was an enterprise that has stood the test of time, despite the increasing threats from drought shocks in the last ... -
Evoking the epistemology of climate governance through indigenous knowledge systems for sustainable development in rural Zimbabwe
(OASIS, 2021)This article seeks to establish the role of indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) in climate governance in pursuit of sustainable development in rural Zimbabwe. Rural communities in the developing world suffer the most from ... -
The post-war era in Nigeria and the resilience of Igbo communal system
(OASIS, 2021)The Igbo people survived a civil war that raged between 1967 and 1970 and that devastated their land and reduced their population because of more than three million deaths. They were confronted with the challenges of ... -
Household survival and resilience to food insecurity through the drip irrigation scheme in dry rural areas
(OASIS, 2021)Increasing food production by developing small-scale irrigation schemes is a requirement for tackling household food insecurity. Strategies, such as the World Vision, Enhancing Nutrition, Stepping Up Resilience and ... -
Spatial knowledge and flood preparedness in Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria
(OASIS, 2021)There is inadequate flood preparedness in Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria; because when the flood struck on 08 July 2017, several properties were destroyed without any extant means to salvage them. This article investigated ... -
Climate change adaptation strategies and their predictors amongst rural farmers in Ambassel district, Northern Ethiopia
(OASIS, 2021)The present study was conducted in Ambassel district of Northern Ethiopia to understand adaptation strategies employed by rural farmers to the adverse effects of climate change and variability and factors that determine ... -
Tool development to measure the resilience of water supply systems in Tanzania : economic dimension
(OASIS, 2021)The world has experienced devastating disasters causing severe human life and economic losses, which is estimated to be 68.5% of the global economic losses between 2005 and 2017. Natural disasters are of great concern – ... -
Erratum : COVID-19 home remedies and myths becoming a hazardous health infodemic?
(OASIS, 2021)Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) brought on several social, economic, political, and environmental challenges. What was mostly questioned was the efficacy of the Disaster Management Act 57 of 2002 (As Amended 16 of ...
