Browsing Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies by Subject "Nigeria"
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Asset vulnerability analytical framework and systems thinking as a twin methodology for highlighting factors that undermine efficient food production
(OASIS, 2019)Food production in developing countries has been highly susceptible to both climatic and nonclimatic stressors. To identify the factors that prevent the rural poor from producing food efficiently, various participatory ... -
The Hyogo framework for action and its implications for disaster management and reduction in Africa
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2010)At the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, Hyogo, Japan, in January 2005, the international community adopted a 10-year plan to make the world safer from disasters. The resultant Hyogo Framework for Action is the global ... -
Impacts of flood disasters in Nigeria: a critical evaluation of health implications and management
(OASIS, 2019)Floods lead to tremendous losses of property, infrastructure, business and increased risk of diseases. Floods are also the most frequent natural disasters, affecting over 2.8 billion people in the world and causing over ... -
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 ... -
Urban and rural dimensions in post-disaster adjustment challenges in selected communities in Kwara State, Nigeria
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2011)Human populations are exposed to climate change directly through changing weather patterns as manifested in the more frequent extreme events and indirectly through changes in ecosystem functions. Rainstorm ...