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Dynamics of configuring and interpreting the disaster risk script: experiences from Zimbabwe
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2013)
People in Zimbabwe have been faced with disasters in different forms and at various levels. When people experience hazard events and disasters, they perceive these phenomena through lenses that are largely shaped by their ...
Policy coherence between food security, disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in South Africa : a summative content analysis approach
(OASIS, 2022)
Climate change through extreme weather events threatens food security (FS) and the
eradication of poverty. Thus, improving FS will require adapting to the impacts of climate
change as well as reducing the risks of ...
An exploration of the tractability of the objectivist frame of disaster risk in policy implementation in Zimbabwe
(OASIS, 2019)
Despite the growing evidence pointing towards disaster risk as a social construction, the objectivist frame still dominates the conceptual frameworks constructed around disaster risk in Zimbabwe. As disasters continue to ...
A rights-based analysis of disaster risk reduction framework in Zimbabwe and its implications for policy and practice
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2013)
This paper examines closely the institutional arrangements for disaster risk reduction from a rights-based perspective. In Zimbabwe, the disaster risk reduction framework and the ensuing practice have not yet accommodated ...