Browsing Jàmbá: 2012 Volume 4 No 1 by Title

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Recurrent drought in the Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality of the North West Province in South Africa: an environmental justice perspective

Van Riet, Gideon (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2012)

This article adopts an environmental justice approach to recurrent drought in the North-West Province of South Africa. It is based on a secondary data analysis of a study – of which the author was a research team member – ...
Short-term shoreline evolution trend assessment: a case study in Glefe, Ghana

Amoani, Kwadwo Y; Appeaning−Addo, Kwasi; Laryea, Wahab S (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2012)

The growing economic, social and ecological importance of coastal areas in Ghana has increased the challenges associated with sustainably managing the coastal resources. The coastal areas have become more prone and vulnerable ...
Tracking the evolution of the disaster management cycle: a general system theory approach

Coetzee, Christo; Van Niekerk, Dewald (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2012)

Officials and scholars have used the disaster management cycle for the past 30 years to explain and manage impacts. Although very little understanding and agreement exist in terms of where the concept originated it is the ...