Editorial: The irony of a "fire fighting" approach towards natural hazards in South Africa: lessons from flooding disaster in Kwazulu-Natal

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dc.date.accessioned 2022-08-16T11:00:07Z
dc.date.available 2022-08-16T11:00:07Z
dc.date.issued 2022-08-16 en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/19475
dc.description.abstract The continuous distraction of rural livelihood activities, loss of lives and the displacement of large numbers of rural populations has brought about the question of the applicability of risk and disaster mitigation and management approach implementation in most developing countries in Southern Africa. The fact that floods are still causing a huge impact every year in Mozambique, Malawi and even South Africa, for example, explains the inadequacy in terms of the ability of these countries to deal with natural hazards. Recently, in April 2022, South Africa experienced one of the most devastating flooding disasters which led to the death of more than 400 people. The common explanation of disaster is that its impact causes human, material, economic and environmental losses in such a way that it exceeds the ability of the affected communities to cope using their own resources. In other words, if the communities which are affected by a natural event have the ability to independently cope with the aftermath of a hazard, such an event would not be regarded as a disaster. en
dc.format.medium Print en
dc.publisher Oxford University Press en
dc.subject FLOODS en
dc.subject KWAZULU-NATAL PROVINCE en
dc.subject DISASTERS en
dc.subject SOUTH AFRICA en
dc.title Editorial: The irony of a "fire fighting" approach towards natural hazards in South Africa: lessons from flooding disaster in Kwazulu-Natal en
dc.type Journal Article en
dc.description.version Y en
dc.ProjectNumber TBBBBB en
dc.Volume 57(2) en
dc.BudgetYear 2022/23 en
dc.ResearchGroup Developmental, Capable and Ethical State en
dc.SourceTitle Journal of Public Administration en
dc.ArchiveNumber 9812401 en
dc.URL http://ktree.hsrc.ac.za/doc_read_all.php?docid=25824 en
dc.PageNumber 191-194 en
dc.outputnumber 13913 en
dc.bibliographictitle Madzivhandila, T.S. & Maserumule, M.H. (2022) Editorial: The irony of a "fire fighting" approach towards natural hazards in South Africa: lessons from flooding disaster in Kwazulu-Natal. Journal of Public Administration. 57(2):191-194. en
dc.publicationyear 2022 en
dc.contributor.author1 Madzivhandila, T.S. en
dc.contributor.author2 Maserumule, M.H. en


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