Cyclones in Southern Africa Volume 2: Foundational and Fundamental Topics /
The subject of tropical cyclones in Southern Africa, also known as hurricanes or typhoons in other regions of the world, has been growing over the past few decades. However, there is still limited literature on foundational and fundamental topics on the matter. To this end, this book addresses this...
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| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2021.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2021. |
| Series: | Sustainable Development Goals Series,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74262-1 |
Table of Contents:
- Part1. Introduction and Background
- Chapter1. Tropical cyclones as an emerging global disaster risk and management issue
- Part2. Characterization and tracking of Cyclones
- Chapter2. Meteorological and climatic aspects of cyclone Idai and Kenneth
- Chapter3. A review of Tropical Cyclone Idai forecasting, warning message dissemination and public response aspects of early warning systems in southern Africa
- Chapter4. Re-visiting Zimbabwe’s early warning systems in the light of Tropical Cyclone Idai
- Part3. Disaster Risk Reduction and Early Warning Systems
- Chapter5. Fundamentals in disaster risk reduction: From Hyogo to Sendai Framework and beyond with an elevation on climate change
- Chapter6. ICT Readiness for Disaster Risk Reduction: Lessons from Tropical Cyclone Idai
- Chapter7. Building inclusive disaster management systems: Opportunities and constraints in addressing the needs of the vulnerable
- Chapter8. The Africa We Want and extreme events: Insights from the nexus of COVID-19, cyclones floods and continental sustainability
- Chapter9. Challenges and Opportunities of implementing the SADC legal and institutional framework for Disaster Risk Reduction during Cyclone Idai: Case of Zimbabwe and South Africa
- Part4. Knowledge systems and related approaches
- Chapter10. Natural disasters and the role of pharmacists: A focus on policy and protocols in South Africa
- Chapter11. Impact of cyclones and extreme floods on traditional medicines and indigenous knowledge systems in Chimanimani, Zimbabwe
- Chapter12. Uncertainty in Disaster Risk Management: A Reflection on Cyclone Idai Using the Systems Thinking Approach
- Chapter13. The role of Hunhu/Ubuntu as a local community response to floods and cyclones in Chimanimani, Zimbabwe
- Chapter14. Exploring Linkages between Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Conventional Flood Forecasting in the aftermath of Tropical Idai in Chikwawa, Malawi
- Chapter15. Disaster Risk Reduction Governance in Southern Africa: Focus on budgets and institutional competencies
- Chapter16. Media discourses on natural disasters and management: A case of Cyclones Idai, Kenneth and floods in four Southern Africa countries
- Part5. The Policy Space
- Chapter17. Concluding remarks: De-risking tropical cyclones in the era of climate change emergency. .