Author:Funke, Nicola S; Jacobs-Mata, Inga M; Nohayi, NgowenaniDate:Jun 2018SA has been receiving millions of migrants from neighbouring countries and further afield. Environmental factors can be one of push factors that contribute to people’s decision to move. Easier identifiable in cases of rapid onset disasters ...Read more
Author:Sitas, Nadia E; Reyers, B; Cundill, G; Prozesky, HE; Nel, JL; Esler, KJDate:Apr 2016Engaging diverse stakeholders in collaborative processes to integrate environmental information into decision making is important, but challenging. It requires working at and across the boundaries between knowledge types — a complex milieu ...Read more
Author:Jacobs-Mata, Inga MDate:Aug 2017This project focuses on the regional, national and sub-national policy landscape and the preparedness of Southern African countries to respond to future internal and cross-border displacements as a result of environmental disasters. The goal ...Read more
Author:Jacobs-Mata, Inga MDate:Jun 2017Minutes of the inaugaral meeting of the reference group in connection with the project titled: Kukimbia: The impact of environmental refugees in Southern Africa (K5/2768/2), held on 21 June 2017 at 10:00amRead more
Author:Dziba, LDate:Oct 2012In this presentation the author focuses on ecosystem service delivery for national development planning. He shares new tools for improved decision-making to assess trade-offs and development choice impacts on ecosystem services. He also ...Read more
Author:Jacobs-Mata, Inga MDate:Oct 2017This project focuses on the regional, national and sub-national policy landscape and the preparedness of Southern African countries to respond to future internal and cross-border displacements as a result of environmental disasters. The goal ...Read more
Author:Faling, W; Tempelhoff, JWN; Van Niekerk, DDate:Jun 2012In 2008 the South African National Disaster Management Centre commissioned a study into measures taken by local municipalities to plan for climate change. Two areas were selected for their dissimilar climatic challenges: the //Khara Hais ...Read more
Author:Van Eden, Beatrice; Rosman, Benjamin SDate:May 2018The past years have seen many deadly natural disasters including hurricanes, earthquakes, flooding and landslides. Search and rescue efforts have saved numerous lives but numerous others were lost. At the same time, robotic technology is ...Read more
Author:Moodley, D; Terhorst, AL; Simonis, I; Mcferren, GA; Van den Bergh, FDate:Sep 2006Key concepts in disaster response are level of preparedness, response times, sustaining the response and coordinating the response. Effective disaster response requires a well-developed command and control framework that promotes the flow of ...Read more