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Cross-border and internal environmental migration in South Africa – deciphering the complexities of the changing policy landscape

Author: Funke, Nicola S ; Jacobs-Mata, Inga M ; Nohayi, Ngowenani Date: Jun 2018 SA 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
Fostering collaboration for knowledge and action in disaster management in South Africa

Author: Sitas, Nadia E ; Reyers, B ; Cundill, G ; Prozesky, HE ; Nel, JL ; Esler, KJ Date: Apr 2016 Engaging 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
Kukimbia: the impact of environmental refugees in Southern Africa: A regional perspective on climate-induced migration

Author: Jacobs-Mata, Inga M Date: Aug 2017 This 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
Minutes 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 10:00am

Author: Jacobs-Mata, Inga M Date: Jun 2017 Minutes 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 10:00am Read more
Our natural capital: Ecosystem service delivery

Author: Dziba, L Date: Oct 2012 In 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
A regional perspective on the environment-climate change-migration nexus: Governance and policy responses to environmental refugees

Author: Jacobs-Mata, Inga M Date: Oct 2017 This 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
Rhetoric or action: Are South African municipalities planning for climate change?

Author: Faling, W ; Tempelhoff, JWN ; Van Niekerk, D Date: Jun 2012 In 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
Robots for disaster management

Author: Van Eden, Beatrice ; Rosman, Benjamin S Date: May 2018 The 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
Using the sensor web to detect and monitor the spread of wild fires

Author: Moodley, D ; Terhorst, AL ; Simonis, I ; Mcferren, GA ; Van den Bergh, F Date: Sep 2006 Key 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

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