In today's information age, both excess and lack of information can cause a disaster. COVID-
19 pandemic not only highlighted the significance of risk communication but also pointed out …

Disaster risk management is most effective when aimed at community level implementation.
There is a growing realization from researchers and practitioners alike, that a greater …

Different organizations reported that natural hazards related disasters killed hundreds of
people and damaged infrastructures estimated millions of dollars every year worldwide. The …

It is often taken as given that community-based disaster risk reduction (CBDRR) serves as a
mechanism for the inclusion of local knowledge (LK) in disaster risk reduction (DRR). In this …

Current flood risk strategies in Malawi are characterized by community-based flood risk
management (CB-FRM), even though studies explicitly documenting evidence of successful …

Women are typically portrayed as being helpless victims of natural disasters, along with the
elderly, children and the disabled. Recent disaster research has increasingly focused on …

Many African countries face escalating challenges of increasing disaster risk and anticipated
impacts of climate change. Although disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change …

Since 1994, fundamental transformation in South Africa in terms of disaster risk reduction
taken place. The transformation process led to the promulgation of the Disaster …

Summary The sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region, along with the rest of the African continent,
is prone to a wide variety of natural hazards. Most of these hazards and the associated …

The premise of this thesis is that complex socio-environmental problems, such as those
associated with urban disaster risk and climate change, cannot be managed by individual …