Large outdoor fires such as wildfires, wildland urban interface (WUI) fires, urban fires, and
informal settlement fires have received increased attention in recent years. In order to …

Nostalgia is an important concept in the study of heritage tourism, especially as a push
factor, but less attention is devoted to how nostalgia influences place attachment and vice …

Abstract The Western Cape and the UniCity of Cape Town are the only remaining province
and metropolitan municipality that have not been won by the ANC since the advent of …

South Africa's National Disaster Policy and international reporting requirements including
the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 and the Sustainable …

This article presents the findings of a pilot project to test the large-scale rollout of smoke
alarms in an informal community in Cape Town, South Africa. The work provides novel …

Many within the field view South Africa's disaster management legislation as a shining
example of how to integrate Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) into development. Yet, more …

The ability to make fire is one of society‟ s earliest and most essential innovations, but fire
poses a significant threat when it gets out of control (Alam and Baroi, 2003, p. 35). The …

Abstract In 2005 the South African Department of Housing announced the launch of the N2
Gateway–a housing 'megaproject'to pilot the Breaking New Ground (BNG) housing plan in …

The research explores aesthetic devices such as film-poems, open image and moving
painting to evoke empathy in the viewer, focusing on the case study of the Bahá'í community …

This chapter draws on interviews conducted with officials in various branches of the state
and affiliated technical and managerial actors with diverse histories of engagement within …