Background: A key contemporary issue in the southern African region is the increased
frequency of the number of natural disaster occurrences. Because of the extent of the …

Global and sudden disasters like earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes and epidemics and
slow-onset disasters like droughts, floods and famines contribute significantly to increasing …

Background For the last 20 years Zimbabwe has been dependent on humanitarian aid. The
country is in a desperate condition, with millions of citizens leaving to reside in neighbouring …

South Africa is a developing country with many unique and challenging problems. Many of
these challenges can be addressed using Operations Research (OR). While industry and …

On June 7, wildfires began in Knysna and burned along a fire line for 300km, also affecting
neighbouring Sedgefield and Plettenberg Bay (Knysna-Plett Herald 2017). The major fires …

This chapter discusses the strategic planning, distribution channels, and logistics networks
in humanitarian logistics in the African context. Disasters can be either natural, resulting from …

PERFORMANCE BASED ON INCENTIVES IN HUMANITARIAN LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY
CHAINS IN SOUTH AFRICA. ANGELINA FERNANDE MBADOU, 200806711 Page 1 1 …

Afetler fiziksel, ekonomik ve sosyal kayıplar doğuran, yaşamı durduran ya da kesintiye
uğratan, insanların baş etme kapasitesinin sınırlı olduğu doğa veya insan kaynaklı olaylar …

Climate change outcomes and their effects are inexorably visible in communities as they
experience disasters. Arguably, municipalities take the lead in dealing with the effects …

This paper aims to focus on the importance of humanitarian logistics and supply chain to
overcome natural disasters. South Africa is a country with low risk to natural disasters but it …