This volume discusses the increasing occurrence of floods and tornadoes in Southern Africa over the last few years. The book discusses existing flood and tornado management protocols, indigenous approaches to mitigate disaster risk, urban and peri-urban flooding, tornado-induced flooding and windstorms, and the challenges and vulnerabilities associated with rural and transboundary floods. The book offers planning and recovery strategies to minimise impacts from these events through sustainable means. Such means include sustainable drainage systems, waste management in harbors and beaches, community engagement in flood-prone areas, and improved food security measures in urban poor households.

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The book discusses existing flood and tornado management protocols, indigenous approaches to mitigate disaster risk, urban and peri-urban flooding, tornado-induced flooding and windstorms, and the challenges and vulnerabilities associated with rural and transboundary floods.
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Chapter 1. Contextualising the increasing risk of floods and tornadoes.- Chapter 2. Satellite-based approaches in the detection and monitoring of selected hydro-meteorological disasters.- Chapter 3. ICT readiness for flood risk reduction and management: Lessons from Eastern Cape Province’s Port St Johns municipality, South Africa.- Chapter 4. A reflection of hydrological and other emerging perspectives of Lake Kariba’s Operation Noah.- Chapter 5. Victoria Falls water flow regimes: A tale of two half-centuries.- Chapter 6. Partnerships in mitigating the impacts of floods in South Africa.- Chapter 7. Hotel management under increasing and more intense floods: A focus on The Centurion Hotel, South Africa.- Chapter 8. Rethinking harbours, beaches and urban estuaries waste management under climate-induced floods in South Africa.- Chapter 9. The need for effective storm water management to build flood resilient communities: A case of Port St Johns, South Africa.- Chapter 10. Impacts of cyclones Idai and Kenneth and the 2019 floods on the insurance sector in South Africa and Mozambique.- Chapter 11. Exploring the migration effects of cyclones and floods in Southern Africa: A focus on 2019 floods and cyclones Idai and Kenneth.- Chapter 12. Impact of floods on access to drinking water: A focus on 2019 floods in Magalasi Village in Chikwawa District, Malawi.- Chapter 13. Vulnerability of settlements to floods in South Africa: A focus on Port St Johns.- Chapter 14. Impacts of floods on livestock production in Port St Johns, South Africa.- Chapter 15. Characterisation and Analysis of Emerging Localised Severe Storms in Malawi: How Common are Tornadoes?.- Chapter 16. Characterisation and impacts of tornado-induced flooding and windstorms in Mpumalanga province, South Africa.- Chapter 17. Emerging Key Findings, Conclusions and Policy Recommendations.

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This volume discusses the increasing occurrence of floods and tornadoes in Southern Africa over the last few years. The book discusses existing flood and tornado management protocols, indigenous approaches to mitigate disaster risk, urban and peri-urban flooding, tornado-induced flooding and windstorms, and the challenges and vulnerabilities associated with rural and transboundary floods. The book offers planning and recovery strategies to minimise impacts from these events through sustainable means. Such means include sustainable drainage systems, waste management in harbors and beaches, community engagement in flood-prone areas, and improved food security measures in urban poor households.

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Documents cyclone and tornado-related impacts within the framework of the SDGs in Southern Africa Addresses increasing incidents of floods and tornadoes in Southern Africa Discusses rural and urban challenges to flood and tornado risks
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9783030741945
Publisert
2022-08-05
Utgiver
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Høyde
254 mm
Bredde
178 mm
Aldersnivå
Research, P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Biografisk notat

Godwell Nhamo is a Full Professor and Exxaro Chair in Business and Climate Change at the University of South Africa (UNISA), South Africa. He is a National Research Foundation (NRF) C-Rated researcher in the fields of Climate Change and Governance, Green Economy and Sustainable Development. He holds a PhD from Rhodes University (South Africa), an MSc from the University of Botswana (Botswana) and a BSc Honours from the University of Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe).

Lazarus Chapungu is a post-doctoral fellow under the Exxaro Chair in Business and Climate Change at the University of South Africa. He holds a PhD in Environmental Management from the University of South Africa, as well as an MSc degree in Environmental Policy and Planning, and a BA (Honours) degree in Geography both from the University of Zimbabwe.