Toward an Interoperable National Hazards Events Database for South Africa

Davis-Reddy, Claire; Hilgart, Amelia

doi:10.3389/fclim.2021.591020

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“…Hewitt (2013) [11] asserts that, considering its challenges, South Africa needs to find ways to increase its resilience to extreme weather events. As a result, many researchers and scholars, such as Korstanje (2019) [2], Davis-Reddy and Hilgart (2021) [28], Naidoo and Cartwright (2022) [29], and Singh et al (2023) [30], have commented on these factors. Their observations ranged from weak coordination among various disaster management structures, interoperability challenges of disaster databases, inconsistencies in disaster reporting, working in silos, community exclusion, to emotional and psychological effects.…”

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Assessment of the Dynamics towards Effective and Efficient Post-Flood Disaster Adaptive Capacity and Resilience in South Africa

Nyide,

Simatele,

Grab

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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Government employees, municipal officials, and communities in South Africa have grappled with post-apartheid environmental challenges, such as floods, droughts, severe storms, and wildfires. These disasters are a result of both natural and human activities. The government implemented different policies and strategies after 1994 to address these issues. While acknowledging some success in managing these disasters with the current adaptive measures, the frequency and intensity of disasters have increased, causing significant damage to life and property, particularly among the vulnerable population. This paper uses qualitative and quantitative data collection approaches to explore possible systematic and structural weaknesses in addressing post-disaster situations in South Africa. Floods appear to be the most frequent natural disaster in South Africa. The paper uncovered the fact that disaster management is a multi-sectoral and multidisciplinary field. Although various institutional arrangements exist, they do not seem appropriate for assisting vulnerable groups. While officials have made some progress in implementing post-disaster projects, challenges still hinder sustainability. Furthermore, regrettably, despite the level of success in addressing disasters, most measures have failed to achieve the intended results for a variety of reasons. The consolidated long-term measures suggested by the participants yielded a proposed ‘South African Floods Post-Disaster Checklist or Model’, which was non-existent in South Africa. By implementing more effective and efficient post-disaster measures, the proposed tool can help policymakers and strategic partners standardise post-disaster resilience and adaptive capacity in various sectors’ sustainability contexts.

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Assessment of the Dynamics towards Effective and Efficient Post-Flood Disaster Adaptive Capacity and Resilience in South Africa

Nyide,

Simatele,

Grab

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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“…Understanding erosion rates in relation to complex driver interactions in the advancement of erosion is particularly important and critically required for the impoverished Eastern Cape Province, especially considering the $15% predicted population increase for South Africa by 2050 (www.populationpyramid.net/south-africa/2050/). This growth would place increased pressure on the country's already strained natural resources and available viable land to accommodate food production increases of between 50% and 70% by 2050 (FAO, 2009;Hunter et al, 2017;UN DESA, 2019;Von Bormann, 2019) at a time when the national economy is bound to global sustainable development targets and the implementation of socio-economic change (Borrelli et al, 2017;Von Maltitz et al, 2019;www.statssa.gov.za;Davis-Reddy et al, 2020). To meet these demands, the sustainable utilization of land must be prioritized.…”

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An integrated assessment of erosion drivers facilitating gully expansion rates—A near century multi‐temporal analysis from South Africa

Claassen,

Botha,

Linol

2024

Land Degrad Dev

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Rural areas in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa are severely affected by gully erosion, yet little is known about the rates at which these features are expanding. This study explores the areal extent, physical mechanisms, rates, and drivers of gully expansion with the aim of investigating how erosion rates fluctuate in response to temporal variations of drivers over the last century. Investigations involved the creation of an erosion inventory geo‐database, the identification of area‐specific physical expansion mechanisms, an assessment of static and dynamic drivers, and a multi‐temporal study of 25 gullies in the Mthatha area. Results show gully erosion affects 2.3% of the study area, with gullies exhibiting an average annual areal increase of 2.08%, a sidewall retreat rate of 0.2 m/y, and a headcut retreat of 1.03 m/y over an 82‐year period between 1938 and 2020. A multi‐temporal case study of the Ngwevana Gully showed average annual areal growth rates ranging from 3.9% between 1938 and 1948 to 0.7% between 2017 and 2020. Findings indicate that although gullies consistently expand their areal footprint, they do so at fluctuating rates. An assessment of erosion drivers reveals that temporal promotion or suppression of these erosion rates occurs in response to the complex and dynamic interactions of both natural mechanisms and anthropogenic activities. In Mthatha, the periods of increased rates of erosion are linked to large‐scale flooding events during drier climate cycles, which were further exacerbated by invasive dryland agricultural practices, inappropriate land use, haphazard infrastructure development, and rapid population increases facilitated by past Apartheid settlement laws.

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Evaluating Risk from Disasters to Improve Resilience: Lessons from Nigeria and South Africa

Orimoloye

Babalola

Olusola

et al. 2022

Disaster Risk Reduction for Resilience

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Toward an Interoperable National Hazards Events Database for South Africa

Cited by 6 publications

References 18 publications

Assessment of the Dynamics towards Effective and Efficient Post-Flood Disaster Adaptive Capacity and Resilience in South Africa

Assessment of the Dynamics towards Effective and Efficient Post-Flood Disaster Adaptive Capacity and Resilience in South Africa

An integrated assessment of erosion drivers facilitating gully expansion rates—A near century multi‐temporal analysis from South Africa

Evaluating Risk from Disasters to Improve Resilience: Lessons from Nigeria and South Africa

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