Jamba-Journal of Disaster Risk Studies最新文献

{"title":"Erratum: Assessing coastal population capacity in Tsunami-prone areas: A grid-based approach.","authors":"Fadly Usman, Saifuddin Chalim, Fatimah Usman, Mukhamad Fathoni, Moch Rozikin, Hijrah Saputra, Keisuke Murakami","doi":"10.4102/jamba.v16i1.1770","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4102/jamba.v16i1.1770","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>[This corrects the article DOI: 10.4102/jamba.v16i1.1685.].</p>","PeriodicalId":51823,"journal":{"name":"Jamba-Journal of Disaster Risk Studies","volume":"16 1","pages":"1770"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11447765/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142373511","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Tracing the urbanisation of risk in Malawi: A multilevel analysis.","authors":"Willi Bauer, Alexandra Titz, Mtafu C Manda","doi":"10.4102/jamba.v16i1.1668","DOIUrl":"10.4102/jamba.v16i1.1668","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cities in Malawi have long been outside the focus of disaster risk reduction. As a result, urban risks remain poorly understood, and urban governments and disaster risk reduction (DRR) practitioners working in cities struggle to adequately support vulnerable urban populations. This is evidenced by recent disasters such as Cyclone Freddy, which devastated the city of Blantyre in 2023, and increasingly common small-scale events in urban areas. This article analyses the Malawian city as a distinct riskscape, shaped by national-level policies of neglect that create an institutional void that DRR practitioners working at the city level struggle to fill. This process is complicated by a multitude of challenges at different levels of governance, especially leaving small-scale events prevalent in urban areas largely unaddressed. This process of risk accumulation is increasingly affecting urban residents. Methodologically, we demonstrate this through a comprehensive policy analysis and by drawing on expert and civil society interviews and questionnaires conducted in Lilongwe City.</p><p><strong>Contribution: </strong>By outlining the interlocking challenges at multiple levels and grounding them in empirical data, we highlight the specificities of urban DRR efforts in Malawi and provide opportunities to improve them.</p>","PeriodicalId":51823,"journal":{"name":"Jamba-Journal of Disaster Risk Studies","volume":"16 1","pages":"1668"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11369521/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142127199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Climate change, culture and health: Indigenous resilience, a study from Turkana County, Kenya.","authors":"Christian Muragijimana, Theoneste Ntakirutimana, Sohaib Khan","doi":"10.4102/jamba.v16i1.1647","DOIUrl":"10.4102/jamba.v16i1.1647","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Climate change and recurring droughts-induced effects on health are becoming an increasingly main global, cultural and public health burden. The heaviest health burden leans on the fragile socio-economic systems among the remote agro-pastoral communities, living in the arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs). Previous studies underlined the indispensability of indigenous knowledge (IK) for resilience-driven disaster risk reduction (DRR) strategies. However, more attention has been drawn towards the necessity of IK in weather forecasts, with less emphasis on its indispensability to alleviate health burden associated with climate change and droughts. We explored the contextual application of IK-based adaptation and related complementarity aspects for culturally relevant and sustainable DRR strategies for the nomadic agro-pastoral communities in Lopur, Turkana, Kenya. Relying on a descriptive qualitative study in phenomenological approach, purposive sampling and focus group discussions with key community influencers, a thematic analysis was conducted for an in-depth understanding and interpretation of data patterns. The contextualised insights revealed the growing vulnerability as a result of the disconnect between modern interventions, IK and the newly adopted environmental degrading coping tactics. Policy-wise, the findings portrayed the necessity for cultural integration and incorporation of indigenous knowledge-based strategies and systems for reinforced information dissemination, accessibility and acceptability for droughts preparedness and response.</p><p><strong>Contribution: </strong>This study underlined the existing room for scientific exploration of the already existing indigenous knowledge-based solutions for food and water insecurity, towards improved resilience for the vulnerable communities experiencing inequitable climate change calamities in the ASALs.</p>","PeriodicalId":51823,"journal":{"name":"Jamba-Journal of Disaster Risk Studies","volume":"16 1","pages":"1647"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11369568/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142127198","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Policy implementation: Assessing institutional coordination and communication for flood warning in Namibia.","authors":"Deolfa R Jose Moises, Nnenesi A Kgabi, Olivia Kunguma","doi":"10.4102/jamba.v16i1.1534","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4102/jamba.v16i1.1534","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An effective institutional coordination and communication are essential determinants of community disaster resilience capacities and successful execution of disaster risk reduction (DRR) strategies. Several international agreements endorse adopting consolidated, decentralised, participatory approaches to manage hydrometeorological hazards. Yet, the capacity of local governments to develop and implement effective disaster risk reduction strategies remains inconsistent and relatively unknown. In its quest to achieve sustainable economic development, Namibia has developed a DRR legislative framework and enlisted a central body to execute the strategic policy for disaster disruption mitigation and national resilience building. This study adopts a qualitative case study approach to assess the role of the central disaster risk management institution in establishing effective institutional coordination and communication structures for successful flood early warning system operations. Based on its legislative mandate, the study presents a hierarchically contextualised account of the institutions' empirical progress in DRR streamlining.</p><p><strong>Contribution: </strong>The study identifies bureaucracy, limited institutional capacities, inadequate funding and response and relief prioritisation as major challenges to system efficacy. It provides directives for better institutional coordination and communication to reduce future harm.</p>","PeriodicalId":51823,"journal":{"name":"Jamba-Journal of Disaster Risk Studies","volume":"16 1","pages":"1534"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11304199/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141903591","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Role of <i>Kader Siaga Bencana</i> in the flood management of selected <i>Kampung Siaga Bencana</i>.","authors":"Fatmah Fatmah, Rachmadhi Purwana, Mizan F Bisri","doi":"10.4102/jamba.v16i1.1645","DOIUrl":"10.4102/jamba.v16i1.1645","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Health cadres and community leaders' empowerment to become flood disaster preparedness cadres (<i>Kader Siaga Bencana,</i> KSB) still needs to be improved. The study aimed to assess flood management practices among families with disaster-vulnerable groups, as well as KSB candidates (<i>posyandu</i>/health cadres, community leaders) in flood management initiatives in flood-prone areas. The study used a cross-sectional design of 100 families with flood-prone groups and 100 health cadres and community leaders. They were selected using simple random sampling in five selected villages of Jakarta city affected by floods and Disaster Alert Villages (<i>Kasmpung Siaga Bencana,</i> DAV). Most family respondents had a low knowledge level of DAV, and inadequate knowledge of flood warning system, emergency response plan, and flood management practices, despite having good family support. Health cadres and community leaders as KSB candidates were assessed using four parameters of knowledge on KSB - flood early warning system, emergency response plan, natural hazards and flood knowledge, and flood management practice. With their sound understanding of natural hazards and floods, health cadres and community leaders were 4.52 times more likely to have good flood management practices compared to those with inadequate knowledge. Both elements of the community have the potential to be KSB because of good disaster knowledge and the presence of the flood early warning system in the community. Intervention studies to increase the knowledge and practical ability of KSB in disaster management are also needed.</p><p><strong>Contribution: </strong>The research assessed the initial readiness of health cadres and community leaders to become disaster preparedness cadres in flood management. It is necessary to provide training to develop their expertise as KSB.</p>","PeriodicalId":51823,"journal":{"name":"Jamba-Journal of Disaster Risk Studies","volume":"16 1","pages":"1645"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11304209/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141903592","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Multi-hazard detection in the southern part of Banyuwangi Regency using a geomorphological approach.","authors":"Listyo Y Irawan, Damar Panoto, Agus D Febrianto, Vischawafiq Azizah, Siti N Farihah, Muhammad Aufaristama, Mohammad T Mapa","doi":"10.4102/jamba.v16i1.1586","DOIUrl":"10.4102/jamba.v16i1.1586","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Potential losses and damages caused by natural hazards in the future are essential information that the public and stakeholders need to understand. Banyuwangi Regency, located at the eastern most tip of Java Island, borders the Indian Sea on the south and the Bali Strait on the east. These areas are hazardous because they are at increased risks of severe weather with frequent occurrences of volcanic eruptions and tsunamis. The hazards and possibilities of the future can be detected through a geomorphological map. This map provides several details about the regional characteristics of Banyuwangi and information on the geomorphological configuration related to natural hazards and disaster-prone areas. Such information can be of use to the people, the government and stakeholders alike. Following the geomorphological approach in this study, we classified landforms using four aspects, such as (1) morphology; (2) morphogenesis; (3) morpho-arrangement and (4) morpho-chronology. The data sources used are geological maps, DEM Alos Palsar and Google Satellite imagery for interpretative analysis. In this study area, the landform mapping identified 15 different landforms. There are eight landforms with landslide hazards and three with tsunami hazards. The landform with a landslide hazard has a common morphological condition which is hilly morphology. The landform with tsunami hazards as the main triggering factor has a plain morphology and an elevation below 50 m above sea level. Those conditions allow the tsunami surge to run up to reach further areas until it reaches an undulating or hilly morphology.</p><p><strong>Contribution: </strong>The results of this research are expected to inform the multi-hazards sources based on the geomorphological conditions in the Banyuwangi Regency. With such information, the government and the people can increase their ability to cope with disaster strikes in the future.</p>","PeriodicalId":51823,"journal":{"name":"Jamba-Journal of Disaster Risk Studies","volume":"16 1","pages":"1586"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11304182/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141903590","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessing coastal population capacity in Tsunami-prone areas: A grid-based approach.","authors":"Fadly Usman, Saifuddin Chalim, Fatimah Usman, Mukhamad Fathoni, Moch Rozikin, Hijrah Saputra, Keisuke Murakami","doi":"10.4102/jamba.v16i1.1685","DOIUrl":"10.4102/jamba.v16i1.1685","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Tambakrejo Beach in Blitar Regency is classified as an area that is very vulnerable to tsunami catastrophes. Many researchers have conducted studies on regions impacted by the tsunami. However, more studies into the link between the outcomes of social and spatial studies still need to be carried out because these are two different perspectives with different parameters and variables. The novel approach in this research involves delineating tsunami-affected areas and assessing population capacity in coastal regions. The hazard maps and livelihood asset variables using grid cells of a specific size have been used to identify risk levels. The grid cells used are 50 m² × 50 m² so that they are expected to represent the minor units on the face of the earth, such as buildings, assets, property or land parcels, for capacity assessments or measuring the level of threat to disasters and are no longer based on regional administrative boundaries.</p><p><strong>Contribution: </strong>The research results show that using grid cells to analyse areas affected by the tsunami can provide excellent and informative results. Research findings at the research location regarding community preparedness in facing tsunamis show that communities at risk of being affected by the tsunami need to increase their capacity because the majority of communities in coastal areas, especially in the Sidorejo sub-village, have been identified as having low capacity according to several livelihood asset parameters such as financial capital in income. By increasing individual capacity, it is hoped that society will be able to avoid the threat of tsunami waves better.</p>","PeriodicalId":51823,"journal":{"name":"Jamba-Journal of Disaster Risk Studies","volume":"16 1","pages":"1685"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11304174/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141903588","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Corrigendum: Do we need to reframe risk once again?","authors":"Ian Christoplos, John Mitchell","doi":"10.4102/jamba.v16i1.1727","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4102/jamba.v16i1.1727","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>[This corrects the article DOI: 10.4102/jamba.v15i1.1587.].</p>","PeriodicalId":51823,"journal":{"name":"Jamba-Journal of Disaster Risk Studies","volume":"16 1","pages":"1727"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11304198/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141903589","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Analysis of factors in community willingness to manage floods in East Java during the pandemic.","authors":"Eko Noerhayati, Soraya N Mustika, Ita S Ingsih, Anita Rahmawati","doi":"10.4102/jamba.v16i1.1598","DOIUrl":"10.4102/jamba.v16i1.1598","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Urbanisation is an important aspect of environmental management and requires special attention, as half of the world's population lives in urban areas. As the urban population grows, this poses a number of challenges, particularly related to environmental issues and floods. Indonesia, a developing nation and the fourth most populous globally, with over 264 million inhabitants, faces significant environmental and flood concerns, notably exacerbated by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. These issues are poised to exert a profound and enduring influence on the populace. East Java province, one of the densely populated provinces in Indonesia, experiences complex environmental problems, floods, and air pollution. Therefore, this research identified the factors that influenced the community's willingness to participate in environmental conservation and flood management in East Java province during the COVID-19 pandemic. This research employed a mixed-method approach, combined qualitative and quantitative methods, and utilised the triangular relationship theory. The result showed six predominant factors within the population of East Java that significantly affected the environmental conditions and the frequency of flood events in the area.</p><p><strong>Contribution: </strong>Floods in the city during the pandemic caused concern for those affected by the disaster and the implementation of activities adjusted government policies. For sustainability, the urban environment in Indonesia is working hard to anticipate flooding in cities. Apart from that, the government, private sector, community leaders, and the media also play an important role.</p>","PeriodicalId":51823,"journal":{"name":"Jamba-Journal of Disaster Risk Studies","volume":"16 1","pages":"1598"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11219640/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141499633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Adaptive capacity to reduce disaster risks in informal settlements.","authors":"Khulekani E Ndabezitha, Betty C Mubangizi, Sokfa F John","doi":"10.4102/jamba.v16i1.1488","DOIUrl":"10.4102/jamba.v16i1.1488","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The eMalahleni Local Municipality (eLM) in Mpumalanga province, South Africa, has a number of informal settlements because of the influx of people seeking employment in the municipal area. These informal settlements are exposed to a number of hazards, including underground fires, air and water pollution, sinkholes, abandoned mining areas and acid mining drainage. South Africa's National Development Plan (NDP) incorporates the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals, which are intended to upgrade informal settlements on suitable land. The Department of Human Settlement recognised the gap in the policy because upgrading only included physical structures and did not include adaptive capacity for communities to create resilience to withstand disasters. The researcher used a case study research design for the inquiry intended to recommend adaptive capacity and reduce disaster risks in informal settlements in the eLM. Purposive sampling was used to select 25 participants from eLM, provincial government departments and informal settlements. The data were analysed using thematic analysis based on the study's conceptual framework. The research findings revealed that the government has not done much to involve vulnerable communities during the development of policies to reduce disaster risks within informal settlements. In particular, the failure of the government to promote and reinforce public participation in disaster risk reduction programmes leaves the vulnerable communities defenceless.</p><p><strong>Contribution: </strong>This study strengthens the intergovernmental structures and public participation to reduce disaster risks in communities. This study discourages a silos mentality and encourages coordination between government departments to identify root causes by applying the pressure and release model for effective disaster risk reduction.</p>","PeriodicalId":51823,"journal":{"name":"Jamba-Journal of Disaster Risk Studies","volume":"16 1","pages":"1488"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11220109/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141499632","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}