Browsing Book Chapters by Author "Le Roux, Alize"

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Creating a set of high-resolution vulnerability indicators to support the disaster management response to the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa

Author: Le Roux, Alize ; Cooper, Antony K ; Ludick, Chantel J ; Arnold, Kathryn A ; Mans, Gerbrand G Date: Jun 2021 This chapter presents the "COVID-19 Vulnerability Dashboard" for South Africa, developed by the CSIR for the National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC). It maps vulnerability to COVID-19 for the whole of South Africa, down to the level of the ... Read more
Disaster management and risk reduction in South Africa

Author: Bruwer, A ; Van Staden, M ; Le Roux, Alize ; Van Niekerk, Cornelia W Date: Dec 2017 The 2015 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction concludes that the mortality and economic loss associated with extensive risks (minor but recurrent disaster risks) in low- and middle-income countries are trending up. In the last ... Read more
Human settlements

Author: Van Niekerk, Cornelia W ; Le Roux, Alize Date: Sep 2017 This chapter describes some of the key drivers and processes of vulnerability and risks in human settlements in southern Africa that pose considerable challenges, but also opportunities, for climate change adaptation. Data for the whole of ... Read more
Profiling the vulnerabilities and risks of South African settlements

Author: Le Roux, Alize ; Mans, Gerbrand G ; Van Huyssteen, Elsona ; Van Niekerk, Cornelia W Date: Dec 2017 Cities, towns and settlements provide housing and livelihoods for a growing global population. Estimates indicate that in 2014, 54% of the world’s population and 40% of the population on the African continent were considered urban. African ... Read more
SADC’s settlement hierarchy and networks in support of cross-border regional development

Author: Maritz, Johan ; Le Roux, Alize ; Van Huyssteen, Elsona Date: Mar 2024 This chapter emphasises the merit of creating a SADC regional settlement profile. It unfolds in three segments: review of regional settlement development trends; spotlight on urban significance and the imperative of a shared settlement profile, ... Read more

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