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Presents an overview of the devastating impacts of tropical cyclones in southern African countries
Comprehensively profiles Tropical Cyclone Idai and interfaces it with progress towards the attainment of the SDGs in Zimbabwe
Covers topics including the building, and building back better (B4) model in disaster risk reduction (DRR) and management
Encourages further research to document more on the impacts of tropical cyclones in southern Africa
Part of the book series: Sustainable Development Goals Series (SDGS)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction and Background
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Conceptual and Global Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
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Impacts of Tropical Cyclone Idai on Selected Sectors
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Tropical Cyclone Idai Acts of Kindness
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Looking Ahead in Order to Act Today
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About this book
There is evidence that the world has been witnessing more intense tropical cyclones. Accompanying these tropical cyclones are heightened levels of devastation that witness the loss of human life and wildlife, destruction of natural resources and property and the disruption of major economic and social activities. To this end, there is a growing demand for publications focusing on tropical cyclones at various levels that include regional, national and local levels, especially from Africa. One sub-region that has been witnessing the harsh realities of the increasing intensity of tropical cyclones in southern Africa. However, within this region, countries are usually impacted at varying degrees of damage. Among the countries that usually encounter the harshness of these tropical cyclones are the Comoros, Botswana, Madagascar, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Reunion, the Seychelles, South Africa and Zimbabwe. From the history books, the following tropical cyclones made landfall and hit southern Africa: Eline (2000), Favio (2007), Dineo (2017), Idai (2019), Kenneth (2019), Eliose (2021), and Chalane (2020). Although all these tropical cyclones had negative impacts, it is undoubtedly Tropical Cyclone Idai that shocked the world with its devastation mainly in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe in March 2019. Key infrastructure was destroyed, livelihoods were lost, and the environment was degraded. Thousands of people died, many more were injured, many remain unaccounted for and others remained homeless as of the time of finalising this book in February 2021.
This book, therefore focuses on the devastating impacts of Tropical Cyclone Idai in Zimbabwe. The book interfaces Tropical Cyclone Idai’s impacts with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and some of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This linkage was deliberate given that there is still time remaining until 2030, and the world has generally agreed to move into the future along the pathways of sustainable development and sustainability. The book adds to the first comprehensive profiling of the impacts of tropical cyclones on southern African economies, particularly that of Zimbabwe. It also comes up as the first in a three-volume series. The other volumes to look out for are Cyclones in Southern Africa Vol 2: Foundational and Fundamental Topics; and Cyclones in Southern Africa Vol 3: Implications for the Sustainable Development Goals. To this end, this book is suitable as a read for several professionals and disciplines such as tourism and hospitality studies, economics, sustainable development, development studies, environmental sciences, arts, geography, life sciences, politics, planning and public health.
Keywords
- Tropical cyclones
- Hydrometeorology
- Early warning systems
- Disaster risk reduction
- South Africa
- Indigenous Adaptation
Authors and Affiliations
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Institute for Corporate Citizenship, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
Godwell Nhamo, David Chikodzi
About the authors
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).
David Chikodzi is a Post-doctoral fellow in the Exxaro Chair in Business and Climate Change at the University of South Africa. He holds a PhD in Geography and Environment Science from the University of the Western Cape (South Africa), Masters’ degree in Environmental Policy and Planning, as well as a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree in Geography from the University of Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Cyclones in Southern Africa
Book Subtitle: Volume 1: Interfacing the Catastrophic Impact of Cyclone Idai with SDGs in Zimbabwe
Authors: Godwell Nhamo, David Chikodzi
Series Title: Sustainable Development Goals Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72393-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-72392-7Published: 25 May 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-72395-8Published: 26 May 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-72393-4Published: 24 May 2021
Series ISSN: 2523-3084
Series E-ISSN: 2523-3092
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 279
Number of Illustrations: 127 b/w illustrations
Topics: Geography, general, Science, multidisciplinary, Monitoring/Environmental Analysis, Natural Hazards