Overview
- Presents foundational and fundamental topics regarding tropical cyclones in Southern Africa
- Contains topics reflecting on the application of the systems thinking approach, the role of Hunhu/Ubuntu as a local community response to floods and cyclones, and the exploration of indigenous knowledge systems in understanding tropical cyclones
- Comes in a series of three volumes that present comprehensive and ground-breaking work 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 (17 chapters)
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Knowledge Systems and Related Approaches
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The Policy Space
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Godwell Nhamo is a Full Professor and Exxaro Chair in Business and Climate Change at the University of South Africa (UNISA). 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).
Kaitano Dube is an Ecotourism Management Lecturer at Vaal University of Technology (South Africa). He is a National Research Foundation (NRF) Y-Rated tourism geographer researching in the area of tourism, climate change and sustainability. He holds a PhD and MSc from the University of South Africa (South Africa). He graduated with a BSc Hons from Midlands State University in Gweru (Zimbabwe).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Cyclones in Southern Africa
Book Subtitle: Volume 2: Foundational and Fundamental Topics
Editors: Godwell Nhamo, Kaitano Dube
Series Title: Sustainable Development Goals Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74262-1
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: 978-3-030-74261-4Published: 25 July 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-74264-5Published: 26 July 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-74262-1Published: 24 July 2021
Series ISSN: 2523-3084
Series E-ISSN: 2523-3092
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 274
Number of Illustrations: 54 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour
Topics: Natural Hazards, Geography, general, Science, multidisciplinary, Monitoring/Environmental Analysis