LEADER 04160nam 2200529 450 001 9910767572603321 005 20220414191329.0 010 $a3-030-74192-3 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-74192-1 035 $a(CKB)4100000011994858 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-74192-1 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6689235 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6689235 035 $a(PPN)257354018 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011994858 100 $a20220414d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 04$aThe increasing risk of floods and tornadoes in Southern Africa /$fGodwell Nhamo, Lazarus Chapungu, editors 205 $a1st ed. 2021. 210 1$aCham, Switzerland :$cSpringer,$d[2021] 210 4$dİ2021 215 $a1 online resource (XXI, 290 p. 135 illus., 133 illus. in color.) 225 1 $aSustainable Development Goals Series 311 $a3-030-74191-5 327 $aChapter 1. Contextualising the increasing risk of floods and tornadoes -- Chapter 2. Satellite-based approaches in the detection and monitoring of selected hydro-meteorological disasters -- Chapter 3. ICT readiness for flood risk reduction and management: Lessons from Eastern Cape Province?s Port St Johns municipality, South Africa -- Chapter 4. A reflection of hydrological and other emerging perspectives of Lake Kariba?s Operation Noah -- Chapter 5. Victoria Falls water flow regimes: A tale of two half-centuries -- Chapter 6. Partnerships in mitigating the impacts of floods in South Africa -- Chapter 7. Hotel management under increasing and more intense floods: A focus on The Centurion Hotel, South Africa -- Chapter 8. Rethinking harbours, beaches and urban estuaries waste management under climate-induced floods in South Africa -- Chapter 9. The need for effective storm water management to build flood resilient communities: A case of Port St Johns, South Africa -- Chapter 10. Impacts of cyclones Idai and Kenneth and the 2019 floods on the insurance sector in South Africa and Mozambique -- Chapter 11. Exploring the migration effects of cyclones and floods in Southern Africa: A focus on 2019 floods and cyclones Idai and Kenneth -- Chapter 12. Impact of floods on access to drinking water: A focus on 2019 floods in Magalasi Village in Chikwawa District, Malawi -- Chapter 13. Vulnerability of settlements to floods in South Africa: A focus on Port St Johns -- Chapter 14. Impacts of floods on livestock production in Port St Johns, South Africa -- Chapter 15. Characterisation and Analysis of Emerging Localised Severe Storms in Malawi: How Common are Tornadoes? -- Chapter 16. Characterisation and impacts of tornado-induced flooding and windstorms in Mpumalanga province, South Africa -- Chapter 17. Emerging Key Findings, Conclusions and Policy Recommendations. 330 $aThis volume discusses the increasing occurrence of floods and tornadoes in Southern Africa over the last few years. The book discusses existing flood and tornado management protocols, indigenous approaches to mitigate disaster risk, urban and peri-urban flooding, tornado-induced flooding and windstorms, and the challenges and vulnerabilities associated with rural and transboundary floods. The book offers planning and recovery strategies to minimise impacts from these events through sustainable means. Such means include sustainable drainage systems, waste management in harbors and beaches, community engagement in flood-prone areas, and improved food security measures in urban poor households. 410 0$aSustainable development goals series. 606 $aFlood control$zAfrica, Southern 606 $aFloods$zAfrica, Southern 606 $aTornadoes 615 0$aFlood control 615 0$aFloods 615 0$aTornadoes. 676 $a551.5 702 $aNhamo$b Godwell 702 $aChapungu$b Lazarus 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910767572603321 996 $aIncreasing Risk of Floods and Tornadoes in Southern Africa$92587368 997 $aUNINA