Poverty, vulnerability and the impact of flooding in the Limpopo Province, South Africa

Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Volume 5: Water Pollution

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 275-287

  Khandlhela, Masingita ^a   May, Julian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Community response; Flooding; Livelihoods; South Africa; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COPING STRATEGY; FLOODING; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; VULNERABILITY;

AFRICA; LIMPOPO; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33947305913     PISSN: 14336863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-006-0028-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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