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Climate change: A threat towards achieving 'Sustainable Development Goal number two' (end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture) in South Africa	1545	341	29	1915
The impact of climate change on food security in South Africa: Current realities and challenges ahead	1427	419	13	1859
Conceptual change of disaster management models: A thematic analysis	513	558	19	1090
Regulatory and policy implications of sand mining along shallow waters of Njelele River in South Africa	710	252	76	1038
Twenty years of community-based disaster risk reduction experience from a dryland village in Indonesia	857	70	13	940
Assessing social vulnerability to drought in South Africa: Policy implication for drought risk reduction	693	161	19	873
The implications of population growth and climate change on sustainable development in Bangladesh	591	116	37	744
Statistical analysis of annual maximum daily rainfall for Nelspruit and its environs	98	460	23	581
Urban settlements' vulnerability to flood risks in African cities: A conceptual framework	409	142	20	571
Managing wetlands for disaster risk reduction: A case study of the eastern Free State, South Africa	225	315	16	556
Regional disaster risk management strategies for food security: Probing Southern African Development Community channels for influencing national policy	461	81	13	555
The contribution of indigenous knowledge to disaster risk reduction activities in Zimbabwe: A big call to practitioners	313	199	17	529
Challenges faced by rural people in mitigating the effects of climate change in the Mazungunye communal lands, Zimbabwe	381	97	32	510
Fire disaster preparedness and situational analysis in higher learning institutions of Tanzania	333	147	25	505
Impacts of flood disasters in Nigeria: A critical evaluation of health implications and management	336	133	31	500
Hydrological hazards in Vhembe district in Limpopo Province, South Africa	233	237	30	500
Climate change adaptation and local government: Institutional complexities surrounding Cape Town's Day Zero	348	82	69	499
Application of the force-field technique to drought vulnerability analysis: A phenomenological approach	198	93	203	494
Flood survivors' perspectives on vulnerability reduction to floods in Mbire district, Zimbabwe	213	70	202	485
The role of cooperatives in sustaining the livelihoods of rural communities: The case of rural cooperatives in Shurugwi District, Zimbabwe	354	98	28	480
Climate adaptation in the public health sector in Africa: Evidence from United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change National Communications	377	73	29	479
Small grain production as an adaptive strategy to climate change in Mangwe District, Matabeleland South in Zimbabwe	100	340	28	468
Adaptation measures to sustain indigenous practices and the use of indigenous knowledge systems to adapt to climate change in Mutoko rural district of Zimbabwe	311	116	17	444
Social impacts of corruption upon community resilience and poverty	356	66	14	436
Resilience of informal settlements to climate change in the mountainous areas of Konso, Ethiopia and QwaQwa, South Africa	273	75	75	423
Fish farming as an innovative strategy for promoting food security in drought risk regions of Zimbabwe	268	130	16	414
An assessment of flood vulnerability and adaptation: A case study of Hamutsha-Muungamunwe village, Makhado municipality	259	101	43	403
Vulnerability of growing cities to solid waste-related environmental hazards: The case of Mthatha, South Africa	253	109	26	388
Hydrological hazards in Vhembe district in Limpopo Province, South Africa	316	15	35	366
The impact of artisanal mining on rehabilitation efforts of abandoned mine shafts in Sutherland goldfield, South Africa	192	138	32	362
The relationship between drought and tourist arrivals: A case study of Kruger National Park, South Africa	289	32	23	344
Economic vulnerability to tropical storms on the southeastern coast of Africa	284	25	32	341
Ecological vulnerability indicators to drought: Case of communal farmers in Eastern Cape, South Africa	234	68	31	333
The impact of disasters and terrorism on the stock market	210	88	32	330
The effectiveness of community-based rehabilitation as a strategy for improving quality of life and disaster resilience for children with disability in rural Zimbabwe	218	80	20	318
Flooding and poverty: Two interrelated social problems impacting rural development in Tsholotsho district of Matabeleland North province in Zimbabwe	245	51	17	313
Urban fire risk control: House design, upgrading and replanning	151	140	21	312
Vulnerability of human settlements to flood risk in the core area of Ibadan metropolis, Nigeria	204	92	14	310
Impact of climate change on primary agriculture, water sources and food security in Western Cape, South Africa	207	76	26	309
Small business success: Identifying safety hazards and safety risks	252	34	23	309
Risk of a disaster: Risk knowledge, interpretation and resilience	246	26	32	304
Religious beliefs and climate change adaptation: A study of three rural South African communities	221	59	16	296
Economic migration and the socio-economic impacts on the emigrant's family: A case of Ward 8, Gweru Rural district, Zimbabwe	173	100	21	294
Household disaster awareness and preparedness: A case study of flood hazards in Asamankese in the West Akim Municipality of Ghana	219	50	25	294
Rural transport and climate change in South Africa: Converting constraints into rural transport adaptation opportunities	159	53	75	287
Participatory approach to flood disaster management in Thohoyandou	148	63	75	286
Guiding developments in flood-prone areas: Challenges and opportunities in Dire Dawa city, Ethiopia	128	72	73	273
Building resilience to food insecurity in rural communities: Evidence from traditional institutions in Zimbabwe	223	35	14	272
Cassava production as a climate change adaptation strategy in Chilonga Ward, Chiredzi District, Zimbabwe	208	41	22	271
The role of indigenous knowledge in drought risk reduction: A case of communal farmers in South Africa	201	55	15	271
Assessment of logistical support for road maintenance to manage road accidents in Vhembe district municipalities	112	77	80	269
Gender mainstreaming: A lasting solution to disaster risk reduction	142	44	77	263
Social work assessment of climate change: Case of disasters in greater Tzaneen municipality	144	38	77	259
Cities and floods: A pragmatic insight into the determinants of households' coping strategies to floods in informal Accra, Ghana	160	65	27	252
Adapting to climate change: Reflections of peasant farmers in Mashonaland West Province of Zimbabwe	150	80	21	251
Thohoyandou's central business district and the hypothetical accessibility challenges for emergency services	131	63	57	251
Antibiotic resistance and R&D failure: The need for near real-time disaster research	142	29	79	250
Impact of climate change and variability on traditional farming systems: Farmers' perceptions from south-west, semi-arid Zimbabwe	172	34	35	241
Measuring social vulnerability to natural hazards at the district level in Botswana	160	54	23	237
Making space for experiential knowledge in climate change adaptation? Insights from municipal planning officers in Bohol, Philippines	188	27	18	233
Climate change and vulnerability discourse by students at a South African university	179	37	15	231
The role of traditional leadership in disaster management and disaster risk governance: A case of Ugu District Municipality by-laws	131	70	27	228
The adaptive capacity of smallholder mixed-farming systems to the impact of climate change: The case of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa	160	48	17	225
Community-based approach for a flood preparedness plan in Malaysia	138	59	25	222
Are peri-urban land transactions a disaster in the making? A case of Domboshava, Zimbabwe	111	46	65	222
Exploring linkages between transport and disaster risk reduction in South Africa: A review of literature	130	57	28	215
Indigenous knowledge approach in maintaining a livelihood in the face of disastrous climate change: Case of drought in Msinga villages, KwaZulu-Natal	145	41	27	213
Managing flood disasters on the built environment in the rural communities of Zimbabwe: Lessons learnt	121	72	18	211
Greenhouse gas emissions as sustainability indicators in agricultural sectors' adaptation to climate change: Policy implications	153	30	27	210
Factors influencing the resilience of smallholder livestock farmers to agricultural drought in South Africa: Implication for adaptive capabilities	148	34	25	207
The role of knowledge and fatalism in college students related to the earthquake-risk perception	147	26	34	207
Is the Indonesian disaster response budget correlated with disaster risk?	139	31	35	205
Linking risk communication and sustainable climate change action: A conceptual framework	165	37	0	202
Integrating Standard Precipitation Index and Normalised Difference Vegetation Index for near-real-time drought monitoring in Eswatini	140	31	29	200
Local worlds: Vulnerability and food insecurity in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa	111	56	32	199
Traditional knowledge system in disaster risk reduction: Exploration, acknowledgement and proposition	111	65	22	198
Small-Scale Farmers Associations' adaptive capacity to climate change in Swaziland sugarcane industry	109	55	33	197
A hierarchical cluster-based segmentation analysis of potential solid waste management health hazards in urban Ethiopia	103	60	33	196
Climate-smart agriculture for sustainable agricultural sectors: The case of Mooifontein	75	101	19	195
Monitoring droughts in Eswatini: A spatiotemporal variability analysis using the Standard Precipitation Index	125	39	30	194
Seismic vulnerability assessment to earthquake at urban scale: A case of Mostaganem city in Algeria	126	48	18	192
Natural hazard mitigation strategies review: Actor-network theory and the eco-based approach understanding in Zimbabwe	124	38	30	192
Conflict or consensus? Re-examining crime and disaster	156	34	0	190
Participatory capacities and vulnerabilities assessment: Towards the realisation of community-based early warning system for deep-seated landslides	140	23	25	188
Disability and disaster risk reduction as an incongruent matrix: Lessons from rural Zimbabwe	114	46	27	187
The contribution of small-scale rural irrigation schemes towards food security of smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe	101	59	27	187
Community resilience to floods in the coastal zone for disaster risk reduction	131	40	13	184
Building community resilience to climate change: The role of a Population-Health-Environment programme in supporting the community response to cyclone Haruna in Madagascar	160	24	0	184
Considering flood risk in spatial development planning: A land use conflict analysis approach	101	53	26	180
Beyond the plan: How land use control practices influence flood risk in Sekondi-Takoradi	114	29	30	173
Coping with drought: Reflection of communal cattle farmers in Umzingwane district in Zimbabwe	119	26	28	173
Using geographic information system to evaluate land use and land cover affected by flooding in Adamawa State, Nigeria	119	24	29	172
Earthquake loss estimation of residential buildings in Bantul regency, Indonesia	125	22	23	170
Frequency analysis of agricultural drought of maize in Sabie River catchment in South Africa	55	86	29	170
Fundamentals of safety hazards: A scientific perspective	111	25	32	168
Traditional ecological knowledge and flood risk management: A preliminary case study of the Rwenzori	120	28	19	167
Delineating risk zones and evaluation of shelter centres for flood disaster management along the Pahang River Basin, Malaysia	122	30	12	164
Harnessing local traditional authorities as a potential strategy to combat the vagaries of climate change in Zimbabwe	98	49	14	161
Risking health for rental housing: Reviewing service access in the informal backyard rental sector	105	16	35	156
Chronological trends in maximum and minimum water flows of the Teesta River, Bangladesh, and its implications	109	26	20	155

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