Improved planning can reduce disaster risks in African cities – SU professor
Urban risk management in African must improve to make cities on the continent less vulnerable against increasing droughts, wildfires, flooding and food insecurity, Dr Ailsa Holloway, Director of DiMP (Disaster Mitigation for Sustainable Livelihoods Programme) at Stellenbosch University (SU) said recently. She delivered a keynote address at the 4th Africa Regional Platform on Disaster Risk […]
African universities reach out to local disaster managers
A leading academic has called on universities to engage more with vulnerable communities and to empower local disaster managers in their efforts to address various daunting challenges. Dr. Mateugue Diack, of the University of Gaston Berger, in Saint-Louis, Senegal, highlighted a new Master’s programme aimed at “training vulnerable people in vulnerable situations” as a case […]