An assessment of flood vulnerability and adaptation: A case study of Hamutsha-Muungamunwe village, Makhado municipality

Munyai, Rendani B.; Musyoki, Agnes; Nethengwe, Nthaduleni Samuel

doi:10.4102/jamba.v11i2.692

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“…Several theoretical frameworks for vulnerability assessment were developed with different scales (local, national, global), components (exposure, susceptibility/sensitivity, capacity), and dimensions (social, economic, physical, environmental, institutional) depending on the research fields (for example [3,4,[24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31]). Multiple studies were conducted to assess rural flood vulnerability incorporating exposure, susceptibility, and capacity components, for example in Romania [32], Ghana [6], South Africa [33], Mozambique [34], Vietnam [8], India [10], Pakistan [11], and Bangladesh [35]. However, none of the frameworks or assessment studies clearly revealed the impact of the rural floods or other rural hazards on the interaction/linkages between spatial units (rural and urban) and its influences on the vulnerability.…”

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A Conceptual Framework to Understand the Dynamics of Rural–Urban Linkages for Rural Flood Vulnerability

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Rural areas are highly vulnerable to floods due to limited social, economic, and physical resources. Understanding rural vulnerability is vital for developing effective disaster risk reduction strategies. Even though rural areas and cities are intrinsically linked, rural vulnerability was assessed without considering its relation to cities. Numerous theoretical frameworks on systemizing and assessing vulnerability were developed with varying level of scope and depth in terms of scale, dimensions, and components. Nevertheless, these frameworks did not explicitly mention the impact of flood or other hazards on the linkages between spatial units i.e., rural and urban. This study aims to understand and conceptualize the rural vulnerability with respect to the dynamics of rural–urban linkages in the case of flood events. To do so, current literature on rural–urban linkages, vulnerability, as well as factors that influence them were critically reviewed. Taking into account the main elements of rural–urban linkages (flow of people, information, finances, goods and services), components of vulnerability (exposure, susceptibility, and capacity), and factors (social, economic, institutional, infrastructural, spatial, and environmental), a unified framework is proposed. The framework underscores that the role of rural–urban linkages is essential to fully understand rural flood vulnerability. Moreover, the framework highlights the role of spatial factors—city size and proximity to the city—as crucial to comprehend rural vulnerability. This framework can be used as a tool for understanding multifaceted rural vulnerability for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction considering spatial development perspective. In this context, empirical investigations can be made to validate the proposed framework and policies can be introduced accordingly. Overall, the proposed framework can help recognize concepts and links of vulnerability, rural–urban dependencies, and rural development dynamics.

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“…The model was called vulnerability. Birkmann (2006) defined the broad and multidisciplinary view of vulnerability (Munyai et al 2019;Pricope et al 2019b). According to the study, indicators, and criteria used for vulnerability measurement should have a physical, economic, and social relationship with the area of interest (Sadeghi-Pouya et al 2017;Yalcin and Akyurek 2004).…”

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Review of different methods and techniques used for flood vulnerability analysis

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Bhattacharjya

2020

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Abstract. Assessment of vulnerability is the primary objective of ﬂood hazard management. One of the most signiﬁcant purposes of ﬂood vulnerability appraisal is to make a precise relationship between the theoretical conceptions of ﬂood vulnerability and the ground level management policies. A variety of approaches have been defined by many researchers to evaluate vulnerability. As such, the selection of the most suitable methodology is essential for policymakers to adequate mitigation policies. The purpose of the present study is to review all the vulnerability methods floating over the research universe and compare their beneﬁts and drawbacks. This study evaluated more than 250 selected articles related to the assessment of vulnerability published between 1980 and 2020 to determine their competence in the estimation of flood vulnerability. The findings show that most of the research works are related to statistical methods, and the methods used to allocate weight to different indicators associate to the vulnerability. Moreover, most of the vulnerability assessment methods are centred around the single type of hazard, i.e., flood, drought, etc. As such, the results recommend the necessity for developing a new integrated vulnerability assessment framework applicable to worldwide considering multiple risks.

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“…Climate is recognized by the municipality to be changing, altering and resulting to rising temperature and reduced and erratic rainfall across the district, which is a reflection of the regional climate [58,75]. The new climate pattern according to the district Integrated Development Plan has caused reduction of access to potable water, food security threats and increase health effects to poverty stricken communities [72].…”

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Households’ Adaptation to Climate Change Hazards in Semi-Arid Region of Mopani, South Africa

Jimoh¹,

Bikam²,

Chikoore³

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Natural Hazards - Impacts, Adjustments and Resilience

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New climate change realities are no longer a doubtful phenomenon, but realities to adapt and live with. Its cogent impacts and implications’ dispositions pervade all sectors and geographic scales, making no sector or geographic area immune, nor any human endeavor spared from the associated adversities. The consequences of this emerging climate order are already manifesting, with narratives written beyond the alterations in temperature and precipitation, particularly in urban areas of semi-arid region of South Africa. The need to better understand and respond to the new climate change realities is particularly acute in this region. Thus, this chapter highlights the concept of adaptation as a fundamental component of managing climate change vulnerability, through identifying and providing insight in respect of some available climate change adaptation models and how these models fit within the premises and programmes of sustainable adaptation in semi-arid region with gaps identification. The efforts of governments within the global context are examined with households’ individual adaptation strategies to climate change hazards in Mopani District. The factors hindering the success of sustainable urban climate change adaptation strategic framework and urban households’ adaptive systems are also subjects of debate and constitute the concluding remarks to the chapter.

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An assessment of flood vulnerability and adaptation: A case study of Hamutsha-Muungamunwe village, Makhado municipality

Cited by 50 publications

References 13 publications

A Conceptual Framework to Understand the Dynamics of Rural–Urban Linkages for Rural Flood Vulnerability

A Conceptual Framework to Understand the Dynamics of Rural–Urban Linkages for Rural Flood Vulnerability

Review of different methods and techniques used for flood vulnerability analysis

Households’ Adaptation to Climate Change Hazards in Semi-Arid Region of Mopani, South Africa

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