Jamba: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies

Aims & Scope

Jàmbá is a trans-disciplinary publication in the field of disaster risk reduction and resilience, aimed at serving as a platform for discussion and debate in this relatively new study field. Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies aims to engage, inform, and catalyse scholarly discourse within research and real-world practices that work towards the minimisation of vulnerabilities and disaster risks throughout developing communities with special emphasis on Africa. The intended focus of Jàmbá (meaning disaster in Yoruba) is on the African continent but also welcomes related articles from other regions. The journal crosses and affects disciplinary boundaries to promote communication, collaboration and teamwork between professions and disciplines to avoid disaster risk creation, address the vulnerability, or limit the adverse impacts of hazards, within the broad context of sustainable development. The journal attempts to address how societal resilience can be built within the context of sustainable development. The journal covers all areas of disaster risk reduction and resilience. The journal is vital to the African and wider global south research community as it creates discourse on disaster risk management which can inform policy-makers and legislative stakeholders on how to develop more effective and responsive policies, programmes, and applied planning to reduce communities’ vulnerability to natural and anthropogenic hazards.

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