SA IORAG

South African Chapter of the Indian Ocean Rim Association Academic Group

DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT

Natural and anthropogenic climate impacts and other man-made disasters can have severe repercussions for coastal states. Disaster Risk Management is therefore an important focus area of IORA. Within the SA IORAG, the focus has been on advocating for collaboration among existing international organisations that focus on DMR. 

IORA Reports

Report on Biomedical-engineering and other Innovative Technologies with relevance to Post-Disaster Situations. Workshop Report. 2019. 

ICWA. 2020. Disaster Risk Management: Trends among regional groupings and in IORA. Discussion Paper.

Publications

Ernesta Swanepoel (2018) IORA and disaster risk management: fostering collaboration with existing international bodies, Journal of the Indian Ocean Region, 14:2, 237-247, DOI: 10.1080/19480881.2018.1473093

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