Living with Drought: Drought Mitigation for Sustainable Livliehoods

by Astrid Von Kotze, Ailsa Holloway

Overview

This resource pack, consisting of a paperback and VHS-format videos, presents a creative and constructive training approach to drought preparedness and sustainable development in at-risk communities. It constitutes an innovative effort to move the practice of drought mitigation beyond “ classic disaster management” towards sustainable development and practice. Moreover, the approach itself is not only educational, but also accessible and engaging.

The handbook contains carefully developed and tested activities, while the complementary video set consists of three training films. The material can be used to accommodate a wide range of training, education, and facilitation needs and will prove to be a valuable resource to those in the field of disaster management, sustainable agriculture or participatory development.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781853394706
Publisher:	Practical Action Publishing
Publication date:	11/28/1999
Series:	Agriculture and Farming Series
Pages:	206
Product dimensions:	6.25(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.67(d)

About the Author

Astrid Von Kotze teaches in adult and community education at the University of Natal, South Africa.

Ailsa Holloway works at the Department of Environmental and Geographical Science at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Introduction

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. About this pack
Chapter 2. Terms, concepts, and perceptions
Chapter 3. Understanding risk
Chapter 4. Planning and implementing drought mitigation
Chapter 5. Materials, glossary, reference

Editorial Reviews

"This book and video were created to move the practice of drought mitigation beyond disaster management and into sustainable development and practice....The book outlines terms and concepts in drought mitigation and discusses perceptions of risk and common meanings of drought. It explains drought vulnerability and risk assessment, outlines methods for planning and implementing drought mitigation, and lists materials for further exploration of this topic. The video contains three training films that present the experiences of different communities dealing with drought."

Natural Hazards Observer

"This book and video were created to move the practice of drought mitigation beyond disaster management and into sustainable development and practice....The book outlines terms and concepts in drought mitigation and discusses perceptions of risk and common meanings of drought. It explains drought vulnerability and risk assessment, outlines methods for planning and implementing drought mitigation, and lists materials for further exploration of this topic. The video contains three training films that present the experiences of different communities dealing with drought."

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