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Cavan, G and Kingston, R (2012) Development of a climate change risk and vulnerability assessment tool for urban areas. International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 3(03), 253-69.

Haigh, R and Sutton, R (2012) Strategies for the effective engagement of multi-national construction enterprises in post-disaster building and infrastructure projects. International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 3(03), 270-82.

Kamani-Fard, A, Ahmad, M H and Ossen, D R (2012) The sense of place in the new homes of post-Bam earthquake reconstruction. International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 3(03), 220-36.

Madaha, R M (2012) Disparate coping strategies for gendered effects of drought: A call for re-examination of gender roles and harmful traditions in Central Tanzania. International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 3(03), 283-302.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: climate change; community-centred; developing countries; disaster mitigation; disasters; empowerment; poverty; Tanzania
  • ISBN/ISSN: 1759-5908
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1108/17595901211263675
  • Abstract:
    Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to facilitate an understanding of influence of gender roles in drought so as to come with relevant recommendation aimed at bettering the lives of men, women and female children. Design/methodology/approach – Data have been collected via participant observation, interviews and collection of unpublished primary and secondary data generated by case studies conducted by the author. After which, content analysis was employed for its potentiality as a means of systematically identifying, classifying and analyzing information relevant to this study. Findings – It is argued in this study that the survival of the community, in Central Tanzania, is questionable because effects of drought have reached intolerable levels and strategies adopted aren't that helpful. More specifically, socially assigned gender roles, position women and female children at the most disadvantageous position as the main victims of the disaster. Accordingly, gender roles have to be changed, if the effects of drought have to be mitigated and the community rescued from disappearance. Originality/value – The research is original as data obtained cannot be easily accessed by short term researchers who have inadequate knowledge of the community and cannot observe season changes. Practitioner, social scientists and natural scientists, engineers and contractors included, can have their confidence in the findings: the findings are ready to be used.

Pathirage, C, Seneviratne, K, Amaratunga, D and Haigh, R (2012) Managing disaster knowledge: identification of knowledge factors and challenges. International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 3(03), 237-52.

Tatum, M C and Terrell, F (2012) Hurricane reconstruction in the United States Gulf Coast. International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 3(03), 199-219.