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Cyclones in Southern Africa - Volume 1: Interfacing the Catastrophic Impact of Cyclone Idai with SDGs in Zimbabwe (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
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Cyclones in Southern Africa - Volume 1: Interfacing the Catastrophic Impact of Cyclone Idai with SDGs in Zimbabwe (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Series: Sustainable Development Goals Series
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There is evidence that the world has been witnessing more intense
tropical cyclones. Accompanying these tropical cyclones are
heightened levels of devastation that witness the loss of human
life and wildlife, destruction of natural resources and property
and the disruption of major economic and social activities. To this
end, there is a growing demand for publications focusing on
tropical cyclones at various levels that include regional, national
and local levels, especially from Africa. One sub-region that has
been witnessing the harsh realities of the increasing intensity of
tropical cyclones in southern Africa. However, within this region,
countries are usually impacted at varying degrees of damage. Among
the countries that usually encounter the harshness of these
tropical cyclones are the Comoros, Botswana, Madagascar, Mauritius,
Malawi, Mozambique, Reunion, the Seychelles, South Africa and
Zimbabwe. From the history books, the following tropical cyclones
made landfall and hit southern Africa: Eline (2000), Favio (2007),
Dineo (2017), Idai (2019), Kenneth (2019), Eliose (2021), and
Chalane (2020). Although all these tropical cyclones had negative
impacts, it is undoubtedly Tropical Cyclone Idai that shocked the
world with its devastation mainly in Mozambique, Malawi and
Zimbabwe in March 2019. Key infrastructure was destroyed,
livelihoods were lost, and the environment was degraded. Thousands
of people died, many more were injured, many remain unaccounted for
and others remained homeless as of the time of finalising this book
in February 2021. This book, therefore focuses on the devastating
impacts of Tropical Cyclone Idai in Zimbabwe. The book interfaces
Tropical Cyclone Idai's impacts with the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development and some of the 17 Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs). This linkage was deliberate given that there is still
time remaining until 2030, and the world has generally agreed to
move into the future along the pathways of sustainable development
and sustainability. The book adds to the first comprehensive
profiling of the impacts of tropical cyclones on southern African
economies, particularly that of Zimbabwe. It also comes up as the
first in a three-volume series. The other volumes to look out for
are Cyclones in Southern Africa Vol 2: Foundational and Fundamental
Topics; and Cyclones in Southern Africa Vol 3: Implications for the
Sustainable Development Goals. To this end, this book is suitable
as a read for several professionals and disciplines such as tourism
and hospitality studies, economics, sustainable development,
development studies, environmental sciences, arts, geography, life
sciences, politics, planning and public health.
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