People possess a creative set of strategies based on their local knowledge (LK) that allow them to stay in flood-prone areas. Stakeholders involved with local level flood risk management (FRM) often overlook and underutilise this LK. There is thus an increasing need for its identification, documentation and assessment. Based on qualitative research, this paper critically explores the notion of LK in Malawi. Data was collected through 15 focus group discussions, 36 interviews and field observation, and analysed using thematic analysis. Findings indicate that local communities have a complex knowledge system that cuts across different stages of the FRM cycle and forms a component of community resilience. LK is not homogenous within a communit...
Malaysia as a tropical climate country is vulnerable to dreadful climate change events; particularly...
Community perceptions of flood resilience hinge upon translation of impressions of events and built ...
Incidences of floods have been increasing in frequency and severity. Despite the considerable progre...
People possess a creative set of strategies based on their local knowledge (LK) that allow them to s...
The importance of communities and their local knowledge (LK) in disaster risk reduction is widely d...
A UK Cabinet Office review after the 2007 floods highlighted different types of knowledge needed for...
It has been argued that local knowledge should be incorporated into climate change adaptation progra...
Current flood risk strategies in Malawi are characterized by community-based flood risk management (...
In the research and policy environment, local knowledge (LK) is increasingly seen as an important co...
It is often taken as given that community-based disaster risk reduction (CBDRR) serves as a mechanis...
The small spatial and temporal scales at which flash floods occur make predicting events challenging...
The connection between indigenous knowledge systems and disaster resilience derives from both theory...
This contributing paper aims to investigate the extent to which community-based disaster risk reduct...
The Government of Malawi, through delegates from the Department of Disaster Management Affairs, has...
In Kenya, the ability of local people to resist the impact of disasters has not been given adequate ...
Malaysia as a tropical climate country is vulnerable to dreadful climate change events; particularly...
Community perceptions of flood resilience hinge upon translation of impressions of events and built ...
Incidences of floods have been increasing in frequency and severity. Despite the considerable progre...
People possess a creative set of strategies based on their local knowledge (LK) that allow them to s...
The importance of communities and their local knowledge (LK) in disaster risk reduction is widely d...
A UK Cabinet Office review after the 2007 floods highlighted different types of knowledge needed for...
It has been argued that local knowledge should be incorporated into climate change adaptation progra...
Current flood risk strategies in Malawi are characterized by community-based flood risk management (...
In the research and policy environment, local knowledge (LK) is increasingly seen as an important co...
It is often taken as given that community-based disaster risk reduction (CBDRR) serves as a mechanis...
The small spatial and temporal scales at which flash floods occur make predicting events challenging...
The connection between indigenous knowledge systems and disaster resilience derives from both theory...
This contributing paper aims to investigate the extent to which community-based disaster risk reduct...
The Government of Malawi, through delegates from the Department of Disaster Management Affairs, has...
In Kenya, the ability of local people to resist the impact of disasters has not been given adequate ...
Malaysia as a tropical climate country is vulnerable to dreadful climate change events; particularly...
Community perceptions of flood resilience hinge upon translation of impressions of events and built ...
Incidences of floods have been increasing in frequency and severity. Despite the considerable progre...