Karonga (Malawi)

Karonga, Malawi

WP1 - Vulnerability Assessment: 

In Karonga Town work applies a community level Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (VCA) method. Primary data is collected through stakeholder consultations; gender / age based focused group discussions and transect walks. The tool is intended to support the development of effective risk reduction interventions by considering how everyday / multiple hazard risks and vulnerabilities can be addressed through urban planning and governance.

The research includes several components such as household interviews and water quality analysis, which has also been implemented alongside GNDR's frontline tool, thereby allowing triangulation of data from the VCA approach. This case provides Urban ARK an opportunity to contribute to the development of methodological tools and the building of local capacity within the context of a rapidly urbanizing country that is in the initial stages of reorienting its national policy framework to address the growing needs of its urban areas.

This publication covers a range of disaster risk management (DRM) themes, from community participation in DRM data collection to risk mapping and from urban waste management to hazard accumulation

Author(s): 

Mark Pelling

In African cities, orienting risk management towards a developmental agenda can

confront the root causes of poverty and risk. Transition to an integrated approach has

The past may reveal local patterns and triggers of urban risk, highlighting the importance of long-term exposure to everyday events and barriers to risk reduction.

Community-based organisation and action can contribute greatly to disaster risk reduction, and interlinked to this, to building resilience to the impacts of climate change.

This document provides a summary of the historic climate at Karonga and how it is projected to change into the future due to anthropogenic climate change.

Community-based organisation and action can contribute greatly to disaster risk reduction, and interlinked to this, to building resilience to the impacts of climate change.

Karonga has a sub-tropical climate which is relatively dry. The rainy season runs from November/December to April the following year, and the dry season from June to October.

Author(s): 

Pasquini, L; van Aardenne, L

The inhabitants of African towns and cities face a range of hazards, which can best be described as representing a ‘spectrum of risk’ from events that can cause death, illness or injury, and impove

The inhabitants of Karonga Town in Malawi are at risk from major disasters, such
as flooding, earthquakes and droughts. They are also at risk from everyday hazards

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