Opinion Paper

The 2021 Western Germany flood event: The value of flood risk dissemination strategies and social media

Newton Matandirotya
Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies | Vol 14, No 1 | a1322 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/jamba.v14i1.1322 | © 2022 Newton Matandirotya | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 27 March 2022 | Published: 09 December 2022

About the author(s)

Newton Matandirotya, Centre for Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience, Kgotso Development Trust, Beitbridge, Zimbabwe; and, Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Science, Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth,

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Keywords

early warning system; flood risk communication; flood; natural hazard; people-centred

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