A letter from the Director of the African Centre for Disaster Studies - The different faces of vulnerability: Are we making any impact at all?

Dewald van Niekerk

doi:10.4102/jamba.v1i1.2

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A letter from the Director of the African Centre for Disaster Studies - The different faces of vulnerability: Are we making any impact at all?

Dewald van Niekerk

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Dewald van Niekerk, African Centre for Disaster Studies at North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, South Africa

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Vulnerability is the common cause of the immense disaster risk present on the African continent.

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