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Youth in Blantyre City face increasing vulnerability to disasters such as floods and storms, which disrupt sports and recreational activities essential for physical health, social interaction, emotional well-being, and resilience building. Despite growing awareness of disaster risks, little attention has been given to how disasters …
Natural Based Solutions for Ecosystem Management and DRR
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Climate change is referred to as a long-term change in global weather patterns which is associated especially with the increase in temperature, precipitation, and storm activities. Climate change is a global challenge especially in developing countries, and its impacts are experienced in agricultural productivity. In …
Meteorology
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This research investigates the physical and spatial impacts of the Thuchila River’s course alteration on flood patterns and extent in Group Village Head (GVH) Nogwe, Mulanje District, Malawi. While local flooding is often broadly attributed to extreme weather such as the legacy of Cyclone Freddy …
Landuse/Landcover Analysis
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The aim of the research was to conduct a gap analysis on climate information services for the 2023-2024 seasonal forecast. The analysis focused on small-scale farmers' awareness of seasonal forecast information, the available communication methods, and the application of information in field work. The project …
Geospatial Technologies
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This study assesses tropical Cyclones originating in the Mozambique Channel that impacted Malawi from 2014 to 2023, focusing on their frequency, intensity, and impacts. The southern region of Malawi, characterized by high population density and vulnerability to climate change extremes, serves as a study area. …
Meteorology
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This study chose adaptation to changing climate as a societal response of Kamphande, Kasankha and M’bwana, T/A Namkumba in Mangochi district in investigating and explaining the injustices of climate change and gender inequality. Adaptation to climate change requires equal participation, equal access to resources such …
Climate change
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Rapid and unplanned urbanization is increasingly recognized as a primary driver of elevated flood risk in sub-Saharan African cities, yet localized, evidence-based research quantifying this link remains scarce. This study assesses the impact of land use and land cover (LULC) changes on flood risk in …
Disaster Risk Management
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Rainfall-induced landslides pose a threat to life, infrastructure, and economy in Malawi, particularly in regions such as Mulanje, Zomba, Dedza and the northern highlands just mention a few. Traditional monitoring methods such as field surveys, GIS, and remote sensing meet obstacles for large-scale, real-time detection …
Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, Loss and Damage
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Youth are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate-related hazards, as explained by the IPCC (2022) and WHO (2010), which highlight the significant challenges young people face due to climate change. In Malawi, where 49% of the population is aged 10 to 34, youth involvement …
Meteorology
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2026
INTEGRATING GIS AND REMOTE SENSING TO ASSESS THE RISK OF LANDSLIDE IN NKHULAMBE COMMUNITY, PHALOMBE
Landslides pose a major threat to communities in mountainous regions, especially in developing countries like Malawi, where disaster risk management is hindered by weak institutional capacity and limited data. The Nkhulambe Community in Phalombe District, affected by events like Cyclone Freddy in 2023, was the …
Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, Loss and Damage
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2026
ASSESSING PUBLIC PERCEPTION ON EARLY WARNING SYSTEM: A CASE STUDY OF SEKENI I VILLAGE, CHIKWAWA
This study investigates public perceptions of early warning systems (EWS) in Sekeni I Village, a community in Malawi's flood-prone Chikwawa district in the south. EWS plays an important role in disaster preparedness and risk reduction; however, their effectiveness is heavily influenced by public awareness, trust, …
Disaster Management
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Landslides are among one of the greatest destructive hazards which result in a lot of fatalities and financial losses all over the word the world every year. The central objective of this research was to develop a landslide susceptibility map of rainfall induced landslides, a …
Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, Loss and Damage
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