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Dewald van Niekerk

DV

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Publications

45

Citations

1.4K

H-Index

22

Active since

2004

Affiliations

North-West University(Current)

Lund University

University of Copenhagen

Dewald van Niekerk is an author at North-West University specializing in disaster risk reduction, disaster management, and social sciences.

Top concepts

Disaster Risk ReductionDisaster ManagementDisaster Risk ManagementEngineeringDisaster ResponseSocial SciencesPublic PolicyRisk ManagementCrisis ManagementAfrican Development

Publications per year

2004–2023

45

Publications

45

Tracking the evolution of the disaster management cycle: A general system theory approach

Christo Coetzee, Dewald van Niekerk · Jàmbá Journal of Disaster Risk Studies · 2012 · 123 citations · Full text

Disaster Management Cycle, Engineering, Disaster Management +14

Disaster resilience and complex adaptive systems theory

Christo Coetzee, Dewald van Niekerk, Emmanuel Raju · Disaster Prevention and Management An International Journal · 2016 · 92 citations

Resilience (Structural Engineering), Contemporary Discourse, Disaster Risk Management +15

Stop going around in circles: towards a reconceptualisation of disaster risk management phases

Lee Bosher, Ksenia Chmutina, Dewald van Niekerk · Disaster Prevention and Management An International Journal · 2021 · 86 citations

Engineering, Natural Hazards, Natural Disasters +16

Disaster risk reduction initiatives in South Africa

Jaco Vermaak, Dewald van Niekerk · Development Southern Africa · 2004 · 66 citations

Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk reduction integration: Strategies, Policies, and Plans in three Australian Local Governments

Giuseppe Forino, Jason von Meding, Graham Brewer et al. · International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction · 2017 · 64 citations

Climate Resilience, Engineering, Geography +11

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