TUTORIAL LETTER 3
MODEL ANSWERS FOR ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS
Year 2019
Semester Second semester
Subject DISASTER RISK REDUCTION V
Subject code DRR 500
1. DETAILS OF LECTURER / FACILITATOR OF LEARNING
Lecturer/Facilitator of Learning Mr K J Matebane
Consultation times Monday to Thursday from 18:00 – 21:00
Telephone 076 4733 377
E-mail
2. EXAMINATION INFORMATION
Please refer to your examination information for the specific semester.
3. MODEL ANSWERS FOR ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS
Question 1 [35]
1.1 Page 2 of the article [16]
Disaster type Lives lost/ costs
Laingsburg Floods: 1981✓ 104 lives lost✓
KZN and Swaziland Floods: More than 300 lives lost✓
✓ 1984
Natal Floods: 1987-88✓ Loss of life. ✓
Free state Floods:1988✓ Disruption of major north-south routes, more than 100
bridges damaged✓
Jukskei River An estimated 6000 people live below the I :50- year
Floods:1990s✓ floodline and could be at risk during floods✓
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, DISASTER RISK REDUCTION V
DRR500
2019 SECOND SEMESTER - TUTORIAL LETTER 3 (MODEL ANSWERS FOR ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS)
Ladysmith: Floods: No lives lost, RSO m damage (damage to
1994(1996) ✓ infrastructure, R25 m) ✓
Merriespruit: Slimesdam 17 lives lost, R45 m in damages✓
collapse: 1994✓
South Africa Drought: 1991- Estimated 49 000 agricultural jobs lost; 20 000non-
92✓ agricultural jobs lost; negative impact on the balance
of payments✓
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Department Disaster Risk Reduction activities
Dept. Water Affairs & Forestry, Dept. Agriculture. ✓ Water management before and during floods. Dam
failures✓ and drought. Management of drought
disasters through (currently re-examined. moiling
towards a more proactive drought management
strategy) ✓ Forecasting improve early warning
systems (including crop information, grazing
conditions. weather forecasts ✓
Dept. Health. ✓ Relief assistance during a disaster, monitoring of
epidermis. ✓ Poverty targeting and monitoring. Assist
in building-up vulnerability profiles. Such activities
can assist ill the targeting of programmes for reducing
risks to disasters (e.g. drought) ✓ and for improving
health and wellbeing during normal periods. Such
information and activities will also assist in targeting
when relief is needed during disasters ✓
Dept. Education✓ Incorporating comprehensive curricula✓ that focus
on risk reduction approaches as well as a focus on
traditional approaches to disaster events. ✓ Training
various groups to assist in raising the understanding of
risk reduction at various levels. ✓
Dept. Public Works✓ Risk-reduction programmes to disaster through e.g.
water harvesting; ✓ water conservation and soil
erosion projects in the term. Such activities can be
included as possible public works programmes and can
be expanded when conditions worsen. ✓ In cases of
disasters, temporary relief can be via such initiatives.
Incomes derived from public works programmes can
be used to improve household livelihoods, thereby
reducing vulnerability to future risks and disasters. ✓
Dept. of housing ✓ Ensuring good quality building standards ✓ to reduce
risks hazards by monitoring choosing sites,
construction✓, materials and services✓ (e.g. 1:50
year floodline; poor angle slopes; good quality
materials, etc). Also monitoring adequate and safe
infrastructure, e.g. electricity and water on a permanent
basis.
1.3 Page 3 of the article [4]
The organisation and the ability to create improved structures with a focus on risk reduction
rather than on responses to disasters✓. All of this takes time✓. The alternative, of ignoring
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MODEL ANSWERS FOR ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS
Year 2019
Semester Second semester
Subject DISASTER RISK REDUCTION V
Subject code DRR 500
1. DETAILS OF LECTURER / FACILITATOR OF LEARNING
Lecturer/Facilitator of Learning Mr K J Matebane
Consultation times Monday to Thursday from 18:00 – 21:00
Telephone 076 4733 377
2. EXAMINATION INFORMATION
Please refer to your examination information for the specific semester.
3. MODEL ANSWERS FOR ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS
Question 1 [35]
1.1 Page 2 of the article [16]
Disaster type Lives lost/ costs
Laingsburg Floods: 1981✓ 104 lives lost✓
KZN and Swaziland Floods: More than 300 lives lost✓
✓ 1984
Natal Floods: 1987-88✓ Loss of life. ✓
Free state Floods:1988✓ Disruption of major north-south routes, more than 100
bridges damaged✓
Jukskei River An estimated 6000 people live below the I :50- year
Floods:1990s✓ floodline and could be at risk during floods✓
Page 1 of 7
, DISASTER RISK REDUCTION V
DRR500
2019 SECOND SEMESTER - TUTORIAL LETTER 3 (MODEL ANSWERS FOR ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS)
Ladysmith: Floods: No lives lost, RSO m damage (damage to
1994(1996) ✓ infrastructure, R25 m) ✓
Merriespruit: Slimesdam 17 lives lost, R45 m in damages✓
collapse: 1994✓
South Africa Drought: 1991- Estimated 49 000 agricultural jobs lost; 20 000non-
92✓ agricultural jobs lost; negative impact on the balance
of payments✓
12 Page 2 of the article [15]
Department Disaster Risk Reduction activities
Dept. Water Affairs & Forestry, Dept. Agriculture. ✓ Water management before and during floods. Dam
failures✓ and drought. Management of drought
disasters through (currently re-examined. moiling
towards a more proactive drought management
strategy) ✓ Forecasting improve early warning
systems (including crop information, grazing
conditions. weather forecasts ✓
Dept. Health. ✓ Relief assistance during a disaster, monitoring of
epidermis. ✓ Poverty targeting and monitoring. Assist
in building-up vulnerability profiles. Such activities
can assist ill the targeting of programmes for reducing
risks to disasters (e.g. drought) ✓ and for improving
health and wellbeing during normal periods. Such
information and activities will also assist in targeting
when relief is needed during disasters ✓
Dept. Education✓ Incorporating comprehensive curricula✓ that focus
on risk reduction approaches as well as a focus on
traditional approaches to disaster events. ✓ Training
various groups to assist in raising the understanding of
risk reduction at various levels. ✓
Dept. Public Works✓ Risk-reduction programmes to disaster through e.g.
water harvesting; ✓ water conservation and soil
erosion projects in the term. Such activities can be
included as possible public works programmes and can
be expanded when conditions worsen. ✓ In cases of
disasters, temporary relief can be via such initiatives.
Incomes derived from public works programmes can
be used to improve household livelihoods, thereby
reducing vulnerability to future risks and disasters. ✓
Dept. of housing ✓ Ensuring good quality building standards ✓ to reduce
risks hazards by monitoring choosing sites,
construction✓, materials and services✓ (e.g. 1:50
year floodline; poor angle slopes; good quality
materials, etc). Also monitoring adequate and safe
infrastructure, e.g. electricity and water on a permanent
basis.
1.3 Page 3 of the article [4]
The organisation and the ability to create improved structures with a focus on risk reduction
rather than on responses to disasters✓. All of this takes time✓. The alternative, of ignoring
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