Calamidades naturais - estratégias para prevenção, mitigação e gestão de cheias, 1977-2000: estudo de caso do vale do Baixo Limpopo distrito de Xai-Xai

Abstract

The present work has as object of study the natural disasters, specifically the floods in the Lower Limpopo valley in the Xai-Xai District, aiming essentially to demonstrate the strategies of mitigation and management of disasters and the main actors involved (populations, Government and NGOs). After the introduction, we cover the physical and socio-cultural characteristics of the Xai-Xai District, followed by the third chapter, which describes the floods and their impact on the Lower Limpopo valley in the fields of human, agricultural, livestock, infrastructure, production and income. Chapter 4 describes the strategies of prevention, mitigation and management of floods by the peasant communities, the Government and NGOs. The strategies range from the traditional ones practised by the people according to the knowledge transmitted from generation to generation, to the ones followed by the Government and NGOs, to stop the impact of floods in the Lower Limpopo valley. The last chapter presents the general conclusions of the work.