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Disaster Management; Climate Change Adaptation; Nature-based Solutions; Risk Informed Development
Cameroon, Lesotho, South Africa

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Employment (3)

University of the Free State: Bloemfontein, Free State, ZA

2010-04-01 to 2024-01-10 | Acting Director/Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer/Researcher (DiMTEC)
Employment
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Johanes Amate Belle

Government of Lesotho-Holy Names High School: Bela-Bela, Berea, LS

1999-01-01 to 2010-03-31 | Senior Educator/HoD (Commercail Department)
Employment
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Johanes Amate Belle

Government High School: Ekondo Titi, South West, CM

1992-09-15 to 1997-06-30 | Teacher (Geography and Economics)
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Johanes Amate Belle

Education and qualifications (4)

University of the Free State: Bloemfontein, Free State, ZA

2010-10-25 to 2016-12-18 | PhD (Centre for Environmental Management)
Education
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Johanes Amate Belle

University of the Free State: Bloemfontein, Free State, ZA

2008-01-20 to 2009-12-30 | Master's in Disaster Management (Disaster Management Training and Education Centre for Africa)
Education
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Johanes Amate Belle

University of South Africa: Pretoria, ZA

2005-03-15 to 2007-02-22 | Honours BA in Geohraphy (Geography)
Education
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Johanes Amate Belle

University of Yaounde 1: Yaounde, Centre, CM

1984-09-15 to 1990-06-29 | BA + Education (Geography)
Education
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Johanes Amate Belle

Professional activities (3)

Academy of Science of South Africa: Pretoria, ZA

2022-05-20 to present | Standing Committee on Health (Health)
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Johanes Amate Belle

Free State Umbrella Fire Protection Association (FSUFPA): Bloemfontein, Free State, ZA

2019-08-02 to present | Board Member (UFPA)
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Johanes Amate Belle

Disaster Management Institute of southern Africa (DMISA): Pretoria, Southern Africa, ZA

2010-03-01 to present | Professional (Member of Council)
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Johanes Amate Belle

Works (41)

A participatory systems dynamic modelling approach to understanding flood systems in a coastal community in Cameroon

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
2024 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85182413301

Part of ISSN: 22124209
Contributors: Awah, L.S.; Belle, J.A.; Nyam, Y.S.; Orimoloye, I.R.
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Johanes Amate Belle via Scopus - Elsevier
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A system archetype approach to identify behavioural patterns in flood risk management: Case study of Cameroon

Environmental Development
2024 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85197657828

Part of ISSN: 22114645
Contributors: Awah, L.S.; Nyam, Y.S.; Belle, J.A.; Orimoloye, I.R.
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Johanes Amate Belle via Scopus - Elsevier

A Systematic Analysis of Systems Approach and Flood Risk Management Research: Trends, Gaps, and Opportunities

International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
2024 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85185148164

Part of ISSN: 21926395 20950055
Contributors: Awah, L.S.; Belle, J.A.; Nyam, Y.S.; Orimoloye, I.R.
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Johanes Amate Belle via Scopus - Elsevier

Building resilience to hazards in the water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) systems: a global review

International Journal of Environmental Health Research
2024 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85144116956

Part of ISSN: 13691619 09603123
Contributors: Tshuma, M.; Belle, J.A.; Ncube, A.; Nyam, Y.S.; Orimoloye, I.R.
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Climate change extreme events and exposure of local communities to water scarcity: a case study of QwaQwa in South Africa

Environmental Hazards
2024 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85185665914

Part of ISSN: 18780059 17477891
Contributors: Muyambo, F.; Belle, J.; Nyam, Y.S.; Orimoloye, I.R.
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Johanes Amate Belle via Scopus - Elsevier

Geospatial analysis of flood risk hazard in Zambezi Region, Namibia

Environmental Challenges
2024 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85190847651

Part of ISSN: 26670100
Contributors: Mshelia, Z.H.; Nyam, Y.S.; Moisès, D.J.; Belle, J.A.
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Perceptions of environmental impacts of artisanal coal mining vis-à-vis the scientific reality: a case of a community in South Africa's Kwazulu-Natal Province

Local Environment
2024 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85176742612

Part of ISSN: 14696711 13549839
Contributors: Makhubu, T.; Moyo, H.; Mugwedi, L.; Belle, J.
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Johanes Amate Belle via Scopus - Elsevier

Optimizing the Master Recession Curve for Watershed Characterization and Drought Preparedness in Eastern Cape, South Africa

Hydrology
2024-11-28 | Journal article
Contributors: Solomon Temidayo Owolabi; Johanes A. Belle
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Lessons learned from the risk-informed urban development initiative in the SADC region

Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies
2024-11-22 | Journal article
Contributors: Ketlaodirelang E. Letebele; Manuel A.A.L De Araujo; Johanes A. Belle; Frederika A. Shigwedha; Lucie N. Bakajika; Geofrey Ochieng; Georg Johann; Tlou D. Raphela; Jimmy P. Yoedsel; Gorata Samuel et al.
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Factors Influencing Rural Women’s Adoption of Climate Change Adaptation Strategies: Evidence from the Chivi District of Zimbabwe

Climate
2024-11-20 | Journal article
Contributors: Johanes Belle; Tendai Mapingure; Solomon Temidayo Owolabi
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Determinants of WASH programmes adoption in flood-prone Tsholotsho District, Zimbabwe

Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies
2024-10-22 | Journal article
Contributors: Mlamuleli Tshuma; Johannes A. Belle; Alice Ncube
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Building resilience to multiple climate-change-related risks in QwaQwa using the community capitals approach

Journal of Water and Climate Change
2024-08-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Fumiso Muyambo; Johanes Belle; Yong Nyam; Israel Orimoloye
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An Analysis of Factors Influencing Household Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Experiences during Flood Hazards in Tsholotsho District Using a Seemingly Unrelated Regression (SUR) Model

Water (Switzerland)
2023 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85146808345

Part of ISSN: 20734441
Contributors: Tshuma, M.; Belle, J.A.; Ncube, A.
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Johanes Amate Belle via Scopus - Elsevier

Climate-Change-Induced Weather Events and Implications for Urban Water Resource Management in the Free State Province of South Africa

Environmental Management
2023 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85139102450

Part of ISSN: 14321009 0364152X
Contributors: Muyambo, F.; Belle, J.; Nyam, Y.S.; Orimoloye, I.R.
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Johanes Amate Belle via Scopus - Elsevier

Investigating extreme hydrological risk impact on water quality; evidence from Buffalo catchment headwater, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Environmental Science and Pollution Research
2023 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85159355603

Part of ISSN: 16147499 09441344
Contributors: Owolabi, S.T.; Belle, J.A.
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Johanes Amate Belle via Scopus - Elsevier

Determinants of profit efficiency among smallholder sheep farmers in South Africa

African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development
2022 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85102712144

Part of ISSN: 20421346 20421338
Contributors: Nyam, Y.S.; Ojo, T.O.; Belle, J.A.; Ogundeji, A.A.; Adetoro, A.A.
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Johanes Amate Belle via Scopus - Elsevier
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Drought disaster monitoring and land use dynamics: identification of drought drivers using regression-based algorithms

Natural Hazards
2022 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85124302393

Part of ISSN: 15730840 0921030X
Contributors: Orimoloye, I.R.; Olusola, A.O.; Belle, J.A.; Pande, C.B.; Ololade, O.O.
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Johanes Amate Belle via Scopus - Elsevier

Drought: A Common Environmental Disaster

Atmosphere
2022 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85123186768

Part of ISSN: 20734433
Contributors: Orimoloye, I.R.; Belle, J.A.; Orimoloye, Y.M.; Olusola, A.O.; Ololade, O.O.
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Navigating nature's complexities through Terra MODIS information and downscaled regional climate model: Mainstreaming space-based information for drought disaster risk management

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth
2022 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85124944070

Part of ISSN: 14747065
Contributors: Orimoloye, I.R.; Belle, J.A.; Olusola, A.O.; Ololade, O.O.
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Quantifying Intra-Catchment Streamflow Processes and Response to Climate Change within a Climatic Transitional Zone: A Case Study of Buffalo Catchment, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Mathematics
2022 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85137381941

Part of ISSN: 22277390
Contributors: Owolabi, S.T.; Belle, J.A.; Mazinyo, S.
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Johanes Amate Belle via Scopus - Elsevier

Retraction notice to “Climate change perception and impact of on-farm demonstration on intensity of adoption of adaptation strategies among smallholder farmers in South Africa” (Technological Forecasting & Social Change (2021) 172, (S0040162521004637), (10.1016/j.techfore.2021.121031))

Technological Forecasting and Social Change
2022 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85129972904

Part of ISSN: 00401625
Contributors: Ojo, T.O.; Ogundeji, A.A.; Belle, J.A.
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Johanes Amate Belle via Scopus - Elsevier

Space-Based Drought Disaster Risk and Climate Change Assessments: Strategies for Environmental Conservation

Handbook of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: Third Edition
2022 | Book chapter
EID:

2-s2.0-85160687831

Contributors: Orimoloye, I.R.; Belle, J.A.; Olusola, A.; Ololade, O.O.
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Johanes Amate Belle via Scopus - Elsevier

Unlocking the commercialization potentials of Moringa oleifera production in Southwestern Nigeria

African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development
2022 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85111593890

Part of ISSN: 20421346 20421338
Contributors: Ojo, T.O.; Adetoro, A.A.; Ogundeji, A.A.; Belle, J.A.; Ngidi, M.S.C.
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A Critical Appraisal of the Legal and Institutional Arrangement for Wetlands Management in South Africa.

Research Square
2021 | Other
EID:

2-s2.0-85166689799

Contributors: Belle, J.A.
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Climate change perception and impact of on-farm demonstration on intensity of adoption of adaptation strategies among smallholder farmers in South Africa

Technological Forecasting and Social Change
2021 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85111211197

Part of ISSN: 00401625
Contributors: Ojo, T.O.; Ogundeji, A.A.; Belle, J.A.
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Johanes Amate Belle via Scopus - Elsevier

Determinants of Relevant Constraints Inhibiting Farmers’ Adoption of Climate Change Adaptation Strategies in South Africa

Journal of Asian and African Studies
2021 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85087357131

Part of ISSN: 17452538 00219096
Contributors: Thinda, K.T.; Ogundeji, A.A.; Belle, J.A.; Ojo, T.O.
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Drought disaster monitoring using MODIS derived index for drought years: A space-based information for ecosystems and environmental conservation

Journal of Environmental Management
2021 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85100082021

Part of ISSN: 10958630 03014797
Contributors: Orimoloye, I.R.; Belle, J.A.; Ololade, O.O.
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Johanes Amate Belle via Scopus - Elsevier

Exploring the emerging evolution trends of disaster risk reduction research: a global scenario

International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology
2021 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85087935006

Part of ISSN: 17352630 17351472
Contributors: Orimoloye, I.R.; Belle, J.A.; Ololade, O.O.
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Measuring production performance of Moringa oleifera

International Journal of Vegetable Science
2021 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85099352993

Part of ISSN: 19315279 19315260
Contributors: Danso-Abbeam, G.; Ojo, T.O.; Ehiakpor, D.S.; Ogundeji, A.A.; Belle, J.A.; Ngidi, M.S.C.
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Quantifying the determinants of climate change adaptation strategies and farmers' access to credit in South Africa

Science of the Total Environment
2021 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85108429873

Part of ISSN: 18791026 00489697
Contributors: Ojo, T.O.; Adetoro, A.A.; Ogundeji, A.A.; Belle, J.A.
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Satellite-based application in drought disaster assessment using terra MOD13Q1 data across free state province, South Africa

Journal of Environmental Management
2021 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85100620307

Part of ISSN: 10958630 03014797
Contributors: Orimoloye, I.R.; Ololade, O.O.; Belle, J.A.
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Johanes Amate Belle via Scopus - Elsevier

Spatial assessment of drought disasters, vulnerability, severity and water shortages: a potential drought disaster mitigation strategy

Natural Hazards
2021 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85096024640

Part of ISSN: 15730840 0921030X
Contributors: Orimoloye, I.R.; Belle, J.A.; Olusola, A.O.; Busayo, E.T.; Ololade, O.O.
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Systematic mapping of disaster risk management research and the role of innovative technology

Environmental Science and Pollution Research
2021 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85091104828

Part of ISSN: 16147499 09441344
Contributors: Orimoloye, I.R.; Ekundayo, T.C.; Ololade, O.O.; Belle, J.A.
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An evaluation of groundwater vulnerability to pollution in Ga-segonyana municipality area, Kuruman, Northern Cape in South Africa

Groundwater for Sustainable Development
2020 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85083445084

Part of ISSN: 2352801X
Contributors: Belle, J.A.; Saungweme, K.E.; Ojo, T.O.
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Understanding the adoption of climate change adaptation strategies among smallholder farmers: Evidence from land reform beneficiaries in South Africa

Land Use Policy
2020 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85086518763

Part of ISSN: 02648377
Contributors: Thinda, K.T.; Ogundeji, A.A.; Belle, J.A.; Ojo, T.O.
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Behavioral factors contributing to the transmission of HIV and AIDS amongst young women of Mbabane in Swaziland

African Health Sciences
2019 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85074727908

Part of ISSN: 16806905
Contributors: Belle, J.A.; Gamedze, N.N.
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Managing wetlands for disaster risk reduction: A case study of the eastern Free State, South Africa

Jamba: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies
2018 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85045115189

Part of ISSN: 19961421 2072845X
Contributors: Belle, J.A.; Collins, N.; Jordaan, A.
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Assessing communal farmers'preparedness to drought in the Umguza District, Zimbabwe

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
2017 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85017163016

Part of ISSN: 22124209
Contributors: Belle, J.; Sithabile, M.; Ogundeji, A.A.
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Johanes Amate Belle via Scopus - Elsevier

Managing the Limbe Floods: Considerations for Disaster Risk Reduction in Cameroon

International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
2014 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84942092044

Part of ISSN: 20950055
Contributors: Ndille, R.; Belle, J.A.
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Zonkizizwe Extension Six Settlers' dolomite sinkhole risk awareness

Disaster Advances
2014 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84907274257

Part of ISSN: 22784543 0974262X
Contributors: Belle Johanes, A.; Mabutho, S.M.
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Johanes Amate Belle via Scopus - Elsevier

Attitude of Lesotho health care workers towards HIV/AIDS and impact of HIV/AIDS on the population structure

African Health Sciences
2013 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84893970684

Part of ISSN: 16806905
Contributors: Belle, J.A.; Ferriera, S.B.; Jordaan, A.
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Johanes Amate Belle via Scopus - Elsevier

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