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centers of semi-arid region of South Africa.

integrating local knowledge approaches.

strategies at community level.

Mopani South Africa.

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**5. Conclusion**

South Africa.

ers of climate hazards.

weakness etc.), lack of political will plays a significant role.

that can guarantee disaster hotspot identification and monitoring for early warning. Nevertheless, some of these identified factors (policy shortcomings, institutional

There is no doubt that the new climate is here so also are the attendant hazard that we have to live with in decades to come. With the long-term nature of ongoing global mitigation efforts, adaptation remains the available strategy that must be collaboratively embraced to cope with climate change prone hazards in the urban

Thus, we emphasize the need for a participatory urban management strategy for sustainable adaptation to climate-related hazards, while calling on Scholars to develop models of urban adaptation to climate change that may not necessarily be highly mathematical, but recognize the technological level, social and economic peculiarities of urban Africa, particularly in the semi-arid region of Mopani,

The need to urgently review the procedure for reporting climate change hazards and emergencies to promote early warning system, should be revisited. Hazards reporting should be facilitated by the incorporation of instant reporting components in to the existing or a new reporting protocols. This chapter referred to this as "hotspot reporting and monitoring system", through the implementation and development of a mobile phone facilitated protocol that makes citizens the report-

It is therefore important to identify and simplify trends and carry out assessment of the effectiveness of prevailing and future policies that may be directed towards urban households' adaptation to climate change hazard in semi-arid region of Mopani South Africa for impactful delivery. In addition, such adaptation policies should be locally-driven and must address climate change as a multifaceted phenomenon and not limited as solely to being tackled as an environmental issue, while

Although, it may be uneasy to convince politicians to prioritize climate change (a long-term development agenda) over and above short tenure political agenda, conversations and strategies to encourage the implantation of long-term sustainable projects should be persuaded. But, because climate change phenomenon as wellas its related consequences are real and already manifesting [58], thus, research institutions, private sector (corporate organization) and NGOs are urged to assist in facilitating training of municipal staff and reorientation program for politicians, particularly by promoting the inclusion of climate change hazard management agenda in the political parties manifestoes while facilitating private adaptation

Strategies like tree planting, urban greening, drainage channelization, and harmonization of the dichotomized land management in the district are some of the strategic window to curtail climate change hazards in the semi-arid region of

University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa is acknowledge for funding the research. The University of Ilorin is equally acknowledge for granting me the

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Musa Yusuf Jimoh1,2\*, Peter Bikam1 , Hector Chikoore3 , James Chakwizira1 and Emaculate Ingwani1

1 Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, Limpopo, South Africa

2 Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria

3 Units for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-west University, Vanderbijlpark, South Africa

\*Address all correspondence to: jimoh.my@unilorin.edu.ng

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