COVID-19 in Zimbabwe (eBook)

This contributed volume, based on papers presented at a conference held in Zimbabwe in mid-2021, interrogates solutions to COVID-19-related problems and issues across agricultural, environmental and water sectors in Zimbabwe and assesses their scientific, economic and practical validity. Across 19 chapters, this volume unpacks the science, economics and politics of the pandemic with a focus on understanding its secondary and tertiary impact on Zimbabwe's population.  The volume is also dedicated to understanding the practical and policy-oriented approaches in tackling the pandemic and confronting the 'new normal' of COVID-19. It brings together researchers, development practitioners and policy makers from various disciplines in an endeavour to understand COVID-19 trends and analyse the scientific options for mitigation, containment, innovation and ultimately pre-empt the possible emergence and impacts of other pandemics in the future

Lazarus Chapungu (Editor in Chief) researches on contemporary environmental issues, climate change, tourism, sustainable development and biodiversity management. He is currently a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of South Africa. He has worked as a senior lecturer and research chair in the Department of Physics, Geography and Environmental Science at Great Zimbabwe University. He served as a chapter scientist, contributing author and glossary editor in the 6^th Assessment Report (AR6) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Working Group III Chapter 2.  Lazarus holds the portfolio of Vice Chair of the programs committee of the board of directors at the Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC), a non-governmental organization seeking to build community resilience to climate change and enable recovery from man-made and natural disasters. His qualifications include a PhD in Environmental Science, a Master's degree in Environmental Policy and Planning, a professional diploma in Applied Monitoring and Evaluation and a program certificate in project management.

 

David Chikodzi (Co-Editor) has widely published on contemporary environmental issues, water, climate change, tourism, sustainable development and ecological systems. He is a Post-doctoral research fellow in the Exxaro Chair in Climate Change and Sustainable Transitions at the University of South Africa. He holds a PhD in Geography and Environment Science from the University of the Western Cape (South Africa), Masters' degree in Environmental Policy and Planning, as well as a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree in Geography from the University of Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe).

 

Kaitano Dube (Co-Editor) is an Associate Professor of Tourism Geography at Vaal University of Technology. He is a National Research of Foundation Y2 rated researcher who has researched and widely published (books and journal articles) on climate change, tourism, aviation, COVID-19 and sustainability. He is currently an editor of Tourism Geographies and Associate Editor of Frontiers in Sustainable Tourism. He holds a PhD in Environmental Management from the University of South Africa.