A state-of-the-art examination of disaster management in Sierra Leone: the implementation drawbacks, research gaps, advances, and prospects.

IF 3.8 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Geoenvironmental Disasters Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Epub Date: 2022-11-03 DOI:10.1186/s40677-022-00224-3
Bashiru Turay, Sheku Gbetuwa
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Unfolding events have shown that Sierra Leone is enduring various disasters at a worrying rate. While progress is being made in disaster management, activities that degrade the fragile ecosystem, exacerbated by climate change, poverty, and bad governance, remain growing concerns. Amid these concerns, there is inadequate information to take appropriate actions. The authors wish to provide a solution by examining 35 publications from various scholarly and grey literature and raw data sources, following a critical review process designed to expose the implementation drawbacks, research gaps, advances, and prospects in disaster management in Sierra Leone. The study results show that lapses in data management, fewer professionals, and inefficiencies in communication are the most pressing considerations for improving disaster management in the country. Inadequate funds to implement management plans remain pervasive. Following these findings, we recommend that all first responders be routinely exposed to international tabletop exercises and simulated disaster response training to help them build their capacities and learn from other countries. Students in the relevant disciplines should be encouraged to participate in these exercises to facilitate early learning. Also, management initiatives should consider gender equity, the situations of the disabled, and other vulnerable groups at all levels of planning and implementation of activities. Future studies should assess the influence of social media on disaster management research and practice in the country.

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对塞拉利昂灾害管理的最新研究:实施方面的弊端、研究差距、进展和前景。
不断发生的事件表明,塞拉利昂遭受各种灾害的速度令人担忧。虽然在灾害管理方面正在取得进展,但因气候变化、贫困和治理不善而加剧的破坏脆弱生态系统的活动仍日益令人关切。在这些问题中,没有足够的信息来采取适当的行动。作者希望通过对各种学术和灰色文献以及原始数据来源中的 35 篇出版物进行严格审查,揭示塞拉利昂灾害管理的实施缺陷、研究差距、进展和前景,从而提供一个解决方案。研究结果表明,数据管理失误、专业人员较少以及沟通效率低下是改善该国灾害管理的最紧迫考虑因素。实施管理计划的资金不足问题仍然普遍存在。根据上述调查结果,我们建议所有第一反应人员定期参加国际桌面演习和模拟救灾培训,以帮助他们提高能力并向其他国家学习。应鼓励相关专业的学生参与这些演习,以促进早期学习。此外,在规划和实施活动的各个层面,管理举措都应考虑性别平等、残疾人和其他弱势群体的情况。未来的研究应评估社交媒体对该国灾害管理研究和实践的影响。
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Geoenvironmental Disasters
Geoenvironmental Disasters Social Sciences-Geography, Planning and Development
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期刊介绍: Geoenvironmental Disasters is an international journal with a focus on multi-disciplinary applied and fundamental research and the effects and impacts on infrastructure, society and the environment of geoenvironmental disasters triggered by various types of geo-hazards (e.g. earthquakes, volcanic activity, landslides, tsunamis, intensive erosion and hydro-meteorological events). The integrated study of Geoenvironmental Disasters is an emerging and composite field of research interfacing with areas traditionally within civil engineering, earth sciences, atmospheric sciences and the life sciences. It centers on the interactions within and between the Earth''s ground, air and water environments, all of which are affected by climate, geological, morphological and anthropological processes; and biological and ecological cycles. Disasters are dynamic forces which can change the Earth pervasively, rapidly, or abruptly, and which can generate lasting effects on the natural and built environments. The journal publishes research papers, case studies and quick reports of recent geoenvironmental disasters, review papers and technical reports of various geoenvironmental disaster-related case studies. The focus on case studies and quick reports of recent geoenvironmental disasters helps to advance the practical understanding of geoenvironmental disasters and to inform future research priorities; they are a major component of the journal. The journal aims for the rapid publication of research papers at a high scientific level. The journal welcomes proposals for special issues reflecting the trends in geoenvironmental disaster reduction and monothematic issues. Researchers and practitioners are encouraged to submit original, unpublished contributions.
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