Pub Date : 2022-01-01Epub Date: 2022-11-03DOI: 10.1186/s40677-022-00224-3
Bashiru Turay, Sheku Gbetuwa
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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Pub Date : 2021-12-01DOI: 10.1186/s40677-021-00202-1
G. Gullà, G. Nicodemo, S. Ferlisi, L. Borrelli, D. Peduto
{"title":"Small-scale analysis to rank municipalities requiring slow-moving landslide risk mitigation measures: the case study of the Calabria region (southern Italy)","authors":"G. Gullà, G. Nicodemo, S. Ferlisi, L. Borrelli, D. Peduto","doi":"10.1186/s40677-021-00202-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40677-021-00202-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37025,"journal":{"name":"Geoenvironmental Disasters","volume":"8 1","pages":"1-25"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47277091","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-11-01DOI: 10.1186/s40677-022-00231-4
Blanche Richer, A. Saeidi, M. Boivin, A. Rouleau, Y. Lévesque
{"title":"Development of a methodology for predicting landslide hazards at a regional scale","authors":"Blanche Richer, A. Saeidi, M. Boivin, A. Rouleau, Y. Lévesque","doi":"10.1186/s40677-022-00231-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40677-022-00231-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37025,"journal":{"name":"Geoenvironmental Disasters","volume":"10 1","pages":"1-19"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42591564","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Near real time flood inundation mapping using social media data as an information source: a case study of 2015 Chennai flood","authors":"Dhivya Karmegam, Sivakumar Ramamoorthy, Bagavandas Mappillairaju","doi":"10.1186/s40677-021-00195-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40677-021-00195-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37025,"journal":{"name":"Geoenvironmental Disasters","volume":"8 1","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2021-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44884964","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-09-16DOI: 10.1186/s40677-021-00196-w
Morteza Abbasnejadfard, M. Bastami, A. Fallah
{"title":"Investigating the spatial correlations in univariate random fields of peak ground velocity and peak ground displacement considering anisotropy","authors":"Morteza Abbasnejadfard, M. Bastami, A. Fallah","doi":"10.1186/s40677-021-00196-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40677-021-00196-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37025,"journal":{"name":"Geoenvironmental Disasters","volume":" ","pages":"1-16"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2021-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47390444","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-09-01DOI: 10.1186/s40677-021-00193-z
S. Ganjehi, Khadije Norouzi Khatiri
{"title":"Correction to: Determination of emergency roads to emergency accommodation using loss analysis results","authors":"S. Ganjehi, Khadije Norouzi Khatiri","doi":"10.1186/s40677-021-00193-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40677-021-00193-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37025,"journal":{"name":"Geoenvironmental Disasters","volume":"8 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46084931","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-08-27DOI: 10.1186/s40677-021-00186-y
J. Elyasi, M. Bastami, M. Kamalian, M. Derakhshandi
{"title":"Influence of the topographic effect on the seismic response of buried pipelines","authors":"J. Elyasi, M. Bastami, M. Kamalian, M. Derakhshandi","doi":"10.1186/s40677-021-00186-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40677-021-00186-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37025,"journal":{"name":"Geoenvironmental Disasters","volume":" ","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2021-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47466097","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-08-23DOI: 10.1186/s40677-021-00192-0
M. Elmoulat, L. A. Brahim, A. Elmahsani, A. Abdelouafi, Mohammed Mastere
{"title":"Mass movements susceptibility mapping by using heuristic approach. Case study: province of Tétouan (North of Morocco)","authors":"M. Elmoulat, L. A. Brahim, A. Elmahsani, A. Abdelouafi, Mohammed Mastere","doi":"10.1186/s40677-021-00192-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40677-021-00192-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37025,"journal":{"name":"Geoenvironmental Disasters","volume":" ","pages":"1-19"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2021-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49302674","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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