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    Practices and Challenges of Disaster Risk Management in Urban Area; the Case of Addis Ababa City, Ethiopia
    (Addis Ababa University, 2020-06) Nigatu, Melis; Teferi PhD, Ermias
    The risk of disasters in urban areas due to natural and man-made hazards is increasing in frequency and intensity nationwide. It is now widely recognized that extreme weather events that all become a regular part of life in the future. Bearing this in mind, the main purpose of this study was investigating the practice and challenge of Disaster Risk Management in Addis Ababa city. To this end, the pre-disaster, during disaster and post disaster practice of three DRM institutions were compared. There collaborative traditions and challenges were also investigated. The study employed descriptive research design. Questionnaire, interview and document analysis research methods were employed to collect data. Purposive sampling techniques were employed to select questioner respondents and key informant. Data analysis included explanatory, simple descriptive statistics and comparative (one-way between-groups ANOVA) techniques to analyze the qualitative and quantitative data, respectively. The result of the study showed that the significance values of pre-disaster and during disaster practices are better practice in the institution but there is a difference among their on post disaster. Based on the result of this study, the following issues are recommended: fire and disaster risk management commission fire code should be ratified. Most importantly, Institutional collaboration must be in place so as to serve Addis Ababa City to reduce the impact of disaster.