Assessment of Hazards, Vulnerability, and Capacity for Disaster Prevention and Emergency Preparedness "in Addis Ababa
| dc.contributor.advisor | Demeke, Berhanu | |
| dc.contributor.author | abreha, Mrnlugeta | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-09-24T08:55:34Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-05T14:52:07Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-09-24T08:55:34Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-05T14:52:07Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1997-12 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This community based descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in Addis Ababa to assess hazards, vulnerability, and capacities for disaster prevention and emergency preparedness. The study was conducted in 720 households selected by multiple stage sampling from 30 Kebeles of which 647(90%) responded, and in 66 institutions of which 55(83.3 %) responded. The most frequent and most worrying hazards identified were !lood, tire, outbreak of diseases and car accidents. These four hazards had caused signilicant number of injuries, deaths, and a large amount of property losses in the past live years. The main factors of vulnerability identilied were: unemployment, monthly income below the minimum government wage salary, illiteracy, and housing crowdedness with difficult road access. The capacities for preparedness, as measured by awareness of causes and prevention methods, availability of resources, and presence of a preparedness plan were as follows: the majority of the respondents were aware of the causes and prevention methods for the identitied hazards, but the prioritization of concerns did not correspond to the extent of damage that the different hazards had caused. The Majority of the organizations claimed having various shortages of resources for response. Although most of the organizations had no written preparedness plans, minority did have a written preparedness plan which can be a good example to the rest. Overall, much needs to be done on disaster prevention and emergency preparedness as most organizations lack the capacities for preparedness. A number of measures can contribute to disaster prevention and emergency preparedness. These measures include: Public education through mass media on prevention and preparedness; strict traffic regulations enforced by traftic police; strict licence issuance system; construction of fiood protection walls; and strengthening the capacities of specilic service organizations for response and encouraging them to have a written preparedness plan. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/12155 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Abeba Universty | en_US |
| dc.subject | Assessment of Hazards, vulnerability | en_US |
| dc.title | Assessment of Hazards, Vulnerability, and Capacity for Disaster Prevention and Emergency Preparedness "in Addis Ababa | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |