Problem
Inadequate disaster prevention and mitigation
Other Names:
Inadequate disaster planning Nature:
The severity of disasters caused by natural phenomena could be largely mitigated, and the actual occurrence of disasters caused by inappropriate human activities could be prevented, if adequate measures were taken before the event. However, little attention is given to long-term policies and plans: the identification of disaster-prone areas is incomplete; public information is scarce; early-warning systems are undeveloped; training of personnel is inadequate; and new legislation and environmental measures are either insufficient or non-existent. Often the effects of a disaster on a population are far greater than need be because of ignorance, neglect, poverty, and sometimes corruption and deceit. Incidence:
Developing countries are especially vulnerable to disasters because they are generally not at all equipped to handle the resulting problems, nor do they have the resources to devote to prevention. Broader Problems:
Inadequate infrastructure Narrower Problems:
Disaster unpreparednessInadequate early warning of disastersVulnerability of high technology systems Related Problems:
Man-made disasters Aggravates:
DisastersNatural disastersInadequate disaster rescue and reliefUncertainty of development programmes due to short-term loans Strategies:
Providing emergency humanitarian aidUsing military/civil defence assets in disaster reliefReducing impact of natural disastersCoordinating disaster relief assistanceProviding aid to natural disaster victimsProviding aid to man-made disaster victimsDeveloping early warning disaster systemsUndertaking pre-disaster planning References:
McAllister, Ian: Sustaining Relief with Development: strategic issues for the Red Cross and Red Crescent Subject(s):
Societal Problems → PreventionSocietal Problems → Emergencies
Societal Problems → Inadequacy
Management → Planning
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST