Disaster Management in Sub-Saharan Africa
Policies, Institutions and Processes
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The global escalation of natural and human-induced disasters, and their future predicted occurrence is extremely worrying, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). In addition to summarizing global disaster management frameworks, this book discusses the African Union’s strategy for disaster risk reduction (AU-DRR), including country-specific cases, and explores the extent to which national policies resonate with AU-DRR.
By combining reviews with empirical evidence, the chapters provide an in-depth analysis of disaster policy processes, institutions and arrangements in SSA, situating the sub-continent within overarching global and African instruments such as the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, and the African Union’s Disaster Risk Reduction strategy. The book further provides novel insights which can enhance understanding of disaster risk reduction in Africa from a policy perspective.
A combined analysis of all the chapters provides an interesting summary and information for creating disaster management policies for improved results in SSA. With an extensive glossary of terms and index, the book lends itself to specialized academics and students, but also to disaster management policy makers and practitioners and the occasional user.
PART I. A review of Disaster management Concepts and Policy Processes
- Chapter 1. Disaster Risk Reduction and Management: A Conceptual Overview; Harrison Esam Awuh, Bishawjit Mallick, and Harry Wirngo Mairomi
- Chapter 2. International Disaster Risk Management Policies and Instruments: A Review; Jude Ndzifon Kimengs and Richard Achia Mbih
- Chapter 3. A Critical Assessment of The African Union’s Disaster Risk Reduction Strategy; Roland Azibo Balgah
- Chapter 4. Policy and Institutional frameworks for Disaster Risk Management in Cameroon: Challenges and Prospects; Henry Ngenyam Bang
- Chapter 5. Institutional Diagnosis of Disaster Risk Management in Nigeria: Towards The Design of a New Framework; Jeremiah Ogaga Ejemeyovwi, Evans Stephen Osabuohien, Oseghale Baryl Ihayere, Olanrewaju Olaniyi Omosehin, and Angie Osarieme Igbinoba
- PART II. Disaster Management Institutions, Policy and Processes: Empirical Evidence
- Chapter 6. Natural Disaster Risk Management in Kenya: Prospects for Successful Implementation; Theobald Mue Nji, Ayienda Kemunto Carolynne, and Emmanuel Yenshu Vubo
- Chapter 7. Disaster Management Policies, Institutions and Practices in South Africa; Emmanuel Innocents Edoun and Genevieve Fotso Bakam
- Chapter 8. Disaster Governance in Ghana: Legislations, Policies and Missing Links; Lydia Kwoyiga and Ebenezer Owusu-Sekyere
- Conclusion
- Chapter 9. Conclusions on Policy and Institutional Processes for Disaster Management in Sub-Saharan Africa; Roland Azibo Balgah and Jude Ndzifon Kimengsi
Roland Azibo Balgah is Associate Professor of Development Studies at the University of Bamenda (UBa), Cameroon, and a Volkswagen Foundation Research Fellow. He holds a Dr Agriculturarum from MLU, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany.
Jude Ndzifon Kimengsi is Leader of the Research Group on Forest Institutions and International Development (FIID) at the Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Technische Universität Dresden (Germany), and an Associate Professor in Resource and Environmental Geography at the University of Bamenda.