United Arab Emirates: disaster management with regard to rapid onset natural disasters

Hamdan Al Ghasyah Dhanhani
,
Angus Duncan
,
David K. Chester

University of Bedfordshire

Research Output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Chapter Peer-review

Abstract

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has more exposure to natural hazards than has been previously recognized. In the last 20 years the UAE has been subject to earthquakes, landslides, floods and tropical storms. This chapter examines the structure and procedures for management of natural disasters in the UAE, in particular issues of governance, accountability and communication within states that are part of a federal system. The study involved interviews with officials at both federal and emirate levels and case studies are presented of the impact of recent natural hazard events. Two emirates were selected for more detailed examination, Fujairah the most hazard prone and a rural emirate and Dubai which is a highly urbanized emirate which has undergone rapid development. There is now increasing awareness of natural hazards in the UAR and progress is being made at regional and federal levels. There needs to be a clear delineation between regional and federal roles and an understanding of the need for effective channels of information to relevant agencies.

Publication Information

Output type

Research Output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Chapter Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 65-79

Publication milestones

Published - 01/01/2010

Publication status

Published - 01/01/2010

Publisher

IGI Global Scientific Publishing, United States

ISBN (Print)

9781615209873

External Publication IDs

handle.net: 10547/294845
Scopus: 84881076238

Host publication title

Advanced ICTs for disaster management and threat detection: collaborative and distributed frameworks

Access to documents

10.4018/978-1-61520-987-3.ch005

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