Alrehaili, N;
(2021)
A Systematic Review of the Emergency Planning for Flash Floods Response in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Australian Journal of Emergency Management (AJEM)
pp. 82-88.
10.47389/36.4.82.
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Abstract
Every year, flash floods hit many cities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Saudi Arabia) leading to many injuries and deaths as well as a huge amount of damage to infrastructure. Risks of frequent flash floods have been linked to a lack of emergency planning. This paper presents a systematic review of emergency planning for flash floods response currently in place in Saudi Arabia. Collected information was analysed based on the suitability of content and data for emergency planning in flash floods response. Aspects of the dominant approach of emergency planning and the community-based approach are examined and considered against applications in Saudi Arabia. A case study is used about flash floods in Jeddah in 2009 and 2011 to consider these approaches. This may be the first systematic review of emergency planning for flash floods response in Saudi Arabia and shortcomings listed may lead to improvements in policy, planning and training, particularly given the scientific consensus of an increase in the frequency and magnitude of flash floods in Saudi Arabia.
Type: | Article |
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Title: | A Systematic Review of the Emergency Planning for Flash Floods Response in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
DOI: | 10.47389/36.4.82 |
Publisher version: | https://www.doi.org/10.47389/36.4.82 |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | This is an open access Article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work noncommercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0. |
UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Inst for Risk and Disaster Reduction |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10132095 |
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