General overview of the disaster management framework in Cameroon
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3897422 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Henry Ngenyam Bang (0000-0002-1850-857X, Environmental Compliance and Risk Management Consultant ANOVO UK Ltd. United Kingdom) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 562-586 |
| Publication date | 2014-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Disasters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0361-3666 • E-ISSN: 1467-7717 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/disa.12061 |
| PMID | 24905711 |
| OpenAlex | W2044140784 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 24 |
Efficient and effective disaster management will prevent many hazardous events from becoming disasters. This paper constitutes the most comprehensive document on the natural disaster management framework of Cameroon. It reviews critically disaster management in Cameroon, examining the various legislative, institutional, and administrative frameworks that help to facilitate the process. Furthermore, it illuminates the vital role that disaster managers at the national, regional, and local level play to ease the process. Using empirical data, the study analyses the efficiency and effectiveness of the actions of disaster managers. Its findings reveal inadequate disaster management policies, poor coordination between disaster management institutions at the national level, the lack of trained disaster managers, a skewed disaster management system, and a top-down hierarchical structure within Cameroon's disaster management framework. By scrutinising the disaster management framework of the country, policy recommendations based on the research findings are made on the institutional and administrative frameworks
Business · Economics · Emergency management · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Legislature · Medical emergency · Natural disaster · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Political science · Process (computing · Process management · Risk management · Computer Science · Disaster Management and Resilience · Disaster Response and Management · Flood Risk Assessment and Management · Medicine · Finance
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| Citations per year | 1.75 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |