Many cities in sub-Saharan Africa lack official records of deaths and of serious illnesses and injuries from everyday hazards and disaster events at all scales. This is a major limitation to effective planning for risk reduction. This briefing describes how a research team at the University of Ibadan drew on a range of data sources to fill in some glaring official data gaps, including newspaper reports, hospital records and databases of government departments for the period 2000 to 2015. Excluding public health risks for which data are scarce and incomplete, road traffic accidents, crime, violence and flooding constitute the most serious hazards in the city
Increasing globalization, increasing intense urbanization and climate changes have been linked to co...
During the preparedness and response phase in regularly recurring natural disasters, the responding ...
The occurrence of natural disasters is of growing concern globally due to increasing disruption, dam...
Urban centres in sub-Saharan Africa are increasingly affected by disasters as well as smaller, every...
Populations and assets, in African cities, small and large, are among the most vulnerable to disaste...
The issue of flooding in Nigerian cities is relatively poorly documented, despite the significant ec...
Provision of data and information for disaster risk reduction is increasingly important to enable re...
Around half of the urban population in sub-Saharan Africa live in informal settlements, lacking the ...
In the recent past, the frequency and gravity of large-scale flood disasters have increased globally...
Very little has been written on the growing number of urban disaster risk hotspots, or the integrati...
Flood disasters continue to wreak havoc on the lives of millions of people worldwide, causing death ...
© 2019 by the authors. Provision of data and information for disaster risk reduction is increasingly...
Egbedore and Ifedayo local government areas (LGAs), like any other parts of the world, did not have ...
Floods lead to tremendous losses of property, infrastructure, business and increased risk of disease...
Increasing globalization, increasing intense urbanization and climate changes have been linked to co...
Increasing globalization, increasing intense urbanization and climate changes have been linked to co...
During the preparedness and response phase in regularly recurring natural disasters, the responding ...
The occurrence of natural disasters is of growing concern globally due to increasing disruption, dam...
Urban centres in sub-Saharan Africa are increasingly affected by disasters as well as smaller, every...
Populations and assets, in African cities, small and large, are among the most vulnerable to disaste...
The issue of flooding in Nigerian cities is relatively poorly documented, despite the significant ec...
Provision of data and information for disaster risk reduction is increasingly important to enable re...
Around half of the urban population in sub-Saharan Africa live in informal settlements, lacking the ...
In the recent past, the frequency and gravity of large-scale flood disasters have increased globally...
Very little has been written on the growing number of urban disaster risk hotspots, or the integrati...
Flood disasters continue to wreak havoc on the lives of millions of people worldwide, causing death ...
© 2019 by the authors. Provision of data and information for disaster risk reduction is increasingly...
Egbedore and Ifedayo local government areas (LGAs), like any other parts of the world, did not have ...
Floods lead to tremendous losses of property, infrastructure, business and increased risk of disease...
Increasing globalization, increasing intense urbanization and climate changes have been linked to co...
Increasing globalization, increasing intense urbanization and climate changes have been linked to co...
During the preparedness and response phase in regularly recurring natural disasters, the responding ...
The occurrence of natural disasters is of growing concern globally due to increasing disruption, dam...