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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Flood risk and disaster management in Freetown, Sierra Leone
    sub title: option for community flood disaster management
  name:
    name part: Sellu, Gajikoh Mohamed
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author
  name:
    name part: International Islamic University Malaysia
    name part: Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design
  genre: Theses, IIUM local
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: my
    date issued: 2019
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    extent: xxiii, 398 leaves : colour illustrations ; 30cm.
  abstract: Flood disaster has been a major issue affecting many coastal communities globally including Freetown, the seaside capital city of Sierra Leone. The need for housing due to significant in-migration resulted to pressure in the urban space dominated by hills overlooking the city which deforestation, stone mining and construction of hillside settlements are increasing the rate of runoffs during rainy seasons. The study identified the absence of Flood Preparedness Framework and lack of community participation as the reasons why resilience efforts to mitigate against floods have not reduced the economic, physical and environmental damages caused by floods in the past. Based on field work, observation and interviews carried out for this study on the strategy on how to improve flood resilience measures in Freetown, the study carried out the following investigation; 1) assessment of the levels of flood vulnerability and extent of flood damages experienced by these communities; 2) investigation on the levels of community participation performance in their preparedness efforts to reduce the impact of floods and 3) assessment of the flood resilience measures of the flood affected communities. Early preparedness measures through active community participation will help improve flood resilience measures in Freetown. This study also recommends a long-term policy to tackle floods through the provision of affordable housing for the urban poor to relocate them into safer zones free from the risk of flooding. This will protect urban sprawl, protect “Environmentally Sensitive Areas” (ESAs) and reduce the risks of flooding in Freetown.
  note: by Gajikoh Mohamed Sellu
  note: Thesis (Ph.D)--International Islamic University Malaysia, 2019.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (leaves 375-382).
  subject:
    geographic code: a-my--
  subject:
    topic: Flood damage prevention
    geographic: Sierra Leone
  subject:
    topic: Flood control
    geographic: Sierra Leone
  classification: TC330
  identifier: http://studentrepo.iium.edu.my/handle/123456789/9590
  record info:
    record content source: UIAM
    record creation date: 190702
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng