Volume 7 · Number 1

This study uses Geographic Information System (GIS) techniques to identify communities, buildings, households, and population groups exposed to flooding downstream of the Kubanni Dam. The analysis identifies Tudun Jukun, Gyallesu, Tudun Wada, Hanwa, Sabon Gari, Zango, and the Government Reserved Area among the locations at greatest risk. The findings demonstrate the value of GIS-based flood-risk and vulnerability analysis for physical planning, preparedness, and disaster risk reduction.

The paper examines public investment and expenditure for food security and disaster risk reduction in Uganda through a rights-based lens. Drawing on qualitative evidence and 56 key-informant interviews, it finds limited application of rights-based budgeting and inadequate expenditure relative to the country's disaster exposure. The study calls for stronger disaster-risk financing, increased agricultural investment, and better protection of vulnerable communities' right to adequate food.

This study investigates how humanitarian network structure affects disaster response in Uganda and whether coordination mediates that relationship. A cross-sectional quantitative survey involving 70 humanitarian organizations indicates that network structure influences response effectiveness and that coordination is a key mediating mechanism. The findings emphasize that well-structured organizational networks require effective coordination to deliver timely and coherent disaster response.

The article presents the Rescue Light Communication System (RLCS), a color-based emergency signaling method integrated into the Krizor mobile application. Using an extended RYB model with white, the system assigns intuitive meanings to colors so users can communicate their condition visually during emergencies. RLCS is designed for offline use and potential digital or physical deployment, with future work focused on testing, standardization, and broader emergency applications.

This qualitative study frames stray dogs in urban Bangladesh as an issue connecting public health, animal welfare, zoonotic disease risk, and urban resilience. It examines public attitudes, rabies concerns, and the implementation of the Animal Welfare Act 2019, identifying gaps in shelter provision, enforcement, and public awareness. The paper recommends humane population management, vaccination, sterilization, stronger policy implementation, and public education as part of disaster-risk reduction.

The study examines the vulnerabilities and resilience capacities of persons with disabilities during disasters, including barriers to preparedness, emergency assistance, accessibility, and social protection. It reviews international, European, and national legal frameworks while identifying implementation gaps. The authors argue for meaningful participation of persons with disabilities in decision-making, accessible infrastructure, inclusive preparedness, community support, and multi-stakeholder collaboration across the disaster-management cycle.

This paper traces the evolution of India's disaster-management legal framework from colonial-era relief-oriented provisions toward a more comprehensive risk-reduction model. Through qualitative historical analysis, it evaluates key laws and policy developments and identifies continuing challenges involving technology integration and local governance. The study recommends future legal reforms that incorporate emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, while strengthening preparedness, recovery, resilience, and alignment with sustainable-development goals.

The article explores how disaster-risk management policies and strategies influence resilience among pastoral and agro-pastoral Dassenech communities in Ethiopia's lower Omo Valley. Using an interpretivist approach, it finds that existing policy frameworks insufficiently address the recurrent flooding risks and specific needs of pastoral livelihoods. The study links improved disaster governance and resilience-building to sustainable socioeconomic development in flood-affected communities.

This review focuses on children with special needs and their inclusion in disaster-management education in India. It identifies physical, cognitive, infrastructural, policy, and educational barriers that increase disaster vulnerability, as well as a shortage of reliable data on disability-inclusive preparedness. The authors call for disability-specific disaster-management strategies, inclusive school infrastructure, appropriate educational provisions, and stronger international and domestic cooperation to build safer and more resilient learning environments.

Using a mixed-methods design, this study evaluates conflict monitoring and early warning in Ataye town, Ethiopia. Evidence from stakeholder interviews, a survey of 385 respondents, focus groups, and documents highlights the roles of peace councils, interfaith structures, and community monitors, but also reveals inconsistent conflict indicators among institutions. Recommendations include standardized indicators, stronger monitoring capacity, and higher-education curricula dedicated to conflict early warning.

The paper examines disaster-risk management in libraries and information centers, emphasizing threats to collections, operations, cultural heritage, and community services. It outlines preparedness and protection measures, implementation challenges, and strategies for institutional resilience. Particular attention is given to emergency partnerships, practical training, proactive policy development, continuous capacity building, and technology-based solutions that can strengthen response, recovery, and the preservation of knowledge.

This study uses ArcGIS-based spatial analysis, official health data, SPSS, and Microsoft Excel to map notifiable diseases across Constantine. It identifies elevated prevalence in central and densely populated municipalities and observes seasonal variation associated with environmental conditions. The findings show how disease mapping can improve surveillance, reveal spatial patterns, support health-risk management, guide resource allocation, and strengthen evidence-based public-health decision-making.

This review assesses how artificial intelligence can support disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation through machine learning, deep learning, computer vision, natural-language processing, and optimization. It highlights gains in prediction, situational awareness, decision speed, resource allocation, and coordination, while identifying barriers related to data fragmentation, explainability, interoperability, cybersecurity, ethics, equity, and access. The paper advocates interoperable standards, explainable AI, cyber governance, human oversight, and inclusive implementation.

The study conceptualizes ransomware as a disaster-risk problem with consequences extending beyond technical compromise to financial loss, operational disruption, reputational damage, critical-infrastructure vulnerability, and public trust. A multi-case analysis of 16 major attacks from 2015 to 2025 highlights compounding direct and indirect costs and the growing role of Ransomware-as-a-Service. The authors recommend integrating cybersecurity into disaster-risk management through anticipatory regulation, resilient digital infrastructure, continuous risk assessment, and cross-sector cooperation.

This study assesses agricultural loss and damage from the October 2021 flood in Rajapur Municipality, Nepal, using household surveys, focus groups, interviews, and secondary sources. It compares impacts across small, medium, and large farmers and documents substantial losses in crops, stored grain, livestock, land, and machinery. Although early warning and embankments helped reduce casualties, the findings show persistent livelihood and food-security vulnerability and the need for stronger agricultural flood-management strategies.

The study examines domestic hiking tourism in Ethiopia as a mechanism for post-COVID tourism recovery and resilience. Interviews with 16 hiking organizers in Addis Ababa indicate that changing travel preferences, health awareness, digital media, and government initiatives supported growth, while regulatory gaps, health-protocol enforcement, and political instability constrained the sector. The paper recommends policy support, infrastructure investment, and clearer regulatory frameworks to sustain domestic hiking tourism and local economic benefits.

This descriptive correlational study examines disaster-response self-efficacy among 281 adults in highly dense barangays in Tondo, Manila. Multiple regression identifies community support, past disaster experience, perceived susceptibility, and monthly income as significant predictors, while several demographic factors show no significant association. Overall self-efficacy is high, but the results point to the importance of community-based preparedness, experience-informed interventions, and attention to economic constraints in vulnerable urban populations.

This comparative study explores relationships among gender empowerment, individualism, collectivism, and disaster resilience using international indicator datasets. Correlation and regression analyses are used to examine whether empowerment patterns are associated with cultural orientations and how those orientations relate to resilience. The authors report contrasting effects of individualism and collectivism and argue that disaster-risk policies should combine the strengths of both orientations rather than rely on a single cultural model.

A survey of 553 primary and secondary school teachers in Aligarh, India, evaluates awareness and preparedness for earthquakes and fire hazards. While many teachers know evacuation routes, substantially fewer have received practical training in earthquake safety techniques, fire extinguishers, alarms, or regular mock drills. The study identifies a major practical-preparedness gap and recommends hands-on disaster-risk reduction training for both pre-service and in-service teachers, supported by stronger school-level preparedness initiatives.

Project DINGGIN develops a risk-based, community-informed cash-transfer framework for disaster-prone communities in Albay, Philippines, and Bhola, Bangladesh. Participatory risk mapping, surveys, focus groups, interviews, and a decision-support dashboard connect local risk information with policy and humanitarian frameworks. The pilot suggests that tailored cash values addressing shelter, food, and livelihoods can improve equity, ownership, coordination, and long-term resilience, while highlighting the need for phased support, financial literacy, and adaptive disbursement.

The paper proposes a technology-enhanced life-safety jacket for flood rescuers using Internet of Things components, wireless sensor networks, GPS, oxygen-level monitoring, and real-time communication. The design-based approach integrates sensing, location tracking, and user-interaction functions to improve coordination between field rescuers and control rooms. The proposed system aims to increase situational awareness, improve operational efficiency, and reduce risks to both rescuers and disaster victims.

This article explores how automated driving systems could change the implementation of large-area emergency travel restrictions. It considers mechanisms such as communication disruption, digital map closures, vehicle compliance with traffic-control devices, and coordination with manufacturers. Because automation may make lockdowns easier to enforce over wider areas and longer periods, the paper analyzes practical, legal, and ethical implications and offers guidance for future emergency-lockdown policy development.

A descriptive survey of a technical university community in Ghana examines disaster-management practices in academic libraries. Of 455 questionnaires distributed, 443 were analyzed, showing generally positive relationships between disaster causes, technological approaches, policy, and management practices. The study recommends greater attention to hazards ranging from flooding and fire to cyber incidents and pests, alongside wider use of alarms, detectors, extinguishers, CCTV, and formal disaster-recovery plans and policies.

This quantitative study assesses flood-risk perception, knowledge, and preparedness among 50 postgraduate and doctoral students in Assam, India. Although respondents demonstrate substantial awareness of flood vulnerability and weather alerts, practical preparedness is weaker, including limited evacuation drills, emergency contacts, and knowledge of community warning signals. The findings identify a gap between theoretical awareness and action and recommend curricular drills, local educational tools, and stronger community-institution partnerships.

The study compares disaster-risk management systems in Bulgaria, Romania, and Albania while reflecting on Serbia. It identifies strengths such as developed legal frameworks, international partnerships, and early-warning mechanisms, but also weaknesses involving local capacity, institutional fragmentation, and public awareness. The comparative analysis emphasizes regional cooperation, stronger community engagement, improved early-warning technologies, and alignment with international disaster-risk standards as pathways toward more resilient societies in Southeastern Europe.

This research assesses climate-related livelihood vulnerability and the socioeconomic role of the dried-fish industry in Cox's Bazar and Kutubdia, Bangladesh. Using household surveys, focus groups, interviews, the Livelihood Vulnerability Index, and LVI-IPCC, it finds Kutubdia more vulnerable than Cox's Bazar. The study also examines ecological impacts and emerging solutions such as smart solar dryers and reuse of fish-processing waste, offering evidence for resource allocation, development planning, and poverty-reduction policy.

This cross-sectional study assesses teachers' perceptions of COVID-19 management and school reopening in Nepal's Gandaki Province. A multistage sample of 732 teachers was surveyed, with results showing that a majority held inadequate perceptions of pandemic-management efforts. The authors argue that health and education policymakers should develop more comprehensive response systems that reduce disease transmission, support teachers, and strengthen school and societal resilience for future epidemics.

The paper examines Germany's political leadership, transatlantic elite networks, and the European Union's Strategic Compass for Security and Defence. Using comparative and analytical-deductive methods, it considers how economic, ideological, and geopolitical interests shape European security policy and NATO-EU cooperation. The authors argue that competing interests and legitimacy challenges may alter the implementation of the Strategic Compass and call for a more balanced, citizen-oriented approach to European security and long-term stability.

This study evaluates Puntland's 2014 Disaster Risk Management Policy with emphasis on institutional preparedness, community engagement, and implementation. It identifies weak coordination, insufficient financing, and limited public participation, using Qardho district to illustrate operational consequences. The paper recommends policy revision, clearer stakeholder responsibilities, stronger institutional capacity, sustainable funding, and alignment with the Sendai Framework, the Sustainable Development Goals, and Somalia's national DRM policy to improve regional resilience.

This systematic review examines Odisha's transformation from reactive disaster response toward proactive, resilience-centered governance following the 1999 Super Cyclone. Using a PRISMA-based review of 40 sources, it assesses reforms including OSDMA, early-warning systems, cyclone shelters, evacuation planning, and community participation. Although fatalities have declined, challenges remain in last-mile warning connectivity and intensifying climate hazards. The study highlights mangrove restoration, community programs, technological integration, decentralized governance, and sustainable recovery as priorities.