Sierra Leone Disaster Risk Management Diagnostic Note

Sierra Leone is prone to natural hazards such as floods, landslides, tropical storms, coastal erosion, and droughts that cause severe economic damage and loss of lives with disproportionate effects on the poorest and most vulnerable. Climate change...

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Main Authors:	Ishizawa, Oscar A., Bonnafous, Luc, Gaspari, Maria, Giron Gordillo, Alex, Muñoz Díaz, Joaquín, Pomonis, Antonios, Wandel, Nathalie
Format:	Report
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:	NATURAL DISASTER RISK CLIMATE RISK DISASTER RESPONSE COASTAL EROSION URBANIZATION CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC RESPONSE DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT EARLY WARNING SYSTEM RISK FINANCE FOOD SECURITY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/728231623317357684/Sierra-Leone-Disaster-Risk-Management-Diagnostic-Note http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35809

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spelling	okr-10986-358092021-06-23T05:11:29Z Sierra Leone Disaster Risk Management Diagnostic Note Ishizawa, Oscar A. Bonnafous, Luc Gaspari, Maria Giron Gordillo, Alex Muñoz Díaz, Joaquín Pomonis, Antonios Wandel, Nathalie NATURAL DISASTER RISK CLIMATE RISK DISASTER RESPONSE COASTAL EROSION URBANIZATION CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC RESPONSE DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT EARLY WARNING SYSTEM RISK FINANCE FOOD SECURITY Sierra Leone is prone to natural hazards such as floods, landslides, tropical storms, coastal erosion, and droughts that cause severe economic damage and loss of lives with disproportionate effects on the poorest and most vulnerable. Climate change and underlying socioeconomic factors, such as the increase in urban population exposed to disasters, poverty, and low levels of economic development will most likely aggravate the impact of adverse natural events in the future. These further strains the coping capacity of Sierra Leone as a country which is still recovering from the Ebola outbreak of 2014-2016 and the current Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Epidemics and other health-related risks including cholera and dengue fever outbreaks in the aftermath of floods are another key concern, as evidenced by the fact that between 1980 and 2010, epidemics were the deadliest hazard in Sierra Leone, responsible for deaths due to disasters. This diagnostic note focuses on the disaster risk management in Sierra Leone as of 2020. 2021-06-22T18:24:29Z 2021-06-22T18:24:29Z 2020 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/728231623317357684/Sierra-Leone-Disaster-Risk-Management-Diagnostic-Note http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35809 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Africa Africa Western and Central (AFW) Sierra Leone
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topic	NATURAL DISASTER RISK CLIMATE RISK DISASTER RESPONSE COASTAL EROSION URBANIZATION CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC RESPONSE DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT EARLY WARNING SYSTEM RISK FINANCE FOOD SECURITY
spellingShingle	NATURAL DISASTER RISK CLIMATE RISK DISASTER RESPONSE COASTAL EROSION URBANIZATION CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC RESPONSE DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT EARLY WARNING SYSTEM RISK FINANCE FOOD SECURITY Ishizawa, Oscar A. Bonnafous, Luc Gaspari, Maria Giron Gordillo, Alex Muñoz Díaz, Joaquín Pomonis, Antonios Wandel, Nathalie Sierra Leone Disaster Risk Management Diagnostic Note
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description	Sierra Leone is prone to natural hazards such as floods, landslides, tropical storms, coastal erosion, and droughts that cause severe economic damage and loss of lives with disproportionate effects on the poorest and most vulnerable. Climate change and underlying socioeconomic factors, such as the increase in urban population exposed to disasters, poverty, and low levels of economic development will most likely aggravate the impact of adverse natural events in the future. These further strains the coping capacity of Sierra Leone as a country which is still recovering from the Ebola outbreak of 2014-2016 and the current Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Epidemics and other health-related risks including cholera and dengue fever outbreaks in the aftermath of floods are another key concern, as evidenced by the fact that between 1980 and 2010, epidemics were the deadliest hazard in Sierra Leone, responsible for deaths due to disasters. This diagnostic note focuses on the disaster risk management in Sierra Leone as of 2020.
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author	Ishizawa, Oscar A. Bonnafous, Luc Gaspari, Maria Giron Gordillo, Alex Muñoz Díaz, Joaquín Pomonis, Antonios Wandel, Nathalie
author_facet	Ishizawa, Oscar A. Bonnafous, Luc Gaspari, Maria Giron Gordillo, Alex Muñoz Díaz, Joaquín Pomonis, Antonios Wandel, Nathalie
author_sort	Ishizawa, Oscar A.
title	Sierra Leone Disaster Risk Management Diagnostic Note
title_short	Sierra Leone Disaster Risk Management Diagnostic Note
title_full	Sierra Leone Disaster Risk Management Diagnostic Note
title_fullStr	Sierra Leone Disaster Risk Management Diagnostic Note
title_full_unstemmed	Sierra Leone Disaster Risk Management Diagnostic Note
title_sort	sierra leone disaster risk management diagnostic note
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2021
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/728231623317357684/Sierra-Leone-Disaster-Risk-Management-Diagnostic-Note http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35809
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Sierra Leone Disaster Risk Management Diagnostic Note

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