The corridor to survival: Assessment of disaster management literacy in a developing country

Abstract

Studies have stressed the importance of disaster literacy and suggested that such awareness is an effective disaster management strategy. The success of this recommendation is however scarcely assessed in literature. This study therefore assesses the application of available disaster‐related information in the management of disasters. The study was carried out in Ibadan, Nigeria. Data were collected by administering a questionnaire to residents in the selected Local Government Area (LGA) in Ibadan. Using systematic sampling technique, household heads’ opinions were sampled in 20% of the buildings. This effort culminated in the sampling of 102 household heads in the LGA. The questionnaire addressed issues on household socioeconomic characteristics; sources, types, and manners of utilization of disaster‐related information available to the households as well as the effects of available disaster‐related information on disaster management. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results showed that 47.9% of the respondents were aware of post‐disaster information, with television or radio (38.5%) and government agencies (26.6%) being the major information sources. It is suggested that disaster management literacy can be properly enhanced if households are provided with practical knowledge of effective pre‐disaster, during‐disaster, and post‐disaster information.

Why is didactic transposition in disaster education needed by prospective elementary school teachers?

“…9 shows that the network of connectedness between the structures of the concept of disaster mitigation is slightly discussed in research on the disaster. The concept of disaster mitigation should be essential because disaster mitigation is an effort to reduce the risks and impacts caused by disasters on people in disaster-prone areas [ [61] , [62] , [63] ], natural disasters or man-made disasters, or a combination of both within a country or society.…”

Disaster literacy among young peatland farmers in Central Kalimantan

“…According to Daramola et al, (2017) disaster literacy is the acquisition of an understanding of individual and public information related to disasters before a disaster occurs so that it is able to help them during and after a disaster [46]. This involves building knowledge in individuals and communities about the nature of environmental hazards and risks, the possible causes and consequences of disasters, and the conditions that make people vulnerable to disasters.…”

Influence of Local Governance on Residents’ Environmental Sanitation Behavior in Nigeria: the Ile-Ife Experience

“…Impliedly, females participated more in the study than their male counterpart. The high level of participation of females could be attributed to their availability at home for family obligations, neighbourhood trading and their key role in environmental sanitation issues (Daramola et al, 2017;Daramola et al, 2017;Afon, Faniran, 2013).…”

“…Investigation was made on the distance between the respondents' house and source of water to household. This is considered necessary as the distance travel in obtaining water could influence peoples' environmental sanitation behavior (Daramola et al, 2017). Findings revealed that in the low income zone, 11.7 % of the respondents live within the distance of 0-50metres from their household water source, 36.7 % live within 51-100metres and majority (51.6 %) travel above 100metres in search of water.…”

“…The legislations were made so as to arrest the sanitation problems and inculcate correct healthy habits, attitude and practices among citizens. Despite these laws, the physical environment in most states are still plagued with worrisome environmental sanitation conditions, gross environmental indiscipline, heaps of refuses on roadsides, rivers, road medians, therefore making issue of sanitation seems incurable (Daramola, Olowoporoku, 2017b). As opined by and Olowoporoku (2014) enhancing citizens' environmental sanitation behaviour, involves improved governance of the local administrative system of the city.…”