Spatial analysis of disaster statistics in selected cities of Nigeria

Okunola, Olasunkanmi Habeeb

doi:10.1504/ijem.2019.104195

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“…A year hardly passes by without some parts of the city experiencing a series of building collapse cases. For instance, between 1978 and 2019, it was reported that there were 149 cases of building collapse across Lagos communities with more than half of the cases happened during the construction phase (Okunola, 2019a). Furthermore, studies such as that of Ibem (2011) opined that building collapse cases are one of the most prevalent and devastating disasters in Lagos State.…”

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“…In Nigeria, the collapse of buildings has been on the increase in most of the urban centers in the past 30 years. The most notable and devastating disasters in the country include the collapse of the guest house of the Synagogue Church of All Nations in 2014 that killed at least 115 people of which 84 of them were South Africans (Okunola, 2019a). It was also noted that the country reported 27 cases of building collapse in 2015 with no fewer than 175 deaths recorded.…”

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Survival of the fittest: Assessing incidents of building collapse and reduction practices in Lagos, Nigeria

Okunola

2021

Environmental Quality Mgmt

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The persistent increase in the occurrence of building collapse with attendant loss of lives in recent years has become a source of national concern in Nigeria. Hence, there is a need to strategically address gaps in proactive and reactive measures directed at preventing the occurrence of building collapse. This study explored how built environment professionals in government agencies, public and private institutions conceive the causes of building collapse, and the disaster risk reduction measures put in place by the state government to prevent and respond to the incidence of building collapse in Lagos state. The purposive snowball sampling technique was adopted to select 42 respondents for in-depth interviews. The findings revealed that building collapse is a common phenomenon in the study area and is primarily caused by institutional failure and human factors. The research further established that most collapsed buildings were old residential buildings. It was also discovered that the disaster risk reduction strategies put in place to curb the occurrence of building collapse were not holistic and effective. The study recommended continuous sensitization of building developers and provision of modern facilities such as drones and global positioning systems by the government for effective monitoring of building development in the state.

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Survival of the fittest: Assessing incidents of building collapse and reduction practices in Lagos, Nigeria

Okunola

2021

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“…Хоча під час обговорення проблем підводного розмінування [28] особлива увага звертається на їх комплексний характер. Ефекти взаємодії між показниками, які характеризують водолазівсаперів, умови бойової роботи та оснащення особового складу, були підтверджені і в результатах дослідження дій підводників під час пошуку вибухонебезпечних предметів [29], але вони не мали кількісної оцінки. Крім цього, питання їх підйому не розглядались.…”

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“…Дослідження щодо попередження та ліквідації НС на суходолі розглядали цей процес з різних сторін, але їх важко безпосередньо використати для вдосконалення робіт з підводного розмінування. Так, в [29,30] їх вивчали з точки зору розвитку НС, в [31,32] -з позицій організації робіт з ліквідації НС, в [33,34]…”

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Mathematical Model of Underwater Demining by Dipper Divers of the Sesu

Soloviev¹

2021

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It is shown that the problem of improving the effectiveness of prevention of emergencies related to the underwater location of explosive objects is relevant. An important and unresolved part of the problem is the lack of a mathematical model of the emergency response process associated with the underwater location of an explosive device in general. Based on this, the object of the study was the elimination of an emergency situation related to the underwater location of explosive objects, and the subject of the study – the process of operational activities of personnel of the underwater demining department of a group of special diving rescue team. The aim of the work is to develop a mathematical model of the emergency response process related to the underwater location of an explosive object as a process of functioning of the system "emergency – special means of underwater demining – diver-sapper", which should be the basis for substantiation of operational and technical recommendations. increasing the efficiency of underwater demining by diver sappers without reducing their level of safety. It is shown that the mathematical model of underwater demining by a diver-sapper is a system of three analytical dependences. The first is a functional that describes the process of underwater demining in the form of a three-factor polynomial model. The second allows us to present this functionality as a set of one-factor models. The third provides the definition of weights in solving a multifactor problem. It is noted that such a model allows to proceed to the substantiation of operational and technical recommendations to the management of the group of special diving works. The advantage of the new scientific result is the ability to obtain both quantitative estimates of the impact of the direct components of the system "diver-sapper – special means of underwater demining – underwater location of an explosive object" and their relationship. The disadvantage is the large number of experimental results that must be obtained to implement the selected plan.

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Spatial pattern analysis of population vulnerability to geological disasters in China

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2022

Arab J Geosci

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Spatial analysis of disaster statistics in selected cities of Nigeria

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Survival of the fittest: Assessing incidents of building collapse and reduction practices in Lagos, Nigeria

Survival of the fittest: Assessing incidents of building collapse and reduction practices in Lagos, Nigeria

Mathematical Model of Underwater Demining by Dipper Divers of the Sesu

Spatial pattern analysis of population vulnerability to geological disasters in China

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