Abstract
This research reports the role of disaster policy implementation achieving disaster risk reduction (DRR) and sustainable development (SD) in Sierra Leone. The factors were highlighted to help policymakers measure disaster risk perception (DRP), disaster adaptation (DA), community participation (CP), and disaster policy implementation (DPI) towards achieving disaster risk reduction and sustainable development. A questionnaire was administered to collect data from the respondents in six disaster-prone communities (Dwarzarck, Portee-Rokupa, Kroobay, Susan’s Bay, Moyiba, and Colbot) in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Employing the structural equation model approach, we found that all the disaster risk reduction factors (DRP, CP, DA, and DPI) directly influence SD. Furthermore, disaster policy implementation serves as a channel through which disaster risk reduction influences sustainable development. This study suggests to policymakers to use the factors mentioned earlier to design effective disaster policy implementation to achieve disaster risk reduction and sustainable development in Sierra Leone.
Highlights
The concept of disaster has a wide range of interpretation with many different causes and consequences [1]
All the variables had significant and positive effects on disaster policy implementation and sustainable development, with disaster risk perception (DRP) having the most influence, followed by community participation and disaster adaptation. These results suggest that DRP, DA, and CP
The study explored the effect of disaster risk reduction on sustainable development and accounted for the role of disaster policy implementation
Summary
The concept of disaster has a wide range of interpretation with many different causes and consequences [1]. The most common disasters in Sierra Leone include floods, landslides, and droughts [7]. Sierra Leone experienced one of the worst disasters in 2017 when it was hit by a massive landslide and floods in Freetown, causing colossal destruction that led to food insecurity, economic hardship, and disaster-related health hazards [7]. Economic hardship is a driving factor [8] that forces the less-privileged to dwell in high-risk areas, making them vulnerable to disasters [9]. These consequences can be mitigated through DRR via disaster policy implementation (DPI).
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