Preparing a Disaster Risk Management Plan (DRMP) to Asera Al-Shamaliah Municipality
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2022-05
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Alyousef, Abeer
Abdulfattah, Ruba
Khadra, Dana
Jawabreh, Rahaf
Bakier, Safaa
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Asera Al-Shamaliah is located in the northern part of the West Bank. It is an area with many mountains and valleys. There are many hazard and vulnerability factors that play a major role in the occurrence of disasters in the town, whether natural or man-made disasters, as there is a need to handle and overcome these factors to prevent the occurrence of resulted disastrous effects. The main purpose of this project is to establish a Disaster Risk Management Plan to Asera Al-Shamaliah Municipality. The idea was born as a result for the global tendency towards disaster risk management and the need for preparing plans to reduce the impact of its future potential risks. An information was collected related to the town, and then expected disasters was forecasted with their possible causes and effects. Thus, these disasters were assessed based on a scientific methodology that relies on calculating the value of the disaster risk for each disaster. Hence, a disaster risk management plan was prepared for priority disasters, where it was illustrated of prevention, mitigation, response, recovery and rehabilitation proposed procedures. The responsibility for implementing these procedures rests with the Disaster Risk Management Unit for which an organizational structure has been established. In addition to establish an organizational structure for the command center, which is an emergency unit used to provide central command for the purpose of disaster response. This project may provide a road map for municipalities to ensure safe environment capable on facing problems through prior planning based on the forecasting of the potential disasters and risks.