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Evaluating local vulnerability and organisational resilience to frequent flooding in Africa: the case of Northern Cameroon

机译：评估当地对非洲频繁洪灾的脆弱性和组织适应力：喀麦隆北部

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Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to evaluate local vulnerability and organisational resilience including coping/adaptive capacity to climate risks, specifically frequent flooding in Northern Cameroon. Design/methodology/approach - The research is exploratory/deductive and draws upon qualitative methods, secondary and empirical techniques supplemented by semi-structured qualitative interviews with senior disaster managers. Secondary information sources, which include peer review articles, government reports/plans, newspaper articles and other grey literature, enhanced the analysis. Findings - The research findings have unveiled the physical and social vulnerability of Northern Cameroon to frequent flooding. Results also show that institutional performance for flood management in Cameroon is ineffective, and adaptive capacity is highly deficient. Cameroon's legislative framework for flood management is weak, and this exacerbates the poor implementation of structural and non-structural flood management measures. Results also indicate issues with relief, evacuation and foreign assistance in flood management. Recommendations that focus on enhancing capacity of response to frequent flooding via reducing vulnerabilities, managing resilience and enhancing adaptive capacity are provided. Originality/value - Using Gallopin's (2006) model of vulnerability, this paper makes a distinct contribution by offering insights into the role of adaptive capacity in disaster management systems in developing (African) countries via an evaluation of vulnerabilities and organisational resilience to repeated flooding in Northern Cameroon.
机译：目的-本文的目的是评估当地的脆弱性和组织适应力，包括对气候风险的应对/适应能力，特别是喀麦隆北部频繁发生的洪灾。设计/方法/方法-该研究是探索性/演绎性的，并利用定性方法，辅助和经验技术，并辅以与高级灾难管理者进行的半结构化定性访谈。次要信息源，包括同行评审文章，政府报告/计划，报纸文章和其他灰色文献，加强了分析。调查结果-研究结果揭示了喀麦隆北部遭受频繁洪灾的物理和社会脆弱性。结果还表明，喀麦隆的洪水管理体制绩效低下，适应能力严重不足。喀麦隆的洪水管理立法框架薄弱，这加剧了结构性和非结构性洪水管理措施实施不力的情况。结果还表明了洪水管理中的救济，疏散和外援问题。提供的建议侧重于通过减少漏洞，管理弹性和增强自适应能力来增强对频繁洪灾的响应能力。原创性/价值-利用Gallopin（2006）的脆弱性模型，本文通过评估脆弱性和组织对反复洪水的组织适应力，提供了对发展中国家（非洲）国家灾害管理系统中适应能力的作用的见解，做出了独特的贡献。喀麦隆北部。

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