KARAMOJA: AMUDAT District, Hazard, Risk and Vulnerability Profile

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KARAMOJA: AMUDAT District, Hazard, Risk and Vulnerability Profile

March 18, 2016

This Amudat District Hazard, Risk and Vulnerability Profile integrates scientific information provided by Government of Uganda agencies and hazard and vulnerability knowledge provided by communities on the district base map to contribute to a Ugandan atlas of disaster risk. It will support planning and decision-making processes to manage disaster risk in the District.

The Amudat District Local Government and the Department of Disaster Preparedness and Management in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), with the support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), embarked on a process of mapping the hazards and analysing disaster risks and vulnerabilities in Amudat district. The objective of the hazard, risk, and vulnerability mapping is to produce a District Profile that will aid planning and decision making processes in addressing disaster threats/risks in Amudat District.

The information contained in this District Hazard, Risk, and Vulnerability Profile will guide the adoption of disaster risk management (DRM) measures in the district and inform the development of the district’s contingency and development plans.

The findings identified 13 hazards, drought , environmental degradation, flood , land conflict, crop and animal disease, human disease, strong wind, vermin and problem animals, bushfire, pest infestation, hail and lightening, industrial accidents and cattle theft as predominate in the district, in order of decreasing risk. Drought, environmental degradation, flood and land conflict ranked closely as the most dangerous and high-risk hazards for people in Amudat District.

This is part of UNDP’s support to the Government of Uganda to strengthen its capacity in Disaster Risk Management and be prepared to respond to any likely disasters that may come up particularly those related to the climate.

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