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Analysis of the Man-Made Causes of Shiraz Flash Flood: Iran, 2019

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 July 2020

Mohammad Heidari Open the ORCID record for Mohammad Heidari [Opens in a new window] ,
Nasrin Sayfouri Open the ORCID record for Nasrin Sayfouri [Opens in a new window] ,
Seyedeh Samaneh Miresmaeeli  and
Ali Nasiri Open the ORCID record for Ali Nasiri [Opens in a new window]
Mohammad Heidari
Affiliation:
Community-Oriented Nursing Midwifery Research Center, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran
Nasrin Sayfouri
Affiliation:
Department of Foreign Languages, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Seyedeh Samaneh Miresmaeeli
Affiliation:
Department of Health in Disasters and Emergencies, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Ali Nasiri*
Affiliation:
Health Management Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Department of Health in Emergencies and Disasters and Passive Defense, School of Health, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
*
Correspondence: Ali Nasiri, MD, PhD, Health Management Research Center, School of Health, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, No. 610, School of Health, Nosrati Alley, Soutern Sheykh Bahaei St., Mollasadra Ave., Vanak Square, Tehran, Iran, E-mail: alinasiri@bmsu.ac.ir
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Abstract

Flood is the most common natural hazard in Iran, which annually affects the environment and human lives. On March 25, 2019 in Shiraz-Iran, following a heavy rainfall, the occurrence of a flash flood caused an extensive number of deaths, injuries, and vehicle demolitions in a short time. Evidence suggests that man-made causes of the incident, including unsustainable urban development and lack of early warning services, have played a more influential role compared with its natural causes. This study has attempted to substantiate that understanding disaster risks, as the first priority of Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) 2015-2030, directly impacts the decisions and actions of policymakers, local authorities, and the public. To provide more safety, mitigation, and disaster risk reduction, attention should primarily be paid on making a cultural paradigm shift through providing sufficient training in developing appropriate disaster risk perception in the community at large.

Keywords

disaster risk reductionflash floodmitigationnatural disastersrisk perception
Type
Field Report
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 35 , Issue 5 , October 2020 , pp. 588 - 591
Copyright
© World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2020

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