Disaster Preparedness in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Exploring and Evaluating the Policy, Legislative Organisational Arrangements Particularly During the Hajj Period

Abdullah Alyami; Camille Lillian Dulong; Mustafa Z. Younis; Sara Mansoor

doi:10.29333/ejeph/8424

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Abdullah Alyami ¹, Camille Lillian Dulong ¹ ² ³ ^* , Mustafa Z. Younis ⁴, Sara Mansoor ⁵

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¹ Subsea 7, Al Khobar City, SAUDI ARABIA² Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health, CANADA³ University of Newcastle, NSW, AUSTRALIA⁴ Jackson State University, Jackson, MS, USA⁵ The University of Sydney School of Pharmacy, NSW, AUSTRALIA^* Corresponding Author

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This paper examines the natural disasters that have historically taken place in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, particularly during Hajj (the largest mass gathering event in the world). A literature search of multiple databases was conducted to identify what is currently known about the effectiveness of disaster management arrangements, policies and plans in the KSA.

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disaster
preparedness
Saudi Arabia
floods
mass gatherings
Hajj
accidents

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EUR J ENV PUBLIC HLT, 2021, Volume 5, Issue 1, Article No: em0053

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Alyami A, Dulong CL, Younis MZ, Mansoor S. Disaster Preparedness in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Exploring and Evaluating the Policy, Legislative Organisational Arrangements Particularly During the Hajj Period. EUR J ENV PUBLIC HLT. 2021;5(1):em0053. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejeph/8424

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Alyami, A., Dulong, C. L., Younis, M. Z., & Mansoor, S. (2021). Disaster Preparedness in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Exploring and Evaluating the Policy, Legislative Organisational Arrangements Particularly During the Hajj Period. European Journal of Environment and Public Health, 5(1), em0053. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejeph/8424

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Alyami A, Dulong CL, Younis MZ, Mansoor S. Disaster Preparedness in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Exploring and Evaluating the Policy, Legislative Organisational Arrangements Particularly During the Hajj Period. EUR J ENV PUBLIC HLT. 2021;5(1), em0053. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejeph/8424

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Alyami, Abdullah, Camille Lillian Dulong, Mustafa Z. Younis, and Sara Mansoor. "Disaster Preparedness in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Exploring and Evaluating the Policy, Legislative Organisational Arrangements Particularly During the Hajj Period". European Journal of Environment and Public Health 2021 5 no. 1 (2021): em0053. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejeph/8424

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Alyami, A., Dulong, C. L., Younis, M. Z., and Mansoor, S. (2021). Disaster Preparedness in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Exploring and Evaluating the Policy, Legislative Organisational Arrangements Particularly During the Hajj Period. European Journal of Environment and Public Health, 5(1), em0053. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejeph/8424

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Alyami, Abdullah et al. "Disaster Preparedness in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Exploring and Evaluating the Policy, Legislative Organisational Arrangements Particularly During the Hajj Period". European Journal of Environment and Public Health, vol. 5, no. 1, 2021, em0053. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejeph/8424