THE CONVERSATION: The Sierra Leone mudslide disaster isn’t over yet – here’s what the world must do

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Another day, another disaster. The vulnerability of Sierra Leone makes any reference to “natural” disasters at best ironic, and at worst insulting. Poverty is not “natural”, and the overcrowding into poor housing that it causes is not “natural”. Even the extreme climatic and environmental conditions that precipitated the recent devastating mudslide on the outskirts of the capital, Freetown, are a function of man’s unnatural relationship with nature. But what to do about it?

Period22 Aug 2017

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Media coverage

  • TitleThe Sierra Leone mudslide disaster isn’t over yet – here’s what the world must do
    Media name/outletThe Conversation
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date22/08/17
    DescriptionAnother day, another disaster. The vulnerability of Sierra Leone makes any reference to “natural” disasters at best ironic, and at worst insulting. Poverty is not “natural”, and the overcrowding into poor housing that it causes is not “natural”. Even the extreme climatic and environmental conditions that precipitated the recent devastating mudslide on the outskirts of the capital, Freetown, are a function of man’s unnatural relationship with nature. But what to do about it?
    URLhttps://theconversation.com/the-sierra-leone-mudslide-disaster-isnt-over-yet-heres-what-the-world-must-do-82805
    PersonsTony Redmond

Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms

  • Global inequalities
  • Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute

Keywords

  • Sierra Leone
  • mudslides
  • disasters
  • humanitarian
  • NGOs