Public Dialogue in Disaster Situations and Physical Planning Inadequacies: Focus on the Devastating June 16, 2018 Bauchi Rainstorm

Omeiza David IDRIS, Abdulwaheed Adeiza YUSUF, Ibrahim MUHAMMAD, Aminu Belel SHUAIBU, Mustapha Kyari MANGA, Lumi Zamani HARUNA, Nabiha Aliyu AUWA, Dahiru Ishaq BASHIR, Abdulkadir ALIYU, Abdulrahman Arudi SIYAKA, Auwal HARUNA, Solomon Bani DAUDA, Nsidibe Michael JONAH, Rowland Nanpon YARKUM, Augustine Buwah JOHN

Abstract


Bauchi experienced a catastrophic disaster event on 16 June, 2018. Consequently, there have been public discussions and irritations about the event and the inadequacies of public-sector town planning practitioners. 130  residents of Bauchi metropolis were sampled randomly and their concerns documented. The study revealed that poor housing conditions, urban poverty, corruption in planning authorities, substandard infrastructural provision and the non-adherence to development control regulations were the major human and administrative contributions to the catastrophic outcome of the disaster.

Keywords: Disaster, Physical planning, Rainstorm, Public, Dialogue, Inadequacies

 


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