Lacking both early-warning systems and risk-reduction budgets, medium-sized towns in Africa are poorly equipped to respond to emergencies provoked by natural disasters, rural-urban migration and ecosystem destruction, a United Nations report released today says.
Most local government staffers have no direct access to computers, while information management systems are non-existent, according to the report, titled "City Resilience in Africa: A Ten Essentials Pilot," and published by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR).
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