Natural disasters and their impact on critical infrastructure in the United Arab Emirates
Climate change is one of the main challenges facing the population around the world. The consequences of these changes have been manifested for decades in various ways, creating disasters that threaten the lives of an increasing number of people. This paper analyses the consequences of the floods th...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Institute for Political Studies, Belgrade, Serbia
2025-01-01
|
| Series: | Politika nacionalne bezbednosti |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/2334-959X/2025/2334-959X2501001H.pdf |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1850155046672531456 |
|---|---|
| author | Hassan Faisal Essa Ali Abdallah Šaljić Eldar Kraktus Ema |
| author_facet | Hassan Faisal Essa Ali Abdallah Šaljić Eldar Kraktus Ema |
| author_sort | Hassan Faisal Essa Ali Abdallah |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Climate change is one of the main challenges facing the population around the world. The consequences of these changes have been manifested for decades in various ways, creating disasters that threaten the lives of an increasing number of people. This paper analyses the consequences of the floods that hit the United Arab Emirates on April 16, 2024. After any natural disaster, this flood also calls into question the approach, preparedness and response to this challenge, questioning the success of managing critical infrastructure. This is an important question given that in the last two decades the United Arab Emirates has encountered several floods of a more serious scale. In line with the further development of the consequences of climate change and in response to the challenges they bring with them when it comes to the United Arab Emirates, the authors also propose specific guidelines for the relevant institutions as a way of improving critical infrastructure. A significant area would be to focus on the latest technology in creating superior public-private partnerships that would become modern, national-integrated emergency management systems. The authors used the Risk Management Theory, suggesting ways in which preventive responses can be made. The authors also used content analysis, as well as the observation method. |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-e131ea701f2c4847a8d94d2f70c81324 |
| institution | OA Journals |
| issn | 2334-959X |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2025-01-01 |
| publisher | Institute for Political Studies, Belgrade, Serbia |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Politika nacionalne bezbednosti |
| spelling | doaj-art-e131ea701f2c4847a8d94d2f70c813242025-08-20T02:25:04ZengInstitute for Political Studies, Belgrade, SerbiaPolitika nacionalne bezbednosti2334-959X2025-01-0128111910.5937/pnb28-566942334-959X2501001HNatural disasters and their impact on critical infrastructure in the United Arab EmiratesHassan Faisal Essa Ali Abdallah0Šaljić Eldar1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5751-3419Kraktus Ema2https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1478-4315American University in the Emirates, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesAmerican University in the Emirates, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesMinistry of Finance, Belgrade, SerbiaClimate change is one of the main challenges facing the population around the world. The consequences of these changes have been manifested for decades in various ways, creating disasters that threaten the lives of an increasing number of people. This paper analyses the consequences of the floods that hit the United Arab Emirates on April 16, 2024. After any natural disaster, this flood also calls into question the approach, preparedness and response to this challenge, questioning the success of managing critical infrastructure. This is an important question given that in the last two decades the United Arab Emirates has encountered several floods of a more serious scale. In line with the further development of the consequences of climate change and in response to the challenges they bring with them when it comes to the United Arab Emirates, the authors also propose specific guidelines for the relevant institutions as a way of improving critical infrastructure. A significant area would be to focus on the latest technology in creating superior public-private partnerships that would become modern, national-integrated emergency management systems. The authors used the Risk Management Theory, suggesting ways in which preventive responses can be made. The authors also used content analysis, as well as the observation method.https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/2334-959X/2025/2334-959X2501001H.pdfunited arab emiratesnatural disastercritical infrastructurefloodclimate change |
| spellingShingle | Hassan Faisal Essa Ali Abdallah Šaljić Eldar Kraktus Ema Natural disasters and their impact on critical infrastructure in the United Arab Emirates Politika nacionalne bezbednosti united arab emirates natural disaster critical infrastructure flood climate change |
| title | Natural disasters and their impact on critical infrastructure in the United Arab Emirates |
| title_full | Natural disasters and their impact on critical infrastructure in the United Arab Emirates |
| title_fullStr | Natural disasters and their impact on critical infrastructure in the United Arab Emirates |
| title_full_unstemmed | Natural disasters and their impact on critical infrastructure in the United Arab Emirates |
| title_short | Natural disasters and their impact on critical infrastructure in the United Arab Emirates |
| title_sort | natural disasters and their impact on critical infrastructure in the united arab emirates |
| topic | united arab emirates natural disaster critical infrastructure flood climate change |
| url | https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/2334-959X/2025/2334-959X2501001H.pdf |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT hassanfaisalessaaliabdallah naturaldisastersandtheirimpactoncriticalinfrastructureintheunitedarabemirates AT saljiceldar naturaldisastersandtheirimpactoncriticalinfrastructureintheunitedarabemirates AT kraktusema naturaldisastersandtheirimpactoncriticalinfrastructureintheunitedarabemirates |