. Hamid Jafari; . Ahmad Jonidi Jafari; . Mahmoud Nekoei‑Moghadam; . Salime Goharinezhad
Volume 9, Issue 7 , July 2019, , Pages 1-6
Abstract
Iran as a developing country is at risk of vulnerability to technological disasters. These types ofdisasters occur frequently in last years and affected thousands of lives. Technological ...
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Iran as a developing country is at risk of vulnerability to technological disasters. These types ofdisasters occur frequently in last years and affected thousands of lives. Technological disastersin Iran cause thousands of deaths, thousands of injuries, and millions of dollars’ economic loss inrecent years. We searched suitable keywords in national and international disaster databases forgathering epidemiological data in these disasters in Iran. In addition, we searched suitable keywordsin scientific databases including Google Scholar, Scopus, PubMed, Web of Knowledge, ScientificInformation Database, Magiran, and Irandoc. After screening, only 19 articles discussed challengesof technological disasters in the country. Road accidents, explosions and fires, mine accidents, andrailway accidents are common events in the country. After 2015, these types of disaster cause 823deaths and injuries. Experience of response to these disasters showed that technological disastermanagement in the country faces too many challenges including comprehensive and prospectiveprograms, weakness of necessary infrastructure for urban management, weakness in group workand interorganizational coordination, lack of coherent involvement of people and nongovernmentalorganizations, lack of information coverage during the disaster, volunteers in police service presenceat scene, and normalization of these events. Due to interorganizational nature of mitigation intechnological disasters, it must be developed coordination between various organizations to mitigatethese types of disasters.
