Syria’s disaster risk profile and opportunities for disaster governance: from crisis to capacity

Mena, Rodrigo, Ansell, Tom, Ekzayez, Ahmed, Diab, Mohamad and MacLeod, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5504-6450 2026. Syria’s disaster risk profile and opportunities for disaster governance: from crisis to capacity. Alam, Edris, ed. Disaster, Crisis and Emergency Management in the Middle East and North Africa, Cham, Switzerland: Springer, pp. 155-176. (10.1007/978-3-032-24436-9_7)

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Abstract

North-western Syria presents a complex disaster risk landscape shaped by overlapping climatic, socio economic, conflict related and environmental hazards. This convergence of risks has produced chronic vulnerability and limited institutional capacity to prevent, respond to, or recover from disasters. Focusing on north-western Syria, this chapter offers an overview of Syria’s evolving risk profile and disaster governance in a context of political transition. It draws on regional climate and hydrological evidence, community survey findings, interviews, field observations and humanitarian reporting, and presents an integrated reading of these sources rather than detailed models or datasets. The chapter traces the historical trajectory of hazards and disaster management and shows how recurrent floods, heat extremes and water stress intersect with displacement, damaged infrastructure and fragmented authority. It highlights key gaps that constrain effective analysis and planning, including sparse and inaccessible observations, weak data sharing and limited attention to intersectional vulnerabilities. The chapter argues for more integrated, context sensitive and community-based approaches to disaster risk reduction and management, and identifies opportunities to strengthen institutions, rebuild monitoring and warning systems, and connect community knowledge with national structures and the wider MENA region.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Earth and Environmental Sciences Schools > Physical, Chemical & Environmental Sciences
Publisher:	Springer
ISBN:	9783032244352
Last Modified:	17 Aug 2026 15:52
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/189042

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