Assessment of Organizational Preparedness for Earthquake Hazard in Quetta Balochistan:
Keywords:
Organizational, Preparedness, Hazard, BalochistanAbstract
Natural disasters have not only resulted in social and economic losses, but
most of these disasters have also been responsible for taking the lives of
thousands. Pakistan has been extremely vulnerable to natural disasters
because of its geographic location. The main purpose of the current paper
is to assess the organizational preparedness of earthquake hazards in
Balochistan. 20 Key informants of disaster relevant departments were
interviewed to assess the organizational preparedness for earthquake
hazard. The results revealed that, organizational setup is having constraints
to deal disaster management activities from national level to local level due
to low quality of leadership and inexpert human resource. The hiring of
field experts’ human resource in disaster management institutions, can
enhance the organizational preparedness capacities for effective response
to earthquake hazard.
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