THE MANIFESTATIONS OF VULNERABILITY IN FACILITIES MANAGEMENT: TOWARDS DISASTER RISK REDUCTION IN MANAGING THE NIGERIAN BUILT ENVIRONMENT
THE MANIFESTATIONS OF VULNERABILITY IN FACILITIES MANAGEMENT: TOWARDS DISASTER RISK REDUCTION IN MANAGING THE NIGERIAN BUILT ENVIRONMENT
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2021
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DODO, Mansir JIBIRIL, Dan-Azumi Jibril
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Facilities Management (FM) is a practice that seeks to optimally harness the interaction of
resources (which are people, place, processes and technology) with a view to creating a built
environment that is enabling yet, conducive. Upon all efforts towards effective FM practice,
reported disasters to the built environment are characterised by leaving some effect to the
resources managed within the confines of FM practice. Although such effect on the resources
managed is most often than not consequential, the magnitude of the consequence is dependent
on the vulnerability present in the FM system practiced. Based on the evolved approaches to
managing disasters, optimizing the vulnerability to 'would-be' affected facilities in the event of
disaster could be by adopting The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR).Core
among the mandate of this frameworkis the full understanding of vulnerability(alongside
hazard and capacity) in all its ramifications. Although researches specifically in the Nigerian
built environment have attempted to assess vulnerability, not much is available that identified
the manifestation of vulnerability relative to the core themes ofFM (which are a place, people,
processes and technology).Hence, this study seeks to contextualise the manifestations of
vulnerability in managing the built environment with a view to enhance FM practice of the built
environment.This research is exploratory in nature whereby secondary data was obtained using
a systematic review technique. Results and findings are also reported qualitatively whereby, the
identified primary manifestations of vulnerability are grouped relative to the secondary
manifestations which are: human related (people); management related (process); and
technology related vulnerabilities. It is worthy to mention that these secondary manifestations
are considered to being FM themes (often cited in conceptualising the definition of FM). The
implication of this research is not only easing the identification of the manifestation of
vulnerability in FM practice in Nigeria, but clustering thematic related manifestations for
actions geared towards reducing vulnerability thus improving DRR. This could be beneficial to
property owners, Facility Managers and other stakeholders in the Nigerian built environment.
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Department of Building, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria Nigeria Department of Estate Management and Valuation, Bayero University Kano Nigeria