DISASTER MANAGEMENT IN PAKISTAN Introduction 1. Due to diverse geo-climatic conditions prevalent in different parts of the globe‚ different types of natural disasters like floods‚ droughts‚ earthquakes‚ cyclones‚ landslides‚ and volcanoes etc may strike according to the vulnerability of the area. 2. Pakistan‚ due to its diverse range of terrain‚ is susceptible to wide ranging hazards from droughts to floods and earthquakes to cyclones. Pakistan suffered a major drought from 1995-2000. Pakistan almost
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Disaster A disaster is a hazard resulting in an event of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction‚ loss of life‚ or drastic change to the environment. Types of disasters Natural disaster Man made disaster Natural disaster A natural disaster is a consequence when a natural hazard affects humans and/or the built environment. Eg: earthquake‚ flood‚ landslides‚ volcanic eruptions‚ floods and cyclones are all natural hazards that kill thousands of people and destroy
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Christopher Vu Ms. Sieker 80s Literature January 9‚ 2013 Chernobyl: A Modern Disaster Throughout our history as human beings‚ we’ve made amazing discoveries. Whether it is discovering fire or inventing the Internet‚ our minds are able to achieve mind-blowing accomplishments. One of the greatest accomplishments in recent history is nuclear power: the use of nuclear fission to generate heat and electricity. Unlike fossil fuels‚ they do not emit any atmospheric pollutants‚ generate immense
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A disaster recovery plan is an HIPPA security standard and its objectives are to establish policies and procedures for responding to an emergency (vandalism‚ system failure‚ and natural disaster) that may damage or interrupt systems that contain PHI. In brief‚ the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act‚ commonly known as HIPAA‚ was enacted on August 21‚ 1996‚ by the United States Congress and signed President Bill Clinton. HIPPA regulates national standards to protect individuals’ health
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1. Mariner Bugs Out (1962) Cost: $18.5 million Disaster: The Mariner 1 rocket with a space probe headed for Venus diverted from its intended flight path shortly after launch. Mission Control destroyed the rocket 293 seconds after liftoff. Cause: A programmer incorrectly transcribed a handwritten formula into computer code‚ missing a single superscript bar. Without the smoothing function indicated by the bar‚ the software treated normal variations of velocity as if they were serious‚ causing
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How are injuries and their effects explored in the poems Disabled by Wilfred Owen and Out‚ Out by Robert Frost? “Out‚ Out” and “Disabled” both represent physical injuries and their effects in several ways. Robert Frost and Wilfred Owen both show the consequences of injuries‚ for example they demonstrate how injuries caused physical pain due to industrial advances‚ psychological impacts and how the people around him felt. In addition‚ they also show how society felt towards the injured and how they
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Piper Alpha Disaster Subject : Engineering Application of Information Technology (EAT 106) Name : Ravin Raj A/L Vijaya Kamaraj Course : Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) Mechanical Student ID : SCM-013090 Lecture : Cik Anis ------------------------------------------------- Abstract The case study was done on the Piper Alpha disasters which happened in 1988. First the management and the operation process is analysed and studied hence to the structure. Secondly the cause of accident
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A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth. A natural disaster can cause loss of life or property damage. Earthquakes Earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth’s crust that creates seismic waves. At the Earth’s surface‚ earthquakes manifest themselves by vibration‚ shaking and sometimes displacement of the ground. Floods The most common type of flooding event typically occurs when waterways such as rivers or streams overflow
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Introduction Floods are a natural hazard. There have been many devastating floods in the past decade. Different countries have reacted differently during and after the floods have occurred. Some countries have needed economic help during these times. Some countries were able to give detailed warning and saved many lives in doing so. Developed countries have the money to warn its people of any floods or other natural hazards which may affect a community. Developing countries often do not have the
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The earth has been affected by the natural hazards over a long time as man emerged into picture the picture that the natural occurrences were becoming disaster‚ together with being documented in various ways providing a warning for the future generation. However in 1920‚ there was a published study referred to as the catastrophe and social change by Henry Samuel Prince. This was the Halifax Disaster documented account and the occurrence of the social change. The first person to deliver evidence based
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