mountain range in the world. It is located just north the Indian sub-continent. It is also home to some of the highest points in the world above sea level‚ Mt. Everest‚ standing at 8‚848 metres above sea level and K2 standing at 8‚611 metres.The main Himalayan range runs from the Indus river valley in the west‚ to the Brahmaputra river valley in the east‚ forming a range with a length of 2‚400 km long‚ which varies in width from 400 km in the west to 150 km in the east. 1.1 Habitat As a general analysis
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MONSOON India is a land of seasons. There are six seasons in India. Foue out of these are main namely summer‚ winter‚ spring and the most important monsoon. If we see‚ Half of the India depends on the monsoon season and the rains brought by it. We can say this as almost half or more than half of the country in ingaged in agriculture. No rain can be a reason for the failure of crops. Bad crops means less food and as the population of india in increasing‚ more food is needed. Thus the monsoon is
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CHAPTER PARTICULAR Page No 1 OBJECT OF THE PROJECT SCOPE OF THE PROJECT 3-4 2 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY LIMITATIONS 6-8 3 INTRODUCTION DISASTER DISASTER MANAGEMENT 10-12 4 CHALLENGES IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES FUTURE CHALLENGES 14-32 5 HOW TO FACE CHALLENGES 34-39 6 CONCLUSION BIBLIOGRAPHY 41-42 CHAPTER:1 OBJECT OF THE PROJECT SCOPE OF THE PROJECT OBJECT OF THE PROJECT Meaning of Disaster and there Types. Disaster Management and there nature. Challenges
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developing stages of becoming a HIC. Case Study: Kobe‚ Japan On the 17th of January‚ 1995‚ an earthquake struck Kobe‚ the second most populated and industrialized city in Japan at 5:46 am. The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.4 on the Richter scale. The quake only lasted 20 seconds‚ but killed over 6‚400 people. This earthquake was caused by the subduction of the denser oceanic Philippines Plate by the lighter continental Eurasian Plate. During the 20 second earthquake‚ the ground moved 50cm horizontally
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Global Warming And Its Effects On The Coastal Areas of Bangladesh [pic] [pic][pic] GLOBAL WARMING: Global Warming is the rise in the average temperature of the Earth’s atmosphere‚ including the surface air and oceans. In simple words global warming is when the Earth heats up. It is caused mainly due to increasing concentration of greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere. The greenhouse gases‚ include carbon dioxide‚ nitrous oxide‚ methane‚ water vapor‚ traps heat and light in the
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30 seconds registering at 6.7 on the Richter scale but the aftershocks lasted for several days afterwards. Ground displacement is the second hazard main of earthquakes. Especially if there is a building or roadway on or near the fault line. This quake alone killed 60 people‚ and injuring thousands. It also caused fires and an explosion in the Granada Hills area‚ causing many buildings and freeways to collapse. There were also many homes left without power or water. Another main hazard is flooding
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As the city was already distracted in ruins and impossible to fix from that point. In order to fix their city‚ they needed to reconstruct the city from the beginning. Immediate reaction were to find the family that went missing during the quake. The people of this city’s main priority was to see if their family members were alive or not. Rooms and building in the home they once knew were unrecognizable. Their main daily living system was now gone because of this horrific destruction. The
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INTRODUCTION 1 HOW EARTHQUAKES OCCUR 2 Fault types 3 Earthquake fault types 3 Different types of Faults 3 Tidal forces 5 Earthquake clusters 6 Aftershock 6 Earthquake swarm 6 Earthquake storm 6 METHODS USED IN MEASURING EARTHQUAKES 6 The Richter Scale 6 The Mercalli Scale 7 HAZARDS CONNECTED TO EARTHQUAKES 8 MEASURES TAKEN TO MINIMIZE EARTHQUAKES 9 BIBLIOGRAPHY 11 INTRODUCTION Earthquakes are caused by the movement of the earth’s tectonic plates. Earthquakes occur where the
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1.INTRODUCTION The main occupation of majority of people living in rural India still continues to be agriculture. About 70% of the Indian population‚ including the rural and the tribal population is sustaining on traditional agricultural practices as a source of livelihood. Besides growing edible food crops like vegetables‚ fruits‚ cereals and pulses‚ the farmers also grow various types of medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) which constitute an integral part of traditional home remedies. India
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2013]. Nepal Rastra Bank. 2013. Nepal Ratra Bank. [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.nrb.org.np/fxmexchangerate.php [Accessed 23 may 2013]. Thai Airways. 2013. Thai Airways. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.thaiairways.com/ [Accessed 23 may 2013] The Himalayan Times: Tourists arrival increases in 2012- Detail News: Nepal News Portal International tourism‚ number of arrivals| Data| Table. 2013. International tourism‚ numbers of arrivals | Data | Table. [ONLINE] Available at:http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/ST
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