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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Man-made disasters Man-made disasters are disasters resulting from man-made hazards (threats having an element of human intent‚ negligence‚ or error; or involving a failure of a man-made system)‚ as opposed to natural disasters resulting from natural hazards. Man-made hazards or disasters are sometimes referred to as anthropogenic. Contents * 1 Sociological hazards * 1.1 Crime * 1.1.1 Arson * 1.2 Civil disorder *
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Man-made disasters are disasters is the element of human intent‚ negligence or involving a failure of a man-made system that leads to human suffering and environmental damage. Man-made disasters are sometimes referred to as anthropogenic. The term anthropogenic designates an effect or object resulting from human activity. Man-made disasters can be divided into different categories and they include technological hazards‚ sociological hazards and transportation hazards among others. These are
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6.4 Man-m ade Disasters 6.4.1 Introduction Even if it is true that our libraries are overflowing with books‚ never before in the history of mankind has there been a century as destructive to books as the twentieth. Two world wars and numerous armed conflicts have exacted their toll‚ many totalitarian regimes have purged libraries of publications and what is left is often damage d by water o r fire. Man h as been m ore destruc tive to the cultural h eritage than na ture. Mo st of this damage
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MAN-MADE DISASTERS Presented • Apoorv By • Lavany a Avir al • Nikh • INDEX Introduction Types of Man-Made Disaster Terrorism Nuclear Biological Threats Cyber Attack INTRODUCTION Man-Made hazards OR Anthropogenic hazards can result in the form of a Man-Made disaster. In this case‚ anthropogenic means threats having an element of human intent‚ negligence‚ or error; or involving a failure of a human-made system. This is as opposed to natural hazards that cause natural disasters
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Man Made Disaster The affects of over population on natural environment are vivid. As of November‚ 2008‚ the world’s population is estimated to be about 6.7 billion. It is expected to reach nearly nine billion by the year 2042. This issue of increasing population should be at the forefront of our attention. The rising population has resulted in high fuel consumption and reduction of natural resources. Due to such major growth in population‚ human needs also grow‚ in time; there will not be enough
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Muhammad Ali Jinnah‚ Annie Besant‚ C. P. Ramaswami Iyer‚ Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru.[4] In 1925‚ Naidu presided over the annual session of Indian National Congress at Cawnpore. In 1929‚ she presided over East African Indian Congress inSouth Africa. She was awarded the hind a kesari medal by the British government for her work during the plague epidemic in India.[6] In 1931‚ she participated in the Round table conference with Gandhiji and Madan Mohan Malaviya.[7] She played a leading role during
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NATURAL DISASTER: 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‚ and typically leaves some economic damage in its wake‚ the severity of which depends on the affected population’s resilience‚ or ability to recover. TYPES OF NATURAL DISASTERS: 1-EARTHQUAKES: An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth’s crust that creates seismic waves. At the Earth’s surface
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Disaster Essay Which is worse natural disasters or man-made? Which affects more? Man-made disasters are destructive and horrific. The magnitude of man-made disasters never fades away. They are unprovoked and the agony remains in our lives forever. It is obvious that these emotions occur during times of disaster. However‚ when such adversity is preventable‚ the effects are greater and more deeply felt. Take for instance the 9-11 terrorist attacks. This is far worser than Hurricane Ike because
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Gülin Langbroek 11.1 THE MAN-MADE DISASTER: CHERNOBYL “It is one of histories ironies that the worst nuclear accident began as a test to improve safety.”‚ states Snell (1988). The Soviets wanted to find out how the Chernobyl power plant would cope with a sudden power loss‚ therefore the experiment tested how long a spinning turbine could provide electric power to certain systems in the plant. Like many accidents‚ the Chernobyl accident resulted from a combination of human error and weaknesses
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