Disaster management can be defined as the organization and management of resources and responsibilities for dealing with all humanitarian aspects of emergencies‚ in particular preparedness‚ response and recovery in order to lessen the impact of disasters. The need to address disaster management Disasters are defined as a serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society. They involve widespread human‚ material‚ economic or environmental impacts‚ which exceed the ability of
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A disaster is a sudden‚ calamitous event that seriously disrupts the functioning of a community or society and causes human‚ material‚ and economic or environmental losses that exceed the community’s or society’s ability to cope using its own resources. Though often caused by nature‚ disasters can have human origins. There can be two kinds of disasters Natural Disaster –naturally occurring physical phenomena caused either by onset events which can be geophysical (earthquakes‚ landslides‚ tsunamis
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Risks‚ Regulations and Management of Natural Disasters Brooke McGuire Park University GO125 Natural Disasters Carla Contes Risks‚ Regulations and Management of Natural Disasters Introduction There are many risks involved in any natural disaster and the regulation and management of these disasters needs to be simplified and standardized. This essay will summarize two articles that pertain to natural disasters and the improvement of responses and policies surrounded them and
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provides the mechanism of booking cabs along with air ticket reservation. This system is designed to help wide range of customers and Travel Agencies registered to them. Its main functionality will help the agencies expand their horizons in the field of providing service to the customers. There are not much service providers who provide both air and cab reservation. Customer needs to look for more than one providers or agencies to book their tickets & cabs. Inconvenience is caused to the travelers to
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India‚ Pakistan‚ and Bangladesh are prone to natural disasters of various kinds on a continual basis. Coupled with high population density‚ poverty‚ illiteracy and lack of infrastructure‚ the natural disasters kill thousands of people and leave a devastating impact on economy and environment. The importance of telecommunication in disaster management has been widely accepted since the early days of the development of radio communication. Disasters can strike without warning at any time of the day or
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10‚000.) Rescue efforts have been hampered by incessant rains and the tough mountain terrain. Even as television channels beamed horrific visuals of the calamity‚ the debate on whether the industrialisation of the hill state had contributed to the disaster turned into a face-off between environmentalists and the chief minister Vijay Bahuguna‚ who claimed the tragedy was a natural calamity. "This is a very childish argument that cloudbursts‚ earthquakes and tsunamis are because of human factors. In
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suffring from many disaster but mast important disaster is natural disaster . natural disaster is the impact of the human causing the wasteage of natural resoures andusing it very widly range becaus of using natural resoures in bulk amount it harmes pur planet as well as our country .the goverment should take action toward those industries which use the natural resoures in wide range. ande give them punishment to them and save our planet from natural disaters. A natural disaster is the effect of a
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A disaster can be natural‚ man-made or technological hazard resulting in an event of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction‚ loss of life‚ or drastic change to the environment. A disaster can be defined as any events such as earthquakes‚ floods‚ fires‚ or explosions. It is a phenomenon that can cause damage to life and property and destroy the economic‚ social and cultural life of people Here we are discussing about Man-made disaster. Man-made disasters are the
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Earthquakes Natural disasters‚ such as earthquakes‚ hurricanes and cyclones‚ floods‚ and tornadoes are some of the traumatic experiences that may cause posttraumatic stress disorders. This type of disorders and other disaster related psychological problems are prevalent after natural disasters. As a result it is important to analyse those individuals that develop psychological problems especially to prepare and plan interventions both in the short and long term after disaster (Coşkun‚ Coşkun‚ 2000
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Chernobyl Disaster Today‚ I am going to discuss about the biggest nuclear disaster that happened in the Worlds History. It’s called as Chernobyl disaster. This Disaster happened in Ukraine which was part of Soviet Union by then. It happened at the Chernobyl site between Pripyat and Chernobyl. The reason of this disaster is mainly human negligence and lack of knowledge. 25 April 1986... It was a beautiful Friday night with cool breeze blowing with a slight humidity. People were in their homes
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