Disaster Management
saster management
Delhi Public School, Dwarka A Project on Disaster Management
Acknowledgement
This report has only been successful because of the help of some people. First and foremost, I would like to thank our Social Science teachers - Mrs. Ruchika Gupta (Geography) Mrs. Shalini Chaturvedi (History/Civics) Mrs. Soni Saxena (Economics)
For giving me this task from which I could learn many things and also for guiding me whenever their guidance was necessary. This project would not even have been started without their help and support.
Secondly, I would like to thank my parents as well as some friends of mine for providing me very useful information related to the project.
Other than this, books from the School Library have also helped complete my project successfully.
Preface
This report holds some basic information on the given topic ‘Safe Construction Practices in Disaster Prone Areas’. I had to go through some books and surf through the internet to get this project done and going through these stuffs was really interesting and informative. I have tried to include much information about the topic.
This report consists of an introduction to natural disasters, their causes and some measures to prevent these calamities. I hope the contents of this report will give the readers a quick look of the natural disasters and will be informative to them.
Necessity Of Safe Construction
Over the last few decades the impact of natural disasters on lives, property, livelihood and infrastructure has skyrocketed, because of rise in world population and people having started living in areas that are prone to natural hazards. We can live safely in such areas provided due precautions are taken.
We should construct disaster resistant buildings to curb the loss to life and property. This approach should be incorporated at the earliest possible time while doing design
Delhi Public School, Dwarka A Project on Disaster Management
Acknowledgement
This report has only been successful because of the help of some people. First and foremost, I would like to thank our Social Science teachers - Mrs. Ruchika Gupta (Geography) Mrs. Shalini Chaturvedi (History/Civics) Mrs. Soni Saxena (Economics)
For giving me this task from which I could learn many things and also for guiding me whenever their guidance was necessary. This project would not even have been started without their help and support.
Secondly, I would like to thank my parents as well as some friends of mine for providing me very useful information related to the project.
Other than this, books from the School Library have also helped complete my project successfully.
Preface
This report holds some basic information on the given topic ‘Safe Construction Practices in Disaster Prone Areas’. I had to go through some books and surf through the internet to get this project done and going through these stuffs was really interesting and informative. I have tried to include much information about the topic.
This report consists of an introduction to natural disasters, their causes and some measures to prevent these calamities. I hope the contents of this report will give the readers a quick look of the natural disasters and will be informative to them.
Necessity Of Safe Construction
Over the last few decades the impact of natural disasters on lives, property, livelihood and infrastructure has skyrocketed, because of rise in world population and people having started living in areas that are prone to natural hazards. We can live safely in such areas provided due precautions are taken.
We should construct disaster resistant buildings to curb the loss to life and property. This approach should be incorporated at the earliest possible time while doing design