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Natrural and Disaster Management
NATURAL HAZARDS AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT

A Supplementary Textbook in Geography for Class XI on UNIT 11 : Natural Hazards and Disasters

CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION
PREET VIHAR, DELHI - 110092

FIRST EDITION 2006

© CBSE, DELHI
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Published By: The Secretary, Central Board of Secondary Education, 2, Community Centre, Preet Vihar, Delhi-110092 Design, Layout and Illustration By: Chandu Press, D-97, Shakarpur, Delhi-110092 Printed By: Chandu Press, D-97, Shakarpur, Delhi-110092

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS y CBSE Advisors: ο ο y Shri Ashok Ganguly, Chairman, CBSE. Shri G. Balasubramanian, Director (Academics), CBSE.

Editor: ο Shri M.P Sajnani, Advisor Disaster Management & Dy. National Project Director, GOI-UNDP, DRM Programme.

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Authors: ο ο Ms. Balaka Dey, Programme Associate, GoI – UNDP, DRM Programme. Dr. R.B Singh, Reader, Dept. of Geography, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, Delhi – 110007.

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Review Team: ο ο Prof. Noor Mohammad, Dept. of Geography, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, Delhi – 110007. Shri S.S Rastogi, Retd. Principal, Directorate of Education, Delhi

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Coordinator: Ms. Sugandh Sharma, Education Officer (Commerce), CBSE

CONTENTS
Foreword For Students Chapter 1:
Introduction to Disaster Management Page Nos. (i) (ii) 1

Chapter 2:
Natural Hazards: causes, distribution pattern, consequences and mitigation measures for : y y y y y y Earthquake Tsunami Cyclone Flood Drought Landslide 10 17 23 30 34 39

FOREWORD
The recurrent occurrences of various natural and manmade disasters like the December 2004 Tsunami, the bomb blasts in the cinema halls of Delhi and many such incidences have diverted our focus towards safety of one’s own life. In the previous class of VIII, IX and X as students you must have read about various natural and manmade hazards – their preparedness and mitigation measures. In class XI, the Board had introduced frontline curriculum on Disaster Management in


References: for further reading: § http://www.csre.iitb.ac.in/rn/resume/landslide/ lsl.htm Landslide Information System - Center of Studies in Resource Engineering IIT Mumbai. http://landslides.usgs.gov USGS National Landslide Hazards Program (NLHP) http://www.fema.gov/hazards/landslides/ landslif.shtm Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA, USA is tasked with responding to, planning for, recovering from and mitigating against disasters. http://ilrg.gndci.pg.cnr.it/ The International Landslide Research Group (ILRG) is an informal group of individuals concerned about mass earth movement and interested in sharing information on landslide research. § § § 45
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