Natural Disasters With the tropical climate and unstable landforms‚ coupled with high population density‚ poverty‚ illiteracy and lack of adequate infrastructure‚ India is one of the most vulnerable developing countries to suffer very often from various Natural Disasters‚ viz. flood‚ cyclone‚ earthquake‚forest fire‚ drought‚ etc. Asia tops the list of casualties due to natural disasters. Space technology plays a crucial role in efficient mitigation of disasters. Communication satellite provides
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What is disaster management? What are the various stages that it involves? The terminology may differ depending on where you are. In New Zealand‚ for example‚ you would be talking of the 4R’s‚ namely Readiness‚ Response‚ Recovery and Reduction. In other places‚ such as Indonesia‚ it could be as outlined in the graphic below: (Disaster management: click to enlarge) There are no standardized rules defining the different phases of the disaster management cycle. Different agencies use different cycles
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“DISASTERS CREATES OPPURTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT” DISASTER: Disaster can be defined as “The occurrence of a sudden or major misfortune which disrupts the basic fabric and normal functioning of a society‚ or community.” “An event or series of events which gives rise to casualties and/or damage or loss of property‚ infrastructure‚ essential services or means of livelihood on a scale which is beyond the normal capacity of the affected community’s ability to cope with out aid.” According to UNISDR
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Service Recovery Definition of Service Recovery Service Recovery means that a service breakdown has occurred and the problem has been corrected to the customers satisfaction Goal: Help retain customer’s as loyal Service Recovery Customers do not expect you to be perfect. They do expect you to fix things when they go wrong. Creating A Service Recovery Environment Be A Role Model Ask Staff For Suggestions Solicit Customer Feedback Reward Good Customer Service Behavior
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INTRODUCTION TO DISASTER 1.1 THE HISTORY OF DISASTERS IN INDIA Year 2005‚ say India should hang her head in shame. With the Bengal famine‚ Orissa Super Cyclone‚ Latur earthquake‚ Bhopal chemical disaster‚ Andhra cyclone‚ Gujarat earthquake‚ recurring floods‚ Mumbai 2008 bomb blasts and many other disasters there is no foyer in the world with space large enough to exhibit the collective pain on the face of India. India has ranked at the top or near top in almost all type of disasters with number
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ACADEMIC YEAR 2013-2014 INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT CASE COMMENT Rajput Jabbarsingh Malaji V. State of Gujarat (2011) 6 SCC 308 INTRODUCTION The present case was filed as Criminal Appeal No. 943 of the year 20061 from the judgment and order dated 28/29.04.2005 of the High Court of Gujarat at Ahmedabad‚ in Criminal Appeal No. 597 of 1998. The judgement was delivered by a two judge bench of Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ashok Kumar Ganguly and Hon’ble Mr. Justice
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Rev. sci. tech. Off. int. Epiz.‚ 2003‚ 22 (3)‚ 915-930 Disaster management in India: the case of livestock and poultry A. Sen (1) & M. Chander (2) (1) Fellow Programme in Management Scholar‚ Indian Institute of Management‚ Ahmedabad - 380015‚ Gujurat‚ India (2) Senior Scientist‚ Division of Extension Education‚ Indian Veterinary Research Institute‚ Izatnagar – 243 122‚ Uttar Pradesh‚ India Submitted for publication: 7 July 2002 Accepted for publication: 25 April 2003 Summary Developing countries
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Efforts to Reduce the Budget Deficit Ashford University Principles of Macroeconomics ECO 203 Charles Fanning July 1‚ 2013 Efforts to Reduce the Budget Deficit For as long as people can remember‚ the United States has been in debt. Every presidents have tried to reduce our country debt. Some presidents have brought the debt down while others have watch it rise. Many people here in America are starting to wonder whether or not our country will ever be economically stable‚ or continued to be
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Creative Destruction and the Aftermath of the Tsunami: Recovery of Southern Sri Lankan Small Business in the Face of Inertia Dr. C. Travis A. Perera Senior Consultant‚ Entrepreneurship‚ Business Development & Operations Management Postgraduate Institute of Management‚ Sri Lanka Telephone number: 94-777 756 109 Fax number: 94-11-2689643 Email: drtravisperera@gmail.com Paper Presented At the 5th International Entrepreneurship Forum held in Cape Town‚ South Africa from September 07-09-2005
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decimated by disasters and whose citizenry is regularly traumatised cannot be mobilised for any meaningful development. Most times‚ disasters occur with such regularity that huge human and material resources‚ which could have otherwise been used in national development‚ are lost annually to address disasters and for the rehabilitation of their victims. The magnitude of the pain or losses usually determines whether the occurrence is a minor accident or a disaster.1 A disaster is an event
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