it seriously. In Myanmar‚ Cyclone Nargis warning was given but failed to inform in time to those in the path of the storm. The people in New Orleans were prepared better because most of the houses there were earthquake proof. Unlike Cyclone Nargis where they were a lower level of economic development.
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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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1.0 INTRODUCTION Disasters are as old as human history. However‚ whether an event qualifies as a disaster or not has often depended upon who is doing the definition. Individuals‚ governments and humanitarian agencies have attempted to define disaster in various ways depending on their roles‚ biases‚ interests and capabilities. The United Nations Development Programme has defined disaster as an occurrence of a sudden or major misfortune which disrupts the basic fabric and normal functioning of a
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Hurricane Gilbert remains one of the largest tropical cyclones to ever hit the US eastern seaboard and brought widespread destruction to the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. In total‚ 15 different countries were affected by the storm which hit the area in early September 1988. The hurricane became famous for the great difficulty it caused weather forecasters due to its erratic movement‚ the number of predicted paths it could take and its constantly fluctuating intensity. Luckily it was an occasion
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CLASS VII CH-3 sultan Question 1. Which ruler first established his or her capital at Delhi? Answer: Delhi first became the capital of a kingdom under the Tomar Rajputs. Question 2. What was the language of administration under the Delhi Sultans? Answer:the language of administration under the Delhi Sultans Persian. Question 3. In whose region did the Sultanate reach its farthest extent? Answer:Under the regions of Aluaddin Khalji and Muhammad Tughluq the Sultanate reached its farthest
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in Bangladesh Major disasters that occur in Bangladesh are: Tropical cyclone‚ Tidal bore‚ Flood‚ Tornado‚ River bank erosion‚ Earthquake etc. Outline of Most Severe Disasters I. Cyclone: * Cyclones are the worst killer; * The severe cyclone of 12 November 1970 took a tool of 0.3 million human lives in Bangladesh and put property damages to more than one billion US dollars; * Yet another worst cyclone which hit Bangladesh coast on April 1991 killed 0.14 million people and
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Public Policy towards Natural Disasters in India Disconnect Between Resolutions and Reality 2005 Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (A Programme of NCAS) B-64‚ Second Floor‚ Sarvodaya Enclave‚ New Delhi- 110 017‚ India Tel: 91-11-26537603 E-mail: cbadelhi@vsnl.net National Centre for Advocacy Studies (http://www.ncasindia.org) Serenity Complex‚ Ramnagar Colony‚ Pune- 411 021‚ India Tel: 91-20-22952003 / 4 E-mail: ncas@vsnl.com Public Policy towards Natural Disasters in India
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cover the banana shortage and the implement from the federal government shows the import competition is discouraging effect on price of domestic banana. When Cyclone Yasi crossed the north Queensland coast in February 2011 some 90 percent of Australia’s banana crop was again destroyed‚ with many of the farmers previously affected by the cyclone Larry facing economic ruin (ABC News‚ 2011) These two points prove that both domestic and foreign sellers sell homogenous product (foreign banana and domestic
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Need for disaster management It was October 5‚ 1968. The Kosi river in Bihar played havoc as 9 lakh cusec of water was discharged in one day alone. Forty years later‚ the survivors of flood fury in north-eastern Bihar are returning to their homes without fully knowing how a repeat of such discharge in a day can ruin them altogether. The sudden diversion of the Kosi’s course last fortnight already inundated huge tracks of Supaul‚ Madhepura‚ Araria‚ Purnea and Saharsa districts‚ traditionally non-flooded
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India Met. Deptt.‚ 2005‚ Climatological Features of Drought Incidences in India. IMD‚ 2006‚ “Trends in precipitation extremes over India”‚ NCC Research Report No‚ 3/2006. India Met. Dept.‚ 2008‚ ‘Cyclone eAtlas – IMD’ CD. IMD‚ 2008‚ Track of storm and depressions over the Indian Seas during 1891-2007‚ ‘Cyclone e-Atlas of IMD’‚ published by IMD. IMD Annual Climate Summary‚ 2009‚ published by National Climate Centre‚ Pune. IMD‚ 2010‚ www.imd.gov.in. INNCA‚ 2009‚ Ministry of Environment and Forests‚ New
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