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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Topic: Critical appraisal of Disaster management Act‚ 2005 Submitted by: Rible Thomas Kizhakkidam MswII ROLL no 573 The Indian subcontinent is among world’s most disaster prone area. It is exposed to natural catastrophes because of its vast territory‚ large population and unique geo-climatic conditions. In India‚ while 40 million hectares of landmass is prone to floods‚ 68 per cent of the total areas is vulnerable to periodical droughts. The Disaster Management Act passed in 2005 provides for
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Effects of drought on farm production and livestock holdings 5. The main direct effects of drought on the farming sector are summarised in Figure 1. The most immediate consequence of drought is a fall in crop production‚ due to inadequate and poorly distributed rainfall. Farmers are faced with harvests that are too small to both feed their families and fulfill their other commitments. Livestock sales act as a buffer in times of hardship‚ farmers disinvesting in these assets to buy food. The first
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are taken in our country to save people and wealth during natural calamities? Bangladesh is a disaster-prone country of an area of about 1‚ 47‚570 sq. km. with population nearing 140 million. Bangladesh becomes the worst victim of natural calamities causing colossal loss of lives and properties. Most of the people of this country are very poor. It is predominantly an agricultural country. The economy largely depends on weather. Major disasters that occur in Bangladesh are: tropical cyclone‚ tidal bore
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This is the fourth year of the great drought and scientists say it will be the worst drought in 1‚200 years. The negative effects of this drought is that fields will go fallow‚ forests will catch fire‚ and wells will come up dry. California is already having some of these effects (maybe). California has underwent a mandatory water rationing for cities in the state. Even though California is going through tough times right now‚ it won’t last forever. Rain and snow from the high Sierra will return
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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
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Fixing California Drought In an attempt to find a solution that would best resolve the water drought crisis in California‚ we’ve all heard how we could apply technology such as desalination or green-friendly practices such as water conservation. Finding those who divert water wrongfully is just as challenging as it is to preserve the precious resource. Tough statewide regulations have been already rolled out this year in a bid to punish those who misuse it. Under the emergency conservation restrictions
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If you didn’t know California is in a major drought. It isn’t like half of California it’s 100% of California. It is so bad that farmers have stopped receiving water to water their plants. Even most of the reservoirs in California are only half full. This is the third year with a California drought. A lot of the food we make like tomatoes‚ almonds‚ and broccoli are being affected too. California produces 90% of all the United states tomatoes‚ 95% of the Nation’s broccoli‚ and 99% of the Nation’s
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In recent years‚ nearly every desert United State has been facing a massive water shortage. In 2010‚ most of California entered a crisis described as an “extreme to exceptional drought‚” a crisis has caused cities and towns to cut water use by as much as 36 percent. Laws have been put in place to limit the length of time and days during which citizens can water their lawns‚ and said citizens are encouraged to switch to fake-lawns and plant-life that require little water like cacti. For many‚ the
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Acknowledgement We have taken efforts in this project. However‚ it would not been possible without the kind support and help of many individuals and organization. We would like to extend our sincere thanks to all of them. We are indebted to our CS instructor Engr. Joash Realiza for his guidance and constant supervision as well as for providing necessary information regarding the project and also for imparting important ideas that can make this study possible. We would like to express our
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