Natural Disasters A natural disaster is the effect of a natural hazard (For example‚ flood‚ tornado‚ hurricane‚ volcanic eruption‚ earthquake‚ landslide‚ etc.). These disasters depend on the vulnerability of the place to resist the hazard. For example‚ an earthquake is very unlikely to take place in a forest but a city like Kathmandu is prone to earthquakes. Thus the involvement of the term ‘natural’ is been disputed as these hazards do not take place without human involvement. Some of the deadliest
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on those little ones. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam His Excellency President of India Natural disasters have been visiting every part of the globe at one time or the other. The world is becoming increasingly vulnerable to natural disasters. From earthquakes to floods and famines‚ mankind is even more threatened by the forces of
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MP A R Munich Personal RePEc Archive Natural hazards and disaster management in Pakistan Himayatullah Khan and Abuturab Khan 12. October 2008 Online at http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/11052/ MPRA Paper No. 11052‚ posted 12. October 2008 23:59 UTC Natural hazards and disaster management in Pakistan Himayatullah Khan Professor‚ Department of Development Studies COMSATS Institute of Information Technology‚ Abbottabad and Institute of Development Studies NWFP Agricultural University‚ Peshawar
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Various disasters like earthquake‚ landslides‚ volcanic eruptions‚ fires‚ flood and cyclones are natural hazards that kill thousands of people and destroy billions of dollars of habitat and property each year. The rapid growth of the world’s population and its increased concentration often in hazardous environment has escalated both the frequency and severity of natural disasters. Asia tops the list of casualties due to natural disaster. Among various natural hazards‚ earthquakes‚ landslides‚ floods
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It results from the combination of hazards‚ conditions of vulnerability and insufficient capacity or measures to reduce the potential negative consequences of risk.” How disasters occur? Disasters are caused by hazards and can take different types and forms depending upon the intensity and nature of hazards. Disasters can be natural or manmade. Natural disasters are due to the result of natural hazards like flood‚ tornado‚ hurricane‚ volcanic eruption‚ earthquake‚ or landslide these affects environment
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What is Hazard and Disaster ? Difference between Hazard & Disaster Hazard: A hazard is a situation which poses a level of threat to life‚ health‚ property or environment and is a state of emergency. Hazards are defined as “Phenomena that pose a threat to people‚ structures‚ or economic assets and which may cause a disaster. They could be either manmade or naturally occurring in our environment and hazards are something that has potential to lead to a disaster. . Natural hazards are things
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Compound Molecular Structure Molecular Weight (g/mol) Melting point (0C) Solubility Hazard Sulfuric acid (H2SO4) 98.079 10 Miscible in water Hazardous in case of eye contact (irritant)‚ of ingestion‚ of inhalation. Slightly hazardous in case of skin contact (irritant) Ammonium Bromide (NH4Br) 97.94 452 Soluble in water Hazardous in case of eye contact (irritant)‚ of ingestion‚ of inhalation. 1-Butanol (C4H10O) 74.12 -89.8 Soluble in water. Very soluble in acetone‚ miscible with ethanol‚
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[pic] Figure 1. Three phases of disaster management cycle 1. Pre Disaster Phase Before a disaster (pre-disaster). Pre-disaster activities those which are taken to reduce human and property losses caused by a potential hazard. For example‚ carrying out awareness campaigns‚ strengthening the existing weak structures‚ preparation of the disaster management plans at household and community level‚ etc. Such risk reduction measures taken under this stage are termed
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4‚ 2014. QUESTION: “The secondary effects of lithospheric hazards are often more serious than the hazard event itself.” Discuss this statement. [20 marks] The lithosphere is that portion of the outermost part of the earth. It consists of the curst and the upper mantle. A hazard is considered as any threat that has the potential to cause loss of life or injury or damage to property. We can therefore assume that term a lithospheric hazard refers to those that are caused through geological processes
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In 2010‚ a huge earthquake hit Haiti and almost flattened the tiny country. A year later‚ in 2011‚ an equally huge if not bigger earthquake hit Japan. Many people were affected in Japan but now the country is running smoothly again while Haiti’s poverty rates are still as a high as 80%. Why did these earthquakes have such different effects on these countries? The most significant reason these earthquakes had such different effects is the simple matter that Japan is just much more prepared than
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