An Introduction to Disaster Management for Class 8 Central Board of Secondary Education ‘Shiksha Kendra’‚ 2‚ Community Centre Preet Vihar‚ Delhi – 110092‚ India Tel : 91-011-22509252-57/59‚ Fax : 91-011-22515826 E-mail : cbsedli@nda.vsnl.net.in Website : www.cbse.nic.in TOGETHER‚ TOWARDS‚ A SAFER INDIA An Introduction to Disaster Management for Class 8 FIRST EDITION 2003 CBSE‚ DELHI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AUTHORS Dr. Kamala Menon‚ Principal‚ Mirambika School‚ New Delhi Ms. A. Venkatachalam
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Hunter Herdt Dr. Schiesser Geological Disasters 12 October 2011 What Should We Be Doing? Natural disasters occur on Earth every day. They range from earthquake that can’t be felt to Tsunamis that kill and destroy millions of dollars of property. No matter big or small they happen and the best geologist can predict them to a certain degree yet no natural occurring disaster can be entirely predicted or stopped. People seem to look to blame something or someone for these things but we are only
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of recovery briefly. "Recovery is a way of living a satisfying‚ hopeful and contributing life even with limitations caused by illness. Recovery involves the development of new meaning and purpose in one’s life as one goes beyond the catastrophic effects of mental illness” ( Barker‚ 2009‚ p.682). Whitley and Drake (2010) in their article Recovery: a dimensional approach opine that recovery has five dimensions which are; clinical recovery (experiencing improved symptoms); existential recovery (having
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According to Joseph Nye what we are contemplating is the continuation of a process of return to normality that he calls “The Recovery of Asia”‚ bearing in mind that Asia is half of the world population and that at some moment‚ if it follows the line of growth‚ it will be half of the world product as it was in the 17th century‚ when the world product exceeded 50%. Moreover‚ professor Nye argues that there realizes a “Power Transition”‚ which is the change of power between the states‚ which it is a
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A.Karthick RCET. DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND MITIGATION. The term ‘disaster mitigation’ is variously understood by different people in different disciplines. The meaning of the
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Engineering Disaster Civil Engineers build significant structures that can last more than a century‚ some of these structures such as Burj Khalifa‚ pyramids and evil towers in France can be considered as landmarks‚ because of its history and its beauty of design. Civil Engineers study the four factors of building structures to determine which tools and materials they will use in order to build permanent structures. Although engineers studying the factors and take the determination‚ there is some
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close to the Jaipur International Airport) when it caught fire with an explosion. The Met department recorded a tremor measuring 2.3 on the Richter scale around the time the first explosion at 7:36 pm which resulted in shattering of glass window nearly 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from the accident site. The fire was a major disaster in terms of deaths‚ injury‚ loss of business‚ property and man-days‚ displacement of people‚ environmental impact in Jaipur‚ the capital city of the Indian state of Rajasthan
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Man-made disasters are disasters is the element of human intent‚ negligence or involving a failure of a man-made system that leads to human suffering and environmental damage. Man-made disasters are sometimes referred to as anthropogenic. The term anthropogenic designates an effect or object resulting from human activity. Man-made disasters can be divided into different categories and they include technological hazards‚ sociological hazards and transportation hazards among others. These are
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(DISASTER RISK ANALYSIS OF VARIOUS HAZARDS IN MAJULI) INTRODUCTION Majuli is one of the largest river islands in the world (26 45N – 27 12N and 93 39 E – 94 35 altitude of 60 – 95m above msl). The original land mass of Majuli was 1250 Sq. km (1950) which has significantly reduced to 650 Sq. km (2001) due to erosion. The island is bounded by the river Brahmaputra on the South‚ the river Subansiri on the North-West and Kherkatia Suti in Northeast. Geomorphologically the island is alluvial
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Disasters‚ What you Need to Know About Them Every day there are natural disasters all the time occurring all around the world. They are something that we can’t help‚ but we can be aware of them and what to do if one occurs near you. Tornadoes are common during Michigan’s Spring months. They are usually smaller than other places‚ but they still can do lots of damage. The safest thing to do is to go to the lowest level of the building that you are in. If there is no basement‚ get shelter in
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