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 a Natural Ocean Disaster The ocean has been shaping our land as we know it for millions of years. It is a beautiful part of our Earth‚ nonetheless it has the greatest influence on some of the deadliest natural disasters to us and these disasters alter our shorelines and lives as we know it. Hurricanes are among the deadliest natural disasters known‚ those that live near the Gulf or eastern coast know of and prepare for the damages it can cause. Many have heard of the devastation hurricanes
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Are we prepared for disasters? Disasters happen when a risk realized overwhelms the response capability of the community. Disaster can strike anywhere‚ anytime with or without warning. All countries are vulnerable to disasters and the only difference is how well the response of the community is. This is where Disaster Risk Management (DRM) comes in. DRM is a tool that organizes the communities’ resources and people to help them prepare for disasters and how to recover from it. This paper aims to
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT BECOMING A DISASTER MANAGER TOPICS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. ACCOUNT ON A DISASTER HAZARD DISASTER TYPES OF DISASTERS HAZARD TO A DISASTER DISASTER MANAGEMENT PHASES OF DISASTER MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT ON A DISASTER THE EARTHQUAKE OF 25 JANUARY 2001 IN GUJARAT‚ INDIA George Pararas-Carayannis Introduction On 25 January 2001‚ a major earthquake occurred in Gujarat‚ a prosperous industrial and agricultural state on India’s west coast‚ close to the border with Pakistan. The quake
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In the case of disaster management‚ this is a very wide open field. A student should learn causes of disasters and figure out ways to reduce the risk of an catastrophe from happening in the first place. Here is what wikipedia has to say about disaster management: Emergency management (or disaster management) is the discipline of dealing with and avoiding risks. It is a discipline that involves preparing‚ supporting‚ and rebuilding society when natural or human-made disasters occur. In general
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overconfidence decision-making biases. His decision also discloses an anchoring bias as it looks like that Nationwide did not take into consideration some information that others did. Insurance was not the only affected industry with natural disasters; also Airlines were very affected with this whole hurricane and weather situations. Jet Blue was one of these affected airlines due to the weather. They held the passengers on its planes for about 10 hours with closed bathrooms. They refunded
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Disaster Plan Emanuel Alcime IT240 August 28‚ 2011 Axia College Disaster Plan My name is Emanuel and I am an IT/network consultant‚ I was hired The IST Department of XYZ Computers to create a disaster plan for the company. Now‚ the average person would think is there hurricane‚ title wave‚ or a tornado about to hit the company; if so why in the heck would the company need an informational technology/networking consultant to create a disaster plan. Well lucky for me it is not that type
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT PLAN OF INDUSTRIES DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT OF ODISHA CONTENTS Sl. No. 1. Description Profile of Industries Department 2. Detailed Hazard‚ Risk Page No. and 3-5 Vulnerability 5-10 Assessment 3. Onsite plan a) Standard operating procedure (SOP) of 11-14 Industries Department b) Standard Industry level operating procedure monitoring (SOP) Committee on 15 Manufacture c) Standard operating procedure
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SOCIAL STUDIES SCHOOL BASED ASSESMENT (S.B.A) YEAR (2013) NAME OF CANDIDATE: ORAL GAYLE SCHOOL: KINGSTON COLLEGE CENTRE#:__________________ CANDIDATE#:_________________ TEACHER: MRS. SANDERS TITLE: An investigation on the impact of natural disasters on the residents of the Manley Meadows community. Table of contents Title page Acknowledgements 1 Rationale
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10‚000.) Rescue efforts have been hampered by incessant rains and the tough mountain terrain. Even as television channels beamed horrific visuals of the calamity‚ the debate on whether the industrialisation of the hill state had contributed to the disaster turned into a face-off between environmentalists and the chief minister Vijay Bahuguna‚ who claimed the tragedy was a natural calamity. "This is a very childish argument that cloudbursts‚ earthquakes and tsunamis are because of human factors. In
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