India has been traditionally vulnerable to natural disasters on account of its unique geo-climatic conditions. Floods‚ droughts‚ cyclones‚ earthquakes and landslides have been a recurrent phenomenon. About 60% of the landmass is prone to earthquakes of various intensities; over 40 million hectares is prone to floods; about 8% of the total area is prone to cyclones and 68% of the area is susceptible to drought. In the decade 1990-2000‚ an average of about 4344 people lost their lives and about 30
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Natural Devastation The largest earthquake in 40 years shifted huge geological plates beneath the Indian Ocean on Dec. 26‚ 2004‚ causing a immense and abrupt displacement of millions of tons of water. Indonesia villages closest to the epicenter were swamped within minutes‚ while elsewhere the waves radiated outward‚ making landfall at speeds topping 500 mph (www.cbsnews.com). The phenomenon we call tsunami is a series of large waves of extremely long wavelength and period usually generated by
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Course Title: Disaster Risk and Resilience Management Student’s Profile: Degree: Doctorate Major: Strategic Planning and Management ATLANTIC INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY Table of Contents | Title | Page | 1. | Introduction | 4 | 2. | Justification2.1. International Disaster Management2.2. The Hyogo Framework of Action2.3. Disaster Risk Management Tools2.4. Disaster Risk Management Definitions/Terminologies2.5. Disaster Risk Management Framework2.6. Key Elements of Disaster Risk Management2
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is a constant challenge. The challenges can be found working in collaborate with different cultures. However‚ when facing those challenges head on‚ it is imperative that each case is handled in the best possible way. In Union Carbide‚ thousands of lives were lost. The lives lost could’ve have been prevented. But it is not to place blame on one entity of the business‚ but to handle the situation respectively and efficiently. There will be many examples on how the deaths of the employees could’ve have
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many to come. The reality is‚ the American Revolution was not inevitable due to many unnecessary problems caused by the once British Colonists. One reason that proves the Revolution could have been avoided is the actions taken by the colonists that harmed Britain and its people. An example of this can be seen in “The Bostonians paying the excise-man‚ or tarring and feathering”. This image represents just one of the times they took this action‚ colonists had decided to ‘take action’. They took tar
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Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction is a series of 14 guidance notes for use by development organisations in adapting programming‚ project appraisal and evaluation tools to mainstream disaster risk reduction into their development work in hazard-prone countries. The series is also of relevance to stakeholders involved in climate change adaptation. This guidance note focuses on construction design‚ building standards and site selection‚ and their role in the mitigation of risk due to natural hazards.
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Disaster Recovery Plan Student’s name: Tutor’s name: Course title: Date Introduction Disasters have become an inevitable part of businesses and organizations as well. They not only have a major effect on business and organizational continuity; they also result to an overhaul in organizational operational mechanisms (Awasthy‚ 2009). It is for this reason that many organizations and business resort to preparing business continuity plans and disaster recovery plans that will facilitate
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The earth has been affected by the natural hazards over a long time as man emerged into picture the picture that the natural occurrences were becoming disaster‚ together with being documented in various ways providing a warning for the future generation. However in 1920‚ there was a published study referred to as the catastrophe and social change by Henry Samuel Prince. This was the Halifax Disaster documented account and the occurrence of the social change. The first person to deliver evidence based
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Peace could possibly be achieved if all people on Earth became non-judgmental towards each other and accepted each other as equals. In addition‚ everyone’s spiritual beliefs‚ their faith‚ should be respected‚ whether they choose to believe in a higher power‚ or not. Believing in a higher power‚ in itself‚ does not guarantee peace because more people have been murdered in the name of God than for any other reason in all of historyPeace is a state of harmony characterized by the lack of violent conflict
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Nature Disaster Management (How and Why Should Companies Prepare Themselves for a Disaster) By: Finti (1401136872) Frans Ken Abstract Government needs companies to exist in the country for economic stability. However‚ disasters sometimes come and dissolve the organization. Disaster comes from nature and it is unexpected to guess. In case‚ just a few companies prepared their company from disasters. Disaster management plan could help the organization to defend the company before and after
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