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    MANAGEMENTS OF DISASTER TOURISM. INTRODUCTION Nowadays‚ more and more people have traveled around the world or even their own country. To make a person’s travel fantastic and stunning‚ tourism plays great roles. However‚ tourism is vulnerable and susceptible to unpredictable disaster and crisis. Many tourists have experienced such catastrophic things and even died during their trip. In order to prevent those from having effects on tourism as possible as we can‚ we need effective and efficient

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    Natural Resources and Energy Paper SCI/256 March 30‚ 2013 Professor Natural Resources and Energy Paper Tropical rainforests like so many other natural places are a scarce resource in the 21st century. They are unique and unlike any other ecosystem. They are in fact crucial to the global ecosystem and vital to human existence. Beyond compare as it relates to their biological diversity‚ tropical rainforests are a natural reservoir of genetic diversity which offers a rich source of medicinal

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    NATURAL VEGETATION Natural vegetation refers to a plant community which has grown naturally without human aid and has been left undisturbed by humans for a long time. This is termed as virgin vegetation. Thus‚ cultivated crops and fruits‚ orchards form part of vegetation but not natural vegetation. Virgin vegetation -The virgin vegetation‚ which are purely Indian are known as endemic or indigenous species but those which have come from outside India are termed as exotic plants. Flora- The term

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    Disaster management in Pakistan By Irshad Ali Sodhar (FSP) Outline 1. Introduction 2. Disaster; definition and types 3. Disaster management 4. Phases of disaster management; a. Mitigation b. Preparedness c. Response d. Recovery 5. History of disasters in Pakistan 6. Disaster in the wake of recent floods 7. Structure of disaster management in Pakistan 8. Role of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) 9. Abysmal state of disaster preparedness and management in Pakistan

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    Natural resources occur naturally within environments that exist relatively undisturbed by humanity‚ in a natural form. A natural resourceis often characterized by amounts of biodiversity and geodiversity existent in various ecosystems. Natural resources are derived from the environment. Some of them are essential for our survival while most are used for satisfying our needs. Natural resources may be further classified in different ways. Natural resources are materials and components (something

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    Pakistan is one of the richest countries in the world in terms of natural resources but also one of the poorest among them in their management. The country is abundant in the vital resources including that of energy‚ agriculture‚ minerals‚ population‚ and geography‚ but unlike the developed countries‚ these have not been properly exploited due to poor management. This dismayed situation is caused due to several‚ both chronic and acute‚ flaws which have led to poor governance of country since its

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    Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. Jesus Christ 1Page HHSMZG516 EPIDEMIC & DISASTER MANAGEMENT DR.B.NANDITHA 2012HSMV020 2Page Disaster Disaster is defined as the occurrence of a sudden or major misfortune‚ which disrupts the basic fabric and normal functioning of a society (community). It is an event or a series of events which gives rise to casualties and /or damage or loss of property‚ infrastructure‚ essential services or means of livelihood on

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    Title: ‘Discuss how response to a humanitarian disaster could be improved through vertical and horizontal collaboration between the various actors’ 1. PURPOSE 2. APPROACH 3. LIMITATIONS Firstly I will outline who the actual ‘actors’ involves in a humanitarian disaster are with the use of Kovács & Spens‚ 2007 diagram provided in our lecture notes. The whole idea of ‘Collaboration’ which has two separate dimensions: 1. Vertical collaboration i.e. between supplier sand customers

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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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    (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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