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    Uttarakhand Disaster

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    Uttarakhand’s path to devastation a natural calamity or a result of industrialisation? (The hill state of Uttarakhand…) India’s go-to person for tourism‚ the man who branded Kerala as "God’s own country"‚ and turned the southern state into one of the busiest tourist destinations in the country‚ simply cannot come to terms with the devastation in Uttarakhand. Amitabh Kant‚ who is credited with pioneering tourism marketing in India‚ believes the tragedy is because of a significant error of judgement

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    Disaster Management

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    decimated by disasters and whose citizenry is regularly traumatised cannot be mobilised for any meaningful development. Most times‚ disasters occur with such regularity that huge human and material resources‚ which could have otherwise been used in national development‚ are lost annually to address disasters and for the rehabilitation of their victims. The magnitude of the pain or losses usually determines whether the occurrence is a minor accident or a disaster.1 A disaster is an event

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    Disaster Response

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    Paper Disaster Response A disaster brings violence‚ terror‚ and trauma‚ to all who experience its wrath and devastation. Destruction and suffering is the entertainment that disasters provide to its audience‚ through a campaign of psychological and physical damage. According to the fields of disaster psychiatry and disaster psychology‚ a disaster is a major ecological and psychosocial destruction that far exceeds the coping ability of a disaster area ( PTSD & Natural Disaster). There are two

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    Disaster Management

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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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    Disaster Essay

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    DISASTERS CREATES OPPURTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT” DISASTER: Disaster can be defined as “The occurrence of a sudden or major misfortune which disrupts the basic fabric and normal functioning of a society‚ or community.” “An event or series of events which gives rise to casualties and/or damage or loss of property‚ infrastructure‚ essential services or means of livelihood on a scale which is beyond the normal capacity of the affected community’s ability to cope with out aid.” According to UNISDR

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    Disaster Management

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    CHAPTER 1 GURGAON DISTRICT PROFILE 1. Introduction The primary requirement for making disaster management plan is the reliable and upto date information about topography and socio- economic and climatic conditions of this region. This will help in identifying the areas vulnerable to environmental and manmade hazards. This chapter deals with the information on geographical aspects of Gurgaon district‚ its area‚ population distribution‚ climatic condition‚ physiographic divisions as well as geology

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    exposed to a wide range of natural disaster. The Philippines archipelago‚ located near the western edge of the Pacific Ocean‚ is in the direct path of seasonal typhoons and monsoon rains which bring floods‚ storms‚ storm surges‚ and their attendant landslides and other forms of devastation. The Philippines also sits on the "ring of fire" where the continental plates collide and thus experience periodic earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. The Philippine exposure to natural disasters may be characterized

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    disaster management

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    INTRODUCTION TO DISASTER 1.1 THE HISTORY OF DISASTERS IN INDIA Year 2005‚ say India should hang her head in shame. With the Bengal famine‚ Orissa Super Cyclone‚ Latur earthquake‚ Bhopal chemical disaster‚ Andhra cyclone‚ Gujarat earthquake‚ recurring floods‚ Mumbai 2008 bomb blasts and many other disasters there is no foyer in the world with space large enough to exhibit the collective pain on the face of India. India has ranked at the top or near top in almost all type of disasters with number

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    disaster mangement

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    Disaster Management Cycle The disaster cycle or the disaster life cycle consists of the steps that emergency managers take in planning for and responding to disasters. Each step in the disaster cycle correlates to part of the ongoing cycle that is emergency management. This disaster cycle is used throughout the emergency management community‚ from the local to the national and international levels. The disaster management personnel are trained to assist in such happenings. Disasters can be categorized

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    Disaster Management

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    What is disaster management? What are the various stages that it involves? The terminology may differ depending on where you are. In New Zealand‚ for example‚ you would be talking of the 4R’s‚ namely Readiness‚ Response‚ Recovery and Reduction. In other places‚ such as Indonesia‚ it could be as outlined in the graphic below: (Disaster management: click to enlarge) There are no standardized rules defining the different phases of the disaster management cycle. Different agencies use different cycles

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