households or communities and their condition that influence their capacity to cope with‚ resist and recover from the impact of a natural hazard (Blaikie et al.‚ 1994; Kelly and Adger‚ 2000; Cardona‚ 2003). Hazards such as earthquakes‚ floods‚ landslides‚ hurricanes‚ droughts etc are the natural phenomena. It becomes disaster when it affects vulnerable populations and the vulnerability itself depends upon people’s access to resources and opportunities. This is similar to the entitlement approach which
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eruption itself that may cause harm following the explosion of the volcano or the fall of rock. Second‚ lava may be produced during the eruption of a volcano.. Third‚ volcanic ash may form a cloud‚ and settle thickly in nearby locations. 3-FLOODS: A flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land. It causes great damage to buildings‚ wildlife and humans. 4-LIMNIC ERUPTIONS: A limnic eruption occurs when a gas‚ usually CO2‚ suddenly erupts from deep lake water‚ posing the threat
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The phenomena of Natural Disasters An earthquake is sudden motion or trembling of the ground produced by the abrupt displacement of rock masses. HOW DO THEY OCCUR? The earth’s outer shell is divided into seven major and some smaller plates which are constantly in a dynamic state‚ pushing against‚ pulling away from‚ or grinding past one another. Forces build up as the plates attempt to move in relation to each other. When the adhesions along the fault give way‚ stored energy is released in the
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and much of the water goes unused and deforestation causes less evaporation of water as a result there is less or no rainfall which leads to drought. When summer is quite severe sometimes what was once a large reservoir of water shrinks to a pool. Both human beings and animals suffer for want of water. If it rains it rains and rains and there is a flood. The cultivated crops under deep water rot and perish. When there is inadequate yield of crops there is famine. Rice and wheat scarce and there
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EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON HUMAN BEINGS AND HOW YOU CAN MINIMISE THEM Ever since the past century rainfall patterns have been so unpredictable‚ temperature levels have changed drastically and natural disasters have crowded over the entire earth. Life on earth is on great danger and no doubt that the world is drifting away little by little. Time and again‚ Climate change has been the root cause of all these events. It has threatened lives of human beings‚ wild animals both
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Global population is continuing growing nowadays; Eating habits are changed in many regions all over the world‚ especially in China and India; Extreme weather is caused by global climate anomaly which is related droughts and floods in many key production regions‚ such as a years-long drought in Australia; The wider use of agro-fuel led to divert food crops to grow biofuels crops; Agriculture costs are much higher‚ which are caused by soaring oil price‚ limited farmland and water. Population
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disaster management System [pic] Over the last few decades‚ a numbers of countries have set up disaster management information systems according to their own specific needs. Disasters are unpredictable and occur suddenly like earthquake‚ floods‚ drought and cyclone etc. Communication facilities for disaster management system is most important act as it convey at the right time communication in disaster‚it may handle disaster and helping to decrease it. Two type of information needs in disaster
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In recent years‚ due to the constant change of climate‚ floods‚ droughts‚ landslides‚ and storms have frequented our earth‚ the only human habitat. Therefore‚ climate change has become one of the most important issues in many urban areas of many countries and it is a serious impact on them. There is half of the world ’s population in urban areas and the proportion will increase rapidly in future years. Climate change is a mean state of the climate or in its variability‚ continue for a long period
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------------------------------------------------- Natural disaster A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth; examples include floods‚ tsunami‚ volcanic‚ earthquakes‚ tornadoes and other geologic processes. A natural disaster can cause loss of life or property damage‚ and typically leaves some economic damage in its wake‚ the severity of which depends on the affected population’s resilience‚ or ability to recover. The causes of natural disasters
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Country” is a deeply emotional poem with feelings of great pride in the reader. Mackellar speaks of rural Australia‚ where natural disasters can charge lives over night. She speaks of the fickle (changeable) nature of the weather and contrasts droughts‚ floods and fires. Feelings of wonder are evoked in the reader when she refers to the ability of the land to recover and rejuvenate (restore). Perhaps the greatest emotion is of wander at the sheer beauty of the land. She uses words such as core of my
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