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    Natural Disasters We have all seen the awful effects of a flood or an earthquake - if we’re lucky only on the news. About 75 percent of the world’s population live in areas affected at least once by earthquake‚ tropical cyclone‚ flood or drought between 1980 and 2000 (Reducing Disaster Risk UNDP report‚ 2005). What causes natural disasters? First we need to get a bit technical. Natural hazards and natural disasters may sound like the same thing but there is a small but vital

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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 are many. Human activities play

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    Without an education people still can live happily and success in their life. People have to know the true meaning of education. Education is different from being literate. Education is something divine and it is linked to survival. What education do you think that ants have? Still‚ they are disciplined. People always have the urge to survive‚ and the curiosity to learn. Without school there are still many outlets of information and media‚ no one can hide from learning if they are in any social situations

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    apply disaster management program into Cambodia? Disaster management is a process or strategy that is implemented before‚ during or after any type of catastrophic event takes place. Nowadays‚ Cambodia does not have a law on disaster management yet‚ which is an essentially to cope with natural disaster. To help deal with potential disasters in the future‚ I think that the National Committee for Disaster Management and together with some other relevant institutions should be set up the disaster management

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    ter 1 CHAPTER 1 DISASTER MANAGEMENT An Introductory 1.1 Disasters – The Indian Scenario India supports one-sixth of the world’s population on just 2% of its landmass. It suffers heavily from natural disasters of every shade and description hits the poorest of the poor and which is why the considerations of disaster safety deserves prime attention. A High Powered Committee (HPC) of the Government of India‚ in its report submitted to the Government of India in October 2001‚ outlined the huge

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    disaster assignment

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    Topic: Critical appraisal of Disaster management Act‚ 2005 Submitted by: Rible Thomas Kizhakkidam MswII ROLL no 573 The Indian subcontinent is among world’s most disaster prone area. It is exposed to natural catastrophes because of its vast territory‚ large population and unique geo-climatic conditions. In India‚ while 40 million hectares of landmass is prone to floods‚ 68 per cent of the total areas is vulnerable to periodical droughts. The Disaster Management Act passed in 2005 provides for

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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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    levels of prevention‚ the second level is the one that confused me the most. In my opinion‚ some of the elements in the second level of prevention‚ such as an influenza vaccination program‚ looked like they could be applied to the other levels of prevention as well (Stanhope and Lancaster‚ 2010). In the example that I gave‚ the vaccination program‚ not only is a method that is aimed at reducing flu rates‚ but it is also a form of prevention‚ which is identified as belonging to a primary intervention

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    Our society’s idea of prevention is to limit the availability of drugs (Hart & Ksir‚ 2011‚ p. 400)‚ but this is not essentially the best way. Addiction affects everyone. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)‚ substance abuse cost our nation “more than $484 billion dollars (The National Institute on Drug Abuse ).” So although you might not be directly impacted by drug abuse‚ as a whole your tax dollars are spent on fighting the war on drugs. Currently there are several different

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    Disaster Mitigation

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    Presented By: What is a Disaster?   There is no particular definition for a Disaster.  But we can define a disaster as a natural or manmade hazard resulting to physical damage or destruction‚ loss of life‚ or drastic change to the natural environment. Types of Disasters  Natural Disasters:     Earth quakes Tsunamis Floods Snow storms Manmade Disasters:     Fires Nuclear accidents DEFORESTATION War Disaster Management   Disaster management is the discipline that involves

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