MP A R Munich Personal RePEc Archive Natural hazards and disaster management in Pakistan Himayatullah Khan and Abuturab Khan 12. October 2008 Online at http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/11052/ MPRA Paper No. 11052‚ posted 12. October 2008 23:59 UTC Natural hazards and disaster management in Pakistan Himayatullah Khan Professor‚ Department of Development Studies COMSATS Institute of Information Technology‚ Abbottabad and Institute of Development Studies NWFP Agricultural University‚ Peshawar
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or human induced disasters. While some of these disasters are rapid‚ others are slow-onset‚ resulting in catastrophic situations leading to loss of lives and property‚ degradation of environment. These disasters occur in form of drought‚ desertification‚ flooding‚ epidemics‚ coastal erosion‚ dam failure‚ building collapse‚ oil spillage‚ maritime collision or accident‚ bomb explosion‚ communal clash‚ fire‚ air crashes and boat mishap‚ amongst others. Historically‚ salient disasters in Nigeria include
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State and Local Government Comparisons Matrix Based on the readings from State and Local Government this week‚ review and summarize how each issue is managed at the state and local levels. State Local Legal Documents State Archives also has responsibility to review‚ approve‚ dispose or transfer any legal documents that are no longer in need of by the agency. Provides necessary training for managing legal documents and provides technical assistance for state agencies. Legal documents contain
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EVOLVING ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN EDUCATION The Evolving Role of Government in Education Cozette Griffin Grand Canyon University Dr. Anderson EDU 310 August 1‚ 2010 The Evolving Role of Government in Education The time has come for everyone to take a role in planning‚ supporting and inspiring education. The role of the state and federal government in the United State is that the federal government‚ the state and the churches play a great role in education. The government has many
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Supply Chain Management as an enabler of Service Delivery in Local Government 1.1 INTRODUCTION Post-apartheid South Africa faces a major challenge in ensuring that local government‚ as the third tier of government closest to the people‚ provides optimal service delivery to the people of different culture‚ race and sex. The government is intent to modernize the management of public sector‚ to make it more people-friendly and sensitive to meeting the needs of the communities it serves. The provision
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The Role of Risk Management in Modern Organisations The importance of risk management in reducing the amount of financial and Human losses under the impact of natural disasters (Japan – Fukushima) Abstract: This essay is mainly about the role of risk management in addressing any potential risk to the organisation that may cause a lot of losses. Management’s mission is to predict the risk before disaster strikes‚ which require to study all the information and the details provided by the
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INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT Francisco Gold Condominium ll‚ EDSA cor. Mapagmahal St.‚ Diliman‚ Quezon city MEMORANDUM CIRCUIIIR NO.2012 - 73 Aptil. U‚ 2072 ALL PROVINCIAL GOVERNORS‚ CITY MAYORS‚ MUNICIPAL MAYORS‚ PUNONG BARANGAYS‚ DILG REGIONAL DIRECTORS‚ AND THE ARJVIM REGIONAL GOVERNOR SUBJECT UTILIZATION OF LOCAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT FUND (LDRRMF) Background Republic Act No. 10121 otherwise known as The Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010‚
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tourism industry is seeing a positive growth‚ with impacts on sectors indirectly linked with tourism. It was earlier argued that because of the rising significance of tourism in the world‚ there is potential for making tourism industry a vehicle for local‚ peripheral development. Given the knowledge we have regarding the economic power and influence of the tourism industry it makes sense that its presence is also felt socially and environmentally. The multitude of unsustainable activities embedded in
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Natural Disasters With the tropical climate and unstable landforms‚ coupled with high population density‚ poverty‚ illiteracy and lack of adequate infrastructure‚ India is one of the most vulnerable developing countries to suffer very often from various Natural Disasters‚ viz. flood‚ cyclone‚ earthquake‚forest fire‚ drought‚ etc. Asia tops the list of casualties due to natural disasters. Space technology plays a crucial role in efficient mitigation of disasters. Communication satellite provides
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A RESEARCH PAPER ON “ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN FINANCIAL INCLUSION” Submitted By: Hemali Shah (MPM: 2nd Semester) ABSTRACT: Financial inclusion means a group of people should take part in growth activities and help to increase economic growth of the country. We cannot say that financial growth has been achieved by opening a bank account‚ granting huge loan to a single person and closing the account. First‚ many people have to open an account in a bank‚ save money regularly so that loans to needy people
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