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    worst disasters in the world’s history‚ the Boxing day tsunami took place on December 26‚ 2004. The tsunami destroyed over 12 different countries and islands‚ including Sumatra‚ Indonesia‚ Malaysia‚ Thailand‚ and many more located by the Indian ocean. It had continued trekking countries in the Indian Ocean for over two days and left a devastating mess(Malcolm Moore and Meabh Ritchie). The only good that might have come from this terrible day in history was more knowledge about this disaster and better

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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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    A natural disaster can occurs due to our carelessness. Global Warming is one of the natural disasters that we are facing today. Its effect is due to our carbon emissions (greenhouse gases) from industries. These greenhouse gases are trapped in the atmosphere. Greenhouse gases trapped heat from the sun radiation as well as from the earth. Atmosphere protects the earth to maintain a constant temperature by trapping the heat from the sun. However‚ due to the greenhouse effects‚ it traps heat more than

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    DISASTER MANAGEMENT BECOMING A DISASTER MANAGER TOPICS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. ACCOUNT ON A DISASTER HAZARD DISASTER TYPES OF DISASTERS HAZARD TO A DISASTER DISASTER MANAGEMENT PHASES OF DISASTER MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT ON A DISASTER THE EARTHQUAKE OF 25 JANUARY 2001 IN GUJARAT‚ INDIA George Pararas-Carayannis Introduction On 25 January 2001‚ a major earthquake occurred in Gujarat‚ a prosperous industrial and agricultural state on India’s west coast‚ close to the border with Pakistan. The quake

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    occurrences were becoming disaster‚ together with being documented in various ways providing a warning for the future generation. However in 1920‚ there was a published study referred to as the catastrophe and social change by Henry Samuel Prince. This was the Halifax Disaster documented account and the occurrence of the social change. The first person to deliver evidence based study was Prince‚ by use of theory founding a paradigm which paved way for the management of disaster to be studied (Sperling

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    Disasters to Success Can success be disastrous? Everyone has a dream of having a million dollar house‚ Lamborghini‚ and an attractive spouse. To most people‚ that is how they define success; but will that really make them happy? Success can be very disastrous and can ruin lives. An old saying that every child has heard says “be careful what you wish for.” Every child has wished to be rich and successful but haven’t fully thought about the disasters to success. The dream of success can often

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    Floods There are many natural disasters that occur all over the world. Earthquakes‚ tsunamis‚ tornados‚ and even volcanic eruptions are dangerous to humans and can negatively affect their lives for the worst. There is one natural disaster that some people fear the most‚ which is known as floods or flash floods. Floods have devastated the United States for centuries and have taken many lives and resources. These natural disasters have been seen in the Midwestern and Southwestern areas of the United

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    When you deliberate on a disaster‚ it becomes clear that any such event has three phases to it. Initially‚ there are antecedents that lead to the disaster. When enough antecedents have accumulated‚ the disaster occurs at that specific tipping time. Finally after the disaster has happened the final phase of resolutions occurs. The resolutions are steps that the society attempt to implement to revert the effects that the event has produced. Consider the Deepwater Horizon disaster that happened on July

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    Risks‚ Regulations and Management of Natural Disasters Brooke McGuire Park University GO125 Natural Disasters Carla Contes Risks‚ Regulations and Management of Natural Disasters Introduction There are many risks involved in any natural disaster and the regulation and management of these disasters needs to be simplified and standardized. This essay will summarize two articles that pertain to natural disasters and the improvement of responses and policies surrounded them and

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    Natural disasters in Australia Natural disasters are events that occur naturally such as earthquakes‚ cyclones‚ Storms‚ and floods. These kinds of disasters can cause significant physical damage‚ interruption of business services and personal injury/loss of life. Due to the effects of global warming and consequential climate change the rate of natural disasters in Australia is increasing day by day. I myself have faced such kind of natural disaster in Pakistan in the year 2012 which was a

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