DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Topics concerning the subject "Disaster Management"
Monday, 31 December 2018
Review of past disasters and drought in India
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REVIEW OF PAST DISASTERS IN INDIA The Indian subcontinent is highly vulnerable to cyclones, droughts, earthquakes and floods. Avalanche...
Classification and characteristics of disasters in India
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CLASSIFICATION OF DISASTERS IN INDIA The Indian subcontinent is among the world’s most disaster prone areas. It is vulnerable to win...
Classification, causes and impacts of drought
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DROUGHT Drought is a weather-related natural disaster. It affects vast regions for months or years. It has an impact on food production ...
Differential impacts of disasters
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DIFFERENTIAL IMPACTS OF DISASTERS The phrase, 'differential impacts of disasters' is discussed below: Susceptibility to disa...
Global trends in disasters
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GLOBAL TRENDS IN DISASTERS Data and statistics are important in understanding the impacts and costs of disasters. Systematic disaster...
Cyclones and floods
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CYCLONES AND FLOODS CYCLONE: A cyclone begins when air heated by the sun rises very swiftly which creates areas of very low pressure...
Causes of floods
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FLOODS Among all the disasters that occur in India, floods are the most commonly occurring natural disasters due to the irregularitie...
Road disasters in India
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Definition of traffic accident A traffic accident, motor vehicle collision, motor vehicle accident, car accident, automobile accident, ro...
Approaches to Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
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APPROACHES TO DISASTER RISK REDUCTION Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) is a reactive approach to disasters that increasingly focuses on...
Interrelationship between disasters and development
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Disaster Risk Management (DRM) in India
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