Monday, 21 January 2019

Classification, causes and impacts (social, economic, political, environmental, health and psychosocial) of disasters

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Classification of disasters: Disasters are primarily classified as: Natural disasters and Man-made disasters Natural disasters are ...
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...