DISASTER MANAGEMENT

URBAN DISASTER An urban area can be defined as an area with large population and high density. An urban disaster occurs mainly due to urb...

ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS Define and discuss risk and capacity with respect to disasters What is mitigation and discuss the structural m...

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

REVIEW OF PAST DISASTERS IN INDIA The Indian subcontinent is highly vulnerable to cyclones, droughts, earthquakes and floods. Avalanche...

CLASSIFICATION OF DISASTERS IN INDIA The Indian subcontinent is among the world’s most disaster prone areas. It is vulnerable to win...

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 The phrase, 'differential impacts of disasters' is discussed below: Susceptibility to disa...

GLOBAL TRENDS IN DISASTERS Data and statistics are important in understanding the impacts and costs of disasters. Systematic disaster...

CYCLONES AND FLOODS CYCLONE: A cyclone begins when air heated by the sun rises very swiftly which creates areas of very low pressure...

FLOODS   Among all the disasters that occur in India, floods are the most commonly occurring natural disasters due to the irregularitie...

Definition of traffic accident A traffic accident, motor vehicle collision, motor vehicle accident, car accident, automobile accident, ro...