ARC 344 GROUP WORK: DISASTER

DISASTER

What is Disaster?

A disaster is a sudden, trouble event that causes serious disruption of the functioning of society or community and leads to human, material, and economic or environmental losses that exceed the community’s or society’s ability to cope using its own resources.

Example of Natural Disaster: Flood

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Manila, Philippines, the flood after severe storms, resulted from the overflow of Marikina River in 2012.

Example of Man-Made Disaster: 9/11 Terrorist Attacks

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What is Mitigation?

Mitigation aims at reducing the loss of life and property resulting from the disaster.

An example of mitigation:

Japan Earthquake Resistant Buildings

Because of living in an area prone to earthquake, Japanese people try to improve technologies about minimizing negative impacts of earthquake thanks to their past experiences of disaster.

http://web-japan.org/trends/11_sci-tech/sci110728.html

Watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0cz-oDfUg0

Disaster Management And Mitigation (DMM)

Example of Disaster Management:

Disaster policy of India

India is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world. Indian people has experienced many types of disasters like droughts, famines, cyclones, earthquakes, chemical disasters, mid-air head-on air collisions, rail accidents, road accidents and terrorism. To become resilient for the serious impact of the disaster, Indian people established the National Disaster Management Authority with the Prime Minister, gave disaster management training by the National Institute of Disaster Management to the people and provided disaster management education in middle and high schools.