DISASTERS AND ITS MANAGEMENT

  • Unique Paper ID: 157358
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue: 6
  • PageNo: 732-734
  • Abstract:
  • Disaster is a hazard that suddenly occurs and disrupts the total functioning by destroying man’s activities, material and machinery. Disasters some time soccer due to stress in the natural components or often result through inappropriate human acts and deeds. Man in many form shave impacted society and its surroundings. Technological advancement helped the restructuring and reshaping of the world economics, culture and development scenario. But there are technologies that have caused unwanted barriers and disasters from time to time. The occurrence of disasters in recent years has increased rather abruptly even with the advancement in technologies and availability of pre and post disaster management tools. So the question arises as to why the incidences of disasters of many kinds-natural and man-made (Earth Quakes, Cloud Burst, Flood-Fury, Fire, Atomic, Radio-active, Gaseous, Epidemics etc.) are increasing and remain uncontrolled besides the application of latest technological know-how and management practices?

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  • ISSN: 2349-6002
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue: 6
  • PageNo: 732-734

DISASTERS AND ITS MANAGEMENT

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