Disaster Management

Contents Preface. 1. Disaster management basic concept. 2. Natural disasters. 3. Impact of disasters. 4. Disaster mitigation. 5. Disaster preparedness. 6. Disaster training. 7. National vs regional disaster preparedness plan. 8. Disaster management policy. 9. Disaster management strategy in India. Bibliography. Disaster is defined as a crisis situation causing widespread damage which fare exceeds our ability to recover. Thus by definition there cannot be a perfect ideal system that prevents damage because then it would not be a disaster. It has to suffocate our ability to recover. Only then it can be called as disaster. Disasters are not totally discrete events. Their possibility of occurrence time place and severity of the strike can be reasonably and in some cases accurately predicted by technological and scientific advances. It has been established there is a definite pattern in their occurrences and hence we can to some extent reduce the impact of damage though we cannot reduce the extent of damage itself. This demands the study of disaster management in methodical and orderly approach. This book deals with all these aspects. 182 pp.…