Disaster Control Management
Cards (100)
- are as old as mankind
- first description of disaster and its management comes from?
- WHO defines disaster as any occurrence that causes
- Disaster can be defined as an occurrence either natural or man-made that causes human suffering and creates human needs that victims cannot alleviate without assistance
- A disaster is a natural or man-made hazard that has come to fruition, resulting in an event of substantial extent causing:
- floods
- tsunami
- cyclone
- typhoon
- snow storm
- highest incidence rate
- floods and drainage management
- landslides & mudflows
- mine flooding
- boat capsizing
- reported disasters from 1994 to 1998
- highest reported deaths worldwide from all disasters (1992 - 2001)
- drought / famine percentage
- avalanches
- drought impact
- earthquakes impact
- disaster French origin
- when is a natural phenomenon considered a disaster?
- three major components of disaster
- characteristics of disaster
- drought
- cyclones
- tornadoes and hurricanes
- hailstorm
- cloud burst
- heat wave and cold wave
- snow avalanches
- sea erosion
- thunder and lightning
- tsunami
- dam failures/dam bursts
- minor fires
- earthquakes
- minor fires
- chemical and industrial disasters