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Abhijeet S
Generally, disasters are of two types – Natural and Manmade. Based on the devastation, these are further classified into major/minor natural disaster and major/minor manmade disasters. Some of the disasters are listed below.
Major natural disasters:
• Flood
• Cyclone
• Drought
• Earthquake
Minor natural disasters:
• Cold wave
• Thunderstorms
• Heat waves
• Mud slides
• Storm
Major manmade disaster:
• Setting of fires
• Epidemic
• Deforestation
• Pollution due to prawn cultivation
• Chemical pollution.
• Wars
Minor manmade disaster:
• Road / train accidents, riots
• Food poisoning
• Industrial disaster/ crisis
• Environmental pollution
A disaster is the tragedy of a natural or human-made hazard (a hazard is a situation which poses a level of threat to life, health, property, or environment) that negatively affects society or environment.
In contemporary academia, disasters are seen as the consequence of inappropriately managed risk. These risks are the product of hazards and vulnerability. Hazards that strike in areas with low vulnerability are not considered a disaster, as is the case in uninhabited regions.
Developing countries suffer the greatest costs when a disaster hits – more than 95 percent of all deaths caused by disasters occur in developing countries, and losses due to natural disasters are 20 times greater (as a percentage of GDP) in developing countries than in industrialized countries.
A disaster can be defined as any tragic event with great loss stemming from events such as earthquakes, floods, catastrophic accidents, fires, or explosions.
Major natural disasters:
• Flood
• Cyclone
• Drought
• Earthquake
Minor natural disasters:
• Cold wave
• Thunderstorms
• Heat waves
• Mud slides
• Storm
Major manmade disaster:
• Setting of fires
• Epidemic
• Deforestation
• Pollution due to prawn cultivation
• Chemical pollution.
• Wars
Minor manmade disaster:
• Road / train accidents, riots
• Food poisoning
• Industrial disaster/ crisis
• Environmental pollution
A disaster is the tragedy of a natural or human-made hazard (a hazard is a situation which poses a level of threat to life, health, property, or environment) that negatively affects society or environment.
In contemporary academia, disasters are seen as the consequence of inappropriately managed risk. These risks are the product of hazards and vulnerability. Hazards that strike in areas with low vulnerability are not considered a disaster, as is the case in uninhabited regions.
Developing countries suffer the greatest costs when a disaster hits – more than 95 percent of all deaths caused by disasters occur in developing countries, and losses due to natural disasters are 20 times greater (as a percentage of GDP) in developing countries than in industrialized countries.
A disaster can be defined as any tragic event with great loss stemming from events such as earthquakes, floods, catastrophic accidents, fires, or explosions.