Tag: disasters - case studies

Amritsar is least likely to be affected by a cyclone because the city does not lie near to any coastal area. In India the cyclones generally affect the coastal areas.

Prior planning will help the effects of the storm to be less, reduce potential loss of life and property, and help you to recover faster.

1. Preparedness is a continuous cycle of planning, organizing, training, equipping, exercising, evaluating, and taking corrective action. Training and exercising plans is the cornerstone of preparedness which focuses on readiness to respond to all-hazards incidents and emergencies.
2. Mitigation is the effort to reduce loss of life and property by lessening the impact of disasters and emergencies. Mitigation involves structural and non-structural measures taken to limit the impact of disasters and emergencies.

The three phases of disaster management include:

1. Preparedness 
2. Response 
3. Recovery

Initially Children, Aged Persons and Physically handicapped peoples should be evacuated first because they might panic and may have difficulties in finding a way out. They need external helps to evacuate.

Rajasthan.

Droughts is expected to result in increased displacement is the area of so-called slow-onset disaster in which climate change has specific long-term environmental effects over time such as desertification and other changes in weather patterns, which means that people’s livelihoods are no longer sustainable and they are forced to migrate to other places.