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Natural disasters cannot be prevented but their effort can usually be an effective disaster management policy. Disaster management means a planned and systematic approach towards understanding and solving problems in the wake of disasters. The disaster planes lines measures to minimize and economic losses from disasters and to facilitate effective rescue, relief rehabilitation and reconstruction. The disaster plan spells out what is to done before, during and after a disaster by whom, when and how. By anticipating these extraordinary events and acting to minimize their effects, a plan helps to the continuity of growth and development. Practical experience has proved, beyond the commitment of recourses to recourses to disaster effective, compared to sinking of resources in an adhoc way in rescue and rehabilitation. In fact, timely prediction and warning systems in costal areas of Andhra Pradesh building cyclone shelters have contributed reduction of life Combination of structural and non-structural measures has shown to the effects of cyclones, floods, droughts and earthquakes.
ISBN : 97881872140
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Pages : 282
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