Disaster Areas

DISASTER AREAS

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Well, this time I'm going to talk about disaster area.

According to Merriam-Webster the disaster area is an area that is officially declared to be the scene of an emergency created by a disaster and therefore is qualified to receive certain types of governmental aid (such as emergency loans and relief supplies). The governmental aid is called as disaster management. Disaster management is how we deal with the human, material, economic or environmental impacts of disaster, it is the process of how we "prepare for, respond to and learn from the effects of major failures".

There are two kinds of disaster namely natural disaster and man made disaster.

1) Natural Disaster

According to the International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies Natural Disasters are naturally occurring physical phenomena caused either by rapid or slow onset events that have immediate impacts on human health and secondary impacts causing further death and suffering. These disasters can be:

1. Geophysics (eg Earthquakes, Landslides, Tsunamis and Volcanic Activities)

2. Hydrology (eg Avalanches and Floods)

3. Climatology (eg Extreme Temperature, Drought and Forest Fires)

4. Meteorology (eg Typhoon and Storm / Waves)

5. Biological (eg Animal and Insect / Plague Epidemic)

2) Man-Made Disaster

Man-made disasters as seen by the International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies are human-caused events that occur in or near human settlements that are often caused by environmental or technological emergencies. This can include:

1. Environmental degradation.

2. Pollution.

3. Accidents (eg Industry, Technology and Transportation usually involve the production, use or transportation of hazardous materials).

References:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disaster%20area

https://q985online.com/declared-disaster-areas/

https://www.physio-pedia.com/Disaster_Management