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Contents DISASTER MANAGEMENT................................................................................................................................4 INTRODUCTION TO DISASTER MANAGEMENT........................................................................................................5 Meaning of disaster management.......................................................................................................................5 THE COMMITTEES TASK AND ACCOMPLISHEMENT.............................................................................................7 CLASSIFICATION OF DISASTERS...............................................................................................................................9 EFFECTS OF MAJOR DISASTERS.............................................................................................................................10 Health problems common to all Disasters.........................................................................................................10 POPULATION GROWTH AND DISASTERS...........................................................................................................10 Vulnerable Populations.....................................................................................................................................10 Before a Terrorist Attack Occurs........................................................................................................................12 Homeland Security Advisory System.................................................................................................................12 TYPES.................................................................................................................................................................13 Earthquake Hazards..........................................................................................................................................13 EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST...................................................................................................................16 Current World Concern.....................................................................................................................................16 Issues of Disaster Management.............................................................................................................................17 CHAPTER TWO.......................................................................................................................................................19 DISASTER PREPAREDNESS..................................................................................................................................19 INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................................................19 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.............................................................................................................................20 DISASTER MITIGATION......................................................................................................................................20 TECHNICAL HEALTH PROGRAMS.......................................................................................................................22 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH MANAGEMENT.......................................................................................................22 Disaster Preparedness Plan and Development..................................................................................................24 Disaster Risk Management Cycle.......................................................................................................................26 Humanitarian Action..........................................................................................................................................27 CHAPTER THREE....................................................................................................................................................28 DISASTER RESPONSE.........................................................................................................................................28 Meaning of Disaster Response..........................................................................................................................28 Personal Preparation.........................................................................................................................................30 Morbidity and Mortality from Mismanagement of Relief.................................................................................31 2 / 5

DISASTER RELIEF................................................................................................................................................32 RECOVERY AND REHABILITATION STRATEGIES..................................................................................................32 Needs Assessment/Diagnosis Issues..................................................................................................................33 Distribution of Seed Relief.................................................................................................................................37 Critiques of Seed Distribution Strategies..........................................................................................................38 Biodiversity Issues Related to Seed Choice in Relief and Rehabilitation Interventions......................................42 Ways of responding to disaster.........................................................................................................................47 MASS CASUALTY MANAGEMENT.......................................................................................................................51 Role of the Community in Disaster Response....................................................................................................54 International Association of Emergency Managers...........................................................................................56 International Recovery Platform........................................................................................................................57 National Organizations......................................................................................................................................58 Terminology.......................................................................................................................................................59 Challenges of Disaster Management.................................................................................................................61 Water resources sector.....................................................................................................................................71 Agriculture sector..............................................................................................................................................71 Transport and communications sector..............................................................................................................72 Health sector.....................................................................................................................................................72 Disaster Drill......................................................................................................................................................74 CHAPTER FOUR......................................................................................................................................................76 POST DISASTER DEVELOPMENT OR MANAGEMENT..........................................................................................76 Meaning of Post-disaster development.............................................................................................................76 Ways of assessing post disaster development...................................................................................................77 Six stages of assessing post disaster development............................................................................................78 Impact of post disaster development................................................................................................................80 CHAPTER FIVE........................................................................................................................................................83 DISASTER OPERATIONS......................................................................................................................................83 Meaning of disaster operations.........................................................................................................................83 NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT PLAN.......................................................................................................87 Players in Disaster Operation............................................................................................................................89 Scope of the plan...............................................................................................................................................92 OVERVIEW OF KEY RESPONSIBILITIES................................................................................................................93 Disaster operation skills.....................................................................................................................................97 3 / 5

Appropriate disaster relief follows a specific pattern........................................................................................98 CHAPTER SIX..........................................................................................................................................................99 EMERGING TRENDS IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT.............................................................................................99 Meaning of Emerging trends in disaster management......................................................................................99 Trends in disaster impact.................................................................................................................................100 Trends in hazards.............................................................................................................................................103 Climate related hazards...................................................................................................................................105 Drought distinction..........................................................................................................................................105 Climate change, sea level rise and coastal systems.........................................................................................107 Environmental degradation.............................................................................................................................114 Trends in physical vulnerability.......................................................................................................................116 Globalisation as a dynamic force.....................................................................................................................118 4 / 5