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Lecture 1

The document defines disasters as sudden events that disrupt communities, causing significant losses beyond their coping abilities. It categorizes disasters into natural, man-made, and hybrid types, and discusses their characteristics, control measures, and responsibilities for disaster management. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) is highlighted as the governing body responsible for coordinating disaster management policies in India.

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Lecture 1

The document defines disasters as sudden events that disrupt communities, causing significant losses beyond their coping abilities. It categorizes disasters into natural, man-made, and hybrid types, and discusses their characteristics, control measures, and responsibilities for disaster management. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) is highlighted as the governing body responsible for coordinating disaster management policies in India.

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Contents
• Definition of Disaster
• Cause of Disaster
• Types of Disaster
• Characteristics of Disaster
• Control of Disaster
• Responsibilities towards Disaster
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• A disaster is a sudden, calamitous event
that seriously disrupts the functioning
of a community or society and causes
human, material, and economic or
environmental losses that exceed the
community's or society's ability to cope
using its own resources. Though often
caused by nature, disasters can have
3human origins
Cause
• There are natural disasters, such as a
hurricane, earthquake, tornado, or
tsunami (a big surge of water from the
ocean), that happen because of the
weather or other natural conditions.
People also can cause disasters,
like causing an oil spill that pollutes the
environment or starting a forest fire.
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• There are two types of disaster: natural and
man-made.
• 1. Natural Disaster: A disaster caused by
natural factors called as a natural disaster e.g.,
earthquake, flood, cyclone etc.
• 2. Man-made disaster: A disaster caused due
to the human activities e.g., wars, fire
accidents, industrial accidents etc.

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• However, it has been found that disasters can
be classified into three types:
• (1) natural;
• (2) man-made; and
• (3) hybrid
• Natural disasters are catastrophic events
resulting from natural causes such as volcanic
eruptions, tornadoes, earthquakes, etc., over
which man has no control.
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Characteristics
• Specifically, relevant characteristics
include categorizing disasters by size, by
cause, and by whether they were
expected or not. Additionally,
the timing of the event can influence both
its logistical and emotional impact. Scope,
intensity, and duration all measure
different aspects of the size of an event.
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Control
• We can't stop most natural phenomena
happening but we can reduce the damage
caused by an earthquake if we build stronger
houses and on solid ground.
• What is prevention?
– Taking measures in order to avoid an event
turning into a disaster. Planting trees, for
example, prevents erosion and landslides.

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Responsibilities
• NDMA is responsible for framing policies, laying
down guidelines and best-practices for
coordinating with the State Disaster
Management Authorities (SDMAs) to ensure a
holistic and distributed approach to disaster
management. It is headed by the Prime
Minister of India and can have up to nine other
members.

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