Global Level Efforts towards Disaster Management
Disaster Management is a strategic planning and procedure that is administered and employed to protect critical infrastructures or critical assets from severe damage when natural or human made calamities and catastrophic event occur.
The International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies defines disaster management as the organisation and management of resources and responsibilities for dealing with all the humanitarian aspects of emergencies, in particular preparedness, response and recovery in order to lessen the impact of disasters.
4 Stages of the Disaster-Management Cycle
- Mitigation: It aims to minimize the loss of human life that would result from a disaster. Both ....
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