DISASTER MITIGATIoN : MEDICAl PERSPECTIVES
Journal Title: Era's Journal of Medical Research - Year 2014, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
Disaster is a word found in Oxford dictionary derived from french word ‘DESASTRE’. disaster means negation or destruction, mitigation means to reduce the effects of Disaster. Disaster may be caused as an aftereffect of natural calamity or manmade calamity or as an effect of combination of both to effect atmosphere, biosphere or hydrosphere. It may be in the forms of volcanic eruptions or avalanche, landslide Amarnath (mudslide/ rockfall) Transportation (air, water, rail, road), Climatic (draught famine) Epidemics , Plague (Surat Gujrat) Earthquake (Latur, Bhuj, Ahmedabad) Fire (Ankleshwar, Oil drilling deepsea platform accident by a boat setting ablaze the platform), Brahmputra flood or Jhsaria coalmines. Japan, Indonesia, Phillipines or Jwalamukhi in India.
Authors and Affiliations
Prof. Ashok Kumar Sharma
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