Disaster
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Disaster refers to the negative impacts of natural or human-made hazards on society and the environment. The word's roots come from astrology and the idea that bad events occur when stars are in poor positions. Disaster management involves preparing for, responding to, and recovering from disasters to avoid or lessen their impacts. Effective emergency management relies on integrating plans across all levels of government and non-government groups, as actions at each level affect the others. Disaster management aims to deal with and reduce risks from a variety of disaster types.
Disaster
- 1. Disaster Means : Disaster (from Middle French d辿sastre, from Old Italian disastro, from the Greek pejorative prefix dis- bad + aster star) is the impact of natural or man-made hazards that negatively affects society or environment. The word disaster's root is from astrology: this implies that when the stars are in a bad position a bad event will happen. Disaster Management: Disaster management) is the discipline of dealing with and avoiding risks. It is a discipline that involves preparing, supporting, and rebuilding society when natural or human-made disasters occur. In general, any Emergency management is the continuous process by which all individuals, groups, and communities manage hazards in an effort to avoid or ameliorate the impact of disasters resulting from the hazards. Actions taken depend in part on perceptions of risk of those exposed. Effective emergency management relies on thorough integration of emergency plans at all levels of government and non-government involvement. Activities at each level (individual, group, community) affect the other levels. It is common to place the responsibility for governmental emergency management with the institutions for civil defense or within the conventional structure of the emergency services. In the private sector, emergency management is sometimes referred to as business continuity planning. Types Of Disaster