Abstract On Natural Disasters
Consequently they take back years of development thus posing a major challenge to the achievement of the millennium development goals especially the target of halving extreme poverty by 2015 and kenyas set development goals as contained in vision 2030.
Abstract on natural disasters. System failures are inevitable during harsh events and prolonged disruptions could pose serious risks to the mental physical and emotional well being of community residents. Heavy population in areas that get hit by floods cyclones and hurricanes has meant that more lives are lost. Natural disasters are catastrophic events that are caused by weather and geological phenomena. The tsunami of 2004 katrina 2005 haiti earthquake 2010 and the tsunami of japan 2011 they happened and more will happen.
Natural disasters disrupt peoples lives through displacements destruction of livelihoods and property deaths and injuries. The natural disasters that really affect people worldwide tend to become more intense as the years go on. Natural disasters place tremendous pressure on critical infrastructure systems by testing their service reliability under extreme conditions. View natural disasters research papers on academiaedu for free.
Frequency of earthquakes mega storms and heat waves has gone up considerably in the last few decades. Natural andor manmade disasters sometimes lead to subsequent disasters. Our earth is growing moving flowing changing and so much more based on climate change pollution and the natural evolution of our planet. Disasters are classified into natural disasters manmade disasters and hybrid disasters.
Abstract exploratory studies have identified factors that sometimes predict disaster preparedness including disaster experience threat perceptions and self efficacy. Manmade disasters are classified into technological disasters transportation accidents public places failure and production failure. This paper summarizes the state of the economic literature examining the aggregate impact of disasters. Abstract natural disasters are by no means new yet the evolving understanding of their relevance to economic development and growth is still in its infancy.