The Pros And Cons Of Disaster Management

Disaster is very common phenomenon to human society. There is no country that is invulnerable from disaster, though vulnerability to disaster varies. The United Nations defines disaster as “a serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society which involves widespread human, material, economic or environmental impacts which exceed the ability of the affected community to cope using its own resources.” In simple words, a disaster is an occurrence causing widespread destruction and distress. It is not to be confused or compared with an emergency.
An emergencyis an impromptu event that require prompt coordination of assets and resources to protect the community and limit harm of any sort yet it doesn 't regardless surpass the assets

Other anticipated impacts of environmental change incorporate longer times of cool climate and warmth waves. Why these sudden changes? Could it be because of the environmental degradation that has been prompted due to human activity? It is a fact and has has been proved that human actions and activities (however unexpected) have on occasions degraded the natural environment, expanding the danger of calamity be it, building of dams in quake zones, deforestation promptingavalanches, CO2 emissions, water pollution…there are several examples of how human activity has increased the risk of disasters.

3. Disaster Management
“Disaster Management can be defined as the organization and management of resources and responsibility for dealing with all the humanitarian aspects of emergencies in particular preparedness, response and recovery to lessen the impact of disasters.” (The Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies).
Disaster management can also be termed as a nonstop and incorporated process of arranging (planning), sorting out (organizing), monitoring (coordinating) and actualizing (implementing) measures which are vital to:
- counteract action of risk or danger of any disaster.
- diminish the danger of any debacle or its seriousness or