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Tsunamis, like most natural disasters, are beyond human control. There are, however, a number of techniques that can minimize the harmful effects of tsunamis to the physical environment (including built structures) and to individuals and communities.
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Read More »The Philippines has been termed a “laboratory for new approaches in disaster mitigation” due to the large number of disasters that have occurred there. Community based disaster preparedness endeavors initiated by the Phillipines National Red Cross are briefly described and analyzed in the publication: Case Study: Risk reduction in practice: a Philippines case study A study by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in the Philippines found that community-based disaster action teams are an important element in disaster relief.Volunteering is a kind of grass roots organization which views the local community as the primary actors who have a good sense of what needs to be done and needs to be involved to make the changes that are needed. Working together on building mitigation structures, such as seawalls and evacuation centers, creates a sense of control over the environment after a disaster and builds a sense of community among workers. Volunteers working on disaster preparedness are able to make connections between local villages and the larger disaster agencies. Community-Based Approaches to Disaster Mitigation This paper discusses the importance of community as a part of disaster mitigation. Locally involved people know what the needs are, are able to define the problems. The disaster survivors themselves are knowledgeable about local resources and can use their skills and knowledge so that costs are kept low. The advantage of the community-based approach is that projects can combine projects involving for example, housing and agriculture or health and agriculture. This kind of grassroots organizing emphasizes solutions rather than law and order issues.In addition,local peole can easily identify who are the natural leaders. In Cambodia in 2001 local workers repaired dams and dikes; cleaned irrigation ditches, culverts, and water gates; and constructed small bridges. Case Study: Sustainability in Grass-Roots Initiatives - U.N. Center for Regional Development In Bangladesh a community-based program worked to reduce damage from flooding. Projects undertaken involved raising homestead yards so that cattle, poultry, feed and other possesions would be place above flood level. Other projects included building latrines and tube wells above the flood level. Shelters and community space were constructed as well as raised roads with culverts. A 1988 project in Guagua, Indonesia focused on community-based projects that included building spur dikes, unclogging important waterways, dredging and building dikes.
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Read More »We cannot prevent natural earthquakes from occurring but we can significantly mitigate their effects by identifying hazards, building safer structures, and providing education on earthquake safety. By preparing for natural earthquakes we can also reduce the risk from human induced earthquakes.
Earthquakes induced by human activity have been documented at many locations in the United States and in many other countries around the world. Earthquakes can be induced by a wide range of causes including impoundment of reservoirs, surface and underground mining, withdrawal of fluids and gas from the subsurface, and injection of fluids into underground formations. While most induced earthquakes are small and present little hazard, larger and potentially damaging manmade earthquakes have occurred in the past. The hazard posed by manmade earthquakes can be mitigated by minimizing or in some cases stopping the activity that is causing the earthquakes to occur. For example, earthquakes linked to wastewater disposal in deep wells in Colorado, Ohio and Arkansas stopped occurring after injection was halted. We cannot prevent natural earthquakes from occurring but we can significantly mitigate their effects by identifying hazards, building safer structures, and providing education on earthquake safety. By preparing for natural earthquakes we can also reduce the risk from human induced earthquakes.
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With the SBS (until recently) drawing its ranks from the Royal Marines, it is suggested that an SBS operator has a greater level of experience of...
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