Category: Disaster

A crisis is an event that results in a hazardous and detrimental situation that affects a group, community, country, or a region. It is considered to bring undesirable changes in the economic, political, social, security, and environmental aspects. Crises occur unplanned, and if people are not well prepared to cope with them, there could be…

Response to Kimberlys Post Using the case of the Indonesian earthquake of 2004, the student has presented meaningful recommendations that can be used after a disaster. The idea of using adequate planning after a disaster can minimize wastes and promote recovery efforts (Reiss-Brennan et al., 2016). The decision of different responders and aid agencies involved…

Introduction Hurricane Katrina was a storm that struck the Gulf Coast of the United States in 2005 and that caused massive damages that affected the social and economic lifestyles of the affected areas extensively. Government statistics indicate that the Hurricane caused more than 1,836 deaths, displacement of hundreds of thousands of people, and massive destruction…

Kuman Rajendra. See Disaster Risk Reduction: A Global Advocacy Guide for more information. See Disaster Management and Law  A Human Rights Perspective. See the National Disaster Framework for additional details. “

Table of Contents Introduction Main points Problems and issues Theories and policies Implications of emergency management Recommendations Conclusion Introduction Managing evacuations from hurricanes and other natural catastrophes present recurrent challenges to the people responsible for such evacuations. A major challenge is how to best inform and direct the public responses to the imminent emergencies. A…

Table of Contents High Water The People and the Floods The New Life Works Cited High Water Humanity perceives water as the substance of life, the most important liquid in the world: after all, it is a part of every human body, and the Earth is called the blue planet for a particular reason. In…

In the aftermath of Hurricane Hanna, the region struggles to recover. In particular, the utility companies are proceeding to restore power in the conditions of catastrophic flooding while state governments and the Federal Emergency Management Agency [FEMA] (n.d.) provide emergency supplies to the survivors. FEMA (n.d.) also reports that the hurricane resulted in more than…

Introduction An earthquake simply refers to sudden shaking or vibration of the earths surface due to the movement of rocks beneath (Kohler et al., 2020). When tectonic plates slide against one another, such movements lead to an earthquake. The severity of an earthquake mostly depends on its magnitude; hence, the higher the magnitude, the more…

Summary Responding to major hurricanes is one of the major challenges for emergency services on the U.S. Pacific Coast. Hurricane Katrina left more than 300,000 people homeless in 2005, and many social service organizations and individuals have negatively assessed the level of preparedness and response to this disaster. The City of Baton Rouge Emergency Services…

Natural disasters affect the lives of many people without singling out a specific cultural group or family. Human service professionals must, therefore, use adequate initiatives in order to meet the needs of diverse communities. The initiatives should support more people from diverse backgrounds and re-pattern their experiences (Hayden, Williams, Canto, & Finklea, 2015). These measures…