Disaster mitigation and management
Chapter 7
Key points
Hard mitigation responses are laid through a legal framework to counter environmental hazards. One step is about having structured mitigation measures and the inclusion of relevant stakeholders. The preparedness of the hazard is a forefront mitigation effort. A particular community prone to hazards such as floods, tsunami, or earthquakes is psychologically and physically prepared to handle it. Response measures are other important points in hazard mitigation because they help in controlling a situation at hand. Recovery stage, i.e., humans and properties from a hazard site, enables the recovery team to analyze hazard intensity and formulate future prevention measures.
New concepts
New terms such as vulnerability analysis differ from the normal general analysis of an area prone to hazards. Survey teams are another emerging concept because they include land structure assessment and recommendations regarding a disaster, yet some disasters are unpredictable. Financial planning is a mandate during hazard mitigation, but a new idea about fiscal policy has been discussed. Such measures are important in tax relief to mitigation teams.
Connection to previous readings
The discussed ideas link with previous constructional measures regarding hazard mitigation measures. Proper planning includes financial planning and involvement of hazard experts in the strategic development of moderation activities of environmental threats.
Questions.
- What is the government’s role in hazard mitigation?
- How is community participation important in structuring mitigation measures?
- What factors define the vulnerability of hazards?
- Are mitigation measures enough to stops hazards in the community?
Chapter 8
Key points
The chapter highlights on impulsive responses from the affected society, which are mostly irrational. The unorganized reactions may slow the recovery process by confusing the disaster management team. Non-governmental organizations have been identified as a relief to mythical communities during a disaster. Disastrous events need donations in terms of humanitarian aid and medical support from well-wishers.
New concepts
Disaster management has been given a holistic response, but this chapter identifies impact zones open to irrational responses. Causes of unorganized reactions have been discovered to be linked with untimely shock among disaster victims. Panic flight and lack of compliance to response strategies are also new ideas concerning myths of household disasters. A suggestion about social integration during a response is a different idea in household management concerning disasters.
Connection to previous readings
The chapter relates to initial financial resource plans to tackle household disasters and manage individual response actions. A convergence of response actions has been previously discovered to have great impacts on household disaster control. Also, the population segment is similar to class lessons concerning emergency management, which calls easy steps for efficiency control.
Questions
- Can individuals handle household disasters?
- Are the myths relevant to disaster management?
- What can be done to moderate irrational responses?
Chapter 9
Key points
Emergency response is the basic plan to minimize the adverse impacts of disasters. All responses call for joint efforts from concerned organizations. Also, community involvement is a crucial aspect during emergency responses for effective control of a disastrous situation. A strategic emergency response has to have operation centers standby and with proper working systems.
New concepts
Analysis of systems is significant and has been suggested in this chapter, to include technology examination for a looming disaster. Incident management must consider sequence analysis by using diverse responses and approaches. Prioritizing social systems is an emerging idea that could speed up emergency response processes.
Connection to areas of interests
Preparedness comes in different perspectives based on diverse nature or disasters, as highlighted before landscaping. Population interest is also put first in this chapter, which is normalized in humanitarian aid management, in terms of emergency planning for natural and artificial calamities. Emergency responses in this chapter link to measures of environmental monitoring and principals of environmental disaster control.
Questions
- Is emergency response enough to mitigate disaster distractions?
- What are the unresolved challenges during the emergency response?
- What are the effective techniques used to develop an emergency response plan?