DISASTER MANAGEMENTTHE SPIRITUAL DIMENSION SPIRITUAL WISDOM IN MANAGING

DISASTER MANAGEMENT-THE SPIRITUAL DIMENSION

SPIRITUAL WISDOM IN MANAGING A DISASTER • EVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS • DISASTER MANAGEMENT- THE SPIRITUAL DIMENSION • DEFINITION OF THE DISATER • AFFECTS OF DISASTER • TYPES OF DISASTER • DISASTER MANAGEMENT CYCLE • ROLEPLAYERS IN DISASTERS • DISASTER PREPAREDNESS • SOME TIPS TO COPE WITH DISASTER • MITIGATION/PREVENTION • CONCLUSION

ENVIRONMENT AWARENESS • ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADTION LAND/ AIR/ WATER POLLUTION, DEFORESTATION & NOISE POLLUTION • GLOBAL WARMING ( GREEN HOUSE EFFECTS & OZONE DEPLETION) ACID RAINS ( 10 HOT SPOTS IDENTIFIED BY OU SCIENTISTS) • NONSUSTAINABILITY ISSUES LIKE INDUSTRIAL EXPLOITATION ETC. AND EFFORTS OF UN SINCE 1972 • SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTS LIKE CULTURAL AWARENESS, CONSCIOUSNESS ETC. • TREE PLANTATIONS & ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES VIZ SOLAR ENERGY, WATER RECYCLING & RAIN WATER HARVESTING PITS ETC

DISASTERS

Definition A“Disaster”isthe actual or imminent occurrence of an event which endangers or threatens to endanger the safety or health of communities or persons, or which destroys or damages, or threatens to destroy or damage, any property or environment, to such an extent that there is need for assistance and for immediate outside intervention.

AFFECTS OF DISASTER 10 • Loss of Lives and Property • Failure of services like electricity, water supply, telephone, large scale causalities. • Damage to property • Disrupted Life • Loss of Business • Economic Destabilization • Delay in returning to normal life • Mental Agony • Severe stresses, panic and confusion • Psychological effects and creation of fear psychosis

S R E T S A S I D F O S T E YP 9

BROAD CLASSIFICATIONS • NATURAL CALAMITIES • MAN MADE CALAMITIES

WATER AND CLIMATE RELATED DISASTERS • Tsunamis • Floods and Drainage Problems • Cyclones • Snow Avalanches • Tornadoes and Hurricanes • Hailstorms • Droughts • Famines • Heat and Cold Waves • Coastal Erosion 10

GEOLOGICAL DISASTERS 4 • Earthquakes • Dam Collapses • Land Slides and Mud Flows • Volcanoes

CHEMICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, INDUSTRIAL AND NUCLEAR DISASTERS 8 • • Nuclear Disasters Wild Life Disasters Chemical and Oil Spills Wars Pollution Deforestation Industrial Disasters Mine Disasters

BIOLOGICAL DISASTERS • • Biological warfare Cattle Epidemics Pest Attacks Biologically Modified Materials 4

TERROR RELATED DISASTERS • • • Bomb Blasts Hijacking Riots Insurgency Extortion 5

HEALTH DISASTERS • Aids and Hepatitis-B • Infectious Diseases • Unlicensed and Adulterated Medicines • Epidemics 4

ACCIDENT RELATED DISASTERS • • Transportation Explosions Fires Structural Collapses 4