Disaster management and its importance: a review paper of Dakshina Kannada and Kodagu districts, Karnataka, India

Abstract An extreme occurrence within the earth’s system that causes human fatalities, injuries, and property destruction is referred to as a “disaster” from a social perspective. Disaster management is one of the most critical topics around the world. Many countries are getting affected because of...

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Published inIOP conference series. Earth and environmental science Vol. 1173; no. 1; pp. 12054 - 12059
Main Authors Jayaprakash, M C, Reddy, D Venkat, Istijono, B
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bristol IOP Publishing 01.05.2023
Subjects
Disaster management
Drought
Emergency preparedness
Human influences
Impact analysis
Landslides
Natural disasters
Risk management
Risk reduction
Karnataka India
India
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Summary:Abstract An extreme occurrence within the earth’s system that causes human fatalities, injuries, and property destruction is referred to as a “disaster” from a social perspective. Disaster management is one of the most critical topics around the world. Many countries are getting affected because of its high magnitude impact on economy and loss of life. The Karnataka government must always be on guard and ready to meet problems due to the frequent natural disasters like landslides, floods, droughts, and human-induced dangers. In order to lessen the effect of disasters on the community, the Government of Karnataka has built enhanced institutional structures for disaster risk reduction. The main aim of the review paper of this, is to create awareness about the situations occurring due to any form of disasters and to develop preparedness in younger generation to face disaster situations.
ISSN:1755-1307
1755-1315
DOI:10.1088/1755-1315/1173/1/012054