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UNIT IV
NATURAL hazards AND DISASTERS:CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES AND MANAGEMENTThis unit deals with Floods and droughts Earthquakes and tsunami Cyclones LandslidesUNITIV2015-16(20/01/2015)You might have read about tsunami orseen the images of horror ontelevision set immediately after ithappened. You may also be aware of the severeearthquake in Kashmir on both sides of theLine of Control (LOC). The damage caused tohuman life and properties during theseepisodes has moved us all. What are these asphenomena and how they are caused? Howcan we save ourselves? These are somequestions which come to our minds. Thischapter will attempt to analyse some of is the law of nature. It is a continuousprocess that goes on uninterruptedly involvingphenomena, big and small, material and non-material that make our physical and socio-cultural environment. It is a process presenteverywhere with variations in terms ofmagnitude, intensity and scale.
Natural Hazards are elements of circumstances in the Natural environment that have the potential to cause har m to people or property or both. ... can be classified under four categories (See Table 7.2). India is one of those countries which has experienced most of the natural disasters mentioned in Table 7.2. Every year it loses
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