India

 Shaky business

A deadly nexus between government officials and builders reduce most of Gujarat s homes to rubbles

Publication Date: 
27/02/2001
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Monuments, Natural Disasters, Earthquakes, Disaster Management, Disaster Preparedness, Disaster Housing, Building Technology, Construction Industry, Governance, India, Delhi, Gujarat, Bhuj
India

 Science is a political orphan

This country does not need a Crisis Management Group. It needs a Governance Crisis Management Group

Publication Date: 
27/02/2001
Anil Agarwal
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Natural Disasters, Disaster Management, Disaster Preparedness, Building Technology, Governance, Anil Agarwal, India
Natural Disasters

 Earth shaking intervention

An earthquake rocks El Salvador causing widespread destruction. Deforestation aggravates the situation

Publication Date: 
14/02/2001
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Deforestation, Natural Disasters, Earthquakes, Disaster Management, Governance, El Salvador, Guatemala
India

 UNITED NATIONS

With an eye on the drought situation that has gripped India, the United Nations (UN)

Publication Date: 
14/06/2000
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Pollution, Drought, Disaster Management, Aid, India
Natural Disasters

 Nature s wrath

A hurricane wreaks havoc in North Carolina in the US

Publication Date: 
14/10/1999
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Natural Disasters, Storms, Disaster Management, United States Of America (US)
India

 Respite to eco victims

the ministry of environment and forests (mef), in collaboration with the General Insurance Corporation of India, is planning to establish an Environment Relief Fund to provide relief to victims of

Publication Date: 
29/04/1997
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Disaster Management, Compensation, Industry, India
Natural Disasters

 Subduing the bulldozer

For centuries, the Dutch have been trying to keep their heads over water by barricading out the sea and the rivers. But there comes a point when the environment has to be considered when reclaiming land and strengthening dykes

Publication Date: 
30/05/1994
Nanke Kramer
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Oceans and Seas, Dams, Natural Disasters, Disaster Management, Netherlands
India

 When wind and water run riot

The killer cyclone that hit Andhra Pradesh in 1977 will long be remembered as India's worst natural calamity of this century. But that we still haven't learnt the lessons of the tragedy is evidenced by the widespread suffering that resulted from last mont

Publication Date: 
30/12/1992
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Natural Disasters, Cyclones, Disaster Management, Housing Construction, India, Andhra Pradesh

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