Essays on Natural Disasters

The assignment encompasses the idea of ICT and its role in national and international perspective. ICT integration in Disaster Risk Reduction is a contemporary idea. Disaster losses can be some-fold reduced if it can integrate technologies with it. ICT can serve in a broader scheme...

The dramatic power of mother earth’s destructive capabilities suddenly stuck the nation of Haiti. This tragic natural disaster hit Port Au- Prince, Haiti causing devastating damage and loss of life that has been rarely seen before. On January 12th, 2010 the people and country were...

A flood is an emission of water that covers land that is usually dry. Floods are among Earth`s most common and devastating natural disaster. Some floods can occur unexpectedly, others take days or even months to build and discharge. A flash flood is a rapid...

Flood risks are dynamically changing over time. Over decades and centuries, the main drivers for flood risk change are influenced either by perturbations or slow alterations in the natural environment or, more importantly, by socio-economic development and human interventions. However, changes in the natural and...

Mitigation methods preparing countries with flood hazards Floods are a common type of natural hazard that many countries experience all over the world. Mitigation is a process “to reduce loss of life and property by lessening the impact of disasters”. A mitigation plan is essential...

This report tends to the general plan of the building works that shield the City of New Orleans from significant tempest occasions. It quickly depicts the historical backdrop of the seepage of the city and talks about the normal and designed flood-assurance structures and system...

Hurricane Katrina struck along the gulf coast of US in 2005. In this case study objective is to get a good understanding of the devastating effect of this hurricane storm surge, damages to coastal structures, bridges and buildings surveyed along Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. During...