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Case study # 2
Natural Disasters & the decisions that follow
Prepared by:
Mahmoud Nassef Ibrahim
1- Problem definition
Natural disaster is a major effect of a natural hazard that affects the environment and leads to
financial & human losses.
Types of natural disasters are: Floods, Tsunami, hurricanes, Volcanoes, earthquakes, Wild fires,
snowstorms.
2- Justification of the problem
Natural disasters negatively affect the human behavior and the whole community.
Individuals could be harmed physically, mentally or even emotionally; in addition to the properties
destruction, financial losses and injuries, which may led to significant population migrations, due to
the extreme negative impact on individuals.
Communities could be negatively affected by the destructions, population shifts and the loss of the
economic resources upon the disaster.
3- List of alternatives
Not all natural disasters could be prevented, but their negative impacts could be lessened and
reduced; mainly by increasing risk awareness and applying methods of prevention, mitigation and risk
reduction.
Most natural disasters cannot be predicted, and using some form of early warning system is the best
way to deal with them.
Many alternative solutions could help in reducing the negative impacts from natural disasters; which
are:
a) Improving the infra-structure to avoid natural disasters as possible based on the historical data.
b) Adoption of non-structural measures to reduce future disasters negative impacts.
c) Provide Natural disasters risks mitigation training to public.
4- Evaluation of alternatives
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5- Recommendations
I recommend applying the first two alternatives in all countries which may face such disasters, in order
to avoid the negative impacts on individuals and the whole communities.
a) Improving the infra-structure to avoid natural disasters as possible based on the historical data.
b) Adoption of non-structural measures to reduce future disasters negative impacts.
References:
http://www2.deloitte.com/jo/en/pages/risk/articles/overcoming-natural-disasters.html
https://www.nap.edu/read/1840/chapter/6
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/nepal-earthquake-what-can-be-done-to-prevent-similar-disasters-inthe-future-10207748.html
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/volcano-safety-tips/
http://oklaw.org/resource/securing-your-home-for-natural-disasters
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