CHAPTER 2
The Process of Disaster Management
Practices from Disaster—Affected Countries
Md Nurul Momen
Department of Public Administration, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Introduction
Natural disasters have profound reoccurring effects on the future direction of human life on the planet. Having reviewed the contemporary literature on natural disaster, itis found that the impact of recent disasters is very much different compared to the disasters that occurred in prehistoric times. Even after knowing the dangers of unplanned development, many states still allow some projects to operate in the disaster-prone areas, which threatens the environment and social livelihoods. For example, every year on the Indian subcontinent cyclones ...
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