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4 articles for “Disaster Risk Reduction”
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Resilience Building through Disaster Risk Reduction
Abstract: A catastrophe is a serious disruption to a society's functioning that causes mortal, material, profitable, and environmental losses beyond a community's capability to manage. It results from the admixture of hazards, surroundings of exposure, and lack of volume or measures to lower the implicit negative results of threat. Hence, catastrophe control may be delineated as the arranging and administration of effects and the responsibility for handling all philanthropic angles of …
Published in International Journal of Environmental Planning and Development Architecture · Vol. 2, Issue 2, 2024 · pp. 32–45 Read article
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Contextualising health-disaster risk reduction pillars for under-resourced rural secondary schools in Limpopo Province, South Africa
Abstract: School communities in under-resourced rural settings face a disproportionate burden of health-related disasters, including outbreaks, water and sanitation failures, food insecurity and compound events that disrupt learning and wellbeing. Yet school based disaster risk reduction (DRR) evidence in Southern Africa is uneven with limited empirically guidance tailored to the organisational and infrastructural realities of disadvantaged schools. Drawing on the Comprehensive School Safety Framework and the World Health Organization's Health Emergency …
Published in International Journal of Education Sciences · Vol. 3, Issue 1, 2026 · pp. 124–135 Read article
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Cross-Border Disaster Preparedness in the Himalayas by Indian Armed Forces
Abstract: The Himalayan region, known for its immense ecological and geopolitical significance, is also one of the most disaster-prone areas in the world. Its young and dynamic geological structure, coupled with increasing human activity, has amplified the frequency and severity of natural disasters such as landslides, floods, and earthquakes. Cross-border disaster preparedness in the Himalayas, particularly by the Indian Armed Forces, has emerged as a critical component of regional stability and …
Published in International Journal of Pollution: Prevention & Control · Vol. 3, Issue 1, 2025 · pp. 29–35 Read article
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Disaster Management for the Production Process in Manufacturing Industries
Abstract: In manufacturing and businesses in general, damages occurring during production must be recorded. Production is carried out continuously every day through various processes that make up the supply chain. This process is often ineffective and causes damage. These disasters cause economic damage and losses, sometimes even death. These damages may result from accident, negligence or incompetence. There are other things around. This article focuses on damage elements associated with the …
Published in International Journal of Manufacturing and Production Engineering · Vol. 4, Issue 1, 2026 · pp. 16–19 Read article