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With unprecedented frequency of extreme weather calamities heightening, landslides – mudslides are expected to feature increasingly in future natural disasters. The ominous signs that extreme weather patterns will continue to be more frequent are there. As more torrential downpours loomed over the future, rain-triggered landslides/mudslides could be playing out often in our disaster management nightmares.
Posted: 2010-09-02
Category: Politics
If we reflect upon the spate of natural disasters in 2010 to date, the emerging trends of increasingly extreme weather patterns seem to indicate that “higher degree fractals” of disasters are playing out in 2010. The natural disasters which occurred in the past few years were apparently unwinding a bigger spiral in the broader picture of chaos. This time around, the natural calamities are getting worse and if perceived through the “fractals” looking glass, it’s obvious the disasters are of a higher degree.
Posted: 2010-08-05
Category: Politics
Developing an integrated response plan and capacity for immediate disaster response to deal with natural calamities remain a critical factor in enhancing efficiency and effectiveness of a disaster management programme. The whole system and mechanisms of emergency preparedness involved array of players, efforts, and factors called into play to ensure that measures for prevention, mitigation, response and recovery are fully coordinated with stakeholders.
Posted: 2010-01-10
Category: Politics
If relief operations get overwhelmed by sheer magnitude of natural disasters, any inordinate delays in providing immediate humanitarian assistance will exacerbate the crisis, propelling such situations into another full grown disaster. Recent experience with the barrage of natural disasters that hit the Asian Pacific region posed a grim reminder that emergency preparedness cannot withstand intense wide-ranging devastation without efforts involving full collaboration, cooperation and coordination of regional stakeholders.
Posted: 2009-12-28
Category: Politics
It's inevitable that governments should be better prepared and speed up measures to mitigate impact of natural disasters. Without appropriate mitigation measures being put into place, development achieved over years of investment could be completely wiped out in a natural disaster.
Posted: 2009-11-16
Category: Politics
The world community need consistent reminders of the challenges which natural disasters posed and the consequences of inaction. Numerous past wake-up calls by international aid agencies, disaster management institutions and practitioners somehow dissipated in the milieu of challenges and issues at hand. It behooves comprehensive collective action if the world community want to sustain the quality of life for mankind for future generations.
Posted: 2009-10-25
Category: Politics
Uninhibited urban growth without proper urban planning will create conditions susceptible to disasters. Uncontrolled construction in a lax atmosphere of urban planning without careful consideration for risk reduction is a recipe for disaster.
Posted: 2009-10-02
Category: Politics
Disaster risk reduction in identified potential flood prone areas need to focus on extent of exposure and vulnerability. The deadly flash floods rang the alarms for town planners to heed and pay more attention to environmental standards in rapid urbanization and industrialization.
Posted: 2009-09-23
Category: Politics
Developing appropriate response to mitigate the impact of natural disasters calls for crafting well thought out contingency plan with the involvement of all concerned stakeholders.
Posted: 2009-09-17
Category: Politics
With natural disasters intensifying to greater scale and their destructive force getting worse, there’s a dire need to ensure that we have a Contingency Plan devised for such circumstances to be prepared for anything that could happen.
Posted: 2009-09-10
Category: Politics
Abnormal weather patterns attributed to global warming and climate change create settings favourable for more intense weather related natural disasters. Economic losses reaching record-breaking limits.
Posted: 2009-09-01
Category: Politics
Research and studies all point to increasing frequency and intensity of weather catastrophes.
Posted: 2009-08-24
Category: Politics
Emerging patterns of extreme wether related disasters have been observed and the frequency are intensifying with definite alarm.
Posted: 2009-08-16
Category: Politics
Rapid urbanisation influence impact of natural disasters in areas with higher population density and will be a significant aspect of disaster management issues.
Posted: 2009-08-10
Category: Business
