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What is the importance of Disaster Risk Reduction?

The impact of the disaster depends on how much it has been on society and environment. There are some of the important aspects of the Disaster Risk Reduction; they are Mitigation, Early Warning System, Disaster Preparedness and Recovery.

• Mitigation

Mitigation and mitigation measures are to control the frequency, scale, intensity and impact of the disaster. Mitigation measures include two general categories, they are structural measures and non-structural measures. Mitigation measures can be applied at any time either before or after the happening of the event.

• Early Warning System

The term refers to the provision of information on emergency to reduce the risk involved. Without the early warning system, the evacuation and rescue mission will be irrelevant. The system involves for the natural biographical hazard, geophysical, socio-political, industrial and other hazards. These systems depend upon the four main inter-related variables; they are observation and recordings, Risk knowledge and recognition, warning and dissemination, and appropriate response.

• Disaster Preparedness

It is the programme that is prepared to face all type of disaster activities and related emergencies. The main agenda of these programmes is to reduce the number of deaths and sufferings by the people due to the disaster and this will also reduce the effect of the disaster. Preparing for disaster before its occurrence will increase the communal ability of people and this will also contribute very efficiently towards the rescue operation.

• Recovery

If the disaster has occurred, the recovery mission should be ensured by the disaster risk reduction management. The decision taken after the disaster should be to restore the lost lives by the people due to disaster. This recovery should be such that is should help them to cope up in the future more efficiently. The rehabilitation and reconstruction are the tasks in this stage and afford a valuable opportunity to develop and implement the measures of disaster risk reduction.