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This lecture introduces the fundamental concepts of disasters and hazards, differentiating between the two and exploring the factors that contribute to the formation of disasters.
In this session, we delve into a comparative analysis of the earthquakes in Haiti and Japan, examining the impacts, response strategies, and lessons learned from these significant events.
This video covers the disaster management cycle, detailing the phases of preparedness, response, prevention, and recovery, as well as the various levels of disaster response.
This lecture classifies different types of hazards and focuses on hydrometeorological hazards such as cyclones, tornadoes, floods, droughts, and heatwaves, discussing their impacts and mitigation strategies.
This session identifies and describes various geological hazards, including earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, and landslides, exploring their causes, effects, and historical examples.
Continuing the discussion on geological hazards, this video focuses on landslides, their causes and types, and introduces extraterrestrial hazards like meteorite impacts and their potential effects.
This lecture continues with extraterrestrial hazards and explores societal hazards such as stampedes, civil unrest, terrorism, and war, along with biological hazards like disease outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics.
In this session, we define and classify chemical hazards, exploring their sources and impacts, and discuss strategies for prevention, mitigation, and response to chemical incidents.
This video identifies various technological hazards, including nuclear accidents, industrial accidents, dam failures, and cyber-attacks, discussing their causes, effects, and safety measures.
This lecture focuses on physical hazards with an emphasis on fire safety, exploring different types of fires, fire extinguishers, their operation, and essential fire prevention measures.