Disaster Management in Pakistan Essay Outline
Disaster Management in Pakistan:
Introduction
What is disaster?
Types of disaster
- Natural disaster
- Global warming
- Climate change
- Accident
- Man-made disaster
- Industrial accidents
- Collapse of buildings
- What is disaster management?
- Pakistan is one of the most disaster prone country in the world
- Thesis statement leading to control disaster
- Natural disaster
Phases of Disaster Management
- Prevention
- Preparedness
- Mitigation
- Response
- Recovery
Pakistan and its vulnerability
- Earthquakes
- Tropical cyclones
- Man-made disasters
- Civil conflicts terrorism
- Transport disaster urban and forest fires etc
Factors leading to vulnerability:
- Population growth
- Unplanned industrialization and migration
- Agriculture and live stocks – high dependency
- Poverty in hazards prone areas
- Lack of institutional capacity to deal with disaster risk reduction
- Climate change and its impact
National and provincial strategy for disaster management:
- Institutional framework
- Prevention and Relief Act 1958
- National Disaster Management Ordinance
- Agencies working for disaster management in Pakistan
- National Disaster Management Authority (NADMA)
- Provincial/State Disaster Management Authority (P/SDMA)
- District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA)
- Armed Forces
- Provincial relief Department
- Civil Defence Department
- Flood Commission – Federal
- Pakistan Meteorological Department
- Dams Safety Council
- Institutional framework
Disaster Management and National Environment
- National Environment Action Plan
- National Disaster Management Plan (NDMP) – 2012-2022.
Disaster management and role of Regional Organizations
- SAARC Comprehensive framework on Disaster Management (2006-2015)
- Hyogo Framework of Action (2005-2015)
- SAARC Disaster Management Centre – New Delhi 2006
- SAARC Declaration Protection and Preservation of Environment and causes and consequences of National Disaster – 1987
- Greenhouse effects and impact on the region – 1988
- Regional cooperation in flood disaster management in Hindu Kush – 2001
Poor Disaster Management and recent Disaster in Pakistan
- Flood – July 2010
- Siachen Incident – 2012
- Awaran Earthquake – 2013
Impacts of poor disaster in Pakistan:
- Health hazards
- Food crisis
- Loss of infrastructure
- Unemployment and economy
- Increase rate of militancy and crime
- Rise in poverty
Reforms needed for better Management
- Need for economic resources
- Need of advance technology
- Disaster Management – teams of politics
- Raising awareness among the people
- Adequate financial resources – allocation of separate budget
- Sufficient training to disaster management personnel.
Conclusion