SEE: Tectonics: 1.9C
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- Created on: 14-03-22 19:37
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- SEE: 1.9C: Modifying losses and the role of NGOs and insurers
- Emergency, short, and long term aid
- Emergency aid provides food, water, shelter
- Short term aid involves restoring water supplies and providing temporary shelters
- Long term aid involves reconstructing infrastructure, the economy, and reducing impact of future disasters
- Aid can be distributed to the gov of the affected country, controlled by aid agencies, or by foreign govs
- Insurance
- Economic coasts of disasters can be HUGE
- In 2011, global losses from earthquakes were US$54 billion
- Insurance coverage can help communities to recover, providing money to repair and rebuild
- However, few countries have tectonic hazard insurance, and it is unaffordable in many developing countries
- Role of NGOs
- Play a crucial role in disaster management, particularly in areas where gov is struggling to respond
- NGOs are involved in all of the management cycle stages
- Role of communities
- When a disaster happens, a community is usually the first to respond
- Play a role in rescue efforts, and long term strategies such as education
- In isolated settlements, the role of the community is even more important
- Emergency, short, and long term aid
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