4. Responses
Preparing for
Earthquakes
• Landuse
regulation
• Building design
• Improve
Infrastructure
• Emergency
Drills
• Technology,
monitoring &
warning system.
Short-term
• Handling Status
of the area
• Provide medical
aid, food & water
• Set up
emergency
shelter
• Calling for
humanitarian aid
• Search & Rescue
Long-term
• Recover
Economically
• Improve
infrastructure
• Compensation
• Health Option
6. PhenomenaEarthquakes
Volcanic
Eruptions
• Impact / Risks
• Landslide /
Lohars
• Pollution
• Effect on
weather
• Destruction by
pyroclastic
flow
Benefits
• Fertile soil
• Tourism
• Geotherm
al energy
• Minerals
Factors causing
damage
• Magnitude
• Depth of focus
• Distance from
Epicentre
• Pop Density
• Time of occurrence
• Type of soil
• Level of
preparedness.
Effects
• Tsunami
• Landslides
• Destruction of building
and infrastructure
• Loss of services.
9. Value of
Coasts
Human Value
• Provisionary
• Regulating
• Cultural
• Supporting
Ecosystem
Coral Reefs
Mangroves
• Distribution
• Value to
humans
• Threats faced