International Journal of Nursing Education
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue: 2

Disaster Management

Prof cum Principal, Shreyas College of Nursing, GE Road, Supela, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh

Online published on 17 April, 2015.

Abstract

Emergencies and disasters do not only affect health and well-being of people; frequently, large number of people are displaced, killed or injured, or subjected to greater risk of epidemics. Considerable economic harm is also common. Disasters cause great harm to the existing infrastructure and threaten the future of sustainable development.

Keywords

Disaster, Types, Phases, Disaster cycle, Disaster management