1. DISASTER MANAGEMENT-THE SPIRITUAL DIMENSION

2. SPIRITUAL WISDOM IN MANAGING A DISASTER EVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS DISASTER MANAGEMENT- THE SPIRITUAL DIMENSION DEFINITION OF THE DISATER AFFECTS OF DISASTER TYPES OF DISASTER DISASTER MANAGEMENT CYCLE ROLEPLAYERS IN DISASTERS DISASTER PREPAREDNESS SOME TIPS TO COPE WITH DISASTER MITIGATION/PREVENTION CONCLUSION

3. ENVIRONMENT AWARENESS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADTION LAND/ AIR/ WATER POLLUTION, DEFORESTATION & NOISE POLLUTION GLOBAL WARMING ( GREEN HOUSE EFFECTS & OZONE DEPLETION) ACID RAINS ( 10 HOT SPOTS IDENTIFIED BY OU SCIENTISTS) NONSUSTAINABILITY ISSUES LIKE INDUSTRIAL EXPLOITATION ETC. AND EFFORTS OF UN SINCE 1972 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTS LIKE CULTURAL AWARENESS, CONSCIOUSNESS ETC. TREE PLANTATIONS & ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES VIZ SOLAR ENERGY, WATER RECYCLING & RAIN WATER HARVESTING PITS ETC

4. DISASTERS

5. Definition A“Disaster”is the actual or imminent occurrence of an event which endangers or threatens to endanger the safety or health of communities or persons, or which destroys or damages, or threatens to destroy or damage, any property or environment, to such an extent that there is need for assistance and for immediate outside intervention.

6. AFFECTS OF DISASTER 10 Loss of Lives and Property Failure of services like electricity, water supply,telephone,large scale causalities. Damage to property Disrupted Life Loss of Business Economic Destabilization Delay in returning to normal life Mental Agony Severe stresses, panic and confusion Psychological effects and creation of fear psychosis

7. TYPES OF DISASTERS 9

8. BROAD CLASSIFICATIONS NATURAL CALAMITIES MAN MADE CALAMITIES

9. Tsunamis Floods and Drainage Problems Cyclones Snow Avalanches Tornadoes and Hurricanes Hailstorms Droughts Famines Heat and Cold Waves Coastal Erosion WATER AND CLIMATE RELATED DISASTERS 10

10. Earthquakes Dam Collapses Land Slides and Mud Flows Volcanoes GEOLOGICAL DISASTERS 4

11. Nuclear Disasters Wild Life Disasters Chemical and Oil Spills Wars Pollution Deforestation Industrial Disasters Mine Disasters CHEMICAL,ENVIRONMENTAL,INDUSTRIAL AND NUCLEAR DISASTERS 8

12. Biological warfare Cattle Epidemics Pest Attacks Biologically Modified Materials BIOLOGICAL DISASTERS 4

13. Bomb Blasts Hijacking Riots Insurgency Extortion TERROR RELATED DISASTERS 5

14. Aids and Hepatitis-B Infectious Diseases Unlicensed and Adulterated Medicines Epidemics HEALTH DISASTERS 4

15. Transportation Explosions Fires Structural Collapses ACCIDENT RELATED DISASTERS 4