Some Disaster like Hurricane Nargis Can’t Be Prevented
According to a latest UN report the risk of disaster worldwide is growing. Population of the world was affected due to changes of global climate, degradation of environment and disorder of the urban development. The report discourage that many lives are now in risk because the proper judgment is seldom carried out especially in developing countries. UN states that money that spent on risk reduction is the best way to decrease the number of death and harms. Although there are some natural disaster that cannot prevent such as Asian Tsunami and earthquake in china but there are still ways to reduce our risk to it.
Researches need to carry out because they still lack of knowledge about climate change and global parameters. According to the report there are impressive differences between rich and poor countries in risk assessment n reduction. For example Japan and Philippines have the same exposure of tropical cyclones but for every one death in Japan, 17 people die in the Philippines. Conclusion UN states that spending money on risk assessment and reduction is the effective investment.
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