Natural Disaster

By Sukhmandeep Kaur

• Introduction
• Types
• Mitigation Strategies
• Role of Technology
• References

Role of Technology

Over the past several years, major improvements in how we respond to natural hazards have been made possible by advancements in the technology. Science is an organized method of gathering information about nature and distilling and combining it into testable rules and hypotheses, whereas technology refers to a group of methods and the skills necessary to put them into practice. In addition to enabling people to greatly manipulate and adapt to their natural surroundings, science and technology also have the potential to influence social, political, and cultural values.
In this sense, it refers to the present level of human understanding of how to combine resources to create desired goods, find solutions to issues, and meet wants; it encompasses technological
strategies, abilities, procedures, methods, equipment, and raw supplies. When paired with the phrase "disaster risk management," science and technology refer to the current level of knowledge and resources in the respective fields concerning the evaluation of natural disasters' underlying causes and their effects on the population at risk. When it comes to disaster risk management, scientists should:
Evaluate the natural environment that is conducive to disasters. These evaluations must to be conducted in accordance with current best practices and incorporate systematic quality control.
Science should be transparent, independent, and verifiable, and it should be conducted with a predetermined objective in mind. Data collection, analysis, and interpretation should be done with caution and attention, and they should be thoroughly recorded and published as such. One issue with a lot of scientific studies is that they are frequently commissioned and funded by a third party on a certain subject. This frequently introduces bias into the examination of the amount to which the financiers determine the outcome and the degree to which the results can be made publicly available.
The job of scientists should be defined as that of truthful "brokers" of the problem. The results should be released in a manner that allows for different interpretations and thoroughly informs the public of their consequences and inherent limits.
In order to foster collaboration across the social and natural sciences, as well as to include experiences from worldwide cooperative initiatives and Aboriginal wisdom, multidisciplinary methods should be encouraged.

• Promote a comprehensive strategy for integrating the socioeconomic component.
• The focus of the investigations should, where feasible, be changed from a local, isolated, single-topic catastrophe assessment to a comprehensive assessment that takes into account the dynamics of time and space scales.
• It is important for scientists to understand the possibilities of communication. It would be accurate to characterize the role of scientists as honest "brokers" of the problem. The results ought to be made public in a way that permits a variety of interpretations and fully explains their implications and inherent limitations.

Different steps should be encouraged in order to promote cooperation across the social and natural sciences, as well as to include experiences from global cooperative projects and Aboriginal knowledge.

• Encourage a thorough approach to include the socioeconomic element.
• The local, isolated, single-topic catastrophic assessment should be replaced with a holistic evaluation that considers the dynamics of time and space scales. Understanding the potential of communication is crucial for scientists.