Comparison of Status on Disaster Preparedness for Natural Hazards in Afghanistan and Slovakia
Authors:
Mohammad Qasim Seddiqy and Andrej Soltesz
Abstract:
In this paper assessed the comparison status of disaster management, especially in the framework of preparedness in Afghanistan and Slovakia .
Whereas Afghanistan and Slovakia faces a number of disasters of natural origin, such as floods , earthquakes, landslides, avalanches, drought. The scope of this paper is limited to disaster management ,basic disaster management guideline in Afghanistan and Slovakia .Disasters caused by natural hazards may sever environmental consequences also have played a major hindrance in socio-economic development and poverty reduction in Afghanistan. Slovakia is confronting to a severalty of natural disasters has significant impacts on various sectors such as agricultural , Socio-Economics and human live , health and environment . The Disaster Management in Slovakia incomparable with Afghanistan ,because in Slovakia the operation of the Disaster management developed in water management and other sector ,has developed institution carry out mitigation measures through engineering structures and developed early warning systems, have developed mechanism for rescue, relief, and short-term recovery, inversely in Afghanistan has not succeeded in developing institutions in the framework of preparedness for natural hazards .In Slovakia the potential damage caused by natural disaster such as flood, land sliding, events is expected to increase, on the one hand because of climate change, and on the other hand because of human activities in flood-prone areas, e.g. close to the coast, without knowing the risk of flooding, so it costs more to protect them against flooding. At present there is not so good targeted, concerted and coordinated approach at EU level towards risk management, while the potential risk to human health and life, the environment and economic assets is considerable .
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