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Thirty years of disasters and its impact in the state of Tamil Nadu-A spatio and temporal analysis
Published in
2010
Volume: 3
   
Issue: 4
Pages: 532 - 537
Abstract
Disasters by definition involve widespread physical damages and /or loss of life. Establishing the extent of damage, morbidity and mortality is fundamental for relief, recovery and reconstruction planning. The State of Tamil Nadu was the most affected in terms of human tragedy, property loss in the Indian Ocean Tsunami on 26th December 2004. Also, the state faces severe crisis every year because of seasonal floods. The creation of historic database becomes necessary to know about trends, patterns and seasonality of disasters affecting the state and have a holistic approach towards long term preparedness and mitigation of Disasters. The DesInventar (herein used as IndisData) methodology is a cost effective system used in Latin American countries to systematically record time, place, and effects of disasters on their occurrence. The methodology uses Indisdata software, a web based simple tool to capture the data and analyse it to create charts, tables, graphs for decision making. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in April 2008 between United Nation Development Program (UNDP) and CDMM, VIT University to validate and analyse the database. Disaster data for the period 1975-2007 was collected from the authentic government agencies. The collected data in the prescribed format was compiled and properly scrutinized before data entry. There are several qualifications and limitations in the Historical Disaster Information System and the preliminary analysis that have to be taken into consideration. The availability of good records from 1976-2006 is considered for the present analysis. © 2010 CAFET-INNOVA TECHNICAL SOCIETY. All rights reserved.
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JournalInternational Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering
ISSN09745904