Disaster management and its importance: A review paper of Dakshina Kannada and Kodagu districts, Karnataka, India

Abstract

An extreme occurrence within the earth's system that causes human fatalities, injuries, and property destruction is referred to as a "disaster"from a social perspective. Disaster management is one of the most critical topics around the world. Many countries are getting affected because of its high magnitude impact on economy and loss of life. The Karnataka government must always be on guard and ready to meet problems due to the frequent natural disasters like landslides, floods, droughts, and human-induced dangers. In order to lessen the effect of disasters on the community, the Government of Karnataka has built enhanced institutional structures for disaster risk reduction. The main aim of the review paper of this, is to create awareness about the situations occurring due to any form of disasters and to develop preparedness in younger generation to face disaster situations. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.