{"id":15791,"date":"2023-06-20T17:45:18","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T12:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apboardsolutions.in\/?p=15791"},"modified":"2023-06-21T17:35:34","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T12:05:34","slug":"ap-board-8th-class-social-studies-notes-chapter-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apboardsolutions.in\/ap-board-8th-class-social-studies-notes-chapter-24\/","title":{"rendered":"AP Board 8th Class Social Studies Notes Chapter 24 Disaster Management"},"content":{"rendered":"

Students can go through AP State Board 8th Class Social Studies Notes<\/a> Chapter 24 Disaster Management to understand and remember the concept easily.<\/p>\n

AP State Board Syllabus 8th Class Social Studies Notes Chapter 24 Disaster Management<\/h2>\n

\u2192 India with its vast population and unique geophysical characteristics is one of the world’s most “Disaster-prone” countries.<\/p>\n

\u2192 The East and South-East parts of India are frequently affected by cyclones.<\/p>\n

\u2192 The damage caused due to a hazard increases when people are not adequately prepared to face the disaster.<\/p>\n

\u2192 Disasters can be categorized into various types based on speed and origin\/cause.<\/p>\n

\u2192 The term ‘Tsunami’ has been coined from Japanese words – ‘Tsu’ and ‘name’.<\/p>\n

\u2192 Coastal tidal gauges can stop tsunamis close to the shore, but they are useless in deep oceans.<\/p>\n

\u2192 Drought is basically a disaster situation caused by a lack of rainfall.<\/p>\n

\u2192 Excess or deficient rainfall is determined by the percent variation from the average rainfall of 70-100 years.<\/p>\n

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\u2192 Certain regions due to their geographical location are more likely to receive less rainfall. These are called ‘drought-prone areas’.<\/p>\n

\u2192 Unlike sudden disasters drought being a slow-onset disaster, gives us ample time for preparedness, response, and mitigation.<\/p>\n

\u2192 In urban areas, all rainwater as it falls over roofs of houses should be harvested.<\/p>\n

\u2192 The government is implementing Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) in drought-prone areas.<\/p>\n

\u2192 Multi-Hazard Zone: Area which faces floods and cyclones frequently is called Multi\u2019 Hazard Zone.<\/p>\n

\u2192 Human-Induced Hazard: A serious disruption of normal life triggered by human-induced hazard.<\/p>\n

\u2192 Famine: A disaster situation caused by lack of rains.<\/p>\n

\u2192 Pest Infection: Sometimes there may be attacks of pests on fields and the fluids get infected. This is called pest infection.<\/p>\n

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\u2192 Environmental Degradation: Deterioration of the environment through depletion of resources such as air, water, and soil, the destruction of the ecosystem.<\/p>\n

\u2192 Drought: Drought \u00a1s basically a disaster situation caused by a lack of rainfall.
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Students can go through AP State Board 8th Class Social Studies Notes Chapter 24 Disaster Management to understand and remember the concept easily. AP State Board Syllabus 8th Class Social Studies Notes Chapter 24 Disaster Management \u2192 India with its vast population and unique geophysical characteristics is one of the world’s most “Disaster-prone” countries. \u2192 … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apboardsolutions.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15791"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apboardsolutions.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apboardsolutions.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apboardsolutions.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apboardsolutions.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15791"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/apboardsolutions.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41382,"href":"https:\/\/apboardsolutions.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15791\/revisions\/41382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apboardsolutions.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apboardsolutions.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apboardsolutions.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}