A turning point in the history of disaster risk reduction (DRR) was the intergovernmental commitment through the United Nations to foster disaster risk management (DRM) during the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (1990 1999).
Although this was demonstrated in public in 1838, it was not until 5 years later that Congress (which had been reflecting public apathy – another whole complete essay in the history of disaster communications!) funded the construction of an experimental telegraph line from Washington (DC) to Baltimore (MA) [ 2].
An in-depth study of the history of disasters and disaster management in Cameroon has become imperative.
Zhang' review focused on natural environmental changes, including climate change, the changes in sea and land, desertification, changes in flora and fauna, hydrological changes, and the history of disasters, all of which are the subject of historical physical geography.
In all the history of disaster and emergency communications, from the bleak beginnings to the 21st century, we can see how the combination of great potential with lack of planning and preparedness has caused fiasco after fiasco.
In the history of New York City disasters, Mr. Giuffre recalls only one T-shirt that became a pop sensation: "I Survived the Blackout".
"The tsunami stones are warnings across generations, telling descendants to avoid the same suffering of their ancestors," said Itoko Kitahara, a specialist in the history of natural disasters at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto.
The tsunami was also a landmark event in the history of Australian disaster management, as it was the first time that organised civilian based teams, described elsewhere (7), were deployed under the Australian Assist Plan (AUSASSISTPLAN) (8).
In total, more than $1 billion in cash assistance has been distributed so far by FEMA, to 162,000 families, mostly in New York and New Jersey, earning Hurricane Sandy a spot as one of the most expensive storms in the history of the agency's disaster assistance program for individuals and families.
On March 11 , 2011 Japan suffered the strongest earthquake in its recorded history; this triggered the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, one of the worst disasters in the history of nuclear power.
