Importance in Disaster Management

Term paper on: Importance of Population dynamics and disaster management

Group name: Mohona

Group members Name Roll 1.

Fatima pervin…………………… 272.

Reba easmin……………………. 373.

Ranu begum…………………….. 39

Importance in disaster management

Though Population pressures can also increase vulnerability to disasters, by forcing people onto marginal land or areas of greater risk, creating agricultural land crisis, by contributing to household poverty, by increasing crisis on many basic needs and rights or by environmental degradation, excessive pressure on employment, structural housing, reducing educational availability for all.

Increasing access to rights-based family planning programmes can reduce population-related pressures and increase resilience. Population dynamics affect not only our overarching development objectives – poverty reduction, human wellbeing and living standards – but also have a strong impact on the social, economic and environmental dimensions of sustainable development. Success in eliminating food insecurity and hunger; ensuring a sustainable use of land, forests, oceans and ground; ensuring universal access to clean, safe and affordable energy; building sustainable and livable cities and communities; and reducing natural and man-made disasters are strongly and inseparably linked to population dynamics.

But for turning all of these over population into resources, there need to effective policies and initiative. Here are some recommendations and process how to turn these population into human source or man power to manage disastrous event.

Consider the special needs population: In every phase of disaster management, the special population like elderly, children, women, disabled and other physical impaired people should be treated specially. It is necessary for effective disaster management. Population dynamics is observed also for realizing the increasing population needs. It ensures the accurate number of people and their different needs at the time of disaster.

Migration/immigration: It is a natural process where normally surplus manpower released from the rural sector is needed for urban industrial growth. Although migrant poor in cities gain greater employment and cash-earning opportunities, they face intense competition and scarcity in meeting their basic needs. By transferring people another countries increases foreign remittances. In context of Bangladesh, which is 1285.59 USD million in march of 2016.

Urbanization and economic development: There are adverse effect of urbanization, but without this no country has reached its developmental level. The structural mitigation can be reduced the effects of disaster like flood, typhoon, storm and river bank erosion. But policies should be ensured to safe, sound and clean urbanization.

Turned into human resources: By given all people well training and proper technical or vocational education, making people human resources which is helpful for disaster management. For that reason, education and training should be mandatory in at grass root level.

Increased collaboration between the government and local people

The engagement of civil society and international aid: A country’s demographic development demonstrates the importance of strong governmental commitment accompanied by the engagement of civil society and international aid.

The engagement of disaster management activities: At the four phases of emergency management, preparedness, mitigation, response and recovery phase people play an important role to disseminate information towards victims, evacuate, quick recover and reconstruction shelter and eliminate sufferings and finally raise awareness among people.

The participation of NGOs and Private Sector: If more people can participate in NGOs and Private Sector, the programs of health, Nutrition and Population sectors, motivational works and services particularly for the poor and other vulnerable groups and community reduce the impact of disaster.

Engagement in defense: Large Population makes it possible to mobilize enough people to defend the integrity of the country in times of war and any other emergencies.

Environmental sustainability: shortage of housing, poor water supply and sanitation facilities, air pollution etc are constantly affecting environment. Strengthening social afforestation programs in villages and take appropriate steps to create a pollution free environment in all towns and cities, Reducing vehicular pollution by implementing appropriate law, Regulating the growth of slums and encourage environment friendly activities, Supporting the programs for re-excavation of canals and ponds in rural area and to undertake measures against soil and river erosion etc are needed.

Recommendations: To promote development in Bangladesh, the following areas are central and need to be addressed by technical cooperation:

• population dynamics is important issue for disaster and disaster management. For example, Policies and initiatives are taken according to the current situation of population. In order to disseminate relief and warning system the knowledge about population dynamics is also important.
• Population dynamics and the need for comprehensive health care systems and nutrition programmes.
• Environment protection and the prevention of climate change, as well as coping with potential effects of climate change (for example flooding of a large part of the country).
• Law and policies should be enforced for controlling social problem.
• Education should be ensured which is mostly related to disaster management.
• Women empowerment can be ensured for controlling social disaster.
• Policies should be implemented equally.
• More people engage at training programs, mock drill and raising awareness program for facing disaster and effectively respond to disaster.
• population can be increasing agricultural productivity
• policies should be taken by measuring the special needs of population.
• policies should be ensured health care services in times of disaster.

At the time of disaster, a large number of people can participate in mitigating activities, effective response and recovery activities, and by these they can face any kind of disaster by controlling all kind of losses and damages relating property, lives, cattle etc. There are some problems of population like Population reduces the Rate of Capital Formation, the Problem of Unemployment, urbanization, difficulties in educational sector, Food Problem, availability of basic needs, increasing dependency ratio, problems such as bribery, prostitution, armed robbery etc. But there are some positive aspects also.