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Nature's fury can turn surroundings adverse in unbelievably short span of time. This asks for keeping the solutions for tackling the inevitable truth of 'Natural Disasters'. There can be five major categories that are identified when it comes to classification of natural crises- 'havocs related to water and climate', 'disasters pertaining to chemical and nuclear waste', 'biological disasters', 'accidents' and 'geological disasters'.
It is well accepted and understood that some areas are more prone to getting hit by these natural disturbances owing to the geographic location that conferring those 'a disadvantage'. This calls for a 'more-than-needed' approach to be followed.
Organizations involved in this task are required to be prepared for delivering their services and making sure that equipments reach the desired locations. A monitoring tool is needed to keep a track of how things have been moving in this context.
This can be done by coming up with metrics called KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) to which 'target' and 'actual' values can be assigned. This eases out the job of measuring and managing performance issues, when it comes to 'managing Natural Disaster'. These 'quantitative' phrases are put together on a Balanced Scorecard, a strategy that was devised in 1990s by Norton and Kaplan.
This is the actual scorecard with Natural Disaster Management Measures and performance indicators. The performance indicators include: natural disaster management, natural disaster monitoring and funding, number of early warning models developed, regular space remote sensing, % increase in government funding, % increase in ngo-s and direct public funding, natural disaster risk reduction, natural disaster risk maps produced, number of vulnerable area identified, dissemination of early warnings, % of natural disaster risks prioritized., natural disaster preparedness, % area and building inspections, percentage increase in relief measures included, number of damage assessment initiatives, number of rehabilitation and reconstruction activities, education and training perspective, number of training sessions of safety management, psychological strength development training sessions, number of medicinal training programs conducted, number of on-field consultations provided.
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