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4: As a Pakistani what are the limitations you feel to overcome the threats of an earthquake.​

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Pakistan is situated within a hazard-prone region and is exposed to a variety of natural disasters such as floods, cyclones, earthquakes, landslides and droughts. Rapid population growth, uncontrolled development and unmanaged expansion of infrastructure are the most common factors that result in more people being vulnerable to natural hazards than ever before (Cardona et al. 2003). The burden of natural disasters in Pakistan can be underlined by the fact that they have been responsible for the deaths of 6037 people in the period from 1993 to 2002, with a further 8.9 million people also affected (World Disasters Report 2003). More than 80 000 people died and 3.5 million lost their homes in a single event: the earthquake of 8 October 2005. A consistent major problem for Pakistan's authorities is that natural hazards occur more or less regularly at all scales. Furthermore, disaster management in Pakistan, particularly with regard to natural hazards, focuses mainly on rescue and relief processes. There is a dearth of information and little understanding of the processes involved in hazard identification, risk assessment and management, and the relationship between people's livelihoods and disaster preparedness (WCDR 2005). Disaster management policy in Pakistan does not make adequate use of recent developments in scientific methodologies, methods and tools for cost-effective and sustainable interventions.

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