Che leh, Muhammad Faizal (2010) Natural Disaster Aid Compodium. Sustainable Tropical Environmental Design Exhibition (STEDex’10), 2. pp. 176-177. ISSN 2180-0685
Abstract
Natural disaster is unpredictable and government authorities must be prepared to face it when it happened. Disasters such as earthquake, typhoon and landslide are natural catastrophe to mankind. Even man-made marvels such as buildings, tunnels, mega constructions could collapse unintentionally. During such disasters, the main target for rescuers is to locate and save as many lives the soonest possible. Rescuers must ensure that they do it properly and with the use of right equipments. The idea to create this composite survival pod device was derived from the Kashmir’s earthquake which occurred in October 2005 with a magnitude of 7.6. Richter scale. This natural disaster affected an area covering 80 km from the epicentre and caused over 80,000 deaths with 70,000 more injured.......[Read More]
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