Earthquake 2005: Some Implications for Environment and Human Capital

Hamdani, Nisar Hussain and Shah, Syed Akhter Hussain (2005): Earthquake 2005: Some Implications for Environment and Human Capital.

Abstract

Loss of human capital in the form of skills and experiences is one of the outcomes of any natural hazard such as earthquake, drought, famine, and floods. Generally such losses have many implications for further growth of individuals, communities and nations. Disaster management and risk assessment has established a new need to constitute a paradigm of planning frameworks to develop modules for dealing with interactive rehabilitation and reconstruction activities. However, such management still lacks due attention in perspective of the remedy of human capital loss particularly in environmental management. This paper discusses the post-disaster situations with respect to human capital flow and stock losses and some of their implications and suggests some measures to apply in the earthquake-affected areas of Azad Kashmir and NWFP.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Subjects: A - General Economics and Teaching > A3 - Collective Works > A30 - General

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