Module 1- L6: Air Pollution & Global Disasters
A consequence of improper risk management is a disaster - a hazard resulting in significant physical damage, loss of life, and/or impact to the environment. It can be natural or anthropogenic and could be sudden onset (as in case of flash flood, cloud burst or explosion in industry) or prolonged onset (like drought or civil conflict). Hazards that strike low vulnerability area or uninhabited region will never become disasters. Air pollution leads to disasters and vice versa e.g. earth quake, war and volcanic eruption. Disasters disturb the air quality for a long or short period. The exposure of life to large concentration of pollutants within short period may result in unpredicted impact e.g. fatalities caused due to release of toxic gases. Developing nations suffer the greatest impact in terms of life, economic loss, and environmental degradation. This video is an educational resource and is focused on - Consequences of AP disasters, Major AP disasters over the world to signify mortality, morbidity, responsible pollutant, geographical conditions; Contribution of AP disasters in Air Quality (AQ). Here as one learns the content, he/she will be able to explain consequences of disasters; Recite major AP disasters like Meuse Valley Belgium (1930), Poza Rica Mexico (1950), London (1952) - 1873, 80, 82, 91, 92; 1948, 5055, 56, 57, 59, Bhopal India (1984), Donora Pennsylvania (1948), Chernobyl, Ukraine (1986), South East Asian Haze (1997), Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster (2011) over the world; and Discuss aftereffects of disasters on air quality