Introduction

Natural disasters pose a considerable threat to the economic and social structure in the developing countries. Natural disasters destroy decades of human efforts and investments and thereby place new demands on society for reconstruction and rehabilitation. On October 8, 2005, some parts of the NWFP (North West Frontier Province) and Punjab province of Pakistan and AJK (Azad Jammu and Kashmir) were struck by the most devastating earthquake in recent history of the region. The earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale had its epicenter in district Muzaffarabad, AJK. Although it was strongly felt over a vast area, the most significantly affected areas were in NWFP and AJK. The earthquake affected a vast area of land stretching from the bordering areas of Afghanistan on the west, to parts of Indian Kashmir in the east. The affected area consists of nine districts: Batagram, Mansehra, Shangla, Muzzafarabad, Neelam, Abbotabad, Poonch and Kohistan in the NWFP and......

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Title: Earthquake 2005: Impacts And Strategies
Approximate Word Count: 2597
Approximate Pages: 11 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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