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The Nagaland State is prone to all kind of natural disaster like earthquake, flash floods, landslide, and forest fire. Every year the state faces huge losses of property due to natural disaster. The degree of losses due to disaster depends on the type of disaster and its place of occurrence. The geographical location places a major role on the occurrence of natural disaster.
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Jamir, S., Khan, N.U. (2018). Community Awareness on Landslide Disaster: ‘Experience of Nagaland’. In: Singh, A., Punia, M., Haran, N., Singh, T. (eds) Development and Disaster Management. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8485-0_24
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