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Evaluate effi cacy and effi ciency.
Provide relief as long as needed.
Resume the operation of institutions.
Reconcile costs incurred during disaster management.
Earlier experience indicates that the negative effects of extreme heat can affect
extended areas and large segments of the population. It is therefore of paramount
importance to be prepared for extended heatwaves and to utilize the protective
powers of local governments to their full extent. Special attention must always be
given to the protection of human life and property, as well as to the execution of
any reconstruction work immediately required. Local authorities have a signifi cant
role in disaster management; they must devote special attention to the careful preparation of protective measures against the detrimental effects of extreme weather
phenomena, because these preparations are crucial for developing an effective adaptation strategy.
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Fig. 13.18 Alert system application developed by the Hungarian Meteorological Service, displaying a clock on the mobile device
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Evaluate effi cacy and effi ciency.
Provide relief as long as needed.
Resume the operation of institutions.
Reconcile costs incurred during disaster management.
Earlier experience indicates that the negative effects of extreme heat can affect
extended areas and large segments of the population. It is therefore of paramount
importance to be prepared for extended heatwaves and to utilize the protective
powers of local governments to their full extent. Special attention must always be
given to the protection of human life and property, as well as to the execution of
any reconstruction work immediately required. Local authorities have a signifi cant
role in disaster management; they must devote special attention to the careful preparation of protective measures against the detrimental effects of extreme weather
phenomena, because these preparations are crucial for developing an effective adaptation strategy.
Open Access This chapter is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, duplication, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, a link is provided to the Creative Commons
license and any changes made are indicated.
The images or other third party material in this chapter are included in the work’s Creative
Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if such material is not included in
the work’s Creative Commons license and the respective action is not permitted by statutory regulation, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to duplicate, adapt or reproduce
the material.
Fig. 13.18 Alert system application developed by the Hungarian Meteorological Service, displaying a clock on the mobile device
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