| Autor: |
Chandima Gomes, Ashen Gomes |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
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| Zdroj: |
Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering ISBN: 9789811634390 |
| DOI: |
10.1007/978-981-16-3440-6_10 |
| Popis: |
Despite the significantly large number of deaths and injuries, the property loses and service downtime, lightning is not treated as a serious natural hazard in many countries of which lightning ground flash density is notably high. In this chapter, we highlight this lack of attention from both government and non-governmental sectors as a substantial barrier to curb lightning related losses. The ignorance of experts and statutory bodies that control the implementation of standards and guidelines have paved the way to the flooding of fraudulent products and technologies into the respective countries. The attitudinal issues and negligence of responsibilities of engineering and managerial capacities of both private and government sectors contributes to the mishaps and losses due to lightning-related incidents. The chapter finally discusses possible mechanisms of promoting lightning protection as business ventures in less-privileged communities by developing entrepreneurship among people having low to medium levels of technical know-how. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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