saster management Delhi Public School‚ Dwarka A Project on Disaster Management Acknowledgement This report has only been successful because of the help of some people. First and foremost‚ I would like to thank our Social Science teachers - Mrs. Ruchika Gupta (Geography) Mrs. Shalini Chaturvedi (History/Civics) Mrs. Soni Saxena (Economics) For giving me this task from which I could learn many things and also for
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What are the Harmful Effects of Water Pollution and can it be Corrected? The Process of Water Sustainability Kylie Shiner English 101 Professor Martin March 15‚ 2014 Tacoma Community College Abstract Water has always been thought of as a definitive renewable resource‚ but after numerous years of overuse and pollution‚ scientists are discovering that there now is a water crisis. Life sustaining rivers and aquifers are drying out. In many poverty stricken areas water is scarce
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Disasters to Success Can success be disastrous? Everyone has a dream of having a million dollar house‚ Lamborghini‚ and an attractive spouse. To most people‚ that is how they define success; but will that really make them happy? Success can be very disastrous and can ruin lives. An old saying that every child has heard says “be careful what you wish for.” Every child has wished to be rich and successful but haven’t fully thought about the disasters to success. The dream of success can often
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Disaster Relief I would like to inform people of the great problems we face in the world today in disaster relief. Today we face many disasters all over the world. Some may be man-made and some natural. We have faced many disasters in this world from nation to nation and it’s only getting worse as time goes by. For some reason the government thinks that this is not a big problem and have tried to push it off in many occasions. I know from experience that we are not prepared for these disasters
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NATURAL DISASTERS A natural disaster is a major adverse event‚ which can cause loss of life or property damage‚ and typically leaves some economic damage. There are many types of natural disasters: avalanches‚ earthquakes‚ volcanic eruptions‚ floods‚ tsunamis‚ blizzards‚ droughts‚ hailstorms‚ tornadoes‚ wildfires. If an adverse event occurs in an area without vulnerable population‚ it will not have such disastrous consequences‚ as if it occurs in area of vulnerable population as in San Francisco
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Environmental disaster is defined as a disaster to the natural environment due to human activity. Obviously‚ it is not an act of God. Human have forgotten that mother earth is a gift from God‚ to be respected and taken care of. Therefore‚ environment disasters issues are getting serious all over the world within these few years. Global warming is the result of human activities. Excessive amounts of greenhouse gases had been released to the atmosphere. Greenhouse gases such as carbon monoxide that
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ENGINEERING DISASTERS We can also call Engineering as in invisible science. No one can actually see how it works but it actually exists like an air. Example: Plain flies‚ building stands and many more. We don’t think how a building can stand weight without collapsing. Similar to apple’s company’s Moto ‘it just works. Here the main problems are not the designs but the material the use up building that design. The concept of total cost minimization is the roots of such accidents that just ruins lives
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• What is the name of your company? • The company I have chosen for my sustainability report is PepsiCo‚ Inc. The most current information can be found at the following link below http://static.globalreporting.org/report-pdfs/2013/7ef863b63dfed3abda0e54c9f63008b8.pdf • What are the company’s products? • PepsiCo is a global leader in the food and beverage industry. Their main businesses include; Quaker‚ Tropicana‚ Gatorade‚ Frito-Lay and Pepsi-Cola — each line makes large variety of
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caused by two days of constant rain along with the coal slag being on top of an underground spring. “The tragedy was caused by two days of continual heavy rain loosening the coal slag‚ which was situated on top of an underground spring” (The Aberfan Disaster). This obviously does not make for a good combination. The rain water saturated the soil‚ weakening its integrity. The underground spring loosened the soil underneath‚ cutting out the soil creating air pockets. This helped in weakening the structure
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Footprints Making a difference one step at a time Vodafone India Annual Sustainability Report 2011-12 Introduction CEO speak About the report Vodafone India at a glance Mission statement Awards Pursuits that are making a difference • Fast Forward • Green building initiative • The ReSolve campaign • Green networks • Data centre • Switching centres • Video conferencing TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 People that are making a difference • Streamlining Human Resource function • Focusing
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