Bulletin of Science‚ Technology & Society http://bst.sagepub.com/ The Bhopal Disaster of 1984 Roli Varma and Daya R. Varma Bulletin of Science Technology & Society 2005 25: 37 DOI: 10.1177/0270467604273822 The online version of this article can be found at: http://bst.sagepub.com/content/25/1/37 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com On behalf of: National Association for Science‚ Technology & Society Additional services and information for Bulletin of Science‚ Technology &
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Importance Of Nature Conservation In Civil Engineering Globally‚ civil engineering especially for construction industry is arguably one of the most resource-intensive and environmentally damaging industries in the world. Construction accounts for 40% of the total flow of raw materials into the global economy every year. The sector operates through land use planners‚ who determine the location and nature of development‚ clients‚ including house builders and commercial property developers‚ who determine
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The International Federation of the Red Cross defines a disaster as “a sudden‚ calamitous event that seriously disrupts the functioning of a community or society and causes human‚ material‚ and economic or environmental losses that exceed the community’s or society’s ability to cope using its own resources” (What is a disaster‚ n.d.). At 5:00 p.m. on June 17‚ 2010‚ an EF4 tornado struck the town of Wadena‚ Minnesota. The damage was 1.1 miles wide along a 10-mile path (Weather Service‚ 20 June 2010)
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explosion. The Met department recorded a tremor measuring 2.3 on the Richter scale around the time the first explosion at 7:36 pm which resulted in shattering of glass window nearly 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from the accident site. The fire was a major disaster in terms of deaths‚ injury‚ loss of business‚ property and man-days‚ displacement of people‚ environmental impact in Jaipur‚ the capital city of the Indian state of Rajasthan and a popular tourist destination. As per eyewitnesses having factories
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Disaster Management in Pakistan On 26th October this year‚ thirty six trapped Chilean mine workers were rescued by drilling a deep hole into the mine. A month later‚ twenty nine mine workers in Newzeland died after remaining trapped for days in a mine. Poor disaster management cost precious lives. In Pakistan‚ too‚ Disaster management is not up to the mark. Be it the devastating earthquake‚ the catastrophic floods‚ the outbreak of fires or the aftermath of bomb blasts‚ the management was
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1986‚ the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded during launch‚ taking the lives of six astronauts and one teacher. Questions arose about what factors led to this disaster. I will discuss these factors in terms of general engineering disasters. In an article “Explaining Disasters” (Harris 1995)‚ three factors are discussed which cause disasters: bad management‚ engineering faults and bad ethics. Success for any company depends on good management. A communication gap between management and the employees
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Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 & American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan of 2009 TJ Wicker PP 301 Professor Tracy Sanders 5/28/2012 Outline of 2008 and 2009 Political Environments I. Overview - The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (commonly called The Bailout Bill and The American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan of 2009 (commonly called The Stimulus Bill) involved massive amounts of taxpayer dollars into the faltering U.S. economy. However the level of bi-partisan
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Oracle9i Backup and Recovery Concepts Release 2 (9.2) March 2002 Part No. A96519-01 Oracle9i Backup and Recovery Concepts‚ Release 2 (9.2) Part No. A96519-01 Copyright © 2001‚ 2002 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved. Primary Author: Lance Ashdown Graphic Designer: Valarie Moore Contributors: Beldalker Anand‚ Tammy Bednar‚ Don Beusee‚ Wei Hu‚ Donna Keesling‚ Bill Lee‚ Lenore Luscher‚ Ron Obermarck‚ Muthu Olagappan‚ Francisco Sanchez‚ Vinay Srihari‚ Steve Wertheimer The Programs
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Assess the benefits to performance of recovery strategies for a 1500m track athlete Recovery is a very important element of fitness‚ due to the high physiological and phycological demands that arise from many different high intensity sports‚ such as 1500m track. Through studying many different types of recovery strategies‚ it is evident that the effectiveness of each strategy varies‚ however all play a positive role in decreasing fatigue‚ illness‚ injury and underperformance; all of which athletes
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In my opinion‚ recovery signifies to live and to be alive. In short‚ it is the key component that I need to have in my life to ensure that I am alive in the flesh‚ as well as alive in the mind. In other words‚ recovery is the bridge that connects the gap between living a mediocre life and living a life of complete fulfillment. It allows me to strive to be the best human being that I can possibly be while I exist on planet earth. For example‚ I know from my personal experience that if I did not have
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