Case study- Kobe and Haiti earthquakes On 17th January 1995‚ an earthquake struck Kobe‚ a heavily populated urban area in Japan. It measured 7.4 on the Richter scale and occurred as a result of plate movement along the boundary between the Philippines Plate‚ Pacific Plate and Eurasian Plate. 35000 people injured and buildings and bridges collapsed despite their earthquake proof design. These were the primary effects. Buildings destroyed by fire when the gas mains fractured.316000 people left homeless
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GLOBAL ISSUES Simply hours after the impact in Haiti‚ nations all over the world such as the United States‚ the United Kingdom and Venezuela were pledging “unwavering support” (Matt Frei‚ 2010). The United States of America immediately dispatched Navy Ships and smaller boats to Haiti while the US Agency for International Development (USID) sent specialised teams with rescue equipment. Similarly‚ Israel sent two planes with a field hospital and around two hundred and twenty (220) emergency personnel
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Co-dependency Co-dependency is a learned behavior that can be passed down from one generation to another. It is an emotional and behavioral condition that affects an individual’s ability to have a healthy‚ mutually satisfying relationship. It is also known as “relationship addiction” because people with codependency often form or maintain relationships that are one-sided‚ emotionally destructive and/or abusive. The disorder was first identified about ten years ago as the result of years of studying
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Haiti overloads my soul with so much joy‚ but breaks my heart into a million pieces. Haiti‚ the supreme monetarily deprived country in the Western Hemisphere that also hosts the most dangerous slums‚ paradoxically‚ has the richest society in affection‚ bliss‚ and compassion; the people are vibrant‚ strong‚ and resilient. The country itself is a realm of contrasts. Since the year of 2010‚ my world‚ and Haiti‚ has never been the equivalent to their previous ways of life. An earthquake with a magnitude
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Since history does not exist as a separate‚ unconnected entity‚ Hispaniola’s past European interactions has had lasting effects on the racial identification of The Dominican Republic and Haiti. Instead of focusing on 20th century history‚ such as the rule of the brutal Dominican dictator Rafael Truijo‚ European imperialism established the foundation for European affluence in Hispaniola‚ shaping the 20th and 21st century society. The mulatto population‚ mix race‚ was a result of Spanish and African
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Haiti “Take time to be thankful for everything that you have. You can always have more‚ but you could also have less.” -Anonymous. My family and I have gone to Haiti for the past three years. Haiti is a third world country in the Caribbean about 1836 miles from Chicago. We go there to help others and to receive the gift of giving instead of presents for Christmas. At the end of December 2015 we got on a plane and flew to Haiti. As we arrived we got on the Tap-Tap (taxi) and got driven to the orphanage
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areas of trauma of Brathwaite as a straitened subject.” (Rohlehr‚ VII) In his collection‚ he explores the plunge into personal and socio-cultural history. This is particularly seen in the story “Dream Haiti” which more echoes the likes of a free verse poem than an actual short narrative. “Dream Haiti” takes the reader on a disoriented dream-voyage where the narrator‚ a Haitian refugee‚ discovers himself imprisoned by his own circumstances with no clear sight of emancipating himself. Through the voices
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Westwood College Haiti has a failed society partly due the ecosystem while Denmark society lives a successful and sustainably economy. In Haiti‚ acute poverty forces the population to rely on wood and charcoal for fuel and income‚ leading to ever more deforestation. Sixty-six percent of Haitians depend on agriculture and small-scale farming‚ but most cannot produce enough food on the eroded hillsides to even feed their families. When tropical storms regularly hit Haiti‚ rainfalls ravage crops
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considered by many to be the most economically and politically stable nation in Latin America. However‚ as the country moved into the late 20th century‚ it rapidly regressed in terms of modernization due to the rise of a bureaucratic authoritarian regime. In this essay‚ I will outline Argentina’s early rise to modernization‚ its regression‚ and the lasting effects of this regression on Argentina’s current economic and political state. During its colonial era‚ Argentina was little more than “a backwater
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Current Affairs: Haiti Cholera Outbreak Began in late October‚ the cholera outbreak triggered by improper sanitation have spread throughout Haiti as well as its capital‚ Port au Prince. At least 250 people have died and more than 3‚000 are sickened by the illness‚ which causes diarrhoea‚ acute fever‚ vomiting and severe dehydration. Currently‚ only those with the most severe cases of diarrhoea are being admitted because of resource shortage. The issue have become global as the international
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