Earthquakes Natural disasters‚ such as earthquakes‚ hurricanes and cyclones‚ floods‚ and tornadoes are some of the traumatic experiences that may cause posttraumatic stress disorders. This type of disorders and other disaster related psychological problems are prevalent after natural disasters. As a result it is important to analyse those individuals that develop psychological problems especially to prepare and plan interventions both in the short and long term after disaster (Coşkun‚ Coşkun‚ 2000
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------------------------------------------------- Natural disaster A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth; examples include floods‚ tsunami‚ volcanic‚ earthquakes‚ tornadoes and other geologic processes. A natural disaster can cause loss of life or property damage‚ and typically leaves some economic damage in its wake‚ the severity of which depends on the affected population’s resilience‚ or ability to recover. The causes of natural disasters are many. Human activities play
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT BECOMING A DISASTER MANAGER TOPICS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. ACCOUNT ON A DISASTER HAZARD DISASTER TYPES OF DISASTERS HAZARD TO A DISASTER DISASTER MANAGEMENT PHASES OF DISASTER MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT ON A DISASTER THE EARTHQUAKE OF 25 JANUARY 2001 IN GUJARAT‚ INDIA George Pararas-Carayannis Introduction On 25 January 2001‚ a major earthquake occurred in Gujarat‚ a prosperous industrial and agricultural state on India’s west coast‚ close to the border with Pakistan. The quake
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Mutations A mutation is a type of change that happens in our DNA sequence. Some of the most common mutations are‚ a duplication where a body part is copied one or more times. Some more common mutations are a deletion where the number of DNA bases are changed‚ and another common mutation is an insertion where more DNA bases are added. A nucleotide mutation repeats short DNA sequences a number of times in a row. A substitution is where one or more bases in the DNA sequence is replaced by the same number
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Natural Disasters The government has come under fire quite a few times following natural disasters. Their main responsibility in response to these disasters is to provide the tools citizens in the affected area need to recover as quickly as possible. The first and most important response is to food and water needs of the displaced. The communication of the distribution location has proven to be difficult to find out immediately after the destruction takes place. Also‚ extended shelter seems
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looked on toward a new democracy after his victory at New Orleans. The changes in this time period‚ after the war of 1812‚ would send America into a troubled future. The Post war political and economic changes would prove to be another stepping stone in America’s evolving democracy. The political changes after the War of 1812 would redefine America’s newly founded Democracy and contribute to a greater national government. Andrew Jackson gained America’s respect after his victory at New Orleans and
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…………………………………………………………………………..…………….8 Natural disasters introduction A natural disaster is the effect of a natural hazard (e.g.‚ flood‚ tornado‚ hurricane‚ volcanic eruption‚ earthquake‚ heatwave‚ or landslide). It leads to financial‚ environmental or human losses. The resulting loss depends on the vulnerability of the affected population to resist the hazard‚ also called their resilience. This understanding is concentrated in the formulation: "disasters occur when hazards meet vulnerability." A natural
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After the American Revolution the Articles Of Confederation created a very loose form of government that was destined to fail. This lead to a radical change in America that would result in the Constitution. This change affected all aspects of the American way of life. The social aspects of this led to the very beginnings of slaves freedom and abolishment movements. The more political side was how much America wanted to distance themselves from Britain in their ways of governing. American traders
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suffring from many disaster but mast important disaster is natural disaster . natural disaster is the impact of the human causing the wasteage of natural resoures andusing it very widly range becaus of using natural resoures in bulk amount it harmes pur planet as well as our country .the goverment should take action toward those industries which use the natural resoures in wide range. ande give them punishment to them and save our planet from natural disaters. A natural disaster is the effect of a
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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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