Christopher Mann Community Health and Population-Focused Nursing C228 VWT Task 1 August 4‚ 2015 Identification of Community Located in the north central part of the state‚ just south of Tallahassee and north of Orlando is Alachua County‚ Florida. Alachua County includes the cities and towns of Alachua‚ Archer‚ Gainesville‚ Hawthorne‚ High Springs‚ La Crosse‚ Micanopy‚ Newberry‚ and Waldo. Amongst these towns and cities‚ Gainesville is the largest and was appointed the county
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Societies Choose to Fail or Survive‚ London: Penguin‚ p157-177. Diamond‚ J Fash‚ W. (1994) Changing Perspectives on Maya Civilization‚ Annual Review of Anthropology‚ 23(1)‚ p181-208. Gill‚ R.‚ Mayewski‚ P.‚ Nyberg‚ J.‚ Haug‚ G.‚ & Peterson‚ L (2007) Drought and the Mayan Collapse Lucero‚ L. (2002) The Collapse of the Classic Maya: A Case for the Role of Water Control. American Anthropologist‚ 104 (3)‚ p814-826. DOI:10.1525/aa.2002.104.3.814 McNeil‚ C.‚ Burney‚ D.‚ & Burney L McNeill‚ J.‚ & McNeill‚ W
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As part of a five-state region affected by severe drought and soil erosion‚ the "Dust Bowl" as it was called was result of several factors. Cyclical drought and farming of marginally productive acreage was exacerbated by a lack of soil conservation methods. Because the disaster lasted throughout the 1930’s‚ the lives of every Plains resident and expectations of farming the region changed forever. The settlement and development of the Southern Plains came relatively late. Not recognizing the problems
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at a worse moment. Even before the current refugee movement‚ the Pakistani and Iranian governments were showing impatience with the large‚ intractable refugee populations in their countries. Tajikistan shut its doors to Afghan asylum seekers and drought victims. International aid began to dwindle nearly a decade ago‚ as "donor fatigue" set in after the Cold War. Although some long-time refugees have been integrated into their host countries‚ living in cities and working stable jobs‚ more recent arrivals
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disadvantageous to others. However‚ the disadvantages‚ especially the increased incidence of disastrous natural phenomena‚ far outweigh the advantages. These disasters include the increasing sea level‚ changes in precipitation patterns resulting in floods and droughts‚ greater intensity of natural effects such as hurricanes‚ species extinctions and other factors to be discussed ahead. We can already see the patterns of destruction emerging‚ but we do not yet know the ultimate outcome. We do know that those most
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Natural Calamities A natural calamity is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of‚ or effecting‚ the Earth; examples include floods‚ severe weather‚ volcanic eruptions‚ earthquakes‚ and other geologic processes. A natural calamity 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. A natural calamity are the side effects or the after effects
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forecast for the year‚ but current conditions suggest that economic growth would slip from 1.7 to 1.3 per cent that it estimated earlier this year to even below 1.5 per cent‚ if global demand for exports continues to be unfavorable and the prevailing drought conditions persist. The falling international oil prices are the one favorable development that could mitigate the economic slide. Global conditions The international economic downturn is widespread. Even China’s state capitalism has been unable
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dear live all together in Africa trying to survive in this harsh environment. The ecosystem of the African wilderness is composed of the lions‚ zebras‚ and dear that live in the same environment trying to stay alive fighting for water in the many droughts that happen often in Africa. The landscape that covers Africa is rich in wild life that includes different ecosystems of different species from monkeys to lions‚ cheats‚ and leopards are some organisms in this landscape. The biosphere is an earth
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rock or clay. Unconfined aquifer is when water can easily flow in and out of such an aquifer. 3. How do human activities worsen the effects of droughts and floods? Human activities worsen the effects of droughts and floods because when humans build structures they are taking away natural land that may prevent flooding‚ and our farms are influencing droughts and floods. 4. How do levees‚ dikes‚ dams‚ and aqueducts differ from one another? What is the primary purpose of each? Levees‚ dikes‚ dams and
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Is the Maldives disappearing from the earth? It is definitely not a sensation but such disappearances are happening to many island nations around the world. The main cause of these disappearances is “global warming” which is defined as “an increase in the earth’s average atmospheric temperature that causes corresponding changes in climate”1. Controversial debates on causes of global warming are on-going. According to the research conducted by Derek Markham‚ a famous analyst on climate change‚ the
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