government spend more money on predicting an earthquake than on preparing a town for the next? This case study will be arguing the reasons as to whether the government should or shouldn’t spend money on predicting an earthquake than on preparing a town to be ready for the next. There are many different points of views on this argument and I will be justifying these in further detail‚ as well as giving my own opinion towards earthquake prediction. An earthquake is a natural disaster when two tectonic
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1.0 Introduction Based on the journal “ National Hazard Exposure Worker Surveillance: Exposure To Biological Hazards And The Provision Of Controls Against Biological Hazards In Australian Workplaces”‚ shows that the percentage of the health sector recorded the highest employment exposed exposed to biological hazards. Therefore‚ this study is to see more about the biological hazards in the health sector. Therefore‚ this study will reveal the types of biological agents that can be harmful to health
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magnitude 5.1 earthquake occurred and was accompanied by a rapid series of events. Mount St. Helens produces small to large explosive eruptions‚ which send varying quantities of ash and tephra into the atmosphere Tephra (rock fragments and particles ejected by a volcanic eruption.) • tephra plume lasted for about eight hours and the plume top ranged from 14–18 km (8.5–11 mi) high. Ash falls • Ash fallout caused major problems in communities up to 600 km (370 mi) away. The major hazards associated
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Was the Japan Earthquake Manmade? An earthquake with an 8.9-magnitude tremor struck Japan on March 11th 2011‚ 400km north-east of Tokyo. It struck at 1446 local time at a depth of about 24km with an ensuing tsunami which devastated the north coast. Officials said 350 people are dead and about 500 missing‚ but it is feared the final death toll will be much higher. The quake was the fifth-largest in the world since 1900. A manmade device that can cause such an earthquake is a device that emits
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Disasters such as earthquakes‚ tsunamis and flash floods are getting more and more common. With different areas vulnerable to different natural disasters‚ these disasters are hated and undesirable everywhere. In spite of the economic crisis and impact they might cause‚ they can bring out the best in the people‚ including victims and helpers‚ be it individual or in groups. A Haitian boy stood out from the 2010 Haiti earthquake which made him more innovative and matured. He was different from the
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FINAL PAPER DISASTER MANAGEMENT IN CHINA A CASE STUDY ON THE 2008 SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE OR THE GREAT SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE ECONOMIC‚ POLITICAL AND SOCIAL BACKGROUND OF CHINA China is located in East Asia. It is bordering the East China Sea‚ Korea Bay‚ Yellow Sea‚ and South China Sea‚ between North Korea and Vietnam. Officially China is the People ’s Republic of China (PRC)‚ founded in 1949 after the Communist Party defeated the previously dominant nationalist Kuomintang
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Moral Hazard? Moral Hazard occurs ｫwhen a party insulated from risk behaves differently than it would behave if it were fully exposed to the riskｻ. In that definition of moral hazard the idea of risk is very present‚ so we can easily see how this concept is related to the financial system and the banks. Indeed Moral hazard is the idea that banks could take unnecessary risks because they believe they池e too big to fail and would be bailed out in future crises. So moral hazard shows
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SUMMARY Moral Hazard in Equity Contracts: The Principal-Agent Problem The separation of ownership and control involves moral hazard‚ in that the managers (the agents) may act in their own interest rather than in the interest of the stockholder-owners (the principals) because the managers have less incentive to maximize profits than the stockholder-owners do. Tools to Help Solve the Principal-Agent Problem Production of Information: Monitoring Stockholders engage in a particular type of information
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Introduction: A job hazard analysis (JHA) is defined as‚ “a technique to identify the dangers of specific tasks in order to reduce the risk of injury to workers” according to Safety Works Maine Department of Labor. Job hazard analyses can also be used to find out the details of accidents and to train workers on how to do their jobs correctly. In order for someone to know how to conduct a job hazard analysis‚ the person must first know what a hazard actually is. A hazard is‚ “any source of potential
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EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING IN AUSTRALIA BEFORE MECKERING AND AFTER NEWCASTLE by Charles Bubb BE‚ DIC (Eng. Seis.)‚ FIEAust‚ CPEng SUMMARY Earthquake Engineering in Australia‚ as elsewhere‚ has been formulated in the aftermath of damaging earthquakes. The first Australian Code AS2121-1979 was written and published after the 1968 Meckering WA earthquake. The second AS1170.4 1993 was published after the 1989 Newcastle NSW earthquake. Good quality Building Codes are a necessary basis for sound earthquake
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