World Conference on Disaster Reduction Hyogo Framework Solutions Community work Tackling the Challenge Mali Using technology‚ soil conservation schemes Reality: Ecosystems very sensitive. High vulnerability. Limited adaptive capacity in LEDCs Benefits: Longer growing season north Extreme weather affects crops Farmland taken up by plants for biofuels Climate change = more famine in Africa‚ S.America‚ Asia Rapid changes mean people don’t have time to adapt EG Amazon Water Shortages
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flooding. MEDCs are better placed to reduce the effects of tropical storms because they have more financial‚ educational and technological resources to help deal with them. They better able to observe and predict storm behaviour and can invest in infrastructure to withstand storms - as well as spending more money on repairing the damage caused. Preparation and prediction Preparation and prediction techniques to help cope with hurricanes can be very different in MEDCs and LEDCs. MEDCs MEDCs have the
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Globalisation has a positive impact over the world‚ whereas‚ others argue its negative impact. On the one hand‚ some people believe that globalisation is a good thing as it brings the world market together and creates chances for those in LEDCs. It also can help those in LEDCs to develop in economics by international trade. Despite this‚ Globalisation operates mostly in the interests of the richest countries‚ which continue to dominate world trade at the expense of developing countries. The role of
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form or by any means now known or hereinafter invented without the express prior permission of the publishers. Design by Gecko Limited www.fireandwater.com/ebooks ii Contents Get the most out of your Instant Revision e-book ______iii Earthquakes and Volcanoes ________________________1 Rocks and Landforms ____________________________7 Rivers ________________________________________13 Glaciation ____________________________________19 Coasts________________________________________25 Weather
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Myanmar on the 2nd of May‚ a poor LEDC in Asia. Their infrastructure is poor and housing was appalling‚ resulting in deaths of over 80‚000 people‚ and two million survivors waiting for food aid/shelter. Food aid was given by NGOs (Red Cross) and other MEDC governments‚ as a short term solution to the hungry survivors. This short term form of aid isn’t going to benefit the rich MEDCs much‚ except getting rid of it’s excess food supply in their own markets. However LEDCs receiving aid will benefit‚ their
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Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction The Philippines‚located just above the equator is visited by about nineteen typhoons a year. Six to nine of these typhoons make landfall. This natural calamity is unstoppable for more than a decade now which has claimed thousands of lives in the entire Philippine archipelago. The researcher has chosen the topic in order to assess the present capability of Barangay 725‚ Zone 79‚ District V‚ Manila to answer to the needs of the
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Compare Floods in LEDC and MEDC I am going to discuss two case studies regarding floods. One of my case studies is of Cocker mouth‚ this is a town in England exposed to floods this is my case study of an MEDC. My other case study is the LEDC in which I talk about Bangladesh. Cocker mouth is situated in the Lake District in England. England is an MEDC and this area experienced vast ranges of flooding during late November. The town lies among the confluence of two rivers that leave it prone to flooding
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impacts will differ considerably in a MEDC and LEDC where volcanic eruptions have taken place. These may be seen in the Mount St. Helen volcano eruption as well as in the Iceland volcanic eruption. They may also show that the impacts vary from volcano to volcano‚ place to place. Primary impacts are just as serious in LEDCs as in MEDCs. In the volcanic eruption of Mount St Helens there was little they could do to reduce the primary impacts of this disaster in an MEDC. Mount St Helens erupted in 1980 and
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both LEDCs and MEDCs. Urban areas are created and further developed by the process of urbanization. Their existence is very important because they can provide more economic opportunities for people who move in. Thus urban areas are usually defined as areas with high population density and vast cultural resources. From the case studies we looked at urban areas like Calcutta and Cairo in less economically developed countries (LEDCs) and New York City in a more economically developed country (MEDC). Cities
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labour productivity and this leads to low income levels. Many LEDCs also suffer from uneven bargaining power during their trade in primary goods as they often lack knowledge of what the right price should be‚ and therefore are often exploit by buyers that negotiate prices‚ limiting economic development in developing countries. Although the LEDCs rely heavily on farming‚ their agricultural productivity is not high compared to that of the MEDCs as they lack technology and chemicals that increases productivity
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