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.[1] This understanding is concentrated in the formulation: "disasters occur when hazards meet vulnerability."[2] Environmental disasters are occurring with alarming regularity. But the management of such disasters has not kept pace at the required level. Major environmental disasters such as the 1952 London
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Environmental Scan Companies that use environmental scanning are much more likely to have a higher percentage of business conducted within their market‚ than companies that are shooting at the broad-side of a barn‚ hoping against hope to hit the target. Researching a company’s target market is a much better‚ & more profitable approach. Environmental scanning can help you identify the trends in the marketplace‚ that are most likely to affect the stakeholders - whether it be a good trend‚ or a bad
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ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP Nowadays‚ it’s not only the environmentalists but it seems to be everyone’s call to “Save mother nature” Why? It is because we are already experiencing the hazards of environmental destruction. Typhoons‚ floods‚ earthquakes happen anywhere anytime and to anybody. Treasured possessions earned for years may just vanish in just a wink of an eye. Who is to blame with this disastrous environmental dilemma? Well‚ we could find the answer on the mirror. If the mirror
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Environmental Crisis "We Have An Environmental Crisis Because We Have A People Crisis - A Crisis of Population Growth‚ of Wasteful Consumption of Resources‚ and A Crisis of Apathy and Inaction." An environmental crisis is an emergency concerned with the place in which every human lives - the environment. A people crisis is an emergency with the community that inhabits the world environment. A crisis of population growth is a turning point where the environment can no longer sustain the amounts
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY Sustainable development It is the proper use and management of out natural resources for the benefit of the present and future generations. It is well exemplified in the objectives of the Philippine Environmental (P.D. No. 1151) which are as follows: A. to create‚ develop‚ maintain and improve conditions under which man and nature can thrive in productive and enjoyable harmony with each other; B. to fulfill the social‚ economic and other requirements
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POLICIES AND STANDARDS AS THEY AFFECT ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING INTRODUCTION The environment refers the totality of man’s soroundings including components such as Land‚ Water bodies and the envelope of air that sorounds us which is reffered to as the atmosphere. It also includes the social and economic aspects of human life. There is a delicate balance between all the components of the environment for the the benefit of man’s existence. Alterations to this balance can have drastic consequences
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What Is Environmental Degradation? Environmental degradation is a result of socio-economical‚ technological and institutional activities. Degradation occurs when Earth’s natural resources are depleted. These resources which are affected include: • Water • Air • Soil The degradation also impacts our: • Wildlife • Plants • Animals • Micro-organisms How Environmental Degradation Occurs Environmental changes are based on many factors including: • Urbanization • Population growth • Economic
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sejahtera‚ today I would like to discuss about our world is not a safe place to living in anymore. My opinion is because of environmental pollution. Nowadays‚ we always receive news about pollution. Everytime when we read newspaper at least we will have three or four reported environmental pollution in Malaysia. It is just in Malaysia‚ how about all over the world? Environmental pollution has become a major issue over the years and one of the biggest problems the world faces today. It is an issue that
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The environmental challenges facing industrial companies and governments throughout the world are numerous and complex. Most governments and industrial companies now clearly realize and embrace the paradigm that environmental issues are intertwined with social/ cultural and socioeconomic issues.whereas Sustainable development (SD) is a pattern of growth in which resource use aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present‚ but also
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Most landscape is seen as human made There is no one single treaty on environment but instead many different laws that address several different issues‚ both domestically and internationally 1970s – Environmental issues pop up Stockholm Conference (1972): First UN conference on environmental issues On the “human environment” Seen as a starting point on international level Scandinavian countries took the lead with establishing first national ministries (of environment) 1973 - CITES
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