ter 1 CHAPTER 1 DISASTER MANAGEMENT An Introductory 1.1 Disasters – The Indian Scenario India supports one-sixth of the world’s population on just 2% of its landmass. It suffers heavily from natural disasters of every shade and description hits the poorest of the poor and which is why the considerations of disaster safety deserves prime attention. A High Powered Committee (HPC) of the Government of India‚ in its report submitted to the Government of India in October 2001‚ outlined the huge
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| | |Global problems of ecology................................................................................................... |3 | |Worst man-made environmental disasters of all time............................................................ |4 | |Bhopal |
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Culture Continuation and Change (compare and contrast US and Egypt) Continuity in American Culture Religion‚ language and cuisine are perhaps the most enduring aspects of the culture of the United States. Take religion to begin with. Under the auspices of the First Amendment‚ the US Constitution does not recognize the superiority of any religious establishment neither does it unduly prejudice against any religion. That notwithstanding‚ religion is a continuous aspect of American culture due to
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unethical for Apple to sell its iTunes customer information to other businesses? The customer’s information is about personal privacy‚ any company can’t sell customer’s information without their permit. 3. Evaluate the effects on Apple’s business if it failed to secure its customer information and all of it was accidentally posted to an anonymous website. The customers will not trust apple again‚ and they will not leave personal information on iTunes. This will influence Apple that
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Although functional recovery may be a long and arduous process‚ most burn survivors can expect to resume their roles‚ function at a level that is comparatively close to their preinjury level of independence‚ and continue engagement in occupation for satisfactory participation
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major change was in the gender relationships. Even though the Islamic society was highly patriarchal‚ women enjoyed a more active and stronger voice in society and were allowed to take highly valued roles in government‚ business‚ and education as the time passed. The continuities of Islam in the Middle East were in the aspects of trade‚ gender relationship‚ education and tradition. Muslim merchants‚ pilgrims‚ and missionaries continued to trade over the Silk Road even though time passed.
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stated: “"Pulling out was a sound business decision. Was it good for the individual customer? No‚ I can’t say it was. But the rationale was sound." Rommel’s quote about making a ’’sound business decision’’ reveals overconfidence decision-making biases. His decision also discloses an anchoring bias as it looks like that Nationwide did not take into consideration some information that others did. Insurance was not the only affected industry with natural disasters; also Airlines were very affected
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Chapter 1 Notes- The management of disasters • United nations general assembly claimed 1990s to be the ‘international decade for natural disaster reduction’ (IDNDR) • Action was taken to promote internationally coordinated efforts to reduce material losses and social and economic disruption caused by natural disasters‚ esp. developing countries. • Mission: to improve each UN member country’s capacity to prevent or diminish adverse effects from natural disasters and to establish guidelines for applying
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a revised document in 1991 titles ‘The Values we teach’. E.g’s: Of goals in this document: a multicultural in nature‚ democratic actively contributing to the life of the school and the wider community. CONTINUITY: - No national system; 6 states and 2 territories have their own education systems.
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Topic: Critical appraisal of Disaster management Act‚ 2005 Submitted by: Rible Thomas Kizhakkidam MswII ROLL no 573 The Indian subcontinent is among world’s most disaster prone area. It is exposed to natural catastrophes because of its vast territory‚ large population and unique geo-climatic conditions. In India‚ while 40 million hectares of landmass is prone to floods‚ 68 per cent of the total areas is vulnerable to periodical droughts. The Disaster Management Act passed in 2005 provides for
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