technological) hazard resulting in an event of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction‚ loss of life‚ or drastic change to the environment. A disaster can be ostensively defined as any tragic event stemming from events such as earthquakes‚ floods‚ catastrophic accidents‚ fires‚ orexplosions. It is a phenomenon that disasters can cause damage to life‚ property and destroy the economic‚ social and cultural life of people. In contemporary academia‚ disasters are seen as the consequence of
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over the existence of global warming‚ most experts now agree that global warming exists and may have devastating effects on Earth’s climate. Global warming will influence and/or cause heat waves‚ polar ice caps melting‚ flooding‚ extinction‚ and droughts. Social‚ Historic and Intellectual Context of the Study The existing research literature suggests that global warming is going to greatly affect the Earth’s climate. Global warming is defined as an increase in the earth’s atmospheric and oceanic
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Weather and climate modification modern American history through cloud seeding began when Irving Langmuir and Vincent Schaefer‚ General Electric Company scientists found a way to modify clouds‚ which was by seeding the clouds with dry ice pellets‚ this was twenty years ago. Their coworker‚ Bernard Vonnegut‚ demonstrated that a different method would accomplish the same result‚ which was by using a smoke of silver crystals of iodide. On November 13‚ 1946‚ these American scientists had experimentally
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Development Grace L. Chikoto and Abdul-Akeem Sadiq Introduction Zimbabwe’s encounter with droughts‚ in particular‚ combined with economic and political challenges‚ has denigrated the country’s former status as the “breadbasket of Southern Africa” (Hunter-Gault 2006; Maphosa 1994; Swarns 2002). Zimbabwe is particularly prone to a number of natural and man-made hazards such as droughts‚ floods‚ veld fires‚ storms (PreventionWeb 2012)‚ and HIV/AIDS (United Nations Development Programme 2010)
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DISASTERS A natural disaster is a major adverse event‚ which can cause loss of life or property damage‚ and typically leaves some economic damage. There are many types of natural disasters: avalanches‚ earthquakes‚ volcanic eruptions‚ floods‚ tsunamis‚ blizzards‚ droughts‚ hailstorms‚ tornadoes‚ wildfires. If an adverse event occurs in an area without vulnerable population‚ it will not have such disastrous consequences‚ as if it occurs in area of vulnerable population as in San Francisco. One of the
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native self-knowhow to plan agricultural activities and day to day chores has proven terribly mistaken; most studies has laid all the blame on climate change (global warming)‚ a consistent erratic pattern and extremes in rainfall availability (floods and droughts) has interrupted all rain-fed activities in Kenya today. This paper attempts to diagnose the Changing Rainfall Patterns (CRP)‚ the causes‚ the effects and more importantly‚ how to best adapt to its impacts on lifestyle of Kenyans. The main objective
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Africa are of a poor nature and so flooding happens they lose out or at worst perish from malnourishment as a result of the flooding from the sea and decreased rainfall‚ this links to my next paragraph‚ As a result of climate change Africa has seen droughts rising especially in the Sahara. The cause of this is most likely the decreased rainfall that in some places is predicted to drop by at least 10-20% a huge amount considering the amount of vegetation and animals supported by this rainfall which by
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Tree Planting Acts as carbon sink Benefits not felt for at least 10 years Energy Efficient Most effective way Remodel factories – optimum use of energy Greener power stations Recycling Green transport – hybrid technology Rising temps More droughts Melting glaciers Water stress experienced by 40% of population Applied at all scales Allow developed countries to pay for greenhouse gas by cutting projects in return for carbon credits World Conference on Disaster Reduction Hyogo Framework
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been in the family for several generations. The Ploughman always have had to work hard to make a decent living from the farm and have had to endure some occasional difficult years. Stories about earlier generations overcoming hardships due to droughts‚ floods‚ etc.‚ are an important part of the family history. However‚ the Ploughman enjoy their self-reliant lifestyle and gain considerable satisfaction from continuing the family tradition of successfully living off the land during an era when many
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traveled.” 1 Gilgamesh and Enkidu cutting down trees was a metaphor for the ongoing problem of deforestation in ancient Mesopotamia. Because Gilgamesh and Enkidu cut down the trees that were sacred to the gods‚ the gods cursed mankind with fire and drought. “Civilization has never recognized limits to its needs.” 2 In ancient Mesopotamia‚ the land was savagely deforested. In this way‚ deserts formed‚ and civilization declined. Gilgamesh yearns for immortality‚ and chases after the dream of being immortal
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