Analyse the factors that causes differences in the hazards posed by volcanoes around the world (40 marks) A hazard can be define as something which poses a level of threat the life‚ health‚ property or environment‚ a volcano can compromise all these things through the many hazards volcanoes presents. Such as lahars‚ flash flooding‚ landslides‚ pyroclastic flows‚ ash clouds and many others. There are factors which can influence the severity of the hazard and cause differences in them and can be classified
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is also not an uncommon sight in our country to see women haggling over the price of vegetables and fruits. However strangely enough‚ these street vendors‚ who form an integral part of our country’s workforce‚ are often looked upon as a traffic hazard rather than service providers! During the Commonwealth Games in 2010‚ there were reports of these vendors being forcibly evicted from the by-lanes of Connaught Place in order to ‘beautify and clean the city’. Our Constitution directs the State to
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In the physical environment there are many potential hazards that can cause harm to elderly service users. The physical environment includes everything that surrounds the service user for example lighting‚ the air or the temperature. All these things affect the elderly service user in many ways. Beds can be an example of a possible hazard as if it is not comfortable for the service user it can then become a health hazard as it may cause back pain for the service user especially if the service user
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Computers are very important and help us in many ways but they can also cause us problems.Some of the problems are‚backache which is caused by improper sitting posture and can be prevented by sitting upright with your back resting on the backrest chair.The other problem is eye strain which can be caused by radiations emitted by the monitor and can be prevented by regulating the amount of light from the monitor and avoid using a flickering monitor.A neck ache is caused by putting the monitor above
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In your own words‚ discuss the difference between adverse selection and moral hazard. Provide your own example for each problem. Adverse selection and moral hazard are both examples of market failure situation due to hidden information from the buyer or seller in a market. In adverse selection‚ hidden information is usually present before an agreement is made; where as‚ in moral hazard‚ hidden information is revealed after an agreement has been made. Adverse selection refers to a situation
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Essay: Discuss the terms moral hazard and adverse selection. In your discussion you should consider the following: a) When does it arise? b) What are its consequences? And c) What can be done about it? WORD COUNT: 2502 Today we live in the information age‚ characterized by the internet‚ social networking and twenty four hour news with a constant stream of information flowing between users. This has lead to an economy where buyers can get immediate access to information about rival products
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Number 1‚ p.12-16‚ 2011 FIRE LOAD DENSITY SURVEY IN FOUR SHOPPING MALLS IN HONG KONG Carmen C.S. Fong and W.K. Chow Research Centre for Fire Engineering‚ Department of Building Services Engineering The Hong Kong Polytechnic University‚ Hong Kong‚ China (Received 1 December 2010; Accepted 11 January 2011) ABSTRACT Fire loads in four shopping malls with 301 retail shops in Hong Kong were surveyed and reported in this paper. It was observed that fire loads are different under different seasons
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Landside hazard zonation mapping (LHZ) is helpful way to evaluate the landslide hazard prone areas for that reason appropriate mitigation measures could be adopted and environmental restoration programs can be pursued (Ambalagan‚ 1992). These maps may also assist planners to select suitable locations for construction practices. Even if the land slide hazard areas cannot be complity avoided‚ their identification in the initial stages of planning may help to assume suitable preventive actions. The
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procedures minimize the risks of hazards in a care home. Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 Another potential hazard in the care home is equipment. Staff have to follow the rules and regulations on how to use the equipment correctly‚ to prevent harm to themselves and patients. Employees must take responsibility for the care of their own and others health and safety‚ they should not do anything that should jeopardize someone ’s health and safety. The policy that prevents hazards like this occurring is
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PROJECT REPORT on PLANNING‚ ANALYSIS‚ DESIGN AND COST-ESTIMATION OF FRAMED STRUCTURE AND LOAD BEARING STRUCTURE OF AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILDING Submitted in partial fulfillment for the award of the degree of BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY in CIVIL ENGINEERING by DINESHKUMAR.A INDRAJEET ROY MOHIT DHAWAN 1010910063 1010910082 1010910112 Under the guidance of Ms. S.V. ARUN BALA Assistant Professor (O.G) DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
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