Introduction to Seismic Vulnerability Assessment 1. Background Earthquakes and other natural hazards can create disasters of uncontrollable magnitudes when they hit large metropolitan areas. Earthquake risk assessment is used to quantify potential social and economic losses from earthquakes. Risk assessment is an integral part of disaster mitigation. It provides the critical information about on the characteristics of potential disasters in a region and allows planners to identify and prioritize
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Mumbai needs infrastructure Times of India By Ajit Krishnan Partner and Sector Leader‚ Real Estate and Infrastructure‚ Ernst & Young Pvt. Ltd. and Tarika Kumar Senior Associate‚ Ernst & Young Pvt. Ltd. What you see is what you believe and we believe that Mumbai needs urban infrastructure. It needs an upgraded urban infrastructure which can cater to demands of unimaginable proportions which no other city in the world has seen‚ because its challenges are unique and have not been witnessed
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Jordan Kalebaugh Culture Myra 29/3/2014 Infrastructure of Nicaragua Infrastructure is the basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise necessary for an economy to function. It is one of the most important things for a society to have. Without infrastructure‚ there would be no houses‚ offices‚ or streets. Infrastructure proves the necessary materials for people to survive. It provides shelter‚ work places‚ and streets. Nicaragua is the second poorest
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October 9‚ 2011 Common Network Vulnerabilities (The effects of the absence of knowledge on unencrypted communication: Setting ground rules for an organizations internal structure) “Businesses‚ governments‚ and other organizations face a wide array of information security risks. Some threaten the confidentiality of private information‚ some threaten the integrity of data and operations‚ and still others threaten to disrupt availability of critical systems” (Sullivan‚
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Network Vulnerabilities & Solutions Sec/280 January 19‚ 2013 This is my report on why I believe that it is important to protect our Windows and Unix/Linux servers from known vulnerabilities. As I am sure you know‚ there are many different types of attacks on servers/network systems today. Throughout this report‚ I will illustrate a few of the more recently known/discovered vulnerabilities on both the Windows and Unix/Linus servers. First‚ I will start with a
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known software vulnerability – HIGH d. Communication circuit outages - MEDIUM e. User inserts CD’s and USB hard drives with personal photos‚ music and videos on organization owned computers - MEDIUM 2. a. PO9.3 Event Identification – Identify threats with potential negative impact on the enterprise‚ including business‚ regulatory‚ legal‚ technology‚ trading partner‚ human resources and operational aspects. b. PO9.4 Risk Assessment – Assess the likelihood and impact of risks‚ using qualitative
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Used Literature Introduction Social Infrastructure consists of different kinds of Government’s and not only its activities. I examined this subject on Kazakhstan’s example. First of all let’s determine what Social Infrastructure means. Sociology (from Latin: socitus‚ "companion"; and the suffix -ology‚ "the study of"‚ from Greek λόγος‚ lógos‚ "knowledge") is the systematic and scientific study of society and societal behavior. Infrastructure is generally structural elements that provide
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Executive Summary 3 Site Survey 4 WLAN Security 5 Beta Testing 7 Equipment 8 Budget 12 Conclusion 12 Bibliography 14 Appendix A: TECHNICAL TERMS 15 Executive Summary The Athletes Shack (TAS) is a chain of sporting goods stores that is looking into adding a wireless network (WLAN) to their current network. TAS has 10 retail distribution stores in the area and would like all the stores to be able to see live inventory suing mobile devices. The management team at Athletes Shack has realized
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American Infrastructure-Now or Never Because of the poor state of the economy the care American infrastructure has been ignored‚ which poses a danger to everyone that come in contact with it. Recent disasters have reminded many how important the care of American infrastructure is. America’s infrastructure gets a grade of “D” from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)‚ which recommends that we spend $2.2 trillion on repairs and maintenance. “Much of America is held together by Scotch tape
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The term housing is defined as buildings or structures that individuals used as a shelter or as a protection that meet certain regulations set by the governments [1]. Housing is part of built infrastructures that nowadays had become a major investment in most country throughout the world. Infrastructures is then interpreted as “ the underlying foundation or basic framework; the system of public works of a country‚ state‚ or region; the resources (such as personnel‚ buildings‚ or equipment) required
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