Unit 7 Lab 7: Performing a Business Impact Analysis for an IT Infrastructure IS 3110 Debra Williams 1. What is the goal and purpose of a BIA? a. The purpose of a business impact analysis (BIA) report is to describe the potential risks specific to the organization studied. One of the basic assumptions behind BIA is that every component of the organization is reliant upon the continued functioning of every other component‚ but that some are more crucial than others and require a greater allocation
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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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Types of Infrastructure Infrastructure is divided into two major classifications‚ "hard" and "soft". "Hard" is obviously the roads‚ bridges‚ etc. It also relates to the big physical networks essential for the functioning of a modern industrial nation Hard infrastructures refers to physical facilities or installations needed to operate‚ manage and monitor a system with the intention that the structures to be permanent whereas "soft" infrastructure is human capital and institutions that develop it
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Introduction And what is known about the sustainability of current groundwater‚ it is that it will not last. Ponce (2006) states” The unsustainable use of groundwater stands to significantly impact a host of hydrological‚ ecological and other natural resources and services‚ including freshwater bodies‚ and aquatic‚ riparian‚ transitional‚ and ecosystems.” All life on planet earth depends on clean freshwater to survive and It is very important that this natural resource is taken care of properly
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1. Introduction House is basically a place where people live‚ sleep‚ or spending time with their family. 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
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Importance of Infrastructure in the Pacific Infrastructure links people to services‚ markets and jobs and helps people to live healthy and productive lives. It supports economic activity such as agriculture‚ fishing and the trade of goods and services‚ and assists with the delivery of health and education services. In some Pacific countries up to 60 per cent of the population have no access to safe drinking water; up to 70 per cent have no sanitation services and up to 85 per cent have no access
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TOURIST INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISION VERSUS SUCCESSFUL DESTINATIONS CASE STUDY: LANGKAWI ISLAND Jamil Jusoh & Badaruddin Mohamed School of Rousing‚ Building & Planning Universiti Sains Malaysia‚ 11800 Penang‚ Malaysia. ABSTRACT Malaysian government has been spending more than US86 million from its annual budget every year for tourism promotion. Since tourism has been identified as the second most important sector of the economy after manufacturing‚ nearly 30% of the budget allocation is channeled towards
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1. Introduction Vulnerability simply means the susceptibility of social groups to potential losses from natural hazards. It is the characteristics of individuals‚ households or communities and their condition that influence their capacity to cope with‚ resist and recover from the impact of a natural hazard (Blaikie et al.‚ 1994; Kelly and Adger‚ 2000; Cardona‚ 2003). Hazards such as earthquakes‚ floods‚ landslides‚ hurricanes‚ droughts etc are the natural phenomena. It becomes disaster when it affects
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Listen to Villagers on Climate Change Vulnerability Reduction Assessment (VRA) November 2010 Vulnerability Reduction Assessment Contents 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ACRONYMS 2. INTRODUCTION 3. VRA OBJECTIVES & METHODOLOGY 3.1 Objective 3.2 Method 3.3 Tools 3.4 Scoring 3.5 Reflection 3.6 Analysis 3.7 Credibility 2 4 6 8 8 8 10 11 11 12 12 4. VRA FINDINGS IN TEUK KRAHOM COMMUNE 4.1 Background 4.2 Trend Analysis and Types of Climatic Hazards 4.3 Climate Change Risks in Teuk Krahom 4.4 VRA
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1. (10 points) Write out your pre-lab prediction‚ including what evidence or previous knowledge you have to support that prediction. --Answer below: Things "rising" and "setting" give the appearance of something rising or setting. In reality objects like the Sun or Moon aren’t physically rising from the horizon. Most of the motions we see in the sky are caused by the Earth’s motion‚ both its rotation and orbital motion. So all of the "motions" described below are really apparent motions and not
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