Session M1.1: Disaster Risk Management Terms and Concepts Note: For further detail definitions and concepts clarity‚ please visit United Nation International Strategy (UNISDR) website http://www.unisdr.org/eng/terminology/terminology-2009-eng.html Crisis A crisis is any event that is‚ or is expected to lead to‚ an unstable and dangerous situation affecting an individual‚ group‚ community‚ or whole society. Management often requires decisions to be made within a short timeframe & often an event
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A disaster is a natural or man-made (or 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
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Human Impact of Kashmir earthquake of 2005 and its effect on the Pakistani Economy Abstract This paper will detail the events of the Kashmir earthquake of 2005 in Pakistan and examine its deleterious social and economic effects on the population in this region. Through the use of a variety of primary and secondary sources‚ this paper will seek to identify the causes of the damage and the reasons for which its primary and secondary effects were so harmful. It will analyze the earthquake and its
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ORGANIZATION CULTURE INTRODUCTION: Culture is something that a person learns from his family and surroundings‚ and is not ingrained in him from birth. People in every workplace talk about organizational culture ‚that mysterious word that characterizes a work environment .Culture is difficult to define‚ but you generally know when you have found an employee who appears to fit your culture. He just feels right. Culture is the environment that surrounds you at work all of the time. Culture is a
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Assessment 4 – Project Report BSBWHS501A - Ensure Safe Workplace OHS/WHS Policy It is important it have a written work Health and Safety Policy for the organizations and businesses which have management systems. The Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 addresses Major Hazard Facilities in Regulation 558 and Schedule 17(1.2) and requires that the Safety Management System includes a Safety Policy‚ including the operator’s broad aims in relation to the safe operation of the major hazard facility
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His mother sat there with him‚ waited for her to show up. Not remembering a single thing about Sabra‚ he could only imagine what she was like. Remembering she owned a flower shop‚ he imagined her to be a kind woman just like his mother. A white limousine with tinted windows‚ slowly pulled up in front of his
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Employment Laws Thank you for the opportunity to work on this team. As the consultant for this project my goal is to initiate an employment law compliance plan for Mr. Bradley Stonefield. It is my understanding that Mr. Stonefield is planning to open a limousine service in Austin‚ Texas initially comprised of 25 workers within the first year. This memo will examine employment laws that will directly apply to the business. I will also discuss the penalties for noncompliance as it pertains to his business
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cities | Earthquake and 8 m wave | 120‚000 | September 1‚ 1923 | Sagami Bay‚ Kanto Plain‚ Atami and Nebukawa‚ Japan | Earthquake‚ fire‚ mudslide and 11 m wave | 145‚000 | November 18‚ 1929 | Grand Banks‚ Newfoundland | Triggered by a sub-marine landslide and earthquake | 29 | March 3‚ 1933 | Sanriku‚ Japan | Generated by earthquake | 2‚990 | April 1‚ 1946 | Hilo‚ Hawaii and Aleutian Islands‚ Alaska | Generated by earthquake on Unimak Island‚ Alaska‚ creating waves up to 35 m
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ENVIRONMENT TODAY Environment today is worsening along with time and worse; it does not seem to draw the attention of the people. The main cause of this crisis is the people destroy the environment in the name of development and industrialization. The saddest truth is no one gives a ‘DAMN’. If nothing is done‚ it will definitely be an impediment to developments and is not only happening in Malaysia but around the globe. All of us living here on this planet are losing our conscience and have
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1) Unit 16‚ Video 8‚ George Strait – “Check Yes or No” In this video‚ George Strait uses a very simple chord progression for the chorus and verses. The range he uses in his vocal abilities is minimal but I see and hear many instruments used such as the violin (fiddle)‚ steel guitar‚ acoustic guitar‚ bass‚ drums‚ electric guitar etc. All of these instruments together create a very honky tank feel to the song. The rock or pop element is missing‚ lending a more genuine country sound. The background
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