With reference to Beijing‚ assess the short term and long term effectiveness of the mitigation measures taken to reduce smog (20). Consider air quality management‚ traffic controls‚ vehicle emission controls‚ zoning of industry and increased use of public transport. Pollution causes a huge concern to people in Beijing. At the moment Beijing’s pollution level is well over the safe level that the World Health Organization has set‚ its level is almost 22 times above. Poor air quality caused by
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Climate change mitigation is the action to reduce the intensity of radiative forcing in order to reduce the effects of global warming (IPCC‚ 2006). Climate change mitigation can be done through several means such as developing alternative energy which includes renewable and nuclear energy‚ decreasing the carbon intensity of fossil fuel through carbon capture and sequestering‚ reforestation and also simply by conserving energy. Based on the cost-benefit analysis of each methods‚ I believe that the
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their lives will promptly return to normalcy. Nonetheless‚ no matter the size of the city‚ the local government leaders are responsible to oversee all four phases of the Emergency Management process‚ which are Preparedness‚ Response‚ Recovery and Mitigation. Furthermore‚ whenever we discuss disaster‚ the first thought that comes to mind is “Hurricane Katrina” because of the blatant misguided approach and lack of timely and effective response during this disaster recovery. But if I were to guess the
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AN OVERVIEW OF THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT AND MANAGEMENT OF FISH AND SHRIMP DISEASE IN BANGLADESH‚ WITH AN EMPHASIS ON SMALL-SCALE AQUACULTURE M.A. Mazid and A.N.H. Banu Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute Mymensingh-2201‚ Bangladesh Mazid‚ M.A.‚ and A.N.H. Banu. 2002. An overview of the social and economic impact and management of fish and shrimp disease in Bangladesh‚ with an emphasis on small-scale aquaculture. p. 21-25. In: J.R. Arthur‚ M.J. Phillips‚ R.P. Subasinghe‚ M.B.
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Ocean OverfishingNicole HarrisENV/320June 23‚ 2014Frederick GrossOcean Overfishing Overfishing is a problem that occurs when fish are caught faster than they can reproduce. This is a problem that has been occurring for centuries and continues to be a problem today. Commercial fishing has driven many fish species to the brink of extinction. A scientific report done in 2003 estimates that industrial fishing “has reduced the number of large ocean fish to just 10-percent of their pre-industrial
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Did you know that fishing dates back to around 40‚000 BC? Fishing has been around for a long time and has drastically changed over the years. In this speech I will tell you about the history of fishing‚ the history of the fishing rod and reel‚ and how fishing has changed over the years. The first way people fished was with a spear which was also called a harpoon. This kind of fishing is thousands of years old. The spear would have been made out of a stick that was sharpened or barbed. The fisherman
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Japan and Earthquake/Tsunami Mitigation Geography 312 – Term Paper Alexandra Bradshaw – 301144682 March 29th‚ 2012 On March 11th 2011‚ Japan suffered a 9.0 magnitude earthquake off its northern coast‚ followed by an enormous tsunami which took the lives of around 20‚000 people. An earthquake of this magnitude had never been experienced in the history of mankind‚ and came as a shock to many seismologists. With the title of being the most earthquake prepared country in the world‚ Japan was thought
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billion people and there are not enough fish in the seas to feed the world. According to the video‚ there is a problem with overfishing and the ocean is being harvested of all its fish faster than it can repopulate. There are not enough fish left to allow this resource to thrive for our future. According to Scientist Jeremy Jackson‚ it is reversible; there is still hope. Overfishing is not just fisheries taking fish from the sea; although that is the larger part of it. Fisheries also bycatch‚ which
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The Hazard Mitigation Plan for Douglas County‚ Minnesota lists tornadoes as being the highest risk for a disaster in the county (Douglas County‚ 2015). According to the Tornado History Project‚ the largest tornado in the Douglas County area was an F4 in 2010 that caused 5 injuries and 1 death (n.d.). Tornadoes have the potential to create widespread damage and destruction as well as physical injuries and death as a result of high winds‚ flying debris‚ and compromised infrastructure. The Fujita Damage
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April 2011. The Joint Declaration was signed by Austria‚ the Czech Republic‚ Luxembourg‚ Hungary and Slovakia. They agreed that freshwater aquaculture should be given priority in the context of the future Common Fisheries Policy and its financing instruments. In accepting the Joint Declaration‚ Commissioner Damanaki expressed support for their initiative and indicated that the promotion of aquaculture‚ including inland aquaculture‚ will be addressed as a priority during the forthcoming reform
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