Objective Explain the reasons why people live in hazardous areas. Discuss vulnerability as a function of demographic and socio‑economic factors‚ and of a community’s preparedness and ability to deal with a hazard event when it occurs. Explain the reasons for some sectors of a population being more vulnerable than others. A Distinction A hazard / Hazard event / Disaster Hazard -is a perceived natural event which threatens both life and property Disaster - is the realisation of this hazard
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Marcia Douglas Electricity Comes To Cocoa Bottom Electricity Comes to Cocoa Bottom takes the reader on a journey of light‚ from the flicker of the firefly in rural Jamaica‚ through the half-moonlight of the limbo of exile in the USA to the point of arrival and reconnection imaged by the eight-pointed star. It is also a journey of the voice‚ traversing back and forth across the Atlantic and across continents‚ pushing its way through word censors and voice mufflers and ending in tongues of fire
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Hazardous Household Products Fact Sheet Household hazardous products represent an unregulated waste stream that can lead to environmental contamination when improperly disposed. What happens to improperly disposed of hazardous household products? 1. Hazardous household products that are flushed down the drain‚ poured onto the ground‚ or dumped into storm drains pollute the Bay’s waters and possibly your drinking water. 2. Disposal of hazardous materials in a municipal landfill contributes to the
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Created on Wednesday‚ 10 November 2010 19:31 | Sharyn Byers | Growing up in the 2000s must be so much different than anyone could have ever expected. | With everyone having the newest cell phones‚ gadgets and shortcuts to help them better their everyday lives‚ it provokes the question‚ “What did we do before we became so reliant on technology?” Part of growing up is learning how to think for yourself and getting through certain situations on your own‚ but with programs or apps that do
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Title : How to reduce use of Electricity Introduction Electricity is a secondary source of energy. Primary sources of energy are oil‚ coal‚ uranium or the forces of nature. Energy is a source of usable power‚ needed for food production‚ transportation‚ heating‚ cooling‚ and lighting. The largest sources of energy in the world are oil (34%)‚ coal (26.5%)‚ and gas (20.9%)1‚ adding up to over 80% of global energy. These types of fuels are called fossil fuels because they are found in fossil
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Is the world becoming more hazardous? Yes‚ all the evidences show that the pattern of hazards is on the increase. Not only the number of hazards is increasing but the people vulnerability as well. If we looked to the first graph of reported hazards from 1900 to 2009 (EM-DAT source) we could see a big difference between these years. There is a rapid increase of natural disasters since 1960s‚ till then the number of natural disasters was constant. This proves that we are facing with more and more
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growth in population in urban areas and growth of industrialization in Pakistan has affected the demand of electricity very badly in country. The demand of the electricity in country is much greater than the supply and production of electricity in country. This situation causes electricity crisis in Pakistan. The duration of load shedding reached14 to 18 hours a day. Shortage of electricity has reached 5500 MW‚ 12 to 14 hours in urban areas and 18 hours in rural areas as a result of landing time
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determine the unit price of electricity. The first case of energy sector deregulation in Europe was recorded when the United Kingdom with the Electricity Act of 1990 created the Electricity Pool for England and Wales. Norway soon followed suit (Norwegian Energy Act of 1991) and set up the Norwegian Pool in 1993‚ which eventually became the Nord Pool in 1996. At the same year‚ the European Union issued its Electricity Directive (Directive 96/92/EC) according to which the electricity markets of all EU countries
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introduction of the wireless electricity. Some parties are for it‚ as it can allow for slightly greener ways of powering devices‚ new jobs‚ and easier access. But others are against it‚ seeing the change as a threat to old ways of doing things‚ as well as a way for people to access electricity for free. Though wireless transmissions and the idea of wireless electricity have existed for quite some time‚ the actual possibility of creating usable‚ accessible wireless electricity is just now starting to
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in resolving potentially damaging lawsuits‚ and the preferred legal way out of such dilemmas. Target‚ KMart‚ and Illegal Hazardous Waste Dumping in California By David Goguen on June 17‚ 2009 8:09 AM | No TrackBacks Retail Giants’ Waste Disposal Practices are No Bargain for the Environment Target stores throughout California have been unlawfully disposing of hazardous waste materials for at least eight years‚ according to a lawsuit filed against the retail giant this week by the California
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