Introduction Floods are a natural hazard. There have been many devastating floods in the past decade. Different countries have reacted differently during and after the floods have occurred. Some countries have needed economic help during these times. Some countries were able to give detailed warning and saved many lives in doing so. Developed countries have the money to warn its people of any floods or other natural hazards which may affect a community. Developing countries often do not have the
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5th AP History January 13‚ 2003 The Responsible Electorate V.O. Key‚ Jr. Election returns identify which candidate gets the most votes from the electorate‚ but in essence‚ that’s all it really tells us. Why does one candidate get more votes than another? We cannot assume it’s because of his past record or promises for the future. It’s interesting to examine what make the electorate vote as it does. Instruments such as the Gallup Poll have helped experts determine voting behaviors of a large
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Running Head: Disaster in Franklin County Disaster in Franklin County JM Western Governors University 1 Disaster in Franklin County 2 The Role of Health Personnel and the Public Health Nurse Public health personnel and public health nurses have many responsibilities in a disaster that are essential to a successful outcome for the community. Their primarily focus is on the safety and health of the public. The health personnel will assess the community’s available resources
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extensive release of radioactive substances into our atmosphere and our earth. This accident certainly did loads of damages to Japan and its people. There are lots of theories regarding this accident’s cause‚ but it comes down to either natural disaster or man-made disaster. The effects of this accident were tremendous in the aspect of social‚ ecology‚ sociology and health hazards. There were steps taken to assist in resolving the issue .In future‚ to prevent this kind of accident from taking place‚ proper
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India has been traditionally vulnerable to natural disasters on account of its unique geo-climatic conditions. Floods‚ droughts‚ cyclones‚ earthquakes and landslides have been a recurrent phenomenon. About 60% of the landmass is prone to earthquakes of various intensities; over 40 million hectares is prone to floods; about 8% of the total area is prone to cyclones and 68% of the area is susceptible to drought. In the decade 1990-2000‚ an average of about 4344 people lost their lives and about 30
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The earth has been affected by the natural hazards over a long time as man emerged into picture the picture that the natural occurrences were becoming disaster‚ together with being documented in various ways providing a warning for the future generation. However in 1920‚ there was a published study referred to as the catastrophe and social change by Henry Samuel Prince. This was the Halifax Disaster documented account and the occurrence of the social change. The first person to deliver evidence based
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and services to the energy industry‚” according to their website homepage. Transocean is an offshore drilling company helps companies such as BP find oil and natural gas reserves. Yet people call the oil spill the “BP oil disaster”. Due to the fact that BP was the company who was running operations‚ they are the ones to be ultimately responsible. Both BP and Transocean have taken responsibility for their actions‚ but Halliburton has denied any responsibility for this
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Key weakness in decision-making There are three key groups of people involved in the launch of Challenger: the Engineers and managers at Thiokol directly responsible for the launch and NASA officials who signed off on the launch. The key weaknesses in the decision making of Challenger disaster are a combination of contributing pluralist approach in the organizational structure‚ corporate culture‚ managerial habits‚ and failure of both engineers and management to practice ethical responsibilities
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Man-made disasters Man-made disasters are disasters resulting from man-made hazards (threats having an element of human intent‚ negligence‚ or error; or involving a failure of a man-made system)‚ as opposed to natural disasters resulting from natural hazards. Man-made hazards or disasters are sometimes referred to as anthropogenic. Contents * 1 Sociological hazards * 1.1 Crime * 1.1.1 Arson * 1.2 Civil disorder *
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port plays an important role in maritime transportation for both exports and imports. In March 2011‚ the world was affected when Japan was struck with natural disasters (Earthquake and Tsunami). This sudden disaster sent everyone around the world into frenzy. It affected Japan’s ports‚ shipping and logistics. As a result of the natural disasters‚ ports in the northern area of Japan had to stop operations after the Tsunami washed away port facilities‚ leaving the area in tatters. Ports such as Hachinohe
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