AVALANCHE DANGER AND AVALANCHE MITIGATION STRATEGIES: LINKAGES TO CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE IN SERFAUS‚ AUSTRIA by Larissa Nora van der Laan CAPSTONE THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Leiden University College The Hague Supervisor: Dr. Paul Hudson 2013 Abstract Snow avalanches are a constant hazard in the Alps‚ threatening tourists and inhabitants. The objective of this thesis is to research the linkages between
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Chapter 3 VOLTAGE SAG/SWELL MITIGATION USING DYNAMIC VOLTAGE RESTORER (DVR) 3.1 Voltage Sag Mitigation Methods Power quality problems cannot be avoided for the consumers (end users) who are directly connected together by the interconnected systems. Therefore‚ consumers must protect themselves from PQ problems with mitigation or power conditioning devices. It is researched by EPRI that 90 % of all power quality problems are voltage sags in the USA and it is assumed that the European power network
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established mitigation plan which serves as a strategic guide for the recovery and response to local disasters and emergencies. The main priorities of the plan encompasses areas such as weather‚ transportation routes‚ hazardous materials‚ utility preservation‚ logistics‚ personnel‚ search and rescue‚ law enforcement‚ communications‚ and evacuation (City of Watertown 2008). Some basic mitigation strategies are derived from hazard identification suited to the local area and risk assessment of mitigation those
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MITIGATION. The term ‘disaster mitigation’ is variously understood by different people in different disciplines. The meaning of the word mitigate as “to mollify; to make easily borne; to temper’. Therefore one may consider mitigation action as if it will happen after the event. Various disasters like earthquake‚ landslides‚ volcanic eruptions‚ fires‚ flood and cyclones
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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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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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- Discussion Paper - Financial Risk Mitigation in Insurance - Time for Change The Chief Risk Officer Forum Risk Mitigation Working Group Copyright © 2006 Chief Risk Officer Forum 1 - Discussion Paper - Preface The Chief Risk Officer Forum is delighted to be presenting the study “Financial Risk Mitigation in Insurance – Time for Change”. The Chief Risk Officer Forum comprises risk officers of the major European insurance companies and financial conglomerates‚ and was formed to address
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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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Global Warming and Mitigation SCI 110‚ Week 9 Assignment Professor Dr. Anderson December 8‚ 2013 Global Warming and Mitigation Is our environment being compromised from excessive use of different chemicals? This is the question that has been the ground for major debate for many years‚ is our advancements causing global warming? When debating global warming the first thing to consider is what the cause of global warming is‚ and the answer to this basic question is greenhouse
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Mitigation Strategies and Solutions SCI 275 Final Project Atmospheric pollution is a serious problem that the United States faces each day‚ the problem is growing worse every year because of the millions of drivers on the road and the industrial factories going up around the world. The pollutants in the air are causing the ozone to get thinner and thinner‚ global warming has become a major problem‚ the ice melting in arctic
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