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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SCI 275 Final Project Mitigation Strategies and Solutions Michelle A. Freeman Axia College of University of Phoenix Water Resources and Ocean Sustainability: The Dead Zone The earth’s water resources are inexhaustible. Or at least a majority of the global population believes the ocean will always produce food‚ provide a living for a portion of the population‚ and will remain a pristine getaway for vacationers. However‚ dead zones‚ a major threat to the health of all bodies of water in
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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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metro area dealt with severe flooding as recently as 2011. With this being said‚ the overall goal of mitigation is an important factor in the preparation and response to disasters such as these. That goal being‚ to create economically secure‚ socially stable‚ better built‚ and more environmentally sound communities that are out of harm’s way (Haddow‚ Bullock‚ & Coppola‚ 2017). The main mitigation tool available to those who are potentially exposed to flooding in our area is that of hazard identification
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Constitutionality of an Obesity Mitigation Fee At issue is whether the potential bill containing an “obesity mitigation fee” on food producers whose revenue from the sale of unhealthy foods exceeding 20% of total revenue violates Congress’s taxing and spending powers. Article I Section 8 gives Congress the “power to lay and collect taxes.” The taxing power may be used to tax activities that it does not have power to regulate under its other powers. Furthermore‚ the constitution contains
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APPENDIX I PPP VGF IIFCL TA IIPDF O&M MCA NPV GHIAL MAHB GoI GoAP GoR AAI ICAO IRA NHAI SPV CA MCA SPCD LOA COD MOU - Public Private Partnership -Viability Gap Funding -Indian Infrastructure Finance Limited -Transaction Advisers -Indian Infrastructure Project Development Fund -Operation and Maintenance -Model Concession Agreement - Net Present Value - GMR-Hyderabad International Airport Ltd. - Malaysia Airports Holding Berhad - Government of India - Government of Andhra Pradesh - Government of Rajasthan
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Within the past few decades‚ there has been no political or public discussion as heated and controversial as the debate over climate change. Climate disputes can be traced back all the way to 1837‚ when Louis Agassiz proposed a theory claiming that Switzerland had once been covered with large ice sheets‚ and have become a big part of the international scientific community since then (Archer and Rahmstorf 2010). Today‚ climate change is not only a scientific issue‚ but it has grown into an economic
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fundamentals include four stages of planning: mitigation‚ preparedness‚ response‚ and recovery. Exploring these stages will help us understand the restrictions and adversities that are faced by emergency managers throughout each stage. Mitigation is the first phase in emergency planning. It is used to prevent‚ or reduce‚ the damage imposed by disasters. Since risk can never fully be eliminated‚ the important key to this stage is to reduce risk. Mitigation occurs and exists‚ even if a disaster is not
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Robert Jones Unit 5 Discussion: Risk Mitigation Control 7/15/2014 IS3110 Mr. Jackson When it comes to risk management‚ risk mitigating controls are the key to reducing threats to the network infrastructure. These mitigating controls can be found within standards‚ such as ISO/IEC 27001‚ and suggest measures to take in order to reduce risk to an organization’s assets. It is important to understand what each of these controls are in regards to risk management as well as the types of assessments
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CONSTRUCTION MITIGATION AND RECLAMATION PLAN will be implemented to ensure populations of sensitive wildlife species are not affected. Keystone will contract a qualified biologist to conduct a survey of breeding bird habitat within 330 feet (100 meters) from proposed surface disturbance activities that would occur within the breeding season. The biologist will document active nests‚ bird species‚ and other evidence of nesting (e.g.‚ mated pairs‚ territorial defense‚ birds carrying nesting material
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