Environmental Disasters For the purpose of this article an environmental disaster is defined as a specific event caused by human activity that results in a seriously negative effect on the environment. Sometimes a natural disaster can become an environmental disaster‚ but that is a topic to be discussed elsewhere. In most cases environmental disasters are caused by human error‚ accident‚ lack of foresight‚ corner cutting during industrial processes‚ greed‚ or by simple incompetence. In other
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NATURAL DISASTERS Whitewater Rafting Whitewater rafting enthusiasts row or paddle rubber rafts down turbulent‚ fast-running rivers. Rafting trips can be short day trips or longer trips that involve camping alongside the river at night. Encarta Encyclopedia Energy Productions/The Image Bank Amazon River The Amazon River in South America is one of the longest rivers in the world. Only the Nile River in Africa is longer. Encarta Encyclopedia Claudia Parks/The Stock
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THE TOPIC: Primary research is any type of research that we go out and collect ourselves. Examples include surveys‚ interviews and observations. In other words information that has been collected at first hand is called primary research. It involves measurement of some sort‚ whether by taking readings off instruments‚ sketching‚ counting‚ or conducting interviews. Conducting primary research is a useful skill to acquire as it can greatly supplement our research in secondary sources‚ such as
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Primary Succession Primary Succession is an ecological succession process that occurs in an environment with no prior inhabitants. Primary succession is the changes in species composition over time in a previously uninhabited environment. When primary succession begins no soil exist; rock surfaces like volcanic lava and glacier scraped rock surfaces are the platform on which primary succession begins. In figure 4.4 of the text Primary succession is happening on glacier moraine after the glacier
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Earthquake‚ shaking of the Earth’s surface caused by rapid movement of the Earth’s rocky outer layer. Earthquakes occur when energy stored within the Earth‚ usually in the form of strain in rocks‚ suddenly releases. This energy is transmitted to the surface of the Earth by earthquake waves. The destruction an earthquake causes depends on its magnitude and duration‚ or the amount of shaking that occurs. A structure’s design and the materials used in its construction also affect the amount of damage
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SUMMER TRAINING REPORT ON “Understanding the Functioning of Secondary Equity Market Investments‚ Investor Psychology And Analysis of Daily Market Movements” India InfoLine Ltd Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of Post Graduate Programme By ASHISH CHHARIA BATCH: 2011-13 FT-11-1005 IILM GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT GREATER NOIDA ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Undertaking a project is never a one-person
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PRELIMINARY THESIS PROPOSAL ABSTRACT NAME: Abla‚ Krister Kim S. DESIGN 8 ADVISER: Arch. Aurello Somera PROJECT TITLE: Philippine Red Cross Disaster Rehabilitation Complex Headquarter of Philippine Red Cross; a Recovery Facility for the Victims of Calamity and Disaster RESEARCH FOCUS: Bamboo Hybrid Building Construction Material Foldable emergency houses through Bamboo Hybrid Building Construction Material. A revolutionary way of construction where the bamboos are being combined
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A disaster is a sudden‚ calamitous event that seriously disrupts the functioning of a community or society and causes human‚ material‚ and economic or environmental losses that exceed the community’s or society’s ability to cope using its own resources. Though often caused by nature‚ disasters can have human origins. There can be two kinds of disasters Natural Disaster –naturally occurring physical phenomena caused either by onset events which can be geophysical (earthquakes‚ landslides‚ tsunamis
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There is certain order in the world. The planets move in their orbit around the sun. The disasters which occur naturally are known as natural disasters. There are infinite natural disasters. Some of them are landslides‚ floods and volcanic eruptions. By taking the example of planets orbiting around the sun‚ the question rises that how do these devastating disasters occur? Floods occur in those areas which are closer to seas. Due to heavy rain‚ the sea water increases and spills out over the area
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A disaster can be natural‚ man-made or technological hazard resulting in an event of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction‚ loss of life‚ or drastic change to the environment. A disaster can be defined as any events such as earthquakes‚ floods‚ fires‚ or explosions. It is a phenomenon that can cause damage to life and property and destroy the economic‚ social and cultural life of people Here we are discussing about Man-made disaster. Man-made disasters are the
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