3qbu43A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth; examples include floods‚ volcanic eruptions‚ earthquakes‚ tsunamis‚ and other geologic processes. A natural disaster can cause loss of life or property damage‚ and typically leaves some economic damage in its wake‚ the severity of which depends on the affected population ’s resilience‚ or ability to recover.[1] An adverse event will not rise to the level of a disaster if it occurs in an area without
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INTRODUCTION A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth; examples include floods‚ severe weather‚volcanic eruptions‚ earthquakes‚ and other geologic processes. A natural disaster can cause loss of life or property damage‚ and typically leaves some economic damage in its wake‚ the severity of which depends on the affected population’s resilience‚ or ability to recover.[1] An adverse event will not rise to the level of a disaster if it occurs in
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was done to prevent the tragedy. In the Civil Engineering Magazine‚ models have been made in the 1990’s and a while before that that‚ if a category 4 or 5 hurricane hit New Orleans there would be a catastrophic flood and the city would be devastated. The magazine says that the flood could reach heights of 25 feet. "With Hurricane Katrina‚ some parts of New Orleans saw up to 20 feet of water" (12a). With all this information being known a while back‚ why wasn’t anything being done to change and
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from natural processes of the Earth; examples include floods‚ volcanic eruptions‚ earthquakes‚ tsunamis‚ and other geologic processes. A natural disaster can cause loss of life or property damage‚ and typically leaves some economic damage in its wake‚ the severity of which depends on the affected population’s resilience‚ or ability to recover. List of natural calamities 1) Earthquakes 2) Volcanic eruptions 3) Hydrological disasters a. Floods b. Limbic eruptions c. Tsunami 4) Meteorological disasters
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they ultimately result in an increase of water into the system thus triggering a flood event to occur. These factors vary depending on if the flooding is inland or coastal‚ but they include heavy rainfall‚ storm surges‚ and snow melt. However‚ humans can exacerbate the hazard in a number of ways‚ such as through increasing the amount of impermeable surfaces‚ building in floodplains and a high population density in flood risk areas. One of the primary causes of river flooding is prolonged and heavy
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Scholarly material based on flooding in Diego Martin‚ specifically‚ and the preparedness levels of its residents proved to be very difficult to obtain. However‚ as major flooding events have occurred within the past five years it is expected that research is still being conducted on the area. In Beard’s (2012) article it is noted that the greater area of Port-of-Spain‚ which includes Diego Martin‚ is prone to flooding due to sedimentation and development of the area. Flooding may occur after a prolonged
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disasters and the improvement of responses and policies surrounded them and the chaos and devastation they cause. The articles analyzed will be Risk and regulation: can improved government action reduce the impacts of natural disasters by Robin Spence and Flood risk management in the United States and the impact of Hurricane Katrina by Gerald E. Galloway. These article explain the devastation natural disasters can cause and the regulations needed to prepare for such disastrous events. Spence says‚ “three
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Project 2 Introduction This report looks at community service organisations and how they address diversity and also how they interect with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their communities. I will firstly look at the role of diversity in the workplace ‚ then move onto how these workplaces accommodate diversity and what access and equity is and if the organisations address this in there work procedures. I will then investigate how these organisations specifically include Aboriginal
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Low birth weight (LBW) and small for gestational age (SGA) are considered as one of the global health issues worldwide. In Australia‚ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community show remarkably higher rate of low birth weight and small for gestational age than non-Indigenous Australians. When mothers and babies are exposed to many risk factors‚ they negatively affect the fetal development‚ gestational period and their health. Low birth weight and small for gestational age are associated with
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How people lived in Australia around the turn of the century: * Living in 1900: * There was 3 categories in which how people lived and where they stood: * From lowest to highest it was the working class‚ the middle class and the upper class. * Working class: The lowest category and lived poorly and worked for long amounts for limited amounts of money and resources. * The middle class lay in the middle and was the group of people in society that had bigger better houses on their
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