INTRODUCTION: The word ‘disaster’ is synonymous with ‘emergency’. A disaster is a natural or 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 tragic event stemming from events such as earthquakes‚ floods‚ catastrophic accidents‚ fires‚ or explosions. It is a phenomenon that can cause damage to life and property and destroy the economic
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A Primer on How to Create a Bullet-Proof Disaster Recovery Plan for the Entire Organization Elizabeth M. Ferrarini‚ She is a free-lance writer from Boston‚ Massachusetts. Reach her at iswive@aol.com Minutes after the first of two planes plunged into the World Trade Center ’s Twin Towers on September 11‚ 2001‚ Morgan Stanley Dean Witter‚ Inc.‚ the largest tenant in the World Trade Center‚ declared a disaster and rushed its disaster recovery plan into place with the help of SunGard Recovery
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The Impacts of Natural Disasters on the Tourism Industry THM 1311 Intro. to Tourism & Hospitality Management Samantha Salamon THM 1311 Introduction to Tourism and Hospitality Management The Impacts of Natural Disasters and on the Tourism and Hospitality Industry Table of Contents Introduction Why Study the Impacts of Natural Disasters on the Tourism Industry? Taiwan Earthquake of 1991 Japan Earthquake of 2011 Market Rebuilding/Hurricane Katrina Works Cited page 1 page 2 pages 3-4
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Community Health-Disaster in Franklin County Connie DiPietrantonio Western Governors University HAT 4 – Community Health Nursing November 2011 Disaster in Franklin County The Role of Health Personnel and the Public Nurse The major role of the public health personnel in a disaster are varied and included the immediate safety and well-being of the members of the community‚ as well as attention to potential future long term issues. The public health nurse is one of the members
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With reference to various examples‚ discuss how ‘natural’ disasters are socially constructed. While natural disasters such as floods‚ drought and hurricanes are commonly thought to occur due to environmental forces such as weather‚ climate and tectonic movements; a deeper investigation into the ‘disaster’ displays other contributing forces. Human factors have a large‚ if not equal‚ contribution to the occurrance and outcome of such disasters (Pelling‚ 2001). As Pelling (2001) argues‚ there is both
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Human Relations http://hum.sagepub.com The 1996 Mount Everest climbing disaster: The breakdown of learning in teams D. Christopher Kayes Human Relations 2004; 57; 1263 DOI: 10.1177/0018726704048355 The online version of this article can be found at: http://hum.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/57/10/1263 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com On behalf of: The Tavistock Institute Additional services and information for Human Relations can be found at: Email Alerts: http://hum.sagepub.com/cgi/alerts
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“Tragedies and disasters in the Philippines” are they god’s or man’s will ? October 8‚ 2012 Page 1 I.INTRODUCTION In this past few years many people in the Philippines are observing in what happen on it. They had an opinion‚ Are they the signs that the world will end ? They were doubt because of tragedy happen in the Philippines such as floods in many places like in Manila‚ Pangasinan‚ Cavite‚ Laguna‚ Quezon‚ Valenzuela City‚ Caloocan City and other
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Emergency Response: Disaster in Franklin County Katherine Helm Western Governor’s University May 2013 Role of the Major Public Health Personnel In the event of a disaster‚ the community relies upon the public health personnel to evaluate the needs of the community‚ assess the available resources‚ provide reliable information‚ and coordinate health activities. It is essential that local health workers are trained professionals who are reassuring and organized to address health‚ social‚ cultural
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A Natural Disaster: Hurricane Katrina In August of 2005‚ the lives of the people living in New Orleans changed drastically due to a massive hurricane. Hurricane Katrina is the third deadliest hurricane to ever hit the United States. There were several lives taken‚ many families and homes destroyed. The financial damage caused by the hurricane was shocking. Several countries and people made donations to help rebuild homes and the city of New Orleans. There were several lives taken as well
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the given topic ‘Natural Disaster’. I had to go through some books and surf through the internet to get this project done and going through these stuffs was really interesting and informative. I have tried to include much information about the topic. This report consists of an introduction to natural disasters‚ their causes and some measures to prevent these calamities. I hope the contents of this report will give the readers a quick look of the natural disasters and will be informative to
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