landslide). It leads to financial‚ environmental or human losses. The resulting loss depends on the vulnerability of the affected population to resist the hazard‚ also called their resilience.[1] This understanding is concentrated in the formulation: "disasters occur when hazards meet vulnerability."[2] Environmental disasters are occurring with alarming regularity. But the management of such disasters has not kept pace at the required level. Major environmental disasters such as the 1952 London
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supply and demand Identify two microeconomics and two macroeconomics principles or concepts from the simulation. Explain why you have categorized these principles or concepts as macroeconomic or microeconomic. The microeconomic topics would be the demand and supply curve. The demand curve shows how consumers would react to prices. The supply curve shows how landlords would react to price by how much units will sell. The outside company coming in and the price cap would fall under macroeconomic
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20 points; 1 point per question) Indicate whether the statement is true or false. Please mark 0 for False and 1 for True. ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 1. If the price of leeks falls by $2 per pound‚ then the demand for leeks will rise by 10 pounds. Therefore we can conclude that the demand for leeks is elastic. 2. Marginal revenue is equal to price if the demand curve is horizontal. 3. If there is a price increase for a good that Marilyn consumes‚ her compensating variation is the change in her income
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respiratory illness. Susceptibility to disease‚ the severity of diseases‚ the spreading of illness‚ and the mortality due to disease all increase as a result of social and physical overcrowding. Overcrowding physically and emotionally overburdens mothers and other caregivers‚ increasing health risks of dependents. Lack of space and overcrowding directly impacts on the physical development and psychological wellbeing of disabled residents. Children living in overcrowded and unfit conditions are
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The law of demand states that‚ all other things being equal‚ the quantity of a good or service is a function of price. In general‚ that means less is bought at higher prices‚ and more is purchased at lower prices. This definition makes sense -- you only have so much money to spend‚ and if the price of something goes up‚ you can afford less of it. The demand schedule tells you exactly how much of the good or service is bought at any given price. This relationship is portrayed by the demand curve‚ where
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Oil has had a profound impact on the world civilization than any other single natural resource. It is the principle energy source sustaining our civilization and economy in the world. Currently‚ oil is among the world’s most important natural resource‚ without it‚ the world would not function as effective and as efficient as it does today (Science Classified 2008). “Oil has become a very decisive element in defining the politics‚ rhetoric and diplomacy of states” (Agbebi 2009‚ p.1). Economically
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view the entire business process as consisting of a tightly integrated effort to discover‚ create‚ arouse and satisfy customer needs." In other words‚ marketing has less to do with getting customers to pay for your product as it does developing a demand for that product and fulfilling the customer’s needs. Needs Human needs are states of felt deprivation.Needs are the basic requirements of human being‚ without these basic requirements like food‚ clothes and shelter no one can live life in this
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St. augustine girls’ high school | The Mining of Oil and Natural Gas in Trinidad and Tobago | Geography | | Sareeta Seeram‚ Inayah Mohammed‚ Mariah Ollivierre‚ Maria Ollivierre and Arielle Mootra | 9/1/2013 | | ------------------------------------------------- Table of Contents: * Location of Oilfields and Gas Fields in Trinidad and Tobago…………………. Pg 2 * Factors that Influence the Location of Oil and Gas Mining
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To what extent would drawing up a Cash Flow Forecast increase the chances of this business being successful? (15 Marks) A cash flow forecast is a forecast of when money is coming in and coming out of the business based upon day to day expenses. The importance of a cash flow forecast is so that the business owner can monitor the day to day expenses such as bills‚ interest on loans etc and that way they know where the cash is going and how much is coming in. The objectives of the business would
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Telecommuting Increases Productivity Telecommuting‚ also known as work-from-home‚ is a common practice among many business firms. In many articles‚ authors claim that telecommuting makes noticeable contribution to companies‚ increasing productivity by around 15%-50%. However‚ to some CEOs‚ telecommuting is not an attractive option. They think that most people exaggerate the significance of telecommuting because they worry about losing direct control over the employees. Actually‚ telecommuting can
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