To what extent can preparedness and planning mitigate the effects of volcanic hazards? (40 marks) A hazard is a situation that poses a level of threat to life‚ health‚ property‚ or the environment. Therefore‚ in this case a volcanic hazard is the threat posed from natural volcanic processes towards the populations and the environment. The extent of volcanic hazards can vary due to two factors; physical factors such as the type of volcano and human factors such as the population density in the area
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To what extent can preparedness and planning mitigate the effects of volcanic hazards? (40 marks) Volcanic activity happens across the surface of the globe and naturally hazards occur too. A hazard is a situation that poses a level of threat to life‚ health‚ property‚ or environment. It is easy to locate volcanoes‚ but it is very difficult to predict exactly when activity will take place‚ particularly a major eruption‚ this makes it difficult to prepare or plan for one. There is a very big difference
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Inspector Calls Essay – To what extent is each character responsible for the death of Eva Smith? Each character is linked to Eva Smith in some way. The Birling family‚ Arthur‚ Mrs B‚ Sheila and Eric all contributed to her death along with Gerald‚ Sheila’s partner. In this essay I’ll be exploring how each of them contributed to her death and to what extent it is their responsibility. The first person involved with Eva Smith was Arthur Birling. She was one of his employees who was a ‘ring leader’
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2.1. Alleviate poverty through environmental protection The poorer we are‚ the harder environmental issues hit us. Desperate for employment‚ poor people suffer the most unhealthy work environments. Without much choice as to where to live‚ they are more exposed to disasters such as floods and fire‚ and to toxic dumps‚ and polluted air and water. As their quality of life declines and their health deteriorates‚ these environmental issues render them even less able to make a living (Hoogeveen‚ J. and
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To what extent was the United States of America responsible for the collapse of the Grand Alliance? A capitalist state‚ a Communist state and a colonial power all joined power during World War II and formed the Grand Alliance. The United Stated which was led by Franklin Roosevelt‚ the Soviet Union which was led by Joseph Stalin and Great Britain which was led by Winston Churchill united powers as they all shared one main objective. The three leaders were famously known as the big three‚ they all
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To what extent can preparedness and planning mitigate the effects of Volcanic Hazards (40 marks) More than 500 Million people live within 50 miles of a volcano‚ the potential therefore exists for major loss of life and damage to property and infrastructure‚ particularly when urban areas are situated in close proximity. Mitigation of such losses can be achieved through careful preparedness and planning. Preparedness is the process of ensuring that an organization has complied with the preventive
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To what extent can planning and preparedness mitigate the effects of volcanic hazards? A hazard is a situation that poses a level of threat to life‚ health‚ property‚ or environment. There is a very big difference that helps prepare for a volcanic hazard and that is whether you are in a MEDC or a LEDC. In a MEDC monitoring volcanic zones and potential hazards is an option many LEDC’s don’t have. In Italy at Mt Etna they have Geochemical monitoring programs currently run by INGV which focus on the
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To what extent can David Cameron be considered a New Right Leader? New right are a group of Conservatives where views diverge from those of traditional conservatives. New right came famous under the rule of Margaret Thatcher who was Prime Minister from 1979-1990 and they are known for having very right-winged policies. To me‚ David Cameron is a New Right leader and in this essay there will be reasons on why I personally believe that David Cameron is actually a New Right leader The Conservative
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December 2 of 1970‚ President Richard Nixon founded the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) because he wanted to "transform our land into what we want it to become” through the utilization of an independent agency to regulate the environment. This organization protects the environment by enforcing regulations to support environmental laws created by Congress. The Environmental Protection Agency’s mission statement is "to support the protection of human health and the environment by advocating and
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To what extent can preparedness and planning mitigate the effects of volcanic hazards? (40 marks) A volcanic hazard is anything that can cause a threat to human life‚ infrastructure or nature as a result of volcanic activity. There are methods to lessen the effects of volcanic hazards to a certain extent through planning and preparation. Common volcanic hazards include: Pyroclastic flows‚ Ash clouds and mudslides. Pyroclastic flows are high-density mixtures of hot‚ dry rock fragments and hot gases
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