Hazards are anything that could cause damage to humans or buildings. Many volcanic and seismic events happen that cause hazards to humans. Often the world’s poorest people are hit the worst‚ however wealthier countries can also be adversely affected. The Kobe earthquake in Japan 1995 struck at 5.45am. Many people were asleep in bed‚ causing the hazard to be increased because the people were unaware. Although many Japanese buildings were of aseismic design‚ the roofs of their houses were designed
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References: Asian Market Research‚ 2003. “SARS‚ Thailand‚ tourism and business travel: How fast for recovery?” [online] Available: http://www.asiamarketresearch.com/news/000305.htm Birkland‚ T.A. 2006. “Impact of the Boxing Day Tsunami on Tourism in Thailand” [online] Available:www.eng.rpi.edu/.../Tsunami/asa%20paper%20version%202.2%20RL%20add%20in%20no%20endnote.doc - Similar [20 September 2010] Cashell‚ B.W. 2005‚ “The Macroeconomic
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unexpected tragedy‚ one family still survived in the end. While I was watching this movie‚ I was glad that they’re really happy and excited to have their vacation and relax in Thailand. We all know that sometimes we need those things to get chilled. Everything were in place when the worst part happened. That Tidal wave or Tsunami came and ruin everyone’s happiness… To be honest‚ my face was like a combination of sadness and anger. It is because of how a large wave came and ruined every little thing
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left arm‚ and her dream of becoming a professional surfer. For this‚ Bethany looked for guidance through God. She took a trip to Thailand with her church youth group through World Vision in efforts to help the tsunami victims. There‚ Bethany was touched by God‚ and her perspective on the injury‚ and her whole life‚ was changed. A young orphan‚ traumatized by the tsunami‚ refused to go in the ocean. Bethany helped him get the courage to go back in the water. This boy helped her realize that surfing
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EARTHQUAKES DHORI: Cracks on a salt marsh can be seen on this aerial view of the epicentre of the recent earthquake near Dhori village some 20 km. (12 miles) from Bhuj in the western Indian state of Gujarat‚ Saturday Feb. 3‚ 2001. (AP Photo/Enric Marti) AHMEDABAD: Residents of Ahmedabad‚ India‚ survey earthquake damage Saturday‚ Jan. 27‚ 2001. Officials predicted as many as 6‚000 may have been killed in the 7.9 magnitude earthquake in western India on Friday.(AP Photo/Saurabh Das) The 2001 Gujarat
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coast of Sumatra‚ Indonesia. The quake itself is known by the scientific community as the Sumatra–Andaman earthquake.[4][5] The resulting tsunami was given various names‚ including the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami‚ South Asian tsunami‚ Indonesian tsunami‚ and the Boxing Day tsunami. The earthquake was caused by subduction and triggered a series of devastating tsunamis along the coasts of most landmasses bordering the Indian Ocean‚ killing over 230‚000 people in fourteen countries‚ and inundating coastal
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lost. This has been due to many factors such as‚ shrimp farming‚ climate change‚ over-harvesting etc. As a result‚ there are many players who are trying to halt the loss of mangroves to protect and restore them. Yadfon is a small organisation in Thailand formed to help fishing communities. Yadfon has worked with villagers in Chao Mai on environmental issues and securing their future livelihoods. Chao Mai faced two problems; mangroves were being destroyed to produce charcoal‚ which affected the supply
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Environment: South and Southeast Asia Hopefully you are studying this lesson before lunch. Imagine a place where the only water there is to drink comes from a nearby river. You become thirsty so you head down there with a pail. When you arrive‚ there are two things that catch your eye. Upstream‚ a woman is washing her family’s clothes along the same shoreline. She is using a kind of soap made from animal fat. Between the two of you‚ there are several cows standing around in the water‚ drinking.
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nuclear power plant‚ first broached in 1966 (Patchimpattapong‚ 2010) ‚ has lasted more than forty years in Thailand. Having obstructed the realization of the plant for almost half a century‚ the grievous concern over safety issue is warranted by the list of more than thirty nuclear power plant accidents since 1957‚ led by the most devastating Chernobyl. (Rogers‚ 2011) Given the situation of Thailand in twenty or thirty years ago‚ from the hindsight‚ the delay of the approval of nuclear power plant seems
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setbacks of only having one arm are very minor and she doesn’t let them get in the way of doing what she loves to do‚ which is surfing. The tsunami in Thailand plays a large part in "Soul Surfer." After the shark attack‚ Bethany and her youth group travel to the country to help clean up and be a light for the children in the local towns. She see’s there in Thailand how blessed she is even after her accident. Bethany is played by Anna Sophia Robb who was recently seen in 2007 as Leslie Burke in the
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