Objective Explain the reasons why people live in hazardous areas. Discuss vulnerability as a function of demographic and socio‑economic factors‚ and of a community’s preparedness and ability to deal with a hazard event when it occurs. Explain the reasons for some sectors of a population being more vulnerable than others. A Distinction A hazard / Hazard event / Disaster Hazard -is a perceived natural event which threatens both life and property Disaster - is the realisation of this hazard
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legal in every state. It should be sold as a prescription to ill patients‚ not on the streets to be sold to teenagers. People don’t realize how much Marijuana can help someone suffering from very severe diseases like cancer and problems like insomnia. Medical Marijuana could make an enormous change in the United States. One reason why medical marijuana should be legal is to help cancer patients. Anticancer drugs can cause nausea and vomiting‚ because they irritate the stomach lining and affect the
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Why do people laugh? Someone makes a strange sound or behaves in a peculiar manner so everyone around expels air out of their lungs at a rapid rate. Why? In an article for NBC News‚ Robert Provine‚ professor of neurobiology & psychology at the University of Maryland‚ states from an evolutionary perspective‚ “We believe laughter evolved from the panting behavior of our ancient primate ancestors (1999).” He further explains that people and apes laugh under the same circumstances‚ such as while playing
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How many people believe in conspiracy theories? According to multiple surveys done by J. Eric Oliver and Thomas J. Wood‚ writers in the American Journal of Political Science‚ over fifty percent of the American public believe in at least one conspiracy theory‚ which is over one-hundred sixty million people. Though so many believe in them‚ some theories stand more considered than others. Theories like aliens existing become much more commonly accepted‚ as twenty-nine percent of people surveyed believe
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Have you ever wonder why people decide to migrate to the United States of America? Do you know why the people from all over the world choose to come to the USA? Do you know the reasons for why they leave? Human migration‚ as we all know‚ is the movement by people from one place to another with the intention of settling‚ permanently or temporarily in a new location. The process of migration can be a difficult situation to overcome in these people’s lives. But sometimes‚ these people have to leave their
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Why good people do bad things? “Doing bad is easy but doing well is not”. Yes‚ that saying is the most concrete explanation why good people do bad things. Good people do bad things with good intentions. We‚ humans‚ are all sinful by nature. No one of us can behave perfectly and sinless. But we have the capacity to avoid temptations and to distinguish what’s right from wrong. Good intentions cause most of the world’s great evils. There are many things that happened in the past that can construe
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they passed away peacefully or gruesomely‚ it still has a detrimental impact on the people surrounding them. Death occurs on a daily basis‚ but people who deliberately take the lives of others should face an equivalent punishment as a consequence for their actions. Thus‚ it would be necessary to have a capital punishment system‚ in other words death penalty in all states.. Although all life is sacred and very few people deserve the death penalty‚ all states should be allowed to execute criminals because
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Conforming (A discussion to the Wilson quote) How do I know I won’t get hurt? This is a question that everyone faces at least once in their life. For example‚ you want to go skydiving; on one hand it’s a huge adrenaline rush‚ but on the other hand there is no way of knowing if you’ll make it to the ground safely. The problem is many times we don’t know the outcome of the situation. Sure there are safety precautions like jumping with an experienced diver and of course having the parachute strapped
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One of the ways that Christopher and his parents show affection for each other without excessive‚ physical contact is the special routines they have for each other. Christopher despises physical contact‚ so much so that he sometimes becomes violent when grabbed‚ like when a police officer does just that in the beginning of the novel. After Christopher is arrested for assault‚ his dad drives to the jailhouse to explain the situation. Christopher then describes how his father comforts him in similar
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Expository Essay English 2201 3/29/2012 Why do people smoke? Or choose to smoke? Adolescences have many choices to make as they develop into adulthood. Such choices include what career path they will take‚ and whether to attend university or collage. However‚ other than the huge decisions that will shape you as an adult‚ there are also many small decisions that can have the same effect on your life‚ such as weather you choose to smoke or not. Personally‚ I believe smoking is wrong. Smoking
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