A.Karthick RCET. DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND MITIGATION. The term ‘disaster mitigation’ is variously understood by different people in different disciplines. The meaning of the
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Piper Alpha Disaster Subject : Engineering Application of Information Technology (EAT 106) Name : Ravin Raj A/L Vijaya Kamaraj Course : Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) Mechanical Student ID : SCM-013090 Lecture : Cik Anis ------------------------------------------------- Abstract The case study was done on the Piper Alpha disasters which happened in 1988. First the management and the operation process is analysed and studied hence to the structure. Secondly the cause of accident
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The initial point is regulating the process through flood mitigation approach filled by making people a part of process through recreation and aesthetics‚ water quality as a tool ‚ where the development would undergo certain restrictions. The next phase is the long term process where the scope gets widened
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Hope is something we all want when it comes to getting your favorite food or hanging out with your friends. Maddie is not your average girl and wants to get out of rehab and stop her drug and alcohol addictions. “Recovery Road” has a very clear theme wich is there is always hope. Maddie goes through alot in the book but she never truly gives up. When she got to highschool after her time in rehab she thought she would never get into a collage or stop her drug and alcohol problems. Maddie thought
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plays an important role in maritime transportation for both exports and imports. In March 2011‚ the world was affected when Japan was struck with natural disasters (Earthquake and Tsunami). This sudden disaster sent everyone around the world into frenzy. It affected Japan’s ports‚ shipping and logistics. As a result of the natural disasters‚ ports in the northern area of Japan had to stop operations after the Tsunami washed away port facilities‚ leaving the area in tatters. Ports such as Hachinohe
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Natural disasters and human emergencies are recurring phenomenon’s that leave disastrous effects in their wake. On 12th January 2010‚ a major earthquake of a 7.0 magnitude on the Richter scale hit Haiti. The catastrophic quake centred about 15 miles South West of Port-au-Prince left considerable damage to a majority of towns in the country including the capital city. According to UN reports‚ of the total 9 million people in the country‚ the earthquake has affected half of the population. About 222
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before. Water seeped into houses and in a matter of minutes‚ reached 30 feet. The speed of the flood took everyone by surprise. People have gone to their rooftops or their neighbor’s roofs to save themselves. Rich or poor‚ everyone was caught off guard and no one was spared in this massive flood. Picture this‚ this is a place where I have spent 34 years of my life and never had I encountered such a disaster. This is the national capital region of the Philippines. So‚ whatever happened to Manila?
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Spontaneous Recovery and Extinction Spontaneous recovery from extinction is one of the most basic phenomena of Pavlovian conditioning. Although it can be studied by using a variety of designs‚ some procedures are better than others for identifying the involvement of underlying learning processes. A wide range of different learning mechanisms has been suggested as being engaged by extinction‚ most of which have implications for the nature of spontaneous recovery. However‚ despite
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Thurgood Marshall Biography In this is biography I will be talking about a man named Thurgood Marshall‚ my biography will start to talk about why Thurgood Marshall is important‚ Thurgood Marshall is important because he was a U.S. Supreme Court Justice and also a Civil Rights Advocate. My second thing that I will talk about is personal information about Thurgood Marshall. One personal thing about Thurgood Marshall is that his real name is Thoroughgood Marshall but in second grade he shortened
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When floods develop‚ the places in which they do so are called water sheds. These water sheds can be either man made or they can be natural. A watershed is defined as an area that is between a land mass and a water source. A watershed can be a lake or a river. If this particular watershed is working appropriately‚ then the water should be drained into the ground naturally. However‚ if there is too much snowfall or rainfall‚ then the watershed cannot hold so much water and this results in overflowing
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