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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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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People like to be comfortable‚ it’s just part of our human nature. We can see this from the earliest stages of life in children. When kids are playing on the playground there is always a big group of them. If something is called into question‚ the kids
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The reason why people buy into conspiracy theories is a result of people having a sense of powerlessness and uncertainty‚ they can be caused by rational thinking‚ and people spend too much time on the internet and find exaggerated information that can possibly be false. Large numbers of disastrous events have been caused by conspiracy theories. For example‚ the Red Scare was caused by people thinking that Communists were out to get them. Conspiracy theories are everywhere and can cause usually rational
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Guns are a big problem‚ but they could also benefit people. Guns could be dangerous if they get in the wrong hands. It will be different if responsible people get guns and they have an important reason to own one. Gun laws could be less strict because some people use it for their job‚ and it makes families feel safe at home. Guns are used in jobs and they help protect and support them in their job.” At least 23% of jobs require guns and another 6% more could use a gun.” Guncontrol.com. Guns might
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Why are so many people fascinated with extraterrestrial life? One of the most logical answers to this question comes from the bible and our existence. Another answer is hormones in the brain and the affect our interests. The possibility that life besides our race exists in the universe intrigues many because it is an unanswered phenomenon. We enjoy the scare of thinking that there could be aliens out there with ten times the technology that our world has to offer. David Treybig says‚ "Interest in
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Why do people stay in toxic relationships? As humans we sometimes feel obligated to constantly search for love and acceptance. Wither it’s in family‚ friends or a significant other‚ we value other’s opinions over our own. Sometimes we mistake destruction for passion in a relationship. The highs and lows of the relationship become addictive and we begin to crave the pandemonium because we know at every low‚ the only way to go from there is up. When in a toxic relationship many people think that as
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It’s easy to blame individuals for engaging in illegal or unethical activities by assuming bad behaviour is an inherent personality trait. "Only shady people do shady things‚" right? We assume the CFO who reports false financial data and the hedge fund manager who commits insider trading do so because they are inherently "bad people." The maxim of individual responsibility is comforting because it implies that‚ to eradicate criminal or unethical behaviour‚ all we need to do is identify and weed
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Berlin Wall During August 13‚ 1951‚ the communist government of the German Democratic Republic began to build a barbed wire and concrete barrier between Eastern and Western Berlin; this was to keep Western Fascists from entering East Germany and undermining the socialist state. The Berlin Wall was built because of Economics and Political views. Economically‚ too many well-educated people moved from East Germany‚ and some worked in West Berlin and lived in East Berlin (it’s cheaper there)‚ so
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Why some people choke and others panic. Most people would think they are one in the same. Malcolm Gladwell explains the difference and distinction between the two in The Art of Failure. “To choke or panic is considered to be as bad as to quit.” said Gladwell. Choking is about thinking too much and panic is thinking too little. Explicit learning and implicit learning are used in helping to describe what it means to choke or panic in certain situations. Gladwell uses different scenarios of how failure
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