Cephalonia‚ Greece‚ 14-16 September 2006 A Six-step process for effective Crisis Management in the Port Industry EVANGELOS KOUNOUPAS‚ University of Piraeus‚ Department of Maritime Studies‚ 40‚ Karaoli & Dimitriou Str.‚ 185 32‚ Piraeus – Greece‚ Tel: +30 210 414 2535‚ Fax: +30 210 414 2569‚ Email: kounoupa@unipi.gr‚ kounoupa@ath.forthnet.gr ABSTRACT Crises often appear to be inevitable for a number of reasons. Traditional crisis management theory distinguishes between environmental factors and internal
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GLOBAL PROBLEM: RESPONSIBILITY FOR CLIMATE CHANGE Climate change is a tangible problem and its existence can no longer be denied. It is one of the most important scientific‚ economic threats facing to the earth. There are many factors lead to climate change‚ such as greenhouse gases‚ carbon dioxide‚ fossil fuels. Although it would be self-deception to believe that humans had nothing to do with it‚ the fact is that human activities caused negative effects on climate change. More people exploit more
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M ENG 102 – 32816 8 Oct. 2008 Climate Change’s Effects on Glacial Melting On the sheltered slopes of the highest peaks in Glacier National Park‚ in Montana‚ the beautiful and majestic landmasses known as glaciers are quickly melting away. These giant landmasses are found all over the world‚ on both North and South Poles‚ on all seven continents‚ and even on the high peaks in the tropical regions near the equator. Over the past few decades‚ the global climate has been subject to vast changes throughout
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Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in the Tourism Sector: U n i t e d N a t i o n s E n v i ro n m e n t P ro g r a m m e Frameworks‚ Tools and Practices UNEP MANUALS ON SUSTAINABLE TOURISM Copyright © United Nations Environment Programme‚ 2008 This publication may be reproduced in whole or in part and in any form for educational or non-proÄt purposes without special permission from the copyright holder‚ provided acknowledgement of the sourse is made. UNEP would appreciate
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hosted by Joe Rogan‚ Adam Cropp a documentary film maker gives his knowledge of climate change. Cropp begins by warning us that he is uncertain about the worlds future. Informing us what climate change really means and how it is going to affect the world in the long run. Cropp states‚ “Climate is weather over very large scales of time.” Along with that he also informs that there is a 40-year gap in pollution. The climate change that the world is experiencing currently is from pollution caused in the
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INTRODUCTION Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions or the distribution of events around that average (e.g.‚ more or fewer extreme weather events). Climate change may be limited to a specific region or may occur across the whole Earth. The most general definition of climate change is a change in the statistical properties of
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Climate change has many effects on New England food production. As the temperature rises the crops being grown currently can not survive the warmer climate and a valuable source of food and income has been lost. Farmers carefully plan their growing‚ planting‚ and harvesting seasons and if the temperatures are unpredictable a farmer’s crops could be ruined overnight. Many crops are affected by climate change. Different crops need to be grown at different temperatures in order to survive. New
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On frozen ponds; The impact of climate change on hosting pond hockey tournaments‚ discussed the study of climate and the effect on the huge pond hockey event. Some of the topics discussed in this article by the authors were: climate change‚ event management‚ sport tourism‚ and nostalgia. The authors: Sharane Fairley‚ Lisa Ruhanen‚ and Hannah Lovegrove break it down in several sections on what climate change has an impact on‚ which is a lot of things. The climate change study for pond hockey is
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Climate change in the Tundra will cause very alarming problems that hold the potential to affect the present generation and those to come. Climate change is an adjustment of global or regional weather patterns. The Tundra has a frigid climate‚ frozen soil‚ and animals such as lemmings and polar bears. Additionally‚ there are flowers and grasses throughout the land. Nutrients for such plants come from dead and decomposing biological matter. Essentially all the precipitation is in the form of snow
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Essay on Climate Change By: Dr. Ricky Rood‚ 3:06 PM GMT on July 26‚ 2008 +2 This blog is a little different. It is more on the spirit of an essay or analysis‚ maybe‚ op-ed. It is strongly influenced by writing this blog and reading the comments. ---- The predictions of climate change provide us knowledge of the future. These predictions are not like those from a crystal ball; they are not magic. Neither are the predictions speculation nor are they opinion. The predictions are based on scientific
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