Bangladesh Natural Disaster Profile Basic Facts: Area: 144‚000 km2 Coastline: 580 km Population: 141‚340‚476 GDP (PPP): $258.8 billion GDP Per Capita: $1‚900 Population Below Poverty Line: 35.6% Natural Disaster Risk Hotspots: Cyclones Droughts Earthquakes Floods Landslides Natural Disaster Risk Hotspots (Weighted by Mortality) Cyclones Droughts Earthquakes Floods Landslides EM-DAT Information (1907-2004): Disaster Cyclone Drought Earthquake Flood Volcano
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of which we are just discovering today. The most important problem started by the industrial revolution is a significant increase in Carbon Dioxide emission‚ which leads to global warming. Globe warming brings about various natural disasters. The most significant disaster is the rising of sea level. Global warming increases the melting of the polar ice caps‚ which brings about a rise in sea level. As sea level rises‚ islands near sea level sink into the sea. Residents on these islands lose their
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Natural human caused Disasters 1. The rig’s malfunctioning blowouts preventer ultimately failed‚ but it was needed only because of human errors. Those errors originated with a team of BP engineers in Houston‚ such as 1. Fewer barriers to gas flow 2. Fewer centralizers to keep cement even 3. No bond log to check cement integrity 4. Pressure test misinterpreted 5. Mud barrier removed early 6. Blowouts preventer failed. 2. In the months following the Gulf oil disaster‚ wildlife managers‚ rescue crews
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houses were destroyed and over 3000 need to be resettled - Sources of information: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/26/mount-elgon-landslide-2012-missing-uganda_n_1626893.html and http://www.rnw.nl/africa/article/hundreds-homeless-many-watchful-after-uganda-mudslide - Rank: 3rd - Criteria for Ranking: 113 death - Date: February 6‚ 2012 - Location: Visayas‚ Philippines (near island of Negros‚ and Cebu) - Type: Earthquake (Magnitude 6.7) - Description: The earthquake resulted in an estimated
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Differences of East and West European Economies Before and After Communism After World War II‚ Europe was divided along the Iron Curtain‚ a political‚ military‚ and ideological barrier constructed by the Soviet Union to separate itself and its allies from noncommunist areas. The West‚ defined by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)‚ members were Belgium‚ Canada‚ Denmark‚ France‚ Iceland‚ Italy‚ Luxembourg‚ the Netherlands‚ Norway‚ Portugal‚ the United Kingdom‚ and the United States
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Witnessing human terror since ages‚ the valley is under the threat of floods due to a week long incessant rain which is affecting the rescue operations as well. The Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on Sunday declared the situation a "national-level disaster"‚ and announced a special assistance of Rs 1‚000 crores for the flood-hit state‚ from PM’s relief fund. River Jhelum flowing 14 feet above the danger mark. Homes‚ military bases and hospitals inundated in the region’s main city Srinagar as the
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The Impacts of Natural Disasters on the Tourism Industry THM 1311 Intro. to Tourism & Hospitality Management Samantha Salamon THM 1311 Introduction to Tourism and Hospitality Management The Impacts of Natural Disasters and on the Tourism and Hospitality Industry Table of Contents Introduction Why Study the Impacts of Natural Disasters on the Tourism Industry? Taiwan Earthquake of 1991 Japan Earthquake of 2011 Market Rebuilding/Hurricane Katrina Works Cited page 1 page 2 pages 3-4
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A natural disaster is the happening of a dangerous hazardous event‚ which can cause damages for the societies (Petrucci‚ 2012). Floods are one of the most common natural disasters over the world and they have occasional devastating influences in developed as well as developing countries (Ahern‚ 2005). Recently the floods increasingly happen over the world in general and specially in Australia. For example‚ a sequence of floods in Queensland in early December 2010 did happen and led to a damage of
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Cuba Before and After the Cuban Revolution How would you feel if your country makes some drastic changes just because one person decides to do it? Since the Cuban Revolution‚ Cuba has had a lot of changes‚ starting from the economy situation‚ consumerism‚ education and employment. In the 1950’s Cuba was economically a relatively advanced country‚ but the economy since 1959 have been going down the scale like water from the Niagara Falls and never recuperated. Before the revolution the value of
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Life changed forever for the mainly Hakka community of Bukit Merah after Asian Rare Earth Sdn Bhd (ARE) began operations there in July 1982 to extract yttrium‚ a rare earth‚ from monazite. Within a few years‚ the villagers began noticing physical defects in their newborns‚ and at least eight leukaemia cases were confirmed. Medical examinations on children in the area found that nearly 40% of them suffered from lymph node diseases‚ turbinate congestion and recurrent rhinitis. Seven of the leukaemia
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