Environmental Disasters For the purpose of this article an environmental disaster is defined as a specific event caused by human activity that results in a seriously negative effect on the environment. Sometimes a natural disaster can become an environmental disaster‚ but that is a topic to be discussed elsewhere. In most cases environmental disasters are caused by human error‚ accident‚ lack of foresight‚ corner cutting during industrial processes‚ greed‚ or by simple incompetence. In other
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Are we prepared for disasters? Disasters happen when a risk realized overwhelms the response capability of the community. Disaster can strike anywhere‚ anytime with or without warning. All countries are vulnerable to disasters and the only difference is how well the response of the community is. This is where Disaster Risk Management (DRM) comes in. DRM is a tool that organizes the communities’ resources and people to help them prepare for disasters and how to recover from it. This paper aims to
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D. ND2-01 1.Community Development “Preparation and readiness to cope with natural disasters ‚or climate change” People nowadays are not prepared for the calamity disasters especially for those who are in a rural place .Our government should make a way on how they will reached out for the people who are in need of information of the incoming disaster‚so that they will be awared on their community .Our government must have an activites like having earthquake drills that would inform the people
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Mutations A mutation is a type of change that happens in our DNA sequence. Some of the most common mutations are‚ a duplication where a body part is copied one or more times. Some more common mutations are a deletion where the number of DNA bases are changed‚ and another common mutation is an insertion where more DNA bases are added. A nucleotide mutation repeats short DNA sequences a number of times in a row. A substitution is where one or more bases in the DNA sequence is replaced by the same number
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James Watt made many contributions to this country during the Industrial Revolution. He made numerous improvements on the Newcome steam engine‚ invented the term horse power‚ and designed the Sun and Planet wheel. He contributed most of his life to make others’ lives easier and for them to prosper and grow. In 1763 John Anderson asked Watt to repair one of his steam engines which was an early version of a Newcome steam engine. This engine wasted a lot of time and fuel so it was economically inefficient
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CHAPTER 1 GURGAON DISTRICT PROFILE 1. Introduction The primary requirement for making disaster management plan is the reliable and upto date information about topography and socio- economic and climatic conditions of this region. This will help in identifying the areas vulnerable to environmental and manmade hazards. This chapter deals with the information on geographical aspects of Gurgaon district‚ its area‚ population distribution‚ climatic condition‚ physiographic divisions as well as geology
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Natural Disasters With the tropical climate and unstable landforms‚ coupled with high population density‚ poverty‚ illiteracy and lack of adequate infrastructure‚ India is one of the most vulnerable developing countries to suffer very often from various Natural Disasters‚ viz. flood‚ cyclone‚ earthquake‚forest fire‚ drought‚ etc. Asia tops the list of casualties due to natural disasters. Space technology plays a crucial role in efficient mitigation of disasters. Communication satellite provides
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and my dear friends! A very Good Morning to one and all present here. I am present before you today in this Elocution competition on behalf of my House to speak a few lines on the topic— “Corruption-greatest obstacle for the growth and development of our country.” Corruption is the abuse of entrusted power for private gain‚ is the single greatest obstacle to economic and social development around the world. Political corruption is the use of legislated powers by government officials for illegitimate
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Introduction Various disasters like earthquake‚ landslides‚ volcanic eruptions‚ fires‚ flood and cyclones are natural hazards that kill thousands of people and destroy billions of dollars of habitat and property each year. The rapid growth of the world’s population and its increased concentration often in hazardous environment has escalated both the frequency and severity of natural disasters. With the tropical climate and unstable land forms‚ coupled with deforestation‚ unplanned growth proliferation
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India‚ Pakistan‚ and Bangladesh are prone to natural disasters of various kinds on a continual basis. Coupled with high population density‚ poverty‚ illiteracy and lack of infrastructure‚ the natural disasters kill thousands of people and leave a devastating impact on economy and environment. The importance of telecommunication in disaster management has been widely accepted since the early days of the development of radio communication. Disasters can strike without warning at any time of the day or
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