'The hazards presented by volcanic and seismic events have the greatest impact on the world’s poorest people'. To what extent do you agree with this view? Firstly I believe that this statement is true but only to a partial extent. Hazards presented by tectonic activity can be managed and controlled so their impacts are lessened and even not felt. However such management involves planning, prediction and action, all of which may cost considerable amounts of money, unavailable to the poorest people
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supplies and other things, such as cellphones. You are reaping the benefits of computers right now by finding the answer to your question. Sciences such as seismology (the study of earthquakes) help us to know when an earthquake is coming and where would be a safe place to escape to. It can also help to build more earthquake-resistant buildings by studying how the waves move and how to counteract them to avoid destruction. There are literally millions more application, but these are just a few examples
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2000). Objects in space aren’t the only challenges scientists face when trying to obtain measurement data. Earthquakes are a dangerous phenomenon caused by the shifting of Earth’s tectonic plates along its fault lines. Fault lines are many kilometers below the surface of the earth making any direct measurement methods extremely difficult. When the tectonic plates shift to cause an earthquake, energy is released and radiates out from the fault line similar to ripples in a pond. These energy
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essay is to identify and describe four human resource issues faced by the companies affected by the earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand. As a human resource consultant working for the New Zealand government, four human resource solutions will also be discussed and suggested in order to assist these companies with the problems faced after the earthquake. The key issues brought about by the earthquake are; the shrinking talent pool for staff and the senior management, a fall in demand, a decrease
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new territory thanks to the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. Neither the buyers nor the sellers knew that the recent addition's basement contained a seismic time bomb nearly ready to go off At around 2:15 a.m. on December 16, 1811, a series of massive earthquake pummeled what is now southeastern Missouri and northeastern Arkansas with ground motions so strong that trees snapped in two as they whipped back and forth. The landscape rose several meters in some areas and sank in others, changing the courses
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!"#$%&'"()*+,+ -."/"0)1+ 2"34*5/)+6'#*+++ Learning Goals (Earthquakes 4/5) •! •! List and describe the primary earthquake hazards Understand the importance of building design and ground conditions in earthquake damage to buildings and infrastructure Understand the basics of how buildings can be designed or retrofitted to better resist earthquakes (and reduce casualties and costs) Explain liquifaction and resonance and how those processes can affect buildings •! •! Upcoming Dates
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Tsunami Earthquake a surprise The unexpected disaster was neither the largest nor deadliest earthquake and tsunami to strike this century. That record goes to the 2004 Banda-Aceh earthquake and tsunami in Sumatra, a magnitude-9.1, which killed more than 230,000 people. But Japan's one-two punch proved especially devastating for the earthquake-savvy country, because few scientists had predicted the country would experience such a large earthquake and tsunami. The cause The 2011 Tohoku earthquake struck
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proposal to the CNO of the hospital related to interoperable electronic health records. According to the weather channel, our community is at risk for experiencing a major earthquake and our hospital lies within the boundaries of the fault line. This puts the hospital at high risk for experiencing severe damage if the earthquake does occur. First, we will start with using research-based best practices and how the interoperable electronic health records contribute to progress in research and evidence-based
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flock of birds, signaling a site outage. Synonym = Classical Explanation: I chose the word Classical, because the original word "iconic" means something that is original or well known of. In this case, "classical" fits well. 3. Following the earthquake that struck Haiti in January 2010, Twitter reaffirmed its role as a powerful tool for the dissemination of information. Synonym = Spread Explanation: I chose the word Spread, because the original word means to cover across or let known. In this
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influenced by human activity, making the impacts to people and the environment worse. Natural disasters are due to the nature of the disaster that cannot be changed or reduced in any way. One factor that supports this is the magnitude of the earthquake. Eg. Haiti earthquake of 2011 had a magnitude of 7.2 on the Richter scale. whereas Japans was a magnitude of 9.0. The higher magnitude would cause greater impacts such as destruction of infrastructure and greater deaths. This is proven as Japan had 18,000
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