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to this devastated area were, at least at first, characterized more appropriately as a series of errors and delays than as an effi...

building, there were 200 children killed as a result ("Pakistan puts quake toll at 18,000," 2005). One hospital collapsed as well ...

and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the South Pacific Division of the US Army Corps of E...

prescriptive because the focus is "on how decisions ought to be made" (Lahti, 2003). There are a number of assumptions underlying ...

Solutions to the Problem While the problem goes more to a lack of proper communication and decision-making, the truth is that t...

the other family members (U.S. Government, 2008). Other suggestions include ensuring that every family member has the phone number...

efforts of the international community" (Helton 192). The following examination of UN leadership looks specifically at its efforts...

Columbia disaster, it was determined that a multitude of the problem which had been uncovered during the investigation which took ...

Current Narrows Bridge is a great American saga. When Galloping Gertie splashed into Puget Sound, it created ripple effects across...

In five pages this Florida based investment brokerage and financial planning firm is considered in terms of a plan for disaster re...

has precedence over the states. In practice, it is cooperative federalism that has largely held sway. In Federalist 32, Alexande...

did X, Y would not have happened." Of course, they cannot know this for sure. At the same time, throwing up ones hands and claimin...

A decision support system (DSS) is software that is capable of using complex analytical models that can help support the decision ...

caused by seismic activity, by earthquakes and volcanic eruptions (Regulatory Intelligence Data, 1998). Tsunamis can also be caus...

period that passed from the time the first warnings of Hurricane Katrina were sounded, and the actual landfall of the storm. It se...

bad occurs, but they hardly remember the times when imminent danger was in the air. Even before 911, the government would plan for...

reports" (Subramanian, 2006, p. 1). It now includes things like the Internet, teleconferencing and other high tech communication m...

p. 1). It now includes things like the Internet, teleconferencing and other high tech communication methods (Subramanian, 2006). ...

to those impacts than are others. The normative, i.e. not so unique, stressors of Hurricane Katrina are characterized best ...

throughout the first two-thirds of the twentieth century reflects a cyclical recoil of increased famine deaths rather than what on...

by the government for UCIL where 50.9% of the remained in the ownership of Union Carbide Corporation (USA). This indicated the lev...

In sixteen pages the freight industry is discussed in terms of the role played by the English Channel tunnel and considers whether...

A 5 page exploration of Hemmingway's utilization of natural elements as symbols for human emotion. The universal themes of sorrow...

In five pages this paper examines what happens during a natural disaster to families and family relationship dynamics with coping ...

In five pages this paper considers the best way for the Bangkok government to deal with the financing which resulted from this dis...

In seven pages reactive and proactive strategies along with disaster recovery and balanced scorecards are among the topics discuss...

In a paper consisting of five pages computer systems protection through disaster recovery plans are discussed. Five sources are c...

In eight pages this research paper considers how a consultant would examine the Thiokol and NASA structural organizations that wer...

and made a disaster recovery plan for if the computer suffered blackout time this would not have been a problem of the same magnit...

In five pages the Heathrow Airport tunnel collapse is one of the engineering disasters considered in this ethical examination of c...