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...?Japan is one of the richest countries in the world and a member of the prestigious G8 group. The gross domestic product per capita of Japan is $32,600 (CultureGrams). On March 11, 2011 Japan was struck by tragedy when it was hit by the 4th largest earthquake in mankind’s history. The massive 9.0 earthquake and its subsequent tsunami devastated the people of Japan. The tsunami drowned entire villages. Over 13,000 people lost their lives in the natural disaster and over 14,000 additional people still missing (Gather). The earthquake that hit Japan along with causing great...
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...and the devastating effect of it are still not very clear as compared to the two nuclear accidents of the past which occurred in Three Mile Island in the United States of America in 1979 and Chernobyl in Ukraine in 1986. In both cases, however, excess heat caused the fuel rods to melt, (2) but in the case of Japan water came into a very good use in order to avoid much or most of this meltdown. These natural disasters also trigger the need and the inevitable rationing of pure uncontaminated water due to its scarcity even though the earth is made up of a vast expanse of water. There was a high water shortage after the earthquake and tsunami. In the Ibaraki...
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...knowledge and control over the world. Scientists and researchers have tried to devise techniques to find out a solution to these occurrences but they have not achieved success in this field. A tragic natural disaster hit the country of Japan on the 11 march 2011. This tragic occurrence was analyzed to be the worst earthquake that had occurred in the history of the country and was highlighted to have set up alarms up till the United States and the South America. The earthquake was accompanied with a tsunami and resulted in a nuclear disaster in the country which was termed to have a higher severity than...
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...Comparative Post Disaster Report Introduction 3 Buncefield Explosion 3 Mitigation Measures 5 Disaster Preparedness 6 Social, Economic and Environmental Impact a Comparative Study 6
Conclusion 10
References 11
Introduction
Disasters although are not the norm and the usual occurrence but they are very much part of our lives. The degree and types of disasters vary. Some are natural disasters which cannot be avoided but some only occur due to our mistakes and can be avoided. Disaster is a phenomenon that can be natural or man-made and can be disastrous especially if no preventive...
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...currents (IAEA ,2011). However, it has been estimated that for these to reach waters of other pacific countries it may take months or even years. Disturbing information in this regard is that Japanese authorities have not taken measures to stop or even regulate fishing in sea outside the immediate boundary of the water area which was evacuated after the nuclear disaster. The largest medium of contamination in the case of Fukushima is through air (RIA Novosti ,2011) . It has been proved by studies that these elements can be transported o long distances through atmosphere. This is the most difficult scenario in the case of Fukushima as this is very difficult to control (RIA Novosti, 2011)...
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...destroyed nuclear facilities located north of Tokyo. The government of Japan estimated the damage of the quake at $309 billion which was much higher compared to damage caused by the Hurricane Katrina in America. Effects of the Earthquake. When earthquakes occur they cause tsunamis, this water moves in the form of waves and travels long distances at high speeds demolishing everything in their path. The magnitude of the quake, the volume of water displaced, and the topography of the ocean/sea floor determines the height and destructiveness of tsunamis. After the quake, strong waves hit Japan’s Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures damaging numerous coastal...
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...it difficult to change the constitution because of the embedded original idea of federalism. For example, the USA has had about 11000 amendment attempts since 1789, with only 27 being successful after 230 years (Becerra politifact.com) , compared to Britain that recorded numerous reforms affecting referendums, electoral, regional governments and house of lords activities within 1992 to 2001 (“Constitutional reform” historylearningsite.co.uk). The procedure in theUS is quite onerous and intends to prevent arbitrary changes to the original documents, which is extensive enough to allow participation of the relevant authority right from states to national levels that support efficient decision making without being...
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...American versus Japanese Profile The education system varies in different countries due to several factors. By doing standardization tests do we gauge almost accurately the competitiveness of scholars globally. Standardization tests help get the best of scholars globally to perform well when placed in different learning environments other than their own country.
Comparing my test scores in UAE from the results of my fellow students of the same grade, I would say they are uniform. In UAE, the government has strived to provide the same curricula for its studying population. This makes my educational achievements equally competitive to another student’s academic...
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...Crisis Management- Japan Earthquake al affiliation Crisis Management- Japan Earthquake It is unfortunate that Japan has experienced several disasters as a result of earthquakes and Tsunamis. Having had such a history, it would be expected that Japan would have had ways to manage recurrent earthquakes. In fact, Japan has for a long time been known for disaster management skills (Christopher 2014). In 2013, Japan was hit by yet another earthquake. This...
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