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Tsunamis

Introduction
A tsunami (“a wave in port” in Japanese) are the marine gravity waves that are extremely large in length and height, and are the result of the up or down shift of ocean bottom areas with strong underwater and coastal earthquakes, occasionally, though, are the result of volcanic eruptions and other tectonic processes. Tsunamis are among those few natural disasters that are capable of causing huge numbers. First chapter of this research is dedicated to the causes of tsunami, wave formation mechanism, and waves’ various characteristics. The topic of the conducted research is highly relevant to our area if ...

Discussion of the crisis issues associated with the Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster in 2004

Management in crisis is a tough enough situation. However, the horrific onslaught of a suddenly unexpected tsunami literally crashing dramatically upon one’s doorstep is simply unthinkable. The inconceivable occurred in Indonesia, when the Aceh-stimulated earthquake stirred the violent killer waves in 2004 costing the lives of 127,000 people, roughly half a million injured – leaving behind potential scores of disease-prone epidemics and mourning of loved ones (Pascapurnama, Murakami, Chagan-Yasutan, Hattori, Sasaki & Egawa 2016). One international journalist and helper in the aftermath of the Indonesian Indian Ocean Earthquake Tsunami disaster, Bill Nicol, in his book Tsunami Chronicles, described the ...

Introduction

There are various reasons and factors that can impact the tourism and economic sector. The natural disasters can hinder the development, scare foreigners and result in the negative impacts on the travel and tourism in the country. The earthquake and tsunami in the Japan in the year 2011 left many consequences of which many are still visible today. On one side, Japan is a known country prone to the various natural disasters, but on the other, one of the most developed and most prepared for the unfortunate events. Natural disasters can have long lasting effect on the tourism, but ...

The word tsunami is a Japanese word used to describe damaging sea waves caused by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and or landslides occurring on the ocean floor (Phillips, 2011). A direct translation of the Japanese phrase translates to harbor wave. Tsunamis are notorious for their deadly effects to life and infrastructure of coastal cities. While tsunami waves are slightly above normal in height, they span hundreds of kilometers in length.
Over the past century, several parts of the globe have been devastated by tsunamis. However, Japan and Indonesia remain the most affected in regards to tsunami frequency, magnitude and estimated ...

- Introduction
- Opening Statement
- Thesis Statement: Tsunamis are waves formed due to heightened activity beneath the ocean floor, such as earthquakes, explosions and landslides, which foster huge displacements of water from the ocean surface.
- Tsunami
- Tsunamis and its Causes
- Characteristics of Tsunamis
- Conclusion
- Preparing for Tsunamis
- Conclusion

Tsunamis

It has been almost two years since the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami disaster, which made millions weary of the destructive power of tsunamis as it struck Northern Japan powerless. The tsunami did not just render ...

Among numerous natural disasters tsunami turns out to be rather unpredictable: caused by various underwater activities (earthquakes, landslides or even meteorite) tsunami may adversely affect one seaside and make no tangible harm on the other (Tsunamis). Coastal regions are extremely tsunami-prone, and unsurprisingly the USA and Japan encounter the worst influence of the natural catastrophe. One of the most devastating tsunamis of this century took place in 2011 in Japan, and the residents of the country are still recovering from its long-lasting effects (Oskin, B. B., 2015).
The 2011 tsunami was caused by the powerful earthquake, and similarly to ...

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Introduction 3
Geological Environment and Processes Responsible 4
Geological and Topographical Features of the Plate Margin 6
Human and Environmental Impacts 8
Discussion 10
Conclusions 11

Introduction

On 11 April 2012 two huge earthquakes occurred beneath the floor of the Indian Ocean, off the coast of North Sumatra. Registering a magnitude of 8.6, the first was followed by another of 8.2 magnitude, which scientists subsequently identified as an aftershock. Neither triggered a large scale tsunami, which scientists attribute to the movement being of the “strike-slip” type, rather than the “thrust” type. However, strike-slip earthquakes are normally of a ...

Contributions made by the United Nations to disaster management.

In the 21st Century, there has been the continuous increase in the disastrous occurrences. Any of these has been natural disasters while others are man-made disasters. A disaster is a disruption of the normal functioning of a given locality causing widespread and enormous human, material, economic or environmental losses exceeding the affected community's ability to cope with the losses. This means that the affected community may not be able to fund or handle the scope of losses and effects after the disaster using its resources which are limited. Disasters in this case mainly result from a combination of hazards, ...

Is The Day After Tomorrow for Real?

Is The Day After Tomorrow for Real?
The blockbuster Hollywood movie The Day After Tomorrow has taken interesting attention from the public – particularly the political and scientific communities. The film depicts our world having global super storms, which are caused by an abrupt climate change due to Earth’s global warming. Unimaginable drastic weather disasters were unleashed, significantly destroying major cities including Tokyo, Los Angeles, and New York in just a matter of few days. Brick-sized hails hit Tokyo; lots of triple-sized tornados ravaged Los Angeles; and an extraordinary tsunami and blizzards invaded New York. It is clear that, ...

Unrestrained Forces of Nature

Throughout human history, natural disasters are one of the unhindered events in everybody’s life. These natural disasters go in variety: earthquake, tsunami, hurricane, flood, avalanche, heavy typhoon, and so on. No matter how great the development of technology and knowledge of men is these events simply come natural. However, being natural doesn’t mean that they come into effect without any cause from natural and/or unnatural things. This is the reason why for years, men became able to predict the occurrence of such disasters. A prediction is not the information on where exactly a disaster will occur or which ...

Democracy is not only about water, but it is also about the decisions that affect people on a daily basis, for instance, what they eat and drink. The people of the Andean city of Cochabamba ordinary working people battled with the police as they demonstrated against privatization of water supply in the city. Olivera Oscar was the chief mastermind of the demonstration. The government of Bolivia wanted to sell the supply of the city’s water to a subsidiary of Bechtel Corporation, a US-based company. Privatization and neoliberalism of the public resources have brought no good to the general public other than ...

Crazy Like Us is a book written by Ethan Watters. Through this book, Ethan explores the spread of anorexia, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and schizophrenia. Through case studies, the author explains the causes, and symptoms of Anorexia in Hong Kong, depression in Japan, post-traumatic stress disorder in Sri Lanka, and how Schizophrenia came to Zanzibar. Moreover, he explains how these disorders are prevalent in the Eastern nations due to the American influence. In addition, Ethan Watters outlines the implications of the American influence, and the urgent need to treat these illnesses in a culturally suitable framework. Ethan states that, American influence ...

The Quileute tribe is one of the smallest tribal groups of the America which is located mainly in the La Push, Washington on the shores of Pacific Ocean. The Quileute tribal settled in United States of America in the year 1855 after executing Quinault agreement. The Quileute tribal are known for their cultural distinctions and lifestyle. The Quileute tribes are mainly dependent on fishing and crafting for their livelihood. If we look at their history, they are very good boat makers. They are able to built variety of boats which could be used for cargo carrying. Over the period ...

After 9/11, the Patriot Act was promulgated to protect the collective security of the people . Some of people’s liberties—especially the right to privacy—had to be curtailed to trace possible sources of terrorism. Under the circumstances of 9/11, these seemed to be acceptable practices. In situations such as war of that of 9/11 (the US eventually went to war against Iraq), curtailment of people’s rights are expected and are acceptable practice. In different contexts however, the application of such laws can be perceived as abuse and discrimination.

Not all crises is war

Hurricane Katrina was one of the strongest hurricanes to ...

Japan is a mountainous region where arable land is scarce and therefore Japan is far from food self-sufficiency, importing 60% of its annual grains consumed (McDonald, 2011). Rice is a national crop in Japan, and the government has put subsidies and support means to encourage its farmers to produce rice in large quantities for its population. Once the earthquake hit Japan and consequently by the tsunami, the country was left with destroyed land and infrastructure. Lands were flooded therefore, agricultural activities couldn’t take place and, even after flooding the land could not be used because of the salt left behind ...

Search and Rescue (SAR) is a practice done to salvage people from disasters. This practice is done by professionals who are specialized in particular disasters, for instance, following a hurricane or earthquake. These professionals serve to protect life to the best of their ability in each and every operation they encounter. As such, they need as much information before venturing into a potentially life-threatening disaster area. A mechanism is, therefore, required to provide all the necessary information to the SAR professionals. An excellent solution is this scenario would be an unmanned aerial vehicle that can record and relay real-time ...

In early 2011, an earthquake hit the Northeastern part of Japan and tsunami ensued. The tsunami breached a nuclear power plant operated by Tokyo Electric Power Company at Fukushima Daiichi. The damage caused to the plant ignited interest in safety of nuclear power plants. In the United States, the electricity generation industry conducted in depth reviews of the Fukushima disaster in order to fortify its nuclear plants from similar misfortunes. Based on the findings established from the review, nuclear plants have taken measures in the last five years to ramp up safety. To verify the safety of nuclear plants ...

The Fukushima Daichi is a technological disaster triggered by natural calamities on March 11th, 2011, when a massive earthquake measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale hit Japan. The earthquake originated from Honshu Island, and it created a tsunami. Following the tremor, reactors one, two and three automatically shut down. Reactors 4, 5 and 6 had been previously shut down for maintenance and repairs. Due to felled power supply lines, the Fukushima Daichi reactor complex was cut off from the electricity grid. As the operating reactors had shut down, they could not generate power for them to cool down, and ...

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Social, economic and environmental effects of Fukushima Nuclear Accident

The year 2011 has been a year of extensive natural environmental disaster. Not only the Japanese Earthquake and consequent Tsunami have caused destruction, the following incident of Fukushima nuclear power reactors affected and implied a societal and economic disaster. A big question is that how Japan will fully recover from this environmental, social, agricultural as well as economic calamity? Destroyed buildings, ruined farmlands, collapsed economy and the threat of nuclear radiation in the air, how long it will affect the Japanese population (Hasegawa, 2013).
The double disaster ...

Global Force of Good: The United States of America

Since the end of the Second World War and the Cold War, the United States has often been regarded as the world’s most powerful nation today. In the political, economic and social sector, the country often served as the leader of the international community while some saw the country as a role model for change and democracy. However, in times of conflict and disasters, the United States is one of the first few who would respond and send in the US military to help nations in need. Critics may find this action by the United States questionable considering the ...

After a couple of months since the Tohoku disaster last March and criticisms judging his leadership capabilities while in crisis, Naoto Kan finally resigns as Japan’s Prime Minister with just 14 months in office. Kan states that he has managed to fulfill his position as Prime Minister and two of his three key legislations passed despite the opposition from the Liberal Democratic Party ruling most of the seats in both legislative branches. He believed that he had done everything that he could and it is time for Japan to have a new leadership that would continue what he has failed ...

Response

The crustal instability and volcanic activity are the factors playing extremely important role in Southeast Asian realm’s present and future. Being part of the Pacific ring of fire, this realm experiences severe earthquakes and tsunamis rather often. For instance, in 2004 a 1000 km underwater rupture caused a tsunami that led to death of around 230,000 people in the region (Shah). Eventually, it also led to serious destruction and large economic loss. Given that the countries of the realm never were the top of the list developed countries, rather harsh physiographic condition come as an extra obstacle ...

A powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake ripped through central Chile on the fateful morning of 27th February 2010. The epicenter was 100 kilometers north-northwest of Chile. The devastation was massive and economic and ecological impacts were debilitating. This paper attempts to present a detailed report on the aftershocks of the earthquake. A comprehensive discussion is expected to impart a holistic understanding of various consequences of this natural disaster.
Chilean earthquake, marked as the 5th strongest earthquake since 1900, significantly altered geographical boundaries. The city of Concepcion shifted around three meters to the west, and the capital Santiago moved eleven inches ...

Identification of Supply Chain Risks in India and China with Proposed Solutions

Introduction
As the business world is getting more complex with the rise of globalization pressures and increasing intensity of the global competitive forces, it is critical that organizations must deal with certain risks they are exposed to. Operating in multiple markets with integration into the global economy, businesses face enormous challenges and risks that not only raise the cost of doing business but also cause the loss of competitive edge in the respective market arena. It is necessary that organizations willing to expand their operational activities in other countries should anticipate different risks they are going to face while ...

In supply business, the duties of a supply chain manager are to work with manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, retailers and customers. The sale of goods and the services for delivery are managed by them. The supply chain managers must be well acknowledged about the market, and they must have a keen decision making capability so that they can accomplish their goals. The managers are expected to have knowledge about procurement; quality, service, and project management; production planning; transportation and inventory control. The supply chain managers must be able to counter any day to day changes and apply strategies to overcome the problems. ...

Japan’s immediate response to correct the impact of the accident

In March 11, 2011 Japan experienced one of the biggest, most catastrophic natural disaster. This refers to the tsunami that was triggered by the 9.0 magnitude Earthquake that hit the country at 2:49pm, JST. The impact of the tsunami and earthquake resulted to over 15,889 casualties (National Police Agency of Japan, 2013) and US$500 billion worth of economic loss (American Nuclear Society, 2012). Among the biggest impact of the calamity involved the destruction of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster that resulted to the release of radioactive materials into the waters and grounds of Japan. In addition, a 10 ...

An Objection to Augustine’s Response to the Problem of Evil in On the Free Choice of the Will

A contemporary Catholic apologist sums up the problem of evil nicely: “If God is so good, why is his world so bad?” (Kreeft 54). In this paper, Augustine’s response to the problem of evil will be analyzed and found to be lacking as an adequate resolution to the problem. The paper that follows is a reflection based on the readings from From Plato to Derrida, paying special attention to Augustine’s texts on evil. Augustine tries to attack what we mean when we say “evil,” but his argument insufficiently glosses over the larger issue of human suffering, and what ...

The pacific ring of fire is known as a home of repeated earthquakes as well as for a huge number of volcanic explosions. This 40000 kilometer landscape has almost 75 % of the active and inactive volcanoes of this planet. 80 to 90 % earthquakes of the earth takes place in this region alone which makes it one of most seismic and turbulent terrains of the world. This paper intends to discuss the pacific ring of fire and several other related aspects along with discussing the hazards or disasters that it has caused.
The pacific ring of fire is in a horseshoe shape ...

1. Wildfire risk assessment using Geographic Information System (GIS) is an essential tool for tracking the increasing number of fires around the world. NASA has updated maps available daily on its Earth Observatory website. The terrible July 2012 wildfire in Colorado was first reported on June 23 in Pike National Forest. The TERRA satellite was able to track the movements of the fire from space. It is hard to track a fire from the ground because a fire moves wherever the wind pushes it. Even today the map is available at http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov which shows the burn area of the fire. The ...

In the awake of the recent natural disasters such as the earthquake, emergency and disaster planning has to be taken into consideration. The process involves coordinated and co-operative measures of preparedness that would be able to match the urgent needs using the available resources. The natural disasters are usually repeated events that have their root cause just like any other occurrence, thus the need for scientific preparedness or measures (Scheer,42).
Scientific tests provide a collaborative effort that establishes and sustain a natural disaster through scientific research which enables the emergency planners, the affected community and the responders to ...

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Japan is one of the oldest and key economies in East Asia. Situated on a small land base, the country is home to 127 million people, with 6.1 million men and 6.5 million women. The country is mostly mountainous with 85% coverage but also very urbanized and industrialized. The three main metropolitan areas are Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya and are located in the lowlands, along with the agricultural lands. Since there is competition for agriculture and human ...

Our lives are unpredictable and we can never know what will happen the next moment. The psychology of human beings is a thing which decides the way of human’s behavior in this or that situation. Whether we act like heroes or hide in the corner depends on the personality type and the knowledge a person possesses about that ways of behavior in that particular emergency case. There are many ways to be aware of the emergency case managing and the government provides the population with the programs which are aimed to help people “to save and sustain lives, ...

Introduction

Political equality is a situation where citizens in the country can vote to elect their leaders. It entails different aspects, where they have equal authority, participation and equal opportunities. Additionally, it involves equal involvement of citizen in different agendas political agendas without prejudice. Political equality also means that restrictions and laws apply similarly to people no matter the position in life. Political equality and political effectiveness are crucial in national security concerns and vital in an emergency department. In terms equality, robust equality is needed in the context of human rights and terms of a legal order.
Historically, national security ...

It may be a mere co-incidence or accidental turn of events that the theme, concept, content, genre and approach of two generically different kinds of books can have so much of close association. In order to appreciate this feature, an analytical study of the following two books was made.

1: Technical Book:

- Description: A supplement for undergraduate and Graduate Investments Courses.
- Publisher: Prentice Hall, 5th Edition (January 8, 2013)
- Language: English
- Paperback: 160 Pages
2. Non-fiction Book
- Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company
- Contents: 213 pages
- Language: English
3. Article ...

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Introduction

Dooms day for mankind has been one of the most famous themes in science fictions whether in movie or in print. Such themes create interesting scenarios on how society would react when it faces extinction. As depicted in the novel World War Z (WWZ), the threat of human extinction was characterized by an infectious disease that turns normal people into flesh eating zombies. Just like most zombie genres, the infection can only be transmitted through biting and perhaps intravenously. Fear factor is also apparent since zombies can only be terminated when their brain is destroyed. The zombie is a ...

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Seiichi Tanaka as their Grand master founded Taiko Dojo in 1968. San Francisco Taiko Dojo was the first group to perform taiko in North America. It has been a link, which primarily connects North America and the Japanese branches and their art form. Tanaka the master of taiko beliefs that, for one to play taiko perfectly, he or she needs to develop an interest in the art and forms of taiko. He does not need to have Japanese heritage or ethnicity. Tanaka has promoted the growth of taiko. Taiko has grown both in and outside japan. Since the founding of ...

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This paper has discussed the impact of the Internet on children. Children have been targeted for this study because they are more vulnerable to different effects than adults are. Furthermore, children go through different stages of development. Therefore, it is important to assess the impact of the Internet on them. The argument, which has been tested in this paper, is that does the Internet makes children smarter or social. In this paper, the impact of the Internet will be evaluated on the smartness and social activities of children (James 7). This essay argues that the use of Internet is ...

Proposal for the Analysis of “Global Financial Crisis-2007”

During our lifetime we have seen many small and big recessions in different financial markets across the globe. The biggest of them all in last eighty years is definitely the Global Financial Crisis of 2007 which is also known as Subprime Financial Crisis. It being by far the most discussed economic topic of our times, lots of things have been said about why it happened and how it could have been averted. Still we are struggling to get out of the deep rooted impact it left upon the global economy.

The Global Financial Crisis did not just happen overnight. ...