PPT-Root Causes of Built Environment Disasters in the Developed World and Lessons for All

We spend 95 of our time in or around itbrFront line of defense against hazardsbrHumankinds largest investmentbrInvestment in next 3040 years will surpass all history. Built Environment Disasters in the Developed World . and Lessons . for . All Countries. Aris Papadopoulos. Retired CEO, Titan America. Past Chair, UNISDR Private Sector Advisory Group. Author, . Resilience – The Ultimate Sustainability. What Will the Rest of the Slides Cover. Definitions of development. Attributes of less-developed nations. Major theories and perspectives on development. Causes of poverty. Gender roles in the workplace and the place of women in the world economy. Developed:. Higher income. Industrial economies. Slow population growth. Stronger social support systems. Ex: US, Canada, Japan, Australia & countries of western Europe. B. . Developing:. 1.Lower income. MDC,. LDC, & HDI. More Developed Country. High Per Capita GDP. High Life Expectancy. High Literacy Rates. High Expected Years of Education. High % of Urban Population. Developed Infrastructure. Low Birth Rate . World Politics. Lecture 9. Key points from last time. Migration is an age old process and will therefore remain as a key political issue. Migration challenges key concepts in IR – particularly the concept of . “The Rise and Fall of World Communism”. 1917 - Present. The Cold War:. Nuclear Standoff & Third World Rivalry. The Arms Race. Race to create and amass the most nuclear weapons. Atomic and hydrogen bombs. Robert C. Newman. Only a century ago…. Many Bible commentators thought the disasters of Biblical prophecy were unrealistic.. So they saw:. Jesus’ descriptions of disaster in Matthew 24 as just the fall of Jerusalem in AD 70;. Dean’s Merit List. Recipients. Alexander Wei-Jian Lim. Alice . Xinyong. Mao. Ananta . Pradipta. Annabel Minji Kim. Berenice Shi-. Ya. Foo. Calista . Hiu. Ying Sam. Carolyn Alexandra Love. Charles Yu Chao Hung. in the World. A north/south model of classifying countries. Country Classification . How many countries are there in the world? This question is not as easy as it may seem to answer. The reality is that while there are perhaps 193 commonly accepted countries, many are still in dispute as independent nations, depending on the perspective. For example, many nations of the world consider Tibet and Taiwan to be countries in their own right, but China would disagree, and maintain that they are provinces of China. So what determines whether or not a region can claim to be a “country” or “nation”? . MONARCHY. Ruled by a king or queen. The ruler inherits power. Divine right of kings. Constitutional monarchy. Examples – King Louis XIV- France (15. th. century), United Kingdom-Queen Elizabeth II in Great Britain (presently). Standard of Living. . How can we measure standard of living?. Human Development Index. This is the United Nations ranking of countries to better understand economic and social development of the world. The HDI is calculated based on. B. y. Dr . R. ishu. . R. aj. Assistant . P. rofessor. MMC(PATNA UNIVERSITY). Introduction. It is . believed that the term was originally coined in times of the Cold War to distinguish those nations that are neither aligned with the West (NATO) nor with the East, the Communist block. Lessons that East Europe can Learn from the Failed Third World Countries. THE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROCESS. (A) DEFINITIONS - Technology . There is no consensus that how technology should be defined.. 2024/25. AND ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2020/2021 FINANCIAL YEAR. PRESENTATION TO DPWI PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE. Priscilla Mdlalose. 20 May 2020. 1. CONTENTS. MANDATE. Constitutional . Mandate. Legislative and Policy Mandates.