PPT-Natural Disasters and Sweatshops

Last Notes for this Unit The Ring of Fire Many Japanese cities are threatened by earthquakes This is because Japan is part of the Ring of Fire A chain of volcanoes that line the Pacific Rim . . Chapter 18 . The Future: Where Do We Go From Here?. We Are The Problem. Problems arise when people put themselves where they can be impacted by major natural events. Building in the floodplain. Building in lahar channels. 1820-Present. 1820–1880: The Seamstress Impoverished . Seamstresses were familiar figures in early 19th-century American cities, filling the needs of an expanding garment industry. . Working at home, they stitched bundles of pre-cut fabric into clothing worn by Southern slaves, Western miners, and New England gentlemen. . - THE PROBLEM.  . ONLINE GAME.  . PRIMARK COLLAPSE. SWEATSHOP. a factory or . workshop. . where . workers are employed at very low wages for long hours and under poor conditions.. NEGATIVE (NIKE). Sweatshops.. In Australia, there are 300,000 people making clothes for our major retailers, designers and. suppliers of school uniforms, who work for between $2 and $3 an hour.. They have no or minimal entitlements (holidays, sick leave etc), work in conditions that risk their. Statistics 2011. 332 Natural Disasters were recorded. Killed 30,773 people. 244.7 million victims of these disasters. Costs $366.1 billion. China, the United States, the Philippines, India and Indonesia constitute together the top 5 countries that are most frequently hit by natural disasters. . Cyclone . Thunderstorm. Wild fire. What is the connection between these pictures?. Tsunami . Land slide. What is the connection between these pictures?. Floods. Drought . Answers. Cyclone Thunderstorms Wildfire. How does this impact on continuity planning?. Welcome to Queensland Rail. Housekeeping. Toilets. Drinks. Evacuation procedures. Feedback and Continuity Forum . information. Safety Share. The socialisation of risk. Earthquakes, Tsunamis. Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Ice Storms. Volcano's. H1N1, . Zika. Virus. Forest Fires. Plague of Locusts. Joel. I. Something To Tell Your Children About . 1-4. Hear 2a. Question 2b. Prof. Dr. Jan D. Reinhardt. 1,2. 1. Institute . for. . Disaster. Management . and. . Reconstruction. . of. . Sichuan. University . and. Hong Kong . Polytechnic. University, Chengdu, China. 2 . . – . A cheap alternative and foreign economic stimulus?. or a series of brutal exploitations?. Why International Factories?. Cheaper. Less skilled work needed. Faster. Saves skilled workers for more skilled work. WP2.1 . & WP2.2 Development of master curricula in WB . HEIs. Prof. Giuseppe Tito . Aronica. University of Messina – Department of Engineering, . ITALY. Slavisa Trajkovic, M. i. lan Gocic. University of Nis, Serbia. Unit Four Emergency Management in the United States This unit describes emergency management in the United States It defines the four phases of emergency management as well as other important te Tornadoes. A tornado is a violent, dangerous, rotating column of the earth with the base of a cumulonimbus cloud.. Tornadoes come in many different shapes and sizes but are in form of a funnel. . There narrow end touches the earth and has a cloud of dust and debris that flows with it. . Word Bank. Bioterrorism. Carbon monoxide. Epidemiology. Evacuation. Outbreak. Public Health. study of the distribution and control of health-related issues, including diseases . leaving an area to escape a potential disaster.