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 . Emma Lovell, Research Officer. e.lovell@odi.org.uk. Twitter: @. E_Lovel. Source: World Bank Photo Collection, 2011. 3. Building . resilience for everyone. 4. Marginalised . groups are more likely to suffer from . 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. . Disasters. By Eric Liu. Natural Disasters. A . natural disaster. is the effect of a natural hazard that affects the environment, and human.. For example: Volcano Tsunami Earthquake . Volcano. A sweatshop is defined as a factory that violates 2 or more labour laws..  . Sweatshops often have poor working conditions, unfair wages, unreasonable hours, child labour, and a lack of benefits for workers.. 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. 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. 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. What is happening here?. Improving Sweatshops. Learning Objective:. To understand ways in which the world’s sweatshops can be improved.. Learning Outcomes:. By the end of the lesson:. All will have been able to identify ways to improve Sweatshops . may strike at any time and cause considerable loss of life and property. So . people experience anxiety as a result of earthquakes. What is the reason for such disasters?. The Answer:. . Firstly; . n. We spend 95%+ of our time in or around it
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