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Earthquake Planning and Decision Support Systems

A decision support system (DSS) is software that is capable of using complex analytical models that can help support the decision ...

NJ and Earthquake Preparedness

centered near New York City and had been felt through much of New Jersey (von Hake, 1975). There were also significant earthquakes...

Depiction of Tom Wingfield in the 1987 Film Adaptation of The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams

Tom, then, is the central male figure in the family. Their father has abandoned them some many years before, and so it has fallen...

Volcanoes and Earthquakes

brief understanding of what is involved in these types of volcanoes: "Shield volcanoes are formed by a very liquid lava rock. This...

Nineteenth and Twentieth Century U.S. Earthquake Activity

The Northern East coast has also experienced various earthquakes throughout the centuries. The New England area has experienced ma...

Insurance for Earthquakes

(GAOR, 2005). When this occurs it not only severely hinders rebuilding in the region, but also the lack of available insurance ser...

The San Francisco Earthquake, 1906

800 rooms and rising an "impressive" seven stories.6 The hotel featured a "central grand court surrounded by tier after tier of co...

The C.R.E.S.T. Warning System

al, 2002). It also aims to reduce the number of false tsunami warnings given by providing information to the warning centers that ...

Statistics On Natural Disasters: China

throughout the first two-thirds of the twentieth century reflects a cyclical recoil of increased famine deaths rather than what on...

Natural Disasters

atmosphere and at the same time, it releases drier and cooler air into the atmosphere (The American National Red Cross, 2001). The...

The 1985 Mexico City Earthquake

is bounded by the Sierra Nevada on the east, the Sierra de las Cruces on the west and the Sierra Chichinautzin to the south" (Aqui...

The Sichuan Earthquake and The Economy

the massive quake, more than 34,000 were declared dead and some of those were rescue workers (Ho, 2008). That was an early count. ...

Geology: Earthquakes and Liquefaction

through both solids and liquids, usually at a rate of between "6 and 13 km/sec" (Environmental geology, 2008, p. 7). S-waves are s...

Disasters

quake it was estimated that at least 400 people had died. The conditions were relatively dire as almost freezing temperatures at n...

Emergency Response and the Haitian Earthquake

On January 12, 2010 Haiti was shaken by one of the most devastating earthquakes of history. Because it hit in the most populated ...

The Impact of Nursing, Earthquake,

This research paper focuses on nursing care in regards to earthquake victims. The writer reviews relevant recent literature in re...

Assessment Center Validity/Gaugler, et al.(1987)

This paper pertains to a study conducted by Gaugler and colleagues (1987), which provides a meta-anaysis of research that evaluate...

Use of Social Media during Disasters: Article Critique

This 3 page paper gives an analysis of an article focused on the use of social media and the earthquake in Japan in 2011. This pap...

Earthquakes A Catastrophic Emergency

The USGS provides a list of the most destructive earthquakes that have ever been recorded. The most recent earthquakes...

Senegal's Offer to Help Haiti

It was in January of 2010 that an earthquake struck Haiti, an event that killed close to 200 thousand residents ("Haitians on way ...

Recovery in Japan after the Earthquake, Tsunami of 3/11

This paper focuses on the recovery efforts that followed the earthquake and tsunami that hit the east coast of Japan on March 11, ...

Three Disasters at a Time

In March, 2011, Japan suffered a massive earthquake, a massive tsunami, and a nuclear accident. No country has ever experienced su...

Earthquake, Tsunami, Japan 2011

This research paper relates many of the problems encountered by Japanese officials who are addressing reconstruction after the de...

The Japan Earthquake - Disaster Response Review

In a paper of four pages, the writer looks at disaster response tactics. The 2011 Japan earthquake is examined as an example. Pape...

Need for Earthquake Preparedness

This research paper presents an overview of earthquake preparedness and the factors that of which nurses should be knowledgable. F...

Loma Prieta Earthquake of 1989

In eleven pages this October 17, 1989 San Francisco earthquake which registered 7.1 on the Richter scale is discussed in terms of ...

Chile's Natural Hazards

In eight pages this paper discusses volcanoes, floods, and earthquake tsunami as they relate to the Chilean geography. Six source...

Lisbon Earthquake of 1755 Explained by Philosophy and Science

mans attention. After running in fear from Jezebel, the Lord attracted Elijahs attention by using an earthquake. (1 Kings 19:11,...

Post 1987 Trend of the Stock Market

In three pages this paper discusses the post 1987 'fast money' track trend of the stock market. Two sources are cited in the bibl...

Analysis of 1987 Documentary Cannibal Tours

In two pages Dennis O'Rourke's 1987 documentary is analyzed especially in terms of its effective employment of both irony and humo...