...Disaster capitalism The two terrible natural disasters occurred recently in Haiti and Chile, together with the coup de eta in Honduras, plus the reaction of USA about this critical situations, have reawakened the fear that Latin America might be completely directed to the application of the doctrine of the “Disaster Capitalism”. According to Naomi Klein, capitalism has triumphed in the world not because the nations had willing accepted it, but because the ‘rules of the game’ of capitalism have been imposed in the form of liberal market politics. This is true especially in moments of disasters produced or used as an excuse for impose these politics. The fundamentalists of capitalism believe that the countries crashed by natural disasters become very ductile and easy to influence politically speaking. According to Naomi Klein, this is the way how big nations ideologically take over small crushed countries. No matter what our thoughts about her claims might be, we cannot ignore the fact that calamities like the attack to NYC in 2011, the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the AH1N1 pandemic and let us not forget the devastation of New Orleans by hurricane Katrina, were used as mere business opportunities by American companies. These companies try to profit even if it means taking advantage of pitiful situations. The terrible events occurred during the September 11 attacks in NYC, no matter if they were product of an evil force or a self-attack, fitted like a glove to the plans created...
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...When a disaster strikes whether it is natural or manmade, it comes with emotional effects of trauma such as stress which include anger, sadness, anxiety, fear, and irritability. The aftermath of a disaster lingers than the destruction itself and become a long term issues It is evident that after this type of crisis individual, group, and community suffer loss of property, love ones, cultural unity and spiritual belief in isolation. Although they are given material supports and even moral supports, it cannot be compared with the spirituality effectiveness that survivors gone through. This is a major issue which needs to be addressed apart from medical treatment, spiritual restoration should be put in place to help resolve the immediate crisis and help restore the victim to a sense of normalcy or level of functioning equal to or higher than prior to the crisis. Most disaster survivors tend to look for higher power as a source for strength and hope during these difficult times. Therefore spiritual care providers should be made available to assist them to regain their trust in God and healing of minds. Many people will experience spiritual stress reactions during or after a disaster. During disasters, a diverse cross-section of people seek spiritual care. Religious leaders will be challenged to support and offer an open environment with respect to religious diversity, social diversity, and unfamiliar cultural and mass care settings. These tips can guide you as you help your...
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...convictions. Challenge undeserved, under privileged, control adventure, see new places. Disaster management emphasizes the importance of independent accountability to make sure words become actions. Disaster is a very common phenomenon to the human society. It has been experienced by them since time immemorial. Though its form may be varied, it has been a challenge for society across castes, creeds, communities and countries. The latest development which has been discovered in the World Disaster Reports recently is that the disasters have increased in frequency and intensity. People are becoming more and more vulnerable to disasters of all types, including earthquake, flood, cyclones, landslides, droughts, accidents, plane crash, forests fire, etc. With the technological advancements and progress, the force of disasters is also changing. When they occur they surpass all preparedness and eagerness of society and pose bigger challenge to them. This is quite true in case of both developed and developing countries That’s because, in a disaster, it’s critical that people and response teams have the ability to analyze the huge amounts of data generated in the midst of the disaster and its immediate aftermath. Rapid analyzing can help produce customized warnings for communities, particularly with the ubiquity of mobile phones, their apps and social media platforms. The thing about a disaster of this scale is that the government is often in shambles. This happened so close...
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...Associate Level Material Appendix G Disaster Plan Assignment Read the descriptions for Company A and Company B and select one. Create a disaster plan for your selected company that includes how you would recommend the company back up and protect its network data. Your plan must be 1,250 to 1,500 words in length, and your recommendations must be based on the RAID system of data protection. Your plan must also address how the company should protect against natural disasters that might occur in its geographic location. Include any charts, graphs, or visual components that are helpful in illustrating your plan. Company A The IST Department of XYZ Computers is located on the first floor. Payroll and all human resources records are processed daily and bi-weekly for 10,000 employees. After payroll is run, data is backed up using tapes. No firewall is in place, and e-mail is on the same server as payroll. XYZ Computers is located in the southern part of the United States in an area that receives heavy rain. During the weekend, a major water pipe broke and flooded the first floor. The water caused extensive damage to the servers, which were also on the first floor. Create a disaster plan to prevent this sort of problem from happening in the future. Company B 123 Textiles Corporation is located in a high-crime area that also experiences occasional earthquakes. A new network was set up with the server by a window. All systems are backed up once a month on an exterior...
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...Dr. Hesham Sadek Case Study 2 “Natural Disaster & the Decision That Follow” Subject: Trials by Natural Disaster Prepared by: Hassan Ramadan Class Number: ESLSCA 7 Supervised by Dr. Hesham Sadek Case Study 2 “Natural Disaster and the Decision That Follow” --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Problem Definition: A natural disaster is the effect of a natural hazard that affects the environment, and leads to financial, environmental and/or human losses. We cannot stop the natural disaster or predict it clearly but good planning and...
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...NATURAL DISASTERS AND THE DECISIONS THAT FOLLOW Problem Definition Response of different industries ( Insurance Industries, Airline Industries…etc) to natural disaster. A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth; examples include floods, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, and other geologic processes. A natural disaster can cause loss of life or property damage, and typically leaves some economic damage in its wake, the severity of which depends on the affected population's resilience, or ability to recover How natural disasters affect business? To which extend do people like Rommel, Neeleman consider customer welfare during making their decisions? Does natural disasters a reason for companies to neglect their organizational Constraints, (customer service and satisfaction)? Justification of the problem There are several factors that affect decisions that follow natural disasters. • % of accuracy in predicating natural disasters. This determines how seriously companies should take the predication into consideration • Timing of the information . It affects the ability to have enough time to respond and make all necessary decisions •Planning and rules to be set, regularly reviewed to include any new case and tested by companies. This plan should consider welfare of both owners and customers. • Ability to adjust adequately for subsequent information and not being selectively interpreting what one sees on the...
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...Disaster recovery plans allows and gives the opportunity to a business to be able to recoup from any number of disasters, whether it may be a natural disaster or a fault of equipment to include power loss. These plans can be fairly basic with a goal and summary of what is to happen in the event of a disaster, to intensely involved and well spelled out plans that break down the summary, personal, intent, goal, and a timeline of events to follow. While disasters are unforeseen events that a business may never see or have to implement their plan, it allows them to be setup for success if it were to happen and not be doomed for failure in hopes of it not being a possibility. For this report, contact was made with Richmond County in Augusta Georgia to their IT department to discuss their disaster recovery plan. Some organizations are well equipped and have staffed members that specialize and have sole intent on being the disaster recovery planner and implementer. Others may contract out to other businesses to provide support and guidance on the matter. In this case, Richmond County has looked to a company called intelliSystems to provide hands-on assistance in their disaster recovery plan. IntelliSystems is a local company to the area with a mission to help “many businesses rid themselves of technology worries so that they can concentrate on growing their businesses and realizing their goals” (intelliSystems, 2015). They do this by providing key areas of: Microsoft Small Business...
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...human error and design error. The Bhopal disaster is one of the greatest scourge in history caused by a set of simultaneous failures. It happened in the night of 3rd of December at the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India in 1984. The disaster led to a truly massive loss of human life. At least 15000 people were killed and hundreds thousands were injured. Besides, the long-term economic, social, and psychological damages to the community and to the company’s employee were staggering. In some ways, the investigation of this hazard indicated that the design of this chemical plant did not follow the Engineering Design Process. The people of Bhopal were killed by a gas called MIC (methyl isocyanate). MIC is highly toxic and its vapor can cause many diseases, such as blindness, lung damage, physical traumas. That very night, more than 25 tons of an MIC vapor/liquid mixture were released to the atmosphere. Not only human, but also the animals perished in the disaster, poisoned by the huge gas leak. A large number of people are still suffering from the disaster after thirty years. Many of those who were exposed to the gas have given birth to physically and mentally disabled children. After the disaster, the Indian justice system spent twenty five years on criminal trial and reached a conclusion. The Union Carbide plant agreed to pay $470 million to the victims of the disaster and their families. Some activists and victims of the Bhopal disaster were not satisfied with the results. Although...
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...INT1: TASK 1 The Chernobyl Disaster The Chernobyl disaster occurred on 26 April 1984 in what was known as Ukrainian SSR. “Reactor Four” was hit with a catastrophic power surge that caused the core to explode. This disaster is considered to the worst nuclear power plant accident in history. Only two nuclear accidents have reached the level 7 classification, the Chernobyl Disaster and the Fukushima Daiichi Disaster in 2011. Belarus suffered the worst of the fallout, receiving about 60% or the radiation. Understanding The first nuclear reactor was put into commercial use in Russia on June 26, 1954. Nuclear power plants are identified as Generation I, II, III+, and IV with Gen I being the earliest developments, and Gen IV being current generations. Gen I power plants are referred to as “prototypes” and were developed mainly to show proof that the concept could be achieved. Gen II reactors were made in the 1960’s and are commercial class designed to be economical and reliable lasting up to 40 years. Some examples of Gen II reactors are pressurized water reactors (PWR), boiling water reactors (BWR), and Vodo-Vodyanoi Energetichesky Reactors (VVER) Gen III reactors are basically Gen II reactors with state-of-the-art improvements in terms of fuel technology, thermal efficiency, construction, and safety systems. The Gen III reactors have an operational life span of about 60 years. Gen III+ reactors are based off Gen III designs...
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...Bhopal disaster Co o r din at es: 2 3 °1 6 ′ 5 1 ″ N 7 7 °2 4 ′ 3 8 ″ E From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Bhopal dis as te r (commonly referred to as Bhopal gas trage dy) was a gas leak incident in India, considered one of the world's worst industrial catastrophes.[1] It occurred on the night of December 2–3, 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. A leak of methyl isocyanate gas and other chemicals from the plant resulted in the exposure of hundreds of thousands of people. The toxic substance made its way in and around the shantytowns located near the plant.[2] Estimates vary on the death toll. The official immediate death toll was 2,259 and the government of Madhya Pradesh has confirmed a total of 3,787 deaths related to the gas release.[3] Others estimate 3,000 died within weeks and another 8,000 have since died from gas- related diseases.[4][5] A government affidavit in 2006 stated the leak caused 558,125 injuries including 38,478 temporary partial and approximately 3,900 severely and permanently disabling injuries.[6] UCIL was the Indian subsidiary of Union Carbide Corporation (UCC), with Indian Government controlled banks and the Indian public holding a 49.1 percent stake. In 1994, the Supreme Court of India allowed UCC to sell its 50.9 percent share. Union Carbide sold UCIL, the Bhopal plant operator, to Eveready Industries India Limited in 1994. The Bhopal plant was later sold to McLeod...
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...The Chernobyl Disaster Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow Written by: Heather Stover ENG135 October 2012 Professor Spencer Robinson Twenty-six years ago in April of 1986 the city of Chernobyl, located in north-central Ukraine on the Pripyat River, was virtually unknown. It was just an obscure city that you and I would never have known existed. Almost incidentally, the name of this city was attached to the V.I. Lenin Nuclear Power Plant located about twenty-five kilometers upstream from the city of Chernobyl. On April 26, the city's anonymity vanished forever when, during a test at 1:21 A.M., the No. 4 reactor exploded and released thirty to forty times the radioactivity of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This was due to the flawed reactor design in use at the plant. The world first learned of history's worst nuclear accident from Sweden, where abnormal radiation levels were registered at one of its nuclear facilities. (Adams, 1996) Ranking as one of the greatest industrial accidents of all time, the Chernobyl' disaster and its impact on the course of events for the Soviets can hardly be exaggerated. No one can predict what will finally be the exact number of human victims. Thirty- one lives were lost immediately, although it was initially reported as only two and the others were to have died from acute radiation poisoning. Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians, Russians, and Belorussians had to abandon entire cities and...
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...Case study no.2 Natural disasters A-Problem definition In case of a disaster event, there are several effects, such as humanitarian effects, including the loss of lives and persons injured; ecological effects among other damage to ecosystems; and economic effects, comprising different effects on the economy. National disaster effects can be caused by the disaster itself or by follow on directly or indirectly. B-Justification of the problem Natural disasters have severe effects on different industries, if the decisions taken after the occurrence of the disasters were not based on appropriate study for the results that may occur, this may lead to huge losses for the industry and for the whole country. 1-Lake of planning Lake of knowledge and how to predict the occurrence of natural disasters is a main reason of the problem. 2-Insurance companies making as much insurance policies as they can although they don’t know if they can satisfy the customer needs or not. 3-Decision makers don’t have the good argument to convince customers or community by their decisions C-List of alternatives 1. Awareness 2. Planning and prevention Measures to eliminate or reduce the incidence or severity of emergencies. Actions taken in anticipation of, during, and immediately after an emergency to ensure that its effects are minimized, and that people affected are given immediate relief and support. 3. Response Process of supporting emergency-affected communities in reconstruction...
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...natural disasters". To call a disaster ‘natural’, means that it has occurred completely independent of the influence of humans. The damage caused by Hurricane Katrina, cannot solely be held accountable by a force of nature, however destructive. Human factors have had an equally damaging effect on the affected areas. It is clear to anyone studying natural disasters that, the difference between who lives and who dies depends largely if not completely on which side of the social divide you were born into. Reasons for evacuation and disaster preparation must be reviewed as these subjects are what caused the most damage. Many believed that the storm wasn’t a serious threat, this could be due to naivety and lack of education on the storm itself. While others, especially those lacking financial backing believed that taking a calculated risk was their best option, the risk of course being calculated by; cost and scepticism. While the richer demographic owned cars to evacuate, credit cards for supplies and refuge, and their immediate families were far more likely to have the resources available to support their evacuation. Governmental, NGO’s and Private Organisations are also held responsible for city preparedness. Firstly, transportation issues were raised when armed police restricted free movement across the bridge to Jefferson, this was mainly due to issues surrounding race, particularly against African-Americans. Secondly, having known about the threat of these disasters, funding...
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...Principles of management assignment What happened and Why? During the night of 2-3 December 1984, a leak of some 40 tons of Methylisocyanate (MIC) gas mixed with unknown other gasses from a chemical factory caused one of the highest-casualty industrial accidents of the 20th century. The Bhopal disaster was a gas leak incident in India, considered as the world's worst industrial disaster ever known to mankind. At least 2000 people died immediately and another 200.000 to 300.000 people suffered respiratory or got other injuries. The incident started by the ventilation of the poisonous gas to the atmosphere, namely Methylisocyanate (MIC). As the density of the gas is more than the density of the air itself, it has caused the accumulation of the toxic gas in a cloud form but it is close to the ground. Eventually the cloud of poisonous MIC gas streamed through the entire city of Bhopal like a sand storm on desert, leaving no chances for the citizens of Bhopal to rescue themselves The initial Indian managing and supervisory staff for the Bhopal production unit were trained in Union Carbide’s West Virginia. They began leaving for more attractive jobs and were replaced by less-skilled employees. Low production volumes seemed to justify reductions in the workforce though the local labor unions insisted that they were going too far. In the MIC, the workforce was reduced from the Union Carbide recommended...
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...Sandi K Weber (Collett) BSAD 3200 Read December 6, 2013 Philippines and Natural Disaster Policy In 2021 the Philippines moved from 14th on the UN’s Global Climate Risk Index to 7th. In 2012, the country was among the top three countries affected by natural disasters. The December 2012 storm alone displaced over 6.2 million people and caused nearly $1.7 million in damages. Through proactive legislation and policies, the Philippines has managed to sustain the lowest loss of the top ten countries in GDP at only .29%. The most influential policy regulating natural disaster response is the Republican Act 10121 (Disaster Risk Reduction and Management/DRRM Act). Preceding the DRRM Act, Presidential Decree 1566 established disaster coordinating councils that established links to government and civic organizations in order to mobilize resources to provide support during disasters. The National Disaster Coordinating Council or NDCC makes policies and coordinate efforts regarding disasters throughout the public and private sectors. Along with policies, laws and regulations have been implemented to curb death and property damage during natural disasters. These most effective include (Asian Disaster Reduction Center): * The Subdivision Law, which regulates land developments for housing and commercial use; * The Building Code, which prescribes all pertinent requirements and standards for building structures; * The Environmental Policy Law, which protects natural endowments...
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