Because of globalization, it means that there is an increased likelihood that companies will be exposed to and impacted by more adverse events, such as natural disasters, political and economic instability, supply disruptions, economic volatility and more.
But because the NRC defines an aircraft attack as a beyond-design-basis event, it did not require that this equipment meet high quality and reliability standards, or be hardened to withstand other potential threats, such as natural disasters.
The organization is committed to caring for and nurturing the trees to maturity, as well as considering natural disasters such as fires and landslides during the planting process.
It is associated with adverse health outcomes, limited access to education, increased costs relating to medical and legal services, lost household productivity, and reduced income, and there is evidence it is exacerbated in times of crisis, such as emergencies, natural disasters, and violent conflicts.
After the initial damage has been accounted for, natural disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes, and tsunamis look very much alike.
These resources helps in building the resilience and adaptation of local communities, to the impact of natural disasters such as droughts, floods, desertification, low productivity, etc.
Natural disasters such as earthquake, tsunami, flooding and drought command our attention regularly (and remind us that sometimes human actions have made their effects worse).
EADS-Astrium is currently working on a portable van, which has a satellite link, GSM, and wi-fi capabilities to be deployed during emergencies, such as in the aftermath of natural disasters.
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Natural disasters such as the eruption of the volcano in Iceland or the oil spill on the Gulf coast last year make us seriously consider the fragility of human strength against nature.
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The objective is to use space technologies to monitor heritage sites and allow local authorities to identify potential threats, such as land use changes or natural disasters, giving them time to implement mitigation strategies.
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Scientists say rising temperatures could lead to rising ocean levels, which would in turn swamp coastal areas and islands, wipe out species, create economic havoc and amplify the impact of natural disasters such as storms, fires and droughts.
For 145 years, ITU has coordinated the shared global use of the radio spectrum, promoted international cooperation in assigning satellite orbits, worked to improve telecommunication infrastructure in the developing world, established the worldwide standards that foster seamless interconnection of a vast range of communications systems and addressed the global challenges of our times, such as mitigating the impact of natural disasters and climate change and strengthening cybersecurity.
It has seized on natural disasters, such as earthquakes, to play an active civil-defence role.
Catastrophic natural disasters, such as Hurricane Katrina, affect infrastructure in a variety of ways.
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Experience from previous natural disasters, such as earthquakes, suggests that they often have less impact than was predicted at the time.
Thus, leaving aside natural disasters, such as the periodic droughts that sweep Brazil's north-east, a huge programme of food aid might be missing the point.
Cases such as strategic bombing, blackouts, natural disasters, and terrorist attacks have not typically led to total or long-term collapse of social, economic, or technological systems.
BAE's Simon Shrouder estimates that pilotless aircraft could be used within three to five years to investigate weather systems or natural disasters, such as volcanic ash clouds.
Some inclusions on the 2012 World Monuments Watch list have been damaged by natural disasters or neglect, such as heritage sites in eastern Japan, Gothic Revival buildings in New Zealand and the oldest cemetery in Athens, Greece.
Other top concerns were more picturesque if not random, such as a national cyber attack, pandemics and even natural disasters.
Tzu Chi, founded in 1966, counts 2 million volunteers around the world and is known for its rapid response to natural disasters and humanitarian aid in inhospitable places such as North Korea.
Pakistan is prone to natural disasters, even beyond the regular annual problems such as widespread flooding that accompanies any annual monsoon.
To some extent, the unusually generous response to the tsunami crisis may reflect a widespread, and largely justified, belief in rich countries that their money is more likely to be spent well on relieving natural disasters than on man-made humanitarian crises such as those in Congo and Darfur or, for that matter, on general development aid to the world's poorest countries.
The In Danger List features sites which are threatened by a variety of problems such as pollution, urban development, poorly managed mass tourism, wars and natural disasters, which have a negative impact on the outstanding values for which the sites were inscribed on the World Heritage List.
The List in Danger features sites which are threatened by a variety of problems such as pollution, urban development, poorly managed mass tourism, wars, and natural disasters, which have a negative impact on the outstanding values for which the sites were inscribed on the World Heritage List.
Science plays an important role in our response to global issues such as climate change, the hydrological cycle, biodiversity loss, natural hazards and human-induced disasters, population growth, land-use change, migration and urbanisation.
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Republicans accused Democrats of trying to stir up political trouble over the cuts, which they promised would not affect FEMA's ability to respond to natural disasters, in part, because the money is being diverted to other agencies -- such as the Forest Service -- to be spent on disaster response.
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