je.st
news
Tag: disasters
Future-Proofing Buildings Against Natural Disasters
2014-06-03 15:51:00| National Real Estate Investor
When Hurricane Sandy landed on the East Coast on October 29, 2012, more than 55,000 buildings in New York City and its surrounding regions were rendered completely uninhabitable, displacing millions of people from their homes and offices and making the metro area temporarily obsolescent. Since then, many metropolitan New York companies have used their experience of the storm to rethink the built environment. The very different lessons learned by three companies may help start a conversation on taking precautions against future disasters. read more
Tags: natural
buildings
disasters
futureproofing
"Dread" of Disasters Could Be an Imporant Political Tool
2014-05-24 22:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Officials should be considering how the public reacts to various natural disasters when making plans to mitigate or recover from these disasters. Understanding a region's "dread" of a natural disaster, a new study suggests, could help officials determine how much tax money should go towards addressing that threat. According to a study published in the International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management, public concern can have a dire affect on mitigation plans for natural disaster. For instance,...
Tags: tool
political
disasters
Australia: Coalmine fires and other disasters predicted by State government report
2014-05-03 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: The Morwell fire has raised questions about risk acceptance among mine operators. The Victorian government has been warned that mine failures in the Latrobe Valley, where a coal fire shrouded Morwell in smoke in February, are almost certain to happen every year. Land slips at Latrobe Valley open-cut coalmines can also cause ''multiple fatalities'', shut down crucial economic infrastructure and devastate the local environment, according to the Emergency Risks in Victoria report, released by...
Tags: state
report
government
australia
Slum Dwellers Face Climatic Disasters
2014-04-06 03:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Energy Collective: Millions of people living in the shantytowns of the developing worlds mega-cities will be among the most-vulnerable groups feeling the brunt of climate change in the coming decades, according to a just-released report from UNs Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. This new technical study predicts that tidal surges, heat waves and water shortages could hit Manila, Mumbai and over 100 other such cities in developing nations, precipitating potential disease epidemics, climate experts say. ...
Tags: face
disasters
climatic
dwellers
GM Ceo Mary Barra can learn from automakers' past disasters on Capitol Hill
2014-03-30 10:52:28| Automakers - Topix.net
Left to right: Mary Barra, Dan Akerson, GM VP Global Public Policy Robert Ferguson and GM Senior VP and General Counsel Michael Millikin listens to opening statements by the House Regulatory Affairs, Stimulus Oversight and Government Spending subcommittee, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 25, 2012, as it held a hearing on the safety of the ... (more)
Sites : [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] next »