NSE-31A Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Jamie Rose, Natural Disaster, Mercury Poisoning
27 Nov 2018
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Definition: occurs suddenly, created by nature, human error, biological hazards, or infectious disease. We are not immune in canada: chemical and fuel spills, lac megantic; sunrise propane (gas explosion near york university; houses were damaged, floods (alberta, 2013, forest fires (fort mcmurray, 2016) Disasters can also be socially and politically created: snowstorms, food/water (walkerton e-coli; maple leaf. Lack of affordable housing: housing crisis as a natural disaster toronto disaster relief committee. Fall semester week 11 | created by: jamie rose salvador: begins at the local level (disaster management happens locally, province only intervenes if local level requests aid, e. g. During 9/11; there was a threat to national security so the flights were all cancelled and there was air surveillance: note: in u. s. : response begins at federal level (fema) Addresses 4 types of emergencies: public welfare emergencies large scale natural disaster, public order emergencies serious security threat, international emergencies, state of war.
