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    Summary The chapter, “The Crisis Approach” written by Arien Boin and Paul ‘T Hart, seeks to differentiate crisis from disaster and works to show how the crisis approach balances the disaster approach. The authors begin by looking at what constitutes a crisis and provides information on how they occur. This is followed by reviewing various outlooks on crisis attributed to multiple theories. The idea that crisis appears to be omnipresent is studied next, tracked by complexity leading to…

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    Accidents and natural disasters are inevitable. This is a terrifying reality. However, proper planning can better prepare one for these situations. Crisis intervention plans were made for that purpose. There are different crisis intervention plans that cater to all ranges of crises from car accidents to earthquakes. The focus of this paper will be crisis intervention plans regarding school shootings. When parents take their kids to school they are less likely thinking about the possibility of…

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    Nullification Crisis Essay

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    Nullification Crisis- 1832-1833 The Nullification Crisis began when Congress passed the ‘Tariff of Abominations’ in 1828. The Tariff angered the South, as they felt that the Tariff only benefitted the North and slowed their economy. John C. Calhoun led the nullification movement, taking ideas from the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions as well as the Tenth Amendment. His theory of nullification stated that the federal government only existed at the will of the states, and therefore if a state…

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    Water Crisis Essay

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    sustainable energy for future generations. The second crises that demands a solution is the water crisis. Only three percent of the water on Earth is freshwater, and only one percent of freshwater is accessible and usable (“Freshwater Crisis” 1). The need for water grows in proportion to the expanding human race. Water scarcity is projected to affect over 1.8 billion people globally by 2015 (“Freshwater Crisis” 1). Water consumption reduction on a city scale must address the leading causes of…

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    In order to combat the water crisis, Moby replaced his lawn and installed a drip irrigation system, then declares that “California has a finite resource in terms of water” and a change will indeed happen whether “Governor Brown wants to change water policy or not.” Another issue involving…

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    School Crisis Management

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    Crisis Management for Schools in Today Society “Deaths from gun violence and natural disasters provide education institutions with vivid reminders that the safety of students and staff is paramount.” (1) With the deadly violence that has been taking place across the country, officials along with school management teams are contemplating the security systems that are currently being enforced and acted upon. Both the officials and school management teams are teaming up because they want to…

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    statement, made by Pierre Elliot Trudeau, was a televised statement justifying the Prime Minister’s decision to declare the War Measures Act during the October Crisis of 1970. The October Crisis of 1970 was a civil war between the Canadian government and a separatist group, Le Front de Libération du Québec, otherwise known as the FLQ. The crisis consisted of a series of events sparked…

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    The Flint Water Crisis

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    contamination is also a big problem. “Water-related diseases affect more than 1.5 billion people every year” with 3.4 million deaths. (World Health Organization) Even in America, contaminated water infiltrates sanitation systems. In the Flint Water Crisis, residents of Flint, Michigan, are finding highly toxic levels of iron in their water, which was mistreated. Engineers are trying to find solutions to provide clean water to as many people as possible and to decontaminate these water supplies…

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    Water Crisis In America

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    dependant on water and that is the cause of this crisis. The earth is 72% water, which is more…

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    The Flint Water Crisis

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    The Flint water crisis is a drinking water contamination issue in Flint, Michigan that started in April, 2014. These past 3 years have been an extremely hard time for Flint residents since they have had no proper drinking or bathing water in 2 years, so residents have been taking a stand against the government by carrying around jugs full of dirty, unsafe drinking water coming from their faucets at home to protest against the inaction of the government. The residents have a lot of courage to be…

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