Local Efforts in Risk Assessment and Hazard Mitigation Disasters can happen without warning and cause a significant loss of life property and critical infrastructure. These types of disasters can have a significant, if not deadly impact on a local community’s economic, environmental and social well-being. The use of hazard mitigation and risk assessment allows action to be taken by the necessary entities that will allow communities to be more resilient in the wake of disaster (DHS, 2014). In…
Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grant Programs Introduction Manmade and natural disasters have the potential to cause great loss of property and loss of life. Disasters can also occur anytime and this is why mitigation is very important. Hazard mitigation is activities or measures that reduces or eliminates the effects to people and properties of natural or manmade hazards (Federal Emergency Management Agency, 2016). According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), mitigation is…
The local governments make the decisions about things such as the schools, libraries, parks, and police protection. The state of Florida has three types of local government such as municipalities, counties, and special districts. Since, Florida is divided into a total of 67 counties, people that live in each county elects a board…
Blue Valley Multi Service Center was one of the only local resources that I could find in Overland Park, besides resources affiliated with churches. I hope to stay in this area after graduation and so I knew that it was essential, especially as a recent transplant to become familiar with what is available in…
prominence is declining. Health is one of the main focus points of the locavore movement. It is suggested that eating local foods is better for an individual’s…
The slow food movement implies a mindset of living to eat rather than eating to live. The slow food movement began in 1989 as a protest against McDonald's and stands for the same. This movement signifies a push against fast food and strives to reconnect people to what they are eating. Michael Pollan writes about the slow food movement in The Omnivore's Dilemma. Pollan wishes to reform the lost connection that humans once had with their food in the aspect of farmers, crops, plants, and animals.…
Forensic Anthropology A forensic anthropologist is a person who works with different law enforcement agencies to identify and evaluate skeletal evidence; their job consists of studying bones (the field is known as osteology) and they profile the subjects by accumulating information that can determine the age (at death), the gender, and the physical condition of the remains. Forensic anthropologists have a multitude of benefits and challenges, but the reward of helping give the remains their…
smaller farmers, keeping the money flowing can be hard especially when it has not been the best year, so being able to just head to the local market and…
salads, she also makes wine from mulberries which has seen for sale at local farmers markets for as much as $4 a pint”. Which proves that the berries are not expensive because it only cost…
to disasters requires a collaborative effort. Disasters always occur at the local level. The local government sustains control of the total available resources used in the post disaster response and recovery efforts, regardless of the source of the assets they may have. Local governments must plan and prepare for this role with the support of the State and Federal governments. However, the issue is federal, state, and local governments are not always united and many agencies within their…