Precautionary Measures to reduce the city's vulnerability to natural hazards

Precautionary Measures to reduce the city's vulnerability to natural hazards

Introduction

In order to understand and comprehend the changes and the challenges that have been felt and experienced over the passage of time, it becomes evident that regardless of the changes and the challenges that have been felt and experienced not only provide for the development and the establishment of the necessary results and outcomes.

To assess the degree with which government authorities and regulatory bodies make way for securing the city, it becomes evident that as much as infrastructural planning and development blueprints have been employed and installed, there is still a certain, substantial degree of problems, natural hazards and disasters that could easily and substantially make way for creating chaos for the city.

Natural Hazards: Impact and Effects

The degree to which individuals, companies and organizations are at a threat to many cities and countries is worthy of both analyzing and comprehending the supposed damages and the destruction that comes should the administration tend to overlook such unrealized threats heading their way (Oliver and Shapiro, 1990).

Companies and organizations, as much as they might be involved in the development and the establishment of measures, strategies and technique to hedge their lands from the claws of natural hazards, it is practically impossible to address, understand, highlight and analyze the changes and the challenges that have been intended over the passage of time.

Both developing and developed nations at stake, engrossed into developing and establishing new tools, techniques and technologies that would provide them a platform, where forecasting and scheduling of the arrival and departure of such tragedies and the outcomes would be understood over the passage of time.

For this paper, our focus and concentration has been implemented revolves around the changes and the challenges that have been felt and experienced over the passage of time. Through the inculcation of literary evidence and data collection, it would provide us with concrete evidentiary support and aid in disembarking recommendations for future endeavors.

City in Focus: Prey to Natural Hazards

The primary focus and concentration that has been adopted is for Norfolk, Virginia, where the key sectors that people usually rely on the most are transportation, water and waste management, TV and radio. This is because:

Norfolk Transportation knows as the Norfolk Public Transit which offers us services between the major cities throughout the Hampton roads that show our major attractions ...