Essays on Sri Lanka

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Disaster analysis is essential in the management of disasters. It assists in the identification of gaps in the management cycle within a given region. Management of disasters occurs in four cycles including planning or preparedness, response, recovery, as well as mitigation. Planning is an essential tool in all the phases of the cycle. The primary aim of disaster response is to offer immediate aid to improve health, sustain life, as well as assist in the improvement of the morale of the affected population. Recovery phase aims at restoring the infrastructure as well as the operations of the community services ...

Natural disasters affect a large of people around the worked and this is rising because of climate change and the rising concentration of people inhabiting the areas that are more exposed to natural disasters. These natural disasters reduce the economic growth and a significant impact on poverty and social welfare, which affects the developing countries, and their most vulnerable populations. While natural disasters cannot be prevented, actions can be taken to reduce their human and economic costs. This paper looks at a large-scale natural disaster such as the Indian Ocean Tsunami of 2004, the effect it had on the ...

There are many factors, which influence people`s maternal health. Some are connected with childhood or childbirth. There are many cases of women deaths, which died in childbirth or shortly after giving birth. Some people claim that culture and beliefs strongly have a great influence over childbirth practices. Some of those factors will be analyzed in this paper. Having great historical heritage, Sri Lanka is a popular place to visit for both travelers and volunteers. People turn their attention to the population and try to help native people manage the issue of women deaths, which are the result of ...

INTRODUCTION

World exploration and explorers are always hailed in history books and classes as significant events and people because they have opened doors to new eras of trade, knowledge and information, technology and cultural consolidation. The names Christopher Columbus, Vasco de Gama and Ferdinand Magellan are some of the greatest names in exploration. Countries that have often been associated with historical explorations are Spain, Portugal, Great Britain – in other words, Western countries. A closer scrutiny, however, of historical explorations showed that ancient China conducted explorations and voyages even before these Western countries did in the 15th century. The voyages occurred ...

The paper under study attempted to understand the influence of culture on the experiences of parents with autistic children hailing from Southern Asia countries such as India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. The authors defined ‘culture’ as a framework that consisted of shared beliefs, aim, and attitudes. The study had an explicit section for the review of the literature. The past literature suggested that culture influences the perception of disability and that research pertaining to this idea is scarce (Theara & Abbott, 2015). Accordingly, the authors had reviewed only 12 such studies that contributed to the topic ...

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Introduction The ongoing process of internationalization raises potential opportunities to multinational corporations worldwide. Over the last decades, there has been a shift in concentration of economic power from the western world to Asia, and this change is powered by emerging Asian economies such as China and India. Currently China is the world’s largest consumer market that has a great potential for further growth. In this context, multinational businesses worldwide seek an opportunity to enter the Chinese market in an attempt to enhance their sales volume and to strengthen global presence. This paper will evaluate ...

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India has one of the most different and distinct cultures in the world. The country is home of many cultures, ethnicities, religions, languages, food, and much more. The paper provides the cultural briefing of India on the basis of certain factors. Several factors related to India has been analysed on the basis of its location, size and population and understanding its position in the world. The history of India have been analysed from its creation and the factors that led to the formation of India. Similarly, the economic and political system of India has been be analysed and its ...

Discussion of the crisis issues associated with the Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster in 2004

Management in crisis is a tough enough situation. However, the horrific onslaught of a suddenly unexpected tsunami literally crashing dramatically upon one’s doorstep is simply unthinkable. The inconceivable occurred in Indonesia, when the Aceh-stimulated earthquake stirred the violent killer waves in 2004 costing the lives of 127,000 people, roughly half a million injured – leaving behind potential scores of disease-prone epidemics and mourning of loved ones (Pascapurnama, Murakami, Chagan-Yasutan, Hattori, Sasaki & Egawa 2016). One international journalist and helper in the aftermath of the Indonesian Indian Ocean Earthquake Tsunami disaster, Bill Nicol, in his book Tsunami Chronicles, described the ...

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Introduction In the recent decades, tourism has emerged as the most far-reaching and the world’s largest industry with an astounding socio-cultural, economic, and policy effects on all of us. According to World Tourism Organization (WTO), tourism as an industry supports at least 215million jobs worldwide and makes up about 6% of the Global Gross National Profit (LePree, 2009). In this context, not only is tourism the world’s largest industry, but it is also the fastest growing industry globally (The International Ecotourism Society [TIES], 2014). Because of this, there has been an ever-growing and evolving awareness of the ...

Conf 340

Other conflict analysis and resolution. Kevin Avruch introduced the concept of culture to research the field and practices used in conflict solutions in 1980. This was presented in his book Context and Pretext in Conflict Resolution. Avruch contributed to the area of study by bridging theoretic concepts and study with the most applied domain of conflict resolution. Kevin Avruch introduced the idea of culture in the scholarly field and practices of conflict resolution. In his publication, he came up with philosophical ideas and study with the applied domain of resolving conflict expertly. He successfully addressed the problems of context ...

Concentrating on Sri Lanka

(Name and A#) Colonialism had long reaching effects on indigenous cultures, economic systems, literature, and religions. Of those four, religions were the most personal and the most stubborn to change. It was not until the late 18th and early 19th centuries that the British first contacted the Buddhist religion. For the British, it was a bit of a shock to find a civilization willing to accept their rule and yet, a religion so constant and resilient as to be able to reject Christianity while absorbing bits and pieces of the religion and the British culture into their own. The ...

The Boxing Day earthquake and tsunami that occurred in the Indian Ocean were one of the deadliest in modern history. It took place on 26 December 2004 and killed at least 220,000 people including the destruction of property worth billions of dollars (Bondevik, 2008). The areas hit by the tidal waves were Sri Lanka, Indonesia, India, The Maldives, Thailand and the western coast of Somalia. This tsunami measured a magnitude of between 9.1 and 9.3 becoming the third largest earthquake ever to be recorded on a seismograph. It was a Megathrust quake. Such an incident occurs when a ...

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The following is a self-financial plan for a Canadian single man of 24 years. I received in 2015 a degree in a Canadian college and started to work in a tech company. I need a financial plan from the current date 2016 until my death. The estimated death age is 82 years old according to Canadian Census . The development of each step of the timeline and goals requires my knowledge, experience and money. Canada is the external environment to consider, a country with an economy tied to the United States of America, the minerals and oil exploitations and the ...

Overcrowding or overpopulation in prisons is defined as a situation when prison(s) hosts more prisoners contrary to the certified normal accommodation (CNA) as stipulated in the establishment’s requirements (Garcia & Marco, 2012, p. 37). This can be validated when there is the scarcity of rooms for inmates to sleep. Besides, the inability of facilities to offer adequate meals or food, poor health care services for inmates, insufficient staff who can care for inmates and ensure their safety as well as the lack of designated accommodation facilities necessary for detaining separately various types of prisoners, more so those that ...