This rise has coincided with news of disasters, exploitation and abuse of workers in clothing factories in Asia.
The South Yorkshire force has been dogged by recent scandals surrounding the Hillsborough disaster, child sexual exploitation in Rotherham and renewed questions over the battle of Orgreave during the miners' strike.
They are more vulnerable to economic shocks, disasters and even exploitation and abuse.
Underwater wireless sensor network (UWSN) technology has introduced a new flux to a whole gamut of application domains such as scientific exploration, commercial exploitation, underwater disaster prevention, etc.
Understanding the mechanical behaviours of gas hydrate-bearing sediments (GHBS) is important for their associated applications in wellbore stability, stratum deformation during exploitation, geological disaster prevention, and the risk assessment of replacing CH4 with CO2 in hydrate reservoirs and CO2 sequestration in oceans.
If the ancient Mayan civilisation perished in the face of a climate catastrophe (as an increasing number of scientists tend to agree that it did), the preservation of today's Mayans lies in protecting their natural resources from manmade climate disasters, provoked by the exploitation and privatisation of their communally owned land.
Ann has witnessed the devastation caused by natural disasters, conflict, disease, and exploitation.
Since its independence, Haiti has withstood broken promises, natural disasters, political upheaval and exploitation, but has remained proud and magnificent, a reluctant beacon in the fight for social justice.
Exposing the thinking, the money trail and the puppet strings behind the world-changing crises and wars of the last four decades, The Shock Doctrine is the gripping story of how America's "free market" policies have come to dominate the world -- through the exploitation of disaster-shocked people and countries.
Veneman witnessed the devastation caused by natural disasters, conflict, disease and exploitation.
