Sentence examples for heightened disaster from inspiring English sources

If, on the other hand, the public is basically right about heightened disaster risks, the policy issues become much more complex.

It was found that the 2004 tsunami disaster has left a significant mark on Malaysia's and the world's disaster management landscape but the tragedy has also heightened disaster awareness and steps must be taken to ensure vulnerable communities are well-equipped to face any eventualities.

The educational initiatives we propose to accomplish this goal are as follows: heightened disaster response awareness, enhanced skill sets, understanding of roles and responsibilities, alternate communication methods, self-preservation training, and experience in how to cooperate and coordinate during mayhem.

New Zealand is a heightened disaster "riskscape" [ 2] because of its isolated location (roughly 1,500 km east of Australia), over 15,000 km of coastline, small landmass (<270,000 km), and omnipresent vulnerability to natural hazards [ 3- 5], including seismic hazards arising from local, regional, and trans-Pacific sources [ 6- 8].

Delivery of maternal and reproductive health is patchy and the risk of sexual assault and abuse is heightened following disaster.

The SVI for elders developed in this study is an instrument based on a retrievable data set, and is used to assess disaster vulnerability with the premise that the elderly, particularly those with low socioeconomic status, who often live alone or are institutionalized, need significant and specific attention in disaster preparedness and heightened efforts to promote disaster literacy.

In addition to a high exposition to extreme events, impacts in SSA are heightened by weak disaster risk management capacities, and a high vulnerability among the population (Hellmuth et al. 2007).

Mr. Trenkler's narrow escapes from disaster were heightened by pantomimic gestures and droll facial expressions.

Interest in the disaster is heightened by the fact that many veterans of the Civil War who had been attending a convention at Rochester were on the train, and it is feared that many of them are among the victims.

The sense of disaster was heightened by the fact that on the same day 18 British soldiers, 16 of them paratroopers, died in an IRA bombing operation on the border.

Mr. Chaiban explained that continuing conflicts as well as a heightened risk of natural disasters, in part as a result of climate change, are driving that increase.