Flood has been and is still a major concern in New jersey because the state is close to or on the
caost.Whenever an heavy rain falls today , there are flood notifications on everyones phones.
These flood situations lead to traffic,lateness,rise in water levels and all others leading to
vulnerability in our environment.
James Oluwalanke
Dr. Pedro de la Torre
STS 201
01/29/2018
Q1. The report was basically about the how flood has been affecting newark over the past years and the adequate control measures/techniques (laws Movements,permits)
that have been put in place to ensure the prevention of flood in Newark.Agencies that prevent flood have also proven efective and functional over time as in indicated
in the text "Historically, New Jersey has taken a strong role in the development of a rigorous floodplain management program at the State level while supporting those
same efforts at the Federal level with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) "(Floodplain Mapping Unit paragraph 1).This report would make resident feel
at ease knowing the problem of flooding is uder control.
Reacting to this report, Although Its is very reassuring knowing all these Agencies,funding,laws, and concerns are in place, I believe extra effort should be put in not only
in Newark but also in other flood affected areas in New Jersey and The United States as a whole because water levels are rising (major concern in coastal areas)and new methods should be put in place to
avoid major casualties.
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Various kinds of vulnerability basically affects our immediate society in diffents ways.
Some include poverty,Illeteracy,natural dissasters and so on.These negative impacts
on our society makes the public vulnerable.
One of the main vulnerabilities that affect the community, is time and money. As the individuals have to wait for a long time, the report estimates that approximately 810,680 gallons of fuel is burned and wasted. This is a paramount issue with the rising cost of gas everyday. As many say, time is money. This relates to those stuck in these jams because these jams, along with large amounts of gas also wastes a lot of time. Motorists spend about 1.5 million hours annually sitting in traffic annually. In addition, $38 are wasted in those 1.5 million hours.
Air polluion involves the introduction of harmful substance into the air.These harmful substances
involves various harmful gases let out by machines, aircrafts and so on.
These pllutions could lead to serious health injuries which could lead to poverty if
too much money is spent in the hospital as treatment could be expensive.
This image shows that as the number of family members increase, so does the annual income needed to provide the essential necessities for the whole family. This may be a problem for those working a less-paying job or a job paying the minimum wage. So, although everyone plans to have a family one day, if they want to save money in today`s working society, they either have to have less children or find a good-paying job or petition/request for a raise in their wages.