1.18 Ecology Of Fear Flashcards

1
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Strategies To Modify Loss

A

Emergency, Short Term And Long Term Aid.
Insurance.
NGOs.

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Insurance San Francisco

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Laws introduced against multi-soft story - when there’s timber frame on top of structure.

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Emergency, Short & Long Term Aid San Francisco

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800,000 residents
100,000 tourists daily 
300,000 commuters
20% disability 
Sizeable homeless population after an EQ they'd give 6,000 free meals to homeless areas.
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NGOs San Francisco

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San Francisco community agencies connects nonprofit, faith-based and private organisation to provide critical food, housing and other after an EQ.
Volunteers from NGOs help the fire department.

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Problem With Insurance

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Cali - Insured losses were 4x total premium price over 25 years, causing premiums to shoot up and payouts for properties to decline, meaning not many Californians can afford it.

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