A group of risk experts is proposing a new framework and research agenda that they believe will support the most
effective public warnings when a hurricane, wildfire, toxic chemical spill or any other environmental hazard threatens safety.
Not exact matches
At Campi Flegrei itself, an additional obstacle to
effective warning is a low
public awareness of volcanic hazard compared with the perceived threat from microseismicity50, 51.
The problem of
effective warnings «has dimensions that are geographic, temporal, cognitive, and perceptual, particularly in how the
public might respond,» says Cova.
«Among the 20 issues identified is the need to raise awareness of biosecurity across Europe and the implementation of European - wide legislation for this; the dedication of resources for the long - term management of invasive species; the development of new technology to detect new invasives, and early
warning systems to alert EU states to their spread; new European - wide risk assessment methods; emergency powers to eradicate alien species once they become established; and
effective communications to raise awareness of invasive species, so the
public will know what to look for and how to report it.»
The authors
warned that obesity has become a
public health crisis in the U.S. Timely, dramatic and
effective development and implementation of corrective programs and policies are needed to avoid the otherwise inevitable health and societal consequences implied by their projections.
Another standout sequence in
Public Enemies is more
effective for comedy than suspense, and involves Dillinger's reaction in a movie theater to an on - screen announcement
warning the audience to be on the lookout for him, America's «
Public Enemy # 1.»
Florida's huge dropout rate ranks us 5th in the nation (57.5 % according to Education Week / 2006) and early childhood experts
warn that kids enter
public school in deficit mode because we lack an
effective system of early childhood intervention (ages 3 - 5).
They
warned that the government's proposals would deter legitimate challenge from vulnerable groups such as the disabled, the elderly and the homeless, limit judges» discretion to act in the
public interest and shield
public agencies from
effective oversight.
Both solutions will occur because the power of the news media and of the internet, interacting, will quickly make widely known these types of information, the cumulative effect of which will force governments and the courts to act: (1) the situations of the thousands of people whose lives have been ruined because they could not obtain the help of a lawyer; (2) the statistics as to the increasing percentages of litigants who are unrepresented and clogging the courts, causing judges to provide more
public warnings; (3) the large fees that some lawyers charge; (4) increasing numbers of people being denied Legal Aid and court - appointed lawyers; (5) the many years that law societies have been unsuccessful in coping with this problem which continues to grow worse; (6) people prosecuted for «the unauthorized practice of law» because they tried to help others desperately in need of a lawyer whom they couldn't afford to hire; (7) that there is no truly
effective advertising creating competition among law firms that could cause them to lower their fees; (8) that law societies are too comfortably protected by their monopoly over the provision of legal services, which is why they might block the expansion of the paralegal profession, and haven't effectively innovated with electronic technology and new infrastructure so as to be able to solve this problem; (9) that when members of the
public access the law society website they don't see any reference to the problem that can assure them that something
effective is being done and, (10) in order for the rule of law, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and the whole of Canada's constitution be able to operate effectively and command sufficient respect, the majority of the population must be able to obtain a lawyer at reasonable cost.