GEOL 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Gini Coefficient, Lake Ontario

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering
• Course: GEOL 106
• Professor: Paul Grogan

Document Summary

85% of the wealth in the world is given to the top fifth. 1% is given to the world"s poorest fifth. 300 wealthiest people equal the same annual income of 41% of the human population. What is a suitable ethical framework for earth-systems engineering: sustainability, equity. Minimizing the risk and scale of unplanned or undesirable perturbations in such systems is an obvious e. s. e (earth system engineering) objective allenby risk management. Similar approach used for all types of risks. Risk analysis and risk management for a proposed nuclear power plant on lake ontario shore just west of kingston. The government of ontario proposes to build a nuclear reactor on the shore of lake ontario near kingston. Our task: carrying risk analysis and risk management study, for the government, focused on seismic risk earthquake risk. We carry this out in order to minimize damage from hazards, disasters and. Hazard: something which might cause harm to people (death/injury/property damage)