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Clerical:
Reminder: Exam #1 is today (2/9). You should be very familiar with the Exam #1 Study Guide by now.
Themes of the Day:
- Exam #1
- Hazards, Disasters, and Natural Processes
- Evaluating Hazards
- Human Response to Hazards
- Types of Hazards
Exam #1
Hazards, Disasters, and Natural Processes
Evaluating Hazards
- Fundamental Principles Concerning Natural Hazards
- Hazards are predictable from scientific evaluation.
- Risk analysis is an important component in understanding impacts resulting from hazardous processes.
- Hazards are linked.
- Hazardous events that previously produced disasters are often now producing catastrophes.
- Consequences of hazards can be minimized.
- Role of History
- Linkages between Hazards
- Disaster Prediction and Warning
- Identifying Location
- Probability of Occurrence
- Precursor Events
- Forecasting
- Warning
- (Action!)
- Risk Assessment
- Risk Determination
- Acceptable Risk
- Problems and Opportunities
Human Response to Hazards
- Reactive Response - Ouch!
- Proactive Response
- Insurance
- Evacuation
- Disaster Preparedness (Planning)
- Artifical Control of Natural Processes
Global Climate and Hazards
Population, Land-Use Change, and Natural Hazards
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