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Global geophysical hazard and disaster trends and future projections, including event frequency and population growth estimates
Geophysical hazard adaptation through increased government planning (land use zoning) and personal resilience (increased preparedness, use of insurance and adoption of new technology)
Pre-event management strategies for mass movement (to include slope stabilization), earthquakes and tsunami (to include building design, tsunami defences), volcanoes (to include GPS crater monitoring and lava diversions)
Post-event management strategies (rescue, rehabilitation, reconstruction), to include the enhanced use of communications technologies to map hazards/disasters, locate survivors and promote continuing human development
Lesson 2: Future possibilities for lessening human vulnerability to geophysical hazards
Lesson 2: Future possibilities for lessening human vulnerability to geophysical hazards
Geophysical hazard adaptation through increased government planning (land use zoning) and personal resilience (increased preparedness, use of insurance and adoption of new technology)
Geophysical hazard adaptation through increased government planning (land use zoning) and personal resilience (increased preparedness, use of insurance and adoption of new technology)
Adaptation: Ways in which human activities/actions are altered to take into account the increasing risk of a hazard
Resilience: The ability to protect lives, livelihoods and infrastructure from destruction, and to the ability to recover after a hazard occurred
Geo D4: Geophysical Hazard Adaptation Analyze the effectiveness of land use zoning as a government adaptation strategy Evaluate personal resilience measures including preparedness, insurance, and technology adoption Compare and contrast government vs. individual approaches to hazard adaptation Apply geographical concepts to real-world hazard management scenariosExercise:
Exercise:
Alone or in groups of 2, you will explain one of the following type of adaptation:
Earthquake prediction and early warning systems (government planning)
Volcano prediction and early warning systems (government planning)
Zoning regulations (government planning)
Increased preparedness (personal resilience)
Use of insurance (personal resilience)
Adoption of new technology (personal resilience)
Pre-event management strategies for volcanoes including GPS crater monitoring and lava diversions
Pre-event management strategies for volcanoes including GPS crater monitoring and lava diversions
(Bishop p. 71-3, N&C 205-6)
(Bishop p. 71-3, N&C 205-6)
Take detailed notes
GPS monitoring
GPS monitoring
Earthquake monitoring
Earthquake monitoring
What is the reasoning behind:
What is the reasoning behind:
Bombing the lava flow?
Pumping water on the lava flow?
Dry channels?
Post-event management strategies enhanced use of communications technologies to map hazards/disasters locate survivors and promote continuing human development
Post-event management strategies enhanced use of communications technologies to map hazards/disasters locate survivors and promote continuing human development
(N&C 209)
(N&C 209)
The importance of communication
The importance of communication
Data/Information collection:
Mobile devices – GPS, QR codes, survey, both online and offline
Social media
Planning
Prioritize needs
Use of Geographical Information System (GIS) for suitable location selection for IDP camps or emergency hospitals etc
Spatial patterns and visualization of damage and needs
Web based national/international information systems
Unified data to be used and followed
Transparency among agencies involved in reconstruction and community
Monitoring
ICT can be used to aggregate information from multiple sources to facilitate reporting
See changes before and after event
General public can use social media to assess and monitor reconstruction outcomes at their location
Call centers can be effective for directing information on reconstruction to and from the public (national and international)
Exercise:
Exercise:
Each group will research one of the following ways ICT can help lessening human vulnerability to geophysical hazards.
Explain the system and how it helps reduce vulnerability in the short, medium and long term
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Amazing Tokyo Flood Protection System
Amazing Tokyo Flood Protection System
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Review
Review
Synthesis (Sy), Evaluation (Ev) and Skills (Sk) opportunities
Synthesis (Sy), Evaluation (Ev) and Skills (Sk) opportunities
How hazard risk is a function of spatial interactions between different human and physical processes [Sy]
The varying spatial scale of the processes and challenges associated with different kinds of geophysical event and their aftermaths [Sy/Ev]
Different perspectives on how geophysical hazard risks should be managed [Ev]
How spatial patterns of risk and vulnerability can be represented graphically [Sk]
Past paper style questions (M11 + Spec)
Past paper style questions (M11 + Spec)
Describe the pattern earthquake hazard risk shown on the map. [4 marks]
Explain the relationship between the magnitude of a hazard event and the frequency of its occurrence. [6 marks]
Analyse why communities may underestimate the probability of a hazard event occurring. [5 marks]
Examine the impacts of one named disaster and possible strategies for preventing its recurrence. [10 marks]
For one or more hazards of your choice, examine how estimates are made for the probability and likely impact of a major hazard event. [10 marks]
Referring to examples, examine why the geographic impacts of disasters vary in space and time. [10 marks]
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