Use the following link to summarise the impacts on climate change on tropical stroms. There is a high level of terminology in this document. So read it carefully. Climate change tropical storms.
Objectives: Identify a range of reasons as to why disasters are having larger impacts Understand that data is not always reliable Evaluate two different case studies of mega -disasters Consider graphs of disasters since the 1960s from EM-DAT in terms of numbers affected, deaths and financial cost. Consider the reasons for these changes. Critically look at how disasters such as floods and drought compare in their trends compared to the tectonic disasters (geo physical. How do you think reporting of events has changed since the 1960's? (Consider technology and media) What impacts do these trends have? Mega-disasters (2004 Tsunami, 2010 Eyjafjallajokull eruption in Iceland, 2011 Japanese tsunami) all had global/regional impacts what were they?
Varying Severity of Tectonic Hazards In this lesson you are going to research three different disasters and consider various factors. Levels of development, magnitude, governance (organisation) and corruption. The three disasters we will use are familiar to you. a) Haiti earthquake b) China (Sichuan) earthquake c) Japan earthquake. Tasks 1) Find out the levels of development for each country. Make comparisons. Use the following links: Rankings HDI Data 2) Find out about the severity of each earthquake using the EM- DAT database. You can find hazard profiles here. 3) Levels of corruption can be found here 4) Governance is an important aspect of a country’s resilience. The importance of governance was brought into the limelight with the Tohoku earthquake in 2011 which caused the Japanese tsunami. Japan’s energy policies, investment and ageing population led to failings in its planning for such an event, while the 2010/11 Christchurch ...
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