NATURAL DISASTERS AND SOCIETY

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(Slashed with GEOG 41051 and GEOG 51051 ) Study of natural disasters; the physical causes of the hazards associated with the disasters; their effects on humans and societies; spatial and temporal distributions; and strategies to reduce the occurrences of disasters. Natural disasters include hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, landslides, heat waves, wildfire, blizzards, earthquakes, tsunami and volcanoes. Mitigation for disasters and responses to disasters are studied across economically developing nations and developed nations.Students learn through the analysis of numerous case studies of natural disasters.