GEOLOGIC HAZARDS AND DISASTERS      3 Credit Hours

Catalog description

(Slashed with ESCI 44025 and ESCI 54025 ) Explores the geological processes that drive a broad range of different natural hazards (including earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides and floods), and how they interact with human behavior to produce geologic risks and disasters. Through discussion of historical and topical events, students focus on the dual challenges of combining uncertain and incomplete information from various geological and historical sources into realistic assessments of future risks, and the communication of accurate, relevant, actionable information about these risks to the public and authorities.