Environmental Hazards

Catalog description

Identification, recognition, and impact of hazards. Physical exposure to hazards and human vulnerability in LDCs and MDCs. Disaster trends and patterns. Behavioral and structural paradigms of hazards. EM-DAT: international disaster database. Statistical methods used in risk assessments. Risk perception, communication, and disaster management. Tectonic, mass movement, atmospheric, hydrological, biophysical, and technological hazards: analysis, preparedness, and mitigation. May be taught concurrently with GRY 625. Cannot receive credit for both GRY 525 and GRY 625. Prerequisite: GRY 145 and GRY 146 ; or GRY 137 and GRY 138 ; and GLG 113 or GLG 114 .