GOPH 375 Lecture 1: 2016 Jan 14 Ch 1, 2 & 8 Disasters overview and energy flows
8 Feb 2016
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Goph 375 jan 14, 2016: ch. 1 a global and canadian outlook on natural disasters : -not responsible at this time for section on population growth, p. 14, ch. 2 earth"s internal energy p: ch. Definition: a natural disaster is said to occur when a natural event causes a significant loss of life and/or property (economic loss), c. Not enough resources to invest in long-term solutions (safe building, early warning systems, regulation/corruption) Do not have the response infrastructure (ambulances, pumps, fire trucks: social behaviour. People forget the tragedies and repeat the same mistakes. Gregory van der vink, princeton university - the stronger the democracy index, the lower the death totals from natural disasters. Deaths from natural disasters can no longer be dismissed as random acts of nature. They are a direct and inevitable consequence of high-risk land use and the failures of government to adapt or respond to such known risks.
