CMNS 356 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Hurricane Alicia, Ebola Virus Disease, Fraser

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMNS 356
• Professor: Olympia Koziatek

Document Summary

Lte modems wired and wifi client connection to remote resources smartphones rugged devices with direct lte connections. Other clients wifi-connected laptops, tablets, and smartphones. Disaster impacts socio-economic factors increasing urbanization settlement in and industrialization of highly exposed areas vulnerability of modern technologies changes in the environment, especially climate change. Natural disasters accounted for 90% of all deaths from disasters. Most common to least common disasters flood (43%) storm (28%) earthquake (8) extreme temperature (6)/landslide(5)/drought(5)/wildfire(4)/volcanic activity(1) New diseases and viruses such as sars, west nile, avian influenza and ebola. Mad cow and other exotic animal diseases. Bio-technology terrorism critical infrastructure and cyber hazards climate change cross-sector impacts hazards and disasters in bc fires: barkerville, vancouver, new west, victoria, firestorm, wildfires. Avalanches floods fraser valley flood fraser basin: 25% of bcs land area, 2/3 of population, 80% of the provinces gross domestic product, 10% of canadas gross national product landslides ecological disasters climate change.