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Hazards case studies Flashcards

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Volcanic hazard case study?

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Mount Ontake, Honshu

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Example of lava flows?

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La Palma, canary islands

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Example of pyroclastic flows/Neues ardentes?

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Montserrat soufriere hills volcano

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Example of Mudflow/Lahars?

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Mount Pinatubo, Philippines

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Example of Tsunami?

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Anak Krakatoa, Indonesia

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Example of gas as a secondary impact of volcanoes?

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Laki Volcano, Iceland

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Example of secondary impacts of volcanoes?

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Mount Tambora, 1816

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Example of secondary impacts of Earthquakes?

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Indian Ocean Tsunami

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Example of education in managing earthquake?

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September 1st disaster prevention day in Japan

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Examples of Varying impacts of earthquakes?

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27th February 2010 Chile earthquake
12th January 2010 Earthquake

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Examples of tropical storms?

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Superstorm Sandy
Cyclone winston

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Example of a (smaller) wildfire event?

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Black saturday, 2009 Victoria, Aus (affected by IOD)

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Main example of a wildfire event?

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Alberta (Fort McMurray) Wildfire 2016

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Example of a way to mitigate (reduce the chance of) Forest fires?

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Smokey Bear

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Example of something that benefits from wildfires?

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Sequoia trees

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Example of preparedness against tropical storms?

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SLOSH

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Example of natural factors affecting chances of wildfire?

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Santa ana winds
El diablo winds
Indian ocean Dipole
El Nino/La nina

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Example of ocean ridge?

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Mid Atlantic ridge

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Example of rift valley?

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East African rift valley/Great African rift valley

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Impacts of being unprepared for an earthquake?

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Kobe/Great Hanshin earthquale 1995

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Example of development worsening a hazard?

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2011 Japan earthquake - Tohoku earthquake -> Fukushima nuclear disaster

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