Lesson 3-How can we manage natural hazards?

Question 1

Domination

Answer 1

We can understand natural hazards through science

Question 2

Fatalism

Answer 2

• This perspective suggests that people cannot influence or mitigate the impact of such events, leading to a passive acceptance of their occurrence.
  -e.g It’s common to leave food offerings, such as fruit or other traditional Hawaiian foods, near lava flows as a sign of respect and to appease the goddess Pele in Hawaii

Question 3

How can we mitigate natural hazards?

Answer 3

• Scientific studies
• Population education
• Changes in engineering building practices
• Management and hazard response sharing

Question 4

The Hazard Management Cycle

Answer 4

Question 5

How is disaster management effected by economic wealth?

Answer 5

• The best management usually consists of strong structures that can withstand the force of an earthquake
  -e.g external steel frames costs lots of money to install
  -e.g houses in Pakistan have no cross-bracing

Question 6

What are strengths of the HMC?

Answer 6

• Can help areas prepare for a hazard by creating plans for each stage to mitigate the responses

Question 7

What are weaknesses of the HMC?

Answer 7

• Reductionist as its straightforward
  -stages dont occur in isolation as in reality they can overlap

Question 8

The Park Model

Answer 8

Question 9

Strengths of the Park Model

Answer 9

• Useful to compare hazards between countries (HIC’s and LIC’s)
• Useful to analyse responses and how/ when they happen

Question 10

Weaknesses of the Park Model

Answer 10

• Too general about impacts of hazards as magnitude, frequency etc effect responses
• Doesnt account for inequality in development, spatial variation in whos effected
• Generalised as its not specific about the steps to recover