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What mitigation strategies are now being employed in British Columbia to reduce the risks associated with potential future earthquakes in this seismically active region? Explain how P-wave alert/warning systems work and some advantages and disadvantages associated with them.

Posted on January 26, 2023 by Assessments

Chapter 1 Explain how a recurrence interval for a natural disaster may be misleading. Explain ways in which media reporting may underemphasize the impact of a natural disaster. Explain how the impacts of a natural disaster may be enhanced in a less-wealthy community as compared to a wealthy community. In reference to the figure below, […]

Start by writing a paragraph about the general research topic. Explain the basic issues of the research problem.Then, explain the importance of the research topic. Explain your own thinking. Explain why it is important to a subfield of geography. Explain its importance to society. Explain other reasons why it might be an important topic.

Posted on January 14, 2023 by Assessments

Explain your research topic/get reader’s attention • Start by writing a paragraph about the general research topic. Explain the basic issues of the research problem. • Then, explain the importance of the research topic. Explain your own thinking. Explain why it is important to a subfield of geography. Explain its importance to society. Explain other […]

What was the ONE takeaway for you? What conclusions can you draw from watching the video? 1-2 sentences What is this one intellectual question that has come to your mind after watching the video?

Posted on January 7, 2023 by Assessments

You are to watch a documentary on the City of Dubai in UAE called: Oil Money – Desert to Greatest City – Dubai – Full Documentary on Dubai city. (43 min. 03 sec). After watching the video, answer the questions listed below the video link. Video title: Oil Money – Desert to Greatest City – […]

What is unreinforced masonry? Why are bricks a bad building material in earthquake country? What are some ways to make brick buildings safer?

Posted on December 9, 2022 by Assessments

EPSS8 – Earthquakes Lab9: Campus Tour – Post-Northridge Earthquake retrofitting Stop 1: GPS receiver on the roof of the Geology Bldg. What does a GPS receiver measure? How does that help us study earthquakes? Go to https://sideshow.jpl.nasa.gov/post/series.html (or see attached figures printed from website). Zoom on Los Angeles and the UCLA campus. Click on the […]

Describe the place of your study area.What did you learn and how does it relate to the course topics? This part can be split up into more than one heading, or with several sub-headings.

Posted on December 7, 2022 by Assessments

You will submit a written report that describes the procedure of your research and summarizes your findings. Your paper must have a descriptive title. 1500 – 2000 words should be sufficient. Organize your paper under 4 or more headings: Introduction: define the topic and why it is important/interesting. Describe the place of your study area. […]

There are four principle types of volcanoes discussed in your textbook. Choose one type and discuss its characteristics such as eruption style, magma composition and topography. Provide a historic eruption example for your volcano type and images to support your post.

Posted on December 2, 2022 by Assessments

Part 1-Respond to the following prompt: There are four principle types of volcanoes discussed in your textbook. Choose one type and discuss its characteristics such as eruption style, magma composition and topography. Provide a historic eruption example for your volcano type and images to support your post. Be sure to provide citations to your sources […]

What does the “Southern Oscillation” refer to? Who discovered it?Why is ENSO considered an ocean-atmosphere climate variability phenomenon?

Posted on December 2, 2022 by Assessments

Learning Objectives Through this activity, you will: 1. Use web-based data sources to learn about ENSO, how it works, and how we measure it. This will complement material you have also learned in lecture. 2. Learn how to use real datasets published by NOAA’s National Weather Service on ENSO to interpret historic trends in ENSO […]

What is the relationship between economic reform and urbanization in China, India, and Latin America? How were reforms implemented differently? Give two examples of how cities in any of these countries were transformed through economic integration with the global economy.

Posted on November 28, 2022 by Assessments

Answer ALL of the following questions with a roughly 200-300 word answer for EACH. 1. What is informality? Give at least 2 explanations for its predominance in Developing World cities. Drawing directly on films shown in class discuss how leaders take different policy responses to the urban poor and how the urban poor push back […]

To which of the twelve world regions does this article relate ?To which topic(s) covered in World Geography does this article relate?

Posted on November 24, 2022 by Assessments

For our fourth discussion forum, I would like you to select a news article focused on an event or issue related to a topic covered in this course. You will then write a brief summary of the article and discuss connections between course material and the content of your selected article. Choose your article from […]

What were the major findings of the study as they relate to the main research questions? Were there any caveats to the answers? What new questions resulted from the research? What are the management or policy implications?

Posted on November 21, 2022 by Assessments

Climate change impacts on San Diego hydrology & water quality The final draft of your project describes the research you did in a formal report. The project is based on the Topic Proposal, and will 1) provide motivation for the topic , 2) articulate research question(s) (RQs) related to the topic; 3) describe methods used […]

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What mitigation strategies are now being employed in British Columbia to reduce the risks associated with potential future earthquakes in this seismically active region? Explain how P-wave alert/warning systems work and some advantages and disadvantages associated with them.

What was the ONE takeaway for you? What conclusions can you draw from watching the video? 1-2 sentences What is this one intellectual question that has come to your mind after watching the video?

What is unreinforced masonry? Why are bricks a bad building material in earthquake country? What are some ways to make brick buildings safer?

Describe the place of your study area.What did you learn and how does it relate to the course topics? This part can be split up into more than one heading, or with several sub-headings.

There are four principle types of volcanoes discussed in your textbook. Choose one type and discuss its characteristics such as eruption style, magma composition and topography. Provide a historic eruption example for your volcano type and images to support your post.

What does the “Southern Oscillation” refer to? Who discovered it?Why is ENSO considered an ocean-atmosphere climate variability phenomenon?

What is the relationship between economic reform and urbanization in China, India, and Latin America? How were reforms implemented differently? Give two examples of how cities in any of these countries were transformed through economic integration with the global economy.

To which of the twelve world regions does this article relate ?To which topic(s) covered in World Geography does this article relate?

What were the major findings of the study as they relate to the main research questions? Were there any caveats to the answers? What new questions resulted from the research? What are the management or policy implications?