Environmental Risks and Hazards Tentative Lecture & Reading Outline for Spring 2014 Week Dates Topic Reading 1 Jan. 22 Intro: Course Overview 2 Jan. 27 Jan. 29 Origin and characterization of risks, – hazards, and disasters; definitions 3 Feb. 3 Feb. 5 Intellectual development of risks, – hazards, and disasters research; measurement, response, and choice 4 Feb. 10 Feb. 12 Hazards data; disaster trends Gall (2011) et al. – 5 Feb. 17 Feb. 19 Hazard vulnerability; Klinenberg Book Cutter (2000) et al. – Discussion; Book Review 1 Due; 6 Feb. 24 Feb. 26 Social vulnerability; Exam 1 Cutter (2003) et al. – 7 Mar. 3 Mar. 5 Media coverage of disasters; Popular Tierney (2006) et al. – culture 8 Mar. 10 Mar. 12 Risk and hazard assessment techniques; – Emergency response: pre-impact planning, preparedness Mar. 17 Mar. 19 Spring Break No Class – – 9 Mar. 24 Mar. 26 Rescue, relief, and response; Hurricane Cutter (2006) et al. – Katrina 10 Mar. 31 Apr. 2 Smith Book Discussion; Book Review 2 Bilham (2010); Hou – Due; Haiti earthquake and Shi (2011) 11 Apr. 7- Apr. 9 Recovery, reconstruction, mitigation; Hurricane Sandy 12 Apr. 14 Apr. 16 History of emergency management; Cutter (2013) et al. – Hazards policy 13 Apr. 21 Apr. 23 Exam 2; PEMA Field Trip – 14 Apr. 28 Apr. 30 Final Project Due; Technology and Thomas (2007); et al. – Hazards; Nuclear power and Butler (2011) et al. radioactivity; Fukushima Daiichi 15 May 5 Terrorism Important Dates: Feb. 19 Book Review 1 Due – Feb. 26 Exam 1 – Mar. 31 Book Review 2 Due – Apr. 21- Exam 2 Apr. 23 Trip to PEMA Headquarters – Apr. 28 Final Project due – May 9 Final Exam: 2:45-4:45pm –
Environmental Risks and Hazards Tentative Lecture & Reading Outline for Spring 2014 Week Dates Topic Reading 1 Jan. 22 Intro: Course Overview 2 Jan. 27 – Jan. 29 Origin and characterization of risks, hazards, and disasters; definitions 3 Feb. 3 – Feb. 5 Intellectual development of risks, hazards, and disasters research; measurement, response, and choice 4 Feb. 10 – Feb. 12 Hazards data; disaster trends Gall et al. (2011) 5 Feb. 17 – Feb. 19 Hazard vulnerability; Klinenberg Book Discussion; Book Review 1 Due; Cutter et al. (2000) 6 Feb. 24 – Feb. 26 Social vulnerability; Exam 1 Cutter et al. (2003) 7 Mar. 3 – Mar. 5 Media coverage of disasters; Popular culture Tierney et al. (2006) 8 Mar. 10 – Mar. 12 Risk and hazard assessment techniques; Emergency response: pre-impact planning, preparedness Mar. 17 – Mar. 19 Spring Break – No Class 9 Mar. 24 – Mar. 26 Rescue, relief, and response; Hurricane Katrina Cutter et al. (2006) 10 Mar. 31 – Apr. 2 Smith Book Discussion; Book Review 2 Due; Haiti earthquake Bilham (2010); Hou and Shi (2011) 11 Apr. 7- Apr. 9 Recovery, reconstruction, mitigation; Hurricane Sandy 12 Apr. 14 – Apr. 16 History of emergency management; Hazards policy Cutter et al. (2013) 13 Apr. 21 – Apr. 23 Exam 2; PEMA Field Trip 14 Apr. 28 – Apr. 30 Final Project Due; Technology and Hazards; Nuclear power and radioactivity; Fukushima Daiichi Thomas et al. (2007); Butler et al. (2011) 15 May 5 Terrorism Important Dates: Feb. 19 – Book Review 1 Due Feb. 26 – Exam 1 Mar. 31 – Book Review 2 Due Apr. 21- Exam 2 Apr. 23 – Trip to PEMA Headquarters Apr. 28 – Final Project due May 9 – Final Exam: 2:45-4:45pm
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