Geographic factors affecting geophysical hazard event impacts, including location/time of day and degree of isolation…
Syllabus Point: Geographic factors affecting geophysical hazard event impacts, including rural/urban location, time of day and degree of isolation
Starter: Task 1 – Look at the below diagram. At which areas would you expect:
- The highest intensity of the earthquake – explain your response…
- The highest amount of damage – explain your response…
Main Development:
Use pgs.184 and 185 from your cousre text book to help you…
Task 2: Rural/Urban location…time of day…and degree of isolation
Your task is to produce an A3 advertisement for the IB on how the above factors can contribute to the impacts of a Geophysical Event. You must follow the below conditions when advertising to the IB:
- Use key terminology that the IB will understannd
- Provide visual as well as descriptive information (maps, data, diagrams)
- Provide comparisons between LICs,MICs and HICs
The following links can also help you with your advertisement…
www.ideo.columbia.edu/chrr/research/profiles
Plenary:
Share your advertisments with the class, highlighting the comparions you made…