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| First Draft Revised Outline for Natural Hazards 2e | |
| Introduction to Natural Hazards | |
| Case History Nevado del Ruiz, Columbia | |
| Importance Role of history | |
| Geologic cycles | |
| Five fundamental concepts | |
| Natural service functions | |
| Global change | |
| Case Study | |
| Human Population through History | |
| Case Study | |
| The Magnitude | |
| Frequency Concept | |
| Earthquakes | |
| Case History | |
| Earthquakes of Early 2001 | |
| Introduction and measurement Processes | |
| Ground motion | |
| Regions at risk Effects | |
| Linkages with other hazards volcanoes, landslides, liquefaction, tsunamis, subsidence, fire, disease | |
| Natural service functions | |
| Human interactions | |
| Forecasts, predictions, and warnings | |
| Mitigation Perception and adjustments | |
| Case Study | |
| Earthquakes in Canada (modified from existing Survivor Story) | |
| Case Study | |
| New Madrid, Missouri 1811-1812 | |
| Survivor Story | |
| Professional Profile | |
| Andrea Donnellan, Earthquake Forecaster | |
| Tsunamis | |
| Introduction | |
| Processes types of water waves, currents, seiches | |
| Regions at risk Effects | |
| Linkages with other hazards earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, impacts | |
| Natural service functions | |
| Human interactions | |
| Detection and warnings | |
| Mitigation Perception and adjustments | |
| Case Study | |
| Volcanic Landslides and Tsunamis | |
| Case Study | |
| Indonesian Tsunami of 2004 | |
| Case Study (one or two additional) 1700 | |
| Tsunami in Pacific Northwest, 1958 | |
| Tsunami in Lituya Bay, AK, or Mitigation and Preparedness in Japan | |
| Survivor Story | |
| Tsunami in the Lowest Country on Earth Professional | |
| Profile [a researcher (Kerry Sieh at Cal Tech or Jose Barrero at USC), a Pacific Tsunami | |
| Warning Center staff member, or an educator (Lori Dengler at Humboldt State)] | |
| Volcanoes | |
| Case History | |
| Mt. Unzem, 1991 | |
| Introduction types and features | |
| Regions at risk Effects | |
| Linkages with other hazards earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis, climate change, fire, subsidence | |
| Natural service functions | |
| Human interactions | |
| Forecasts and warnings | |
| Mitigation Perception and adjustments | |
| Case Study | |
| Yellowstone Caldera Supervolcano | |
| Case Study | |
| Volcanic Ash and Aviation | |
| Professional Profile | |
| Chris Eisinger, Studying Active | |
| Volcanoes Survivor Story | |
| A Close Call with Mount St. Helens | |
| Flooding | |
| Case History replace with Mid-Atlantic States floods of 2006 | |
| Introduction rivers and fluvial processes | |
| Processes Regions at risk Effects | |
| Linkages with other hazards landslides, storms, glaciers, tsunamis, fire, climate change | |
| Natural service functions | |
| Human interactions | |
| Forecasts and warnings | |
| Mitigation Perception and adjustments | |
| Case Study | |
| Alluvial Fan | |
| Flooding on the Ventura River | |
| Case Study | |
| Magnitude and Frequency of Floods | |
| Case Study | |
| Flash Floods of Eastern Ohio | |
| Survivor Story | |
| Flash Flood | |
| Professional Profile (Ana Barros, Harvard or Eve Gruntfest at Colorado) | |
| Mass Wasting | |
| Case History | |
| Portuguese Bend, California | |
| Introduction types (falls, slides, flows) and processes | |
| Regions at risk Effects | |
| Linkages with other hazards earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, storms, flooding, fire | |
| Natural service functions | |
| Human interactions | |
| Forecasts and warnings | |
| Mitigation Perception and adjustments | |
| Case Study | |
| La Conchita: Southern California | |
| Landslide Disaster of 2005 | |
| Lessons Learned | |
| Case Study | |
| Snow Avalanche | |
| Forecasting and Control | |
| Survivor Story | |
| Landslide Professional Pr | |
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