Status
X
Activity
LEC
Title (text only)
Natural Disturbances and Disasters
Term session
0
Term
2020A
Subject area
GEOL
Section number only
601
Section ID
GEOL103601
Meeting times
CANCELED
Instructors
CRON, MITCH
Description
Natural disturbances play a fundamental role in sculpturing landscapes and structuring natural and human-based ecosystems. This course explores the natural and social science of disturbances by analyzing their geologic causes, their ecological and social consequences, and the role of human behavior in disaster reduction and mitigation. Volcanoes, earthquakes, floods, droughts, fires, and extraterrestrial impacts are analyzed and compared.
Course number only
103
Cross listings
Use local description
No