Status
C
Activity
LEC
Title (text only)
Natural Disturbances and Human Disasters
Term session
0
Term
2013A
Syllabus URL
Subject area
GEOL
Section number only
001
Section ID
GEOL103001
Meeting times
MWF 1100AM-1200PM
Meeting location
MEYERSON HALL B1
Instructors
PHIPPS, STEPHEN
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