Name Brandon Cruz Learning Unit 1 Introduction to Natural Disasters Review Questions This assignment is designed to assess your understanding of Unit 1 and includes some of the Questions for Review at the end of Chapter 1 from your text plus a few additional questions Each question can be answered in one to two sentences Please limit yourself to a maximum of three sentences Access the assignment complete it with ANSWERS IN A DIFFERENT COLOR FONT as a separate file and send it back for evaluation and grading through the assignment tab by or before the due date 1 What are some reasons people live in geologically dangerous areas Some of the reasons people live in geologically dangerous areas is due to cultural and economical reasons such as productive agricultural soil inexpensive land and scenic environments 2 Is the geological landscape controlled by gradual and unrelenting processes or intermittent large events with little action in between Provide an example to illustrate The earth is a dynamic planet with internal and external forces that produce natural processes There are sometimes precursor events that tale place inbetween these major events 3 Some natural disasters happen when the equilibrium of a system is disrupted What are some examples 4 Contrast the general nature of catastrophic losses in developed countries versus poor countries The developed countries lose more money while under developed countries typically lose more people 5 What are the main reasons for the ever increasing costs of catastrophic events One of the main reasons are population density 6 If people should not live in especially dangerous areas what beneficial use is there for those areas 7 When is a large event such as a major earthquake not a disaster When the area where the event occurred did not have any sort of population 8 When an insurance company decides on the cost of an insurance policy for a natural hazard what are the two main deciding factors The two factors are the probability of occurrence and the probable cost of losses 9 Describe the general relationship between the frequency and magnitude of an event Magnitude is the amount of energy released where as the frequency is the recurrence interval of how often the events occur 10 When people or governmental agencies try to restrict or control the activities of nature what is the general result 11 What kind of information must be assembled to make hazard predictions Risk assessment and deliberate adjustments to minimize the impact of disasters 12 What is a precursor event A precursor event is an disaster that is directly related to or the consequence of another event 13 Explain how population growth increases the number of disasters A high level of human concentration high energy level events kill more people 14 What are the stages of disaster recovery The stages are the emergency phase the restoration phase and the reconstruction phase 15 Provide 3 methods of hazard mitigation 3 methods are the EAS established evacuation routes and shelters and housing