Geosciences 105 - NATURAL DISASTERS:CONFR & COPE

An analysis of earthquakes, tsunami, floods, hurricanes and tornadoes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, asteroid impacts, and wildfires. Topics include: the current status of predicting disasters, how to minimize their impacts, public policy issues, the effect of disasters on the course of human history, and the record of past great disasters in myth and legend, rapid climate change, and what the future holds. Discussion sections will focus on utilizing GIS (Geographic Information Systems) to investigate disaster mitigation.